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What a lovely city! Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

What a lovely city! Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

27 June 2025 ยท 3 min read ยท by Jan-Willem Eshuis

In the last days of May together with my wife Kristel and daughter Kiki I went to Berlin for a couple of days. Visiting Berlin from the Netherlands is relatively easy if you go by train. Just a 4 hour train ride from the east of the Netherlands and you are in the middle of Berlin.

I took some of my painting equipment with me to try and make some drawings and paintings while visiting the city. Walking around I took some pictures and at the end of the first day I sat down and started to paint a “Wust Kiosk”.

Brandenburger Tor

Probably one of the most iconic buildings in Berlin is the Brandenburger Tor. At the borders of east and west it’s a real landmark.

I’m pretty pleased with the way this painting worked out. I even ordered a “fine art print” to see how it looks after scanning the painting and having it printed. 

Brandenburger Tor

Other buildings

Besides the Brandenburger Tor there is a lot more to see in Berlin. One of the nice examples are the Deutscher Dom and the Französischer Dom that are next to eachother. I decided to make a painting of one of these and basically I just painted some details. Found out that working on a painting with details like that is really nice to do.