The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is the European Union agency responsible for registering trade marks and designs that are valid in all 27 countries of the EU. Foto: OHIM

View from the terrace of the OHIM's main building over Alicante. Foto: Simona-Ines Nitescu

The long awaited bilateral Seat Agreement with the Spanish government were signed in Madrid on 20 September by OHIM's President António Campinos and Spain's Secretary of State for the European Union, Sr. Diego López Garrido. With the signing of the Agreement comes a series of privileges and immunities, both for the Office as an organisation and for the Office's personnel, common to those granted to staff members at other international and EU organisations working in national jurisdictions. Foto: OHIM

The bests of Paya: Allain, Director of Operations Support Department of OHIM, María del Olmo and María Angeles, my Spanish colleagues at the entrance of the Paya building where my department is located. Foto: Simona-Ines Nitescu

The OHIM Hall of Fame at the main entrance hall in Agua Amarga building. OHIM, Alicante, Spain. Foto: OHIM

The reflecting pool of the main atrium at WIPO's new headquarters in the Swiss city of Geneva during the opening ceremony on 26.09.2011, coinciding with the celebration of the Assemblies of the Member States of the Word Intellectual Property Organization. OHIM, Alicante, Spain. Foto: OHIM

Penny for your thoughts, Mr. President? OHIM's President António Campinos during the OHIM bilateral meetings at WIPO in Geneva. OHIM, Alicante, Spain. Foto: OHIM

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As high as the sky, as near as a kiss

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Short details: 30 m², 1 room, 19^th floor. Max. 2 persons, 1 double bed, bathroom with bathtub, Internet, LCD TV, lift, child friendly, parking available. Non smoking & no pets

Spectacular panoramic view above the Television Tower, Berlin City Hall, St. Mary's Church and the Nikolai district

Berlin, Berlin, we are going to Berlin!

On the most central location of Berlin, directly at Hackescher Markt, there is the skyscraper in the Rochstraße. With its proud 100 meters, called “The Windmill” because of its ground plan, it is the tallest residential building in Berlin. Four elevators bring you up to the 24^th floor. In this building, which was a home of the privileged and dignitaries of the GDR, a well-lit holiday apartment is waiting in the 19^th floor for you. Modern, quiet, and newly renovated, the Panorama Apartment Berlin City Centre offers you a fantastic view over Berlin’s historic centre, and enough space for a pleasant stay in Berlin.

Sunny luxury one room apartment in top location in Berlin’s historic centre between Hackescher Markt and Alexanderplatz, with a spectacular birdseye view of Berlin city

Elegant atmosphere with handmade designer furniture

The apartment was completely renovated and restored in 2008 by an interior designer. One wall in the hall was deliberately left as a concrete wall. The floor is furnished with a high quality Ardex stone floor. The handcrafted, wood-panelled podium with built-in wardrobe is the highlight of the apartment. The American kitchen, handmade by the carpenter, and the integrated wardrobe behind the door rounds off the exclusive furniture.

The room photographed from the kitchen

Due to the windows across the entire front wall, the Panorama Apartment Berlin City Centre offers a breathtaking panoramic view at 75 m height over Berlin’s city centre on the TV Tower, the Berlin City Hall, St. Mary’s Church, St. Nicholas Church, the Nikolai district, the Alexanderplatz, in the right angle the Berlin Cathedral. With the binoculars from Tasco (special design Olympic Games Montréal 1976), you can literally look over the shoulder of Mr. Wowereit, the governing mayor of Berlin.

Panoramic view above the Berlin City Hall, St. Mary's Church and the Nikolai district (detail)

FACILITIES

The apartment features high quality, handmade designer furniture with a lot of storage space.

Dining area, kitchen and vestibule photographed from the room

The room offers a comfortable double bed (150×210), two wardrobes, dining table, LCD TV, Hi-Fi, radio, glass table, small library. Due to the platform and the southeast orientation, the morning sun greets you and invites you to discover Berlin, which lies at your feet. Five travel guides will accompany you in your discovery through Berlin and its surroundings.

