November again. It is as if somebody pushed the lever and the scenery in Berlin changed totally. The weather shifted from sunny to cloudy, from dry to rain and due to the end of daylight saving time, people sit in the cafes and eat their cake while it is already dusk outside. Temperatures at night are much cooler, the remaining leaves on the trees that didn’t want to drop to the ground so far are heavily considering to do so.

And the streets and places in Berlin are – at least later in the evenings – basically deserted again. This is the time of the year, when the bowling clubs and other tourist groups that visited the city in september or october are gone and the people who are craving for the hot and spiced wines at the christmas markets have to wait until they are being served and the markets start.
Through the last years the number of tourists in Berlin increased a lot which was not only an effect of a special advertising campaign for the winter but simply because word of mouth spread around that not only London or Paris are worth visiting while staying in Europe.

But this time of year seems to be hard to sell, so everybody in the tourist offices of this city awaits already the start of the advent time. Some shops couldn’t wait at all anymore though and put up their christmas decorations.