Berlin by Board

Berlin is not only the largest city in the European Union, it is also the most water-rich. Though Jens Klatt grew up not far from the German metropolis, he had traveled the world for years, convinced paddling and adventure lay elsewhere, before rediscovering the city from his SUP. What he found was too good not to share.

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It was a cool autumn day in November 1990 when the Berlin Wall lost its mission to divide the city in two. For over 40 years, the division of Germany between the Allies had physically divided the country and even crisscrossed the capital with a wall. Just imagine: you live in a city, one half of which is walled-in, with the alleged enemy on the other side—and maybe your cousin, too. When the wall fell on November 9, 1990, it began a liberation for the residents of West Berlin and a fundamental change for all subsequent residents of East Germany. When people in Germany talk about the “change,” they don't just mean that notorious November, but the many grueling years of a divided nation trying to grow together that followed. "…an…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, SUP Paddle World magazine 2021

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