Christmas is drawing near…

Every year, the Kurfürstendamm transforms into a sparkling winter wonderland. One true highlight is the spectacular Christmas bauble that will once again be resplendent on the roof of Kranzler Eck this year. With a diameter of some seven metres, the sparkling ornament is visible from afar.
And don’t forget to try our wide range of food!
Our newest addition is SAAMĪ – Taste of Asia. If you love authentic cuisine and Asian dishes, this is the right place for you. Carefully chosen, fresh, natural and high-quality ingredients are used to create Far Eastern taste sensations. Enjoy Asian hospitality in a relaxed atmosphere.
And for those who still need to think about their Christmas presents, our doors will be open on Sunday, 23 December as well. From 1 pm to 6 pm, you will have the chance to find everything you need in our exclusive fashion stores.
We wish you a peaceful Advent season, a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Shoe aficionados, listen up! Timberland goes on “Tattoo Experience Tour”

The boot expert Timberland has come up with something truly special to celebrate the 45th birthday of its all-time classic, the legendary Yellow Boot.
Customers who bought a new pair of Timberland shoes from a participating vendor during the promotional period now have the chance to have a tattoo artist individually decorate these shoes as part of the Tattoo Experience Tour of Germany’s larger cities.
What’s more, Timberland customers can get their very own campaign photo in the Tattoo Experience Cube.
The Tattoo Experience Cube will call at the Kranzler Eck in Berlin on Friday, 16 November and on Saturday, 17 November. From 11 am to 8 pm on both days, visitors will get to choose from a large selection of motifs and letterings, which a tattoo artist will then engrave on the shoes. After all, the shoe must go on.

Fancy trying the new Coca-Cola light taste for free? Here’s your chance!

You can now experience the refreshing effect of Coca-Cola light taste for yourself at the Kranzler Eck in Berlin, where a promotional team will be handing out the perfectly cooled drink at a booth on Saturday, 27 October. See the light and enjoy a sip!

Open Air Sommerkino: Blockbuster in City West

The outdoor summer cinema (Open Air Sommerkino) was once again a huge hit in 2018, almost magnetically drawing in visitors to the Kranzler Eck in Berlin. The program was split evenly between current hits and golden classics of cinema, with precisely these cinematic gems drawing the biggest crowds. The organisers had arranged around 200 deckchairs, and they were almost always completely occupied. Considerable queues formed at the ticket booth, particularly for the weekend showings, meaning those who came early had the choice of the best seats. Many visitors took advantage of the opportunity to combine the film event with a stroll around the location.

And visitors did not have to miss out on popular cinema snacks, with popcorn and cold beverages proving a sales hit. “There is no other shopping centre that has an outdoor cinema like this, at least not in City West. This helps us underscore that ‘real’ life still happens outdoors and not in front of a computer screen. When the weather plays along, an evening at the outdoor cinema in the Kranzler Eck is certainly one of the highlights in Berlin’s packed event calendar,” says the manager of the centre, Alexandra Meyder-Cyrus.

Cinema at its absolute best and film-like atmosphere at the Kranzler Eck in Berlin

From 23 August to 1 September 2018

This summer, cinema fans in Berlin will once again make the pilgrimage to the Kurfürstendamm. It is the sixth time to call “action” for 10 great blockbusters from the history of film, directly at the tradition-steeped cinema location of the Kurfürstendamm.

For 10 days, around 200 seats at the Kranzler Eck in Berlin provide you with a comfortable place to enjoy films in a relaxed atmosphere. Entry is free and filmgoers can enjoy an unforgettable evening at the first and only outdoor cinema at the heart of the City West.

Fresh popcorn and a wide range of culinary treats round off the cinematic experience. Trendy is the keyword when it comes to shopping: The Kranzler Eck is becoming a prime address at the Kurfürstendamm for a fashion-conscious audience. Why not use the opportunity to combine the film events with a shopping spree through the many shops?

Overview of the programme:

Thu., 23.08.     Kong: Skull Island

Fri., 24.08.      La La Land

Sat., 25.08.      Finding Dory

Sun., 26.08.     Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge

Mon., 27.08.   Collateral Beauty

Tue., 28.08.     The Accountant

Wed., 29.08.   Beauty and the Beast (2016)

Thu., 30.08.     Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Fri., 31.08.      SMS für dich

Sat., 01.09.      Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Meet the challenge! 8th Kellnerlauf in Kranzler Eck Berlin

It’s that time again! On Saturday, 30 June 2018, Kranzler Eck Berlin invites you to the Kellnerlauf (Service Staff Race).

A packed programme!

Once again, waiting staff, barkeepers, bellhops, beer delivery drivers and kitchen staff will take part in the race. A new highlight for 2018 is the Kranzler Eck Runners’ Cup, an event exclusively for all Kranzler Eck Berlin tenants. Teams of three will take part in a 3 x 400 m relay race.

