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October 24, 2006
Goodbye to Berlin?
Anyone who has been to Germany's capital, Berlin, will know that the city is home to some of the best theatre companies, orchestras and galleries not only in Europe, but the world. What many visitors to the city may not know, however, is that Berlin is broke. The city owes some sixty billion euros - the cost of reunification.
Well it seems that now after much soul-searching and hand-ringing, Berliners will have to say goodbye to at least some of the cheap theatre seats and gallery openings. The mountain of debt is simply too large. One of the city's three opera houses will likely close, and other institutions not eligible for state funding are in serious danger of following suit.
You can read more about Berlin's arts-funding crisis here .
Posted by Marcus at October 24, 2006 9:38 AM
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an unfortunate product of economic rationalism i expect .....
Posted by: andrew at October 26, 2006 5:45 PM
what about the bars man !!! ????
Posted by: andrew at November 1, 2006 4:34 PM