Sleeping in the grand double bed

The fully equipped American kitchen has everything you need for cooking: fridge freezer, cooking stove with induction hob and oven, Nespresso coffee mak, kettle, toaster, cooking utensils, complete dishes, and cutlery. Coffee, tea, coffee syrup, sugar, salt, and pepper are available.

The open, top modern American kitchen

In the bathroom with bathtub a hairdryer is available.

Bathroom with bathtub

Hallway and bathroom. The exposed concrete was deliberately used in order to achieve a minimalist effect.

On each floor there is a common laundry drying room. Three bicycle rooms are available on the ground floor of the house.

Upon arrival, you will of course find freshly made beds, towels, a bottle of wine as a welcome gift. Moreover, flowers…

Panoramic view from the 24th floor of the tower building on the Hackescher Markt

LOCATION

The Panorama Apartment Berlin City Centre is located in the city centre and the historic heart of Berlin, directly at Hackescher Markt. More central is only possible if you sleep directly on the Television Tower. But it is revolving…

Numerous sightseeing, cultural institutions, restaurants and bars, characterize the area around the Hackescher Markt.

The tower building photographed from Hackescher Markt

SIGHTSEEING within walking distance from the Panorama Apartment Berlin City Centre

There are at your feet:

• Hackescher Markt with the laboriously restored Hackescher Höfe (Hackescher Courtyards). The complex of eight yards is Germany largest residential and commercial courtyard.

• St. Mary’s Church – the oldest preserved parish church of the medieval Berlin

• Berlin Cathedral – built as a court and memorial church of the Hohenzollern

• Berlin Town Hall (Rotes Rathaus)

• Nikolai Quarter – 773 years old

• St. Nicholas Church – Berlin’s oldest maintained building

• Alexanderplatz with the World Clock.

The Berliner Dom, originally designed by Julius Raschdorff and opened in 1905, had been rebuilt in slightly altered form after World War II. It is at 5 minutes walk from the apartment. In this photo during the Festival of Lights in October 2009.

In just 5 minutes by foot you reach:

• the TV Tower – with a total height of 368 meters the tallest building of the city, it is one of Berlin’s main attractions.

• Museum Island – World Heritage of UNESCO, in which are united in an ensemble on the Spree five important museum buildings: the Old Museum, the New Museum (after 70 years of closure in October 2009 re-opened to the visitors), the Old National Gallery, the Pergamon Museum, and the Bode Museum.

• Unter den Linden

• Lustgarten

• Neptune Fountain

• German Historical Museum

• Monbijou Park

• Schlossplatz

• Berlin State Opera

• Kronprinzenpalais

• Opera Palace

• The streets of the old Berlin Scheunen quarter with its numerous restaurants, bars, and boutiques

• New Synagogue in Oranienburgerstreet with the Centre Judaicum

• Sea Life Center in Dom Aquarée.

Unter den Linden at 5 minutes walk. Festival of Lights Berlin 2010

In maximum 15 minutes, you can reach by foot a large number of Berlin’s main sightseeing:

• Brandenburg Gate – The unique remained city gate is Berlin’s symbol.

• Reichstag (Parliament)

• Federal Chancellery

• Friedrichstraße

• Potsdamer Platz

• Central Train Station

• Gendarmenmarkt

• Holocaust Memorial

• Regierungsviertel

• Tiergarten.

The Brandenburg Gate, here photographed from the Pariser Platz, is at 15 minutes walk. Completed in 1791, built by Carl Gotthard Langhans (who also designed the spire of the St Mary's Church), the Brandenburg Gate was originally one of the openings in the excise wall built around Berlin between 1734 and 1737, where an octroi (local tax) was levied on items entering the city. It gained its name, Brandenburg Gate, from the fact that it stood on the road that led towards Brandenburg an der Havel. By the middle of the 1800s, the urban area had grown so much beyond the wall's boundaries that it became irrelevant. The new towns around the outside of the wall were incorporated into Berlin, new excise buildings were built on the roads leading into the enlarged city and, in 1870, the wall was demolished, along with many of the gates. The Brandenburg Gate is now the only one still standing.