09:00 am……….Start and warm-up with music

10:00 am……….Waitress race

10:20 am……….Cook race

10:40 am……….Barkeeper race

11:20 am……….Bellhop race

11:50 am……….Beer delivery driver / public entry race

12:00 pm……….New: tenants’ race – Runners’ Cup

12:20 pm……….Waiter race

The start and finish lines are on the Kranzler Eck Berlin premises. Popular Berlin radio host Ralf Zehr will fire the starting gun for the first race at 10:00 am. After the races have been run, Germany’s best-known hotel and food critic Heinz Horrmann will present the awards to the winners. All participants and defending champions are highly motivated, good weather has been booked and all visitors can look forward to a great day! All Berliners and visitors to the city are welcome to come and support the participants on their 400-metre-long course along the Kurfürstendamm.

8th Berliner Kellnerlauf, Meisterschaft der Hotellerie und Gastronomie (Berlin Service Staff Race, Hotel and Gastronomic Industry Championship)

30 June 2018, from 10:00 am

Contemporary communication

With the new concept, the management of the advertising community launched a cross-media campaign that addresses Berlin residents and tourists alike through advertisements, posters and radio advertisements as well as special events. The strategy is rounded off by social media offerings such as Facebook and Instagram. Fashion, food, sport and lifestyle will lie at the heart of the marketing of Kranzler Eck Berlin, with the objective of the emotional campaign being to further promote its image as an urban shopping and event location.

The independent presence sets the complex apart and gives it a high recognition value, as well as awakening positive emotions. What’s more, the motifs are real “eye-catchers” and each of them highlights positive moments at Kranzler Eck. Contemporary Art of Fashion and Food – The concept is one of a relaxed atmosphere, cool brands, mega stores, trendy styles, casual outfits, the very finest fashion, delicious and healthy food, coffee shops, salad bars, smart eating and much more – meaning that Kranzler Eck is not your usual shopping centre.

Sunday shopping, 28.01.2018

This Sunday, the 28.01.2018 we welcome you to a relaxing Sunday shopping in the Kranzler Eck. From 1 pm to 6 pm, you can discover the latest trends of the spring collection. During the shopping, our diverse restaurant offerings provide a strengthening. Whether you like burgers, salads, pasta or sushi, there is something for everyone.

The Following shops are open for you:

Karstadt Sport

Jack Wolfskin

Camp David

Wiener Feinbäckerei

Burger de ville

Ampelmann

Berlin Store

Urban Outfitters

Sunglass Hut

H&M

Berlin shines: the Kranzler Eck in a new light

Lighting Design Lifestyle Fair

Throughout the event, all eyes were on the extravagant LED furniture and lighting systems. In addition to furniture, the focus was on event decorations and garden accessories. The special affect light has on well-being is clearly noticeable. Competent advisers were available to provide visitors with advice and assistance.

Moments of Lights at Kranzler Eck Berlin

Further highlights included floor illuminations and various live performances with 3D floor paintings, LED juggling lights, 3D photography and LED robots. The diversity of “Berlin leuchtet” (Berlin shines) in one place. Visitors were able to stop by and be inspired by the atmospheric lighting effects.

The programme at a glance:

Sunday shopping:

01.10.2017
15.10.2017

For further information about the “Berlin leuchtet” festival of lights, please visit:
www.berlin-leuchtet.com.

Impressions from the Berlin leuchtet programme (Photographer: Enrico Verworner):

Sunday shopping, 03.09.2017

Just under 20 shops invited visitors to Sunday shopping. Our wide range of restaurants provided refreshment during the shopping tour. Whether burgers, salads, sushi or pasta, there was something for everyone.
After successful day of Sunday shopping, the evening ended in a relaxed atmosphere in our summer cinema. On 03.09. this year’s open-air spectacular ended with the film “Mad Max: Fury Road”.

Scenes straight out of a movie on the Kurfürstendamm: Open air summer cinema in the Kranzler Eck

The fifth edition of the summer cinema showed blockbusters and hits from all genres. Whether drama, romance, comedy or action – there was something for everyone. A total of 200 sun loungers provided a relaxed cinema evening under open skies. Thanks to the many restaurants on the site, fine connoisseurs also got their money’s worth.

The open-air spectacular ended with Sunday shopping on 3 September, on which all shops in the Kranzler Eck were open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

All films at a glance:

For more information including about our summer cinema, please visit us on Facebook .

18 June: Sunday shopping on Classic Days

On 17 and 18 June, the Kurfürstendamm was transformed into a true open-air museum for car lovers from all over Germany and Europe. Over 2,000 vintage cars came to the capital and put on an amazing display. Most of the shops on the Kurfürstendamm and Kranzler Eck opened their doors for Sunday shopping from 1–6 p.m.

