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A neat little idea Oct 29, 2009
By Paul Lawrence
"'EJL'"
OK, given the plethora of Lonely Planet guides, Britz, Rough Guides and all the rest out there I suppose the idea of doing yet another standard guide to a world city like Berlin would of been a tad pointless. Not without some merit perhaps, but a bit blase. So the city is given the 6ix Degrees treatment whereby a host - in this instance Toby Amies - starts off with a single well connected person and essentially follows the links to other people and ultimately the idea is to present an off beat view of a place. The series is reasonably extensive and basically if you buy one and like the style the others are a safe bet too.
This particular episode sees our host explore golf but not as you know it. Instead it's now an urban extreme sport! There are encounters with a performance artist, chess boxing, squatters and 'the Bernie Ecclestone of Berlins cockroach racing scene'. And those snippets of info will probably tell you if this light hearted and truth to tell not overly practical city guide is for you. Personally I find the off the wall methodology kind of fun but then I'm not about to travel to these places and attempt to use these DVD's as a guide. I view them more as an enjoyably pointless exercise. If that sounds like something that might float your boat grab one of the series and check it out for yourself, they are often available embarrasingly cheap.
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