And to the serious travellers between you be said, also the Humboldt University, Charité, International Business Center, Foreign Office, Max-Planck-Institute, Instituto Cervantes, Goethe Institute, and more embassies than countries we know are also fantastic to achieve.

ENTERTAINMENT

The Hackescher Markt is the most popular starting point for Berlin’s nightlife. All you have to do is to go downstairs.

Restaurants and bars: Taqueria Tipica directly opposite to the house, Hackescher Hof, Kilkenny Irish Pub, Yo Soy Restaurant & Tapas Bar, Barist, Papa Asada Mexican Food, Palermo Ristorante & Pizzeria in Berlin Carré, Vivolo, Trattoria Ossena, Frateli Pasta & Pizza, Oliva International Kitchen, Dante, Rocco, Block House, Nordsee, Brauhaus Lemke, Brauhaus Mitte

The S-Bahn station Hackescher Markt by Johannes Vollmer (opened 1882) is worth a look for its ornate brickwork. Here the restaurant Barist.

Cafés: Starbucks, Caras Gourmet, AM to PM, Café Cinema, Häagen Dazs

In the September sun: James-Simon-Park on the Spree riverbank near Hackescher Markt across from the Berlin Cathedral

Theatres: Volksbühne, Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Deutsches Theater, Chamäleon, Berliner Ensemble, Hackesches Hoftheater, Distel, Sophiensäle, Roter und Grüner Salon, Puppet Theater

EAT & DRINK in the immediate vicinity of the Panorama Apartment Berlin City Centre

Bakeries: Kamps, Steinecke Brotmeisterei, Bäcker Wiedemann, Thürmann Bäckerei & Konditorei, Lindner Feinbäckerei, Der Havelbäcker Landbäckerei, Wiener Feinbäcker

Food Markets: Bio Company, Kaiser’s in Berlin Carré, Edeka, Asia Supermarkt

Fast Food: Mc Donald’s in Berlin Carré, Subway, Ditsch, Dunkin Donuts, All in one Döner, Noodle Box, Chicken Döner

At Hackescher Markt and Alexanderplatz, you find all kind of shops, from the small design shops to large department stores. In the Alexanderplatz station, you can buy even on weekends until late at night things of daily need.

Strandbar Mitte in front of Bode Museum on Museum Island – First strandbar in Germany 5 minutes walk

SPORTS activities near the holiday apartment

Jogging in the James Simon Park or on the board of the Spree River, walking in the idyllic Monbijou Park, cycling, canoeing on the Spree, swimming in the Stadtbad Mitte, in the Swimming Pool Fischerinsel or in the outside doors Swimming Pool Plötzensee. Across the street, there is a basketball field, a public street ball field you find at the Neptune Fountain in front of the Berlin City Hall.

Kayaking on the Spree River is great fun!

PUBLIC TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS

Optimum public transport connection Hackescher Markt being a traffic junction.

• S-Bahn & Tram station Hackescher Markt; S-Bahn lines S5, S7, S75, S3, tram lines M1, M4, M5, M6

• U-Bahn, S-Bahn & train station Alexanderplatz

• Metro station Weinmeisterstraße

• Bus stop Spandauer Straße/Marienkirche. The sightseeing buses of the lines 100 and 200, the Airport Express bus TXL, as well as the M48 and 248 buses are starting from the doorstep.

• Direct connection to the airports Tegel and Schönefeld

• Direct S-Bahn connection to the Trade Fair Centre ICC and the Olympic Stadium.

PARKING

Car parking on request direct in front of the house free of charge.

Free parking is above Torstraße, e.g. on Strasburger Straße and Saarbrücker Straße (10 minutes by foot).

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