For more information about Classic Days, please visit: www.die-classic-days-berlin.de

The following shops were open:
Urban Outfitters
Hallhuber
Gerry Weber
H&M
Superdry
Ampelmann
BERLIN Store
Erster Wiener
Amorino
burger de ville
Sushi Circle
Café Kranzler / The Barn
dean & david

International German Gymnastics Festival with Hotspot in Kranzler Eck

How is that for some colour! This is the motto of this year’s International German Gymnastics Festival held from 3 to 10 June in Berlin. With around 100,000 participants from all parts of the world, the gymnastics festival is one of the largest competition and popular sporting events worldwide. The Kranzler Eck will also be colourful: as one of the numerous official hotspots in the city, two activity stations will be set-up in the courtyard around the Buddy Bear Quadriga. From Sunday to Friday participants will be able to put their skills to the test at the “Berlin-uff-Achse-Fitnesstest” (Berlin-on-the-Move Fitness Test) and earn points doing so. Entertainment is provided by talented, up-and-coming artists who will entertain the visitors with live music every day from 12 p.m.–2 p.m. and 6 p.m.–8 p.m.

Special events in the Kranzler Eck
4 and 5 June 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
6 to 9 June 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

The stations:

Station “City of Science”:
This station’s theme is all about brain jogging and endurance training. In one round, participants must memorise scientific concepts/names of scientists. Each participant plays a total of 5 rounds and has to memorise a new term in each round and correctly recite them at the end.

Station “City of Fashion”:
The theme of this station is personal body awareness, balance and fun. The task is to put a crawling tunnel (different sizes) over your body at the start line of the small obstacle course that has been set up. Participants must keep their balance on the track, then hop through tyres lying on the ground and strike a catwalk pose at the end of the course. To complete the task, participants must run back through the obstacle course.

For more information about the International German Gymnastics Festival, please visit: www.turnfest.de.

7th Berliner Kellnerlauf (Waiter’s Race) on the Kranzler Eck

In keeping with the tradition, the weather at this year’s waiter’s race on 7 May showed its best side once again, making the race yet another complete success this year. Wanted were the fastest of their guild: waiters, bartenders, cooks, waitresses, hotel attendants and beer delivery drivers. The roughly 60 participants put on an exciting race on the 400-meter-long track which was followed live by some 3,500 spectators. Stargast was once again a juror along with TV chef Ralf Zacherl who not only cheered on his colleagues but also rated their desserts. The three winners from each category were awarded a prize of up to €300 and were heavily applauded by the audience.

Young up-and-coming gymnasts in Berlin provided entertainment between the races by putting their skills on display for the enthusiastic audience. Their performance also served to advertise the upcoming International German Gymnastics Festival which will be held in Berlin from 3 to 6 June. Kranzler Eck will also be there as a hotspot. The sympathetic mascots Bärli (Gymnastics Festival) and Knights’ Club (Union Berlin) provided for a cheery and jovial atmosphere among the spectators.

All the results at a glance:

Heimbs Kaffee Waitress’ Race

1. Luise Hartmann – traffic Club
2. Jana Reuß – American Bowl & Play Off
3. Pia Kindermann – Fillet

Airstream Catering Chef’s Race

1. Yusuf Baskaraca – Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm
2. Deniz Cetinyilmaz – Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm
3. Bassist Ahhmad Herawi – Hotel de Rome

Coca Cola Bartender’s Race

1. Pedro-Pascual Silvera – Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm
2. Angelique Kühnold – traffic Club
3. Steven Ladewig – traffic Club

Honda Koch Hotel Attendant’s Race

1. Efstathios Stathiadis – Hotel De Rome
2. Selcuk Kajan Sheraton – Grand Hotel Esplanade
3. Georgios Domouchtsidis – Sheraton Grand Hotel Esplanade

Berliner Kindl Waiter’s Race

1. Patrick Sühring – Panama Restaurant
2. Bassist Ahhmad Herawi – Hotel der Rome
3. Gerald Sachs – American Bowl & Play Off

The Kranzler Eck would like to thank all the participants and spectators!

Exhibition “Look here, this is West Berlin!”

It was a small part of the Federal Republic of Germany which was of great political significance after the war: when West Berlin became a symbolic island after the Berlin Wall was built, many new and reconstructed buildings had to meet this high standard. The Berlin-based architecture firm, MASKE + SUHREN, commemorated this event with a small yet fine public exhibition on the typical Berlin advertising columns which could be seen in the Volierengarten (aviary garden) in the Kranzler Eck from 7 March to 7 April 2017.

The exhibition traced the fascinating transition from the “New West” to City West and offers a view of the changing neighbourhood around the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memory Church), the Kurfürstendamm, Tauentzienstraße and Berlin Zoo. Today, we perceive the City West as a business area, an enchanting place people long to visit, an area for strolling and amusement, a shopping destination and stronghold for the hotel business – a vibrant, urban centre of Berlin! The Kranzler Eck acts as a modern exhibition venue, confronting visitors with modern architecture, moving history and a long-standing tradition.