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19.12.2019Whether green or white: We wish you a Merry Christmas!
Every year, just before Christmas evening, we ask ourselves full of hope the same question: Will there be White Christmas? According to the Berliner Wetterkarte e.V. association at Freie Universität Berlin, Christmas 2019 will probably be green. But who knows? A lot can still change.
It's so green... White Christmas in Berlin will probably only be on pictures and postcards this year. According to the Berliner Wetterkarte e.V. association at the Freie Universität Berlin, they are almost impossible. During the holidays, snow will at best be in the higher altitudes of the low mountain ranges and in the Alps, according to meteorologist and association chairwoman Petra Gebauer. She blamed storm lows, which currently determine the weather, especially: the low "Wilfried". According to Gebauer, this is currently being "steered across the North Atlantic with a powerful jet stream" and is now reaching Central Europe "as if on a motorway". At the same time, very mild air is directed towards us.
And what does that mean for Berlin in concrete terms? Plus 11 degrees in the Christmas week - we already have the mild weather of spring. According to Petra Gebauer, temperatures will remain above zero even over the holidays - and so there will be no snow.
The fact that there is no snow in Berlin at Christmas is nothing unusual. On the contrary, only in two out of ten years in Berlin is there a snow cover of a minimum of one centimeter high on at least two of the holidays. This is according to the statistics of the Berlin weather map association. And such a snow cover is considered by weather researchers to be the measure of a White Christmas. The last time it covered whole Berlin was in 2010, which was the coldest December since 1969. It even reached a winter wonderland of 30 centimetres. At that time, the SCARLETT low pressure system brought sufficient precipitation and temperatures below freezing point.
"White Christmas is therefore the exception rather than the rule in the lowlands," says Petra Gebauer. This is also confirmed by the information from wetter.com. According to this, there were a total of 10 White Christmas celebrations in Berlin between 1981 and 2010. This may not sound like much at first, but it still puts us ahead of Frankfurt am Main (9 times), Hamburg (8 times) and Cologne (4 times). Only the Munich residents were able to enjoy a thick blanket of snow 12 times during the same period. According to records of the Dahlem weather station, a particularly large amount of snow fell in Berlin during the Christmas celebrations in 1923, 1935, 1981, 1986, 2000, 2001 and 2010.
White Christmas always just on postcards?
White Christmas landscapes, as we know them from postcards, have therefore probably always been dream images. "These motifs appeared in 1863, parallel to the beginning of winter tourism, and thus created a longing for a White Christmas among those who stayed at home," says Petra Gebauer. Whether this was merely wishful thinking or an invention of imaginative or enterprising designers is probably no longer clear.
Nevertheless, there were also times in Berlin with lots of snow - and corresponding winter sports fun: In the 1960s, for example, there was a ski jump and a drag lift on the approximately 115-metre-high Teufelsberg, which Berliners enjoyed using in winter. However, the lift had to be dismantled as early as 1972 because its masts interfered with the listening station built by the Americans on the mountain of rubble. And on December 28 1986, a Ski World Cup race was even held on the northern flank of the Teufelsberg. Ski aces like Rosi Mittermaier, Christian Neureuther, Markus Wasmeier and slalom king Ingemar Stenmark, however, were waving down the famous Berlin hill on artificial snow at that time. Because it was 4 degrees Celsius. And it was raining.
As far as the winterly Christmas weather this year is concerned, there is at least a small glimmer of hope: According to the Berlin Weather Map Association, it is still not certain which high or low pressure area will shape the holiday weather this year and from which region mild or cold air masses will be directed to Germany. So maybe we will have a sugar-like Christmas after all.
In this spirit, the Brain City Berlin team wishes you a white Christmas and a happy new decade!
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Facts & EventsThe Brain City Berlin once again gets top-class new scientists: The medician and epidemiologist Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Gabrysch is the first female…→First nationwide professorship for climate change and health in Berlin | 26.06.2019
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InnovationsThe capital city fills almost half of the professorships with female scientists: 48 percent of the calls for professorships made by Berlin…→Brain City Berlin – pioneering in equality issues | 10.07.2019
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Transfer – StoriesFour universities, one network: The network “Science & Startups” groups the start-up services of the universities united in the Berlin University…→Wide-ranging Support for University Start-ups
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Facts & EventsSummer holidays – six weeks in which we can explore Brain City Berlin in a completely new way. And not just at the Wannsee or Müggelsee. There are…→5 Tips for the Holidays
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Facts & EventsAlso a great outcome for Brain City Berlin: Özlem Bedre-Defolie, Associate Professor of Economics at the ESMT Berlin international business school has…→On the trail of dominant platforms: ESMT Professor receives around 1.5 million euro in grant funding | 11.09.2019
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Facts & EventsWhether it is Berlin Science Week, Long Night of the Sciences or the Greentech Festival - the Berlin Science Year 2020 promises to be at least as…→Brain City Berlin 2020: 10 Event Highlights
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Facts & EventsBrain City Ambassador Professor Dr. Christian Drosten has been awarded the Berliner Wissenschaftspreis 2020 for his outstanding research achievements.…→Berliner Wissenschaftspreis 2020 for Christian Drosten
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Facts & Events23.10.2019 | Over 350 top researchers from all over the world, more than 130 events, and a new format: the "Berlin Science Campus". Berlin Science…→10 days dedicated to science: Berlin Science Week 2019
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Transfer – StoriesIn the interview: Brain City ambassador Franziska Sattler on her series of events "Kaffeeklatsch mit Wissenschaft" (Talking Science over Coffee) at…→"Science needs the trust of society"
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Facts & Events#TogetherUnbeatable: The Special Olympics World Games 2023 will be held in the sports metropolis of Berlin from 17 to 25 June. Researchers can…→Special Olympics World Games Berlin: join a researcher!
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Facts & EventsThree new health care courses will start in the winter semester 2020/21 at the Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (ASH Berlin).→Apply now - 3 new health degree courses at the ASH Berlin
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Keeping an eye on sustainability when shopping online is not easy. The AI-based Green Consumption Assistant is designed to help consumers make…→Green Product Recommendations via AI
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Facts & EventsMore students than ever before are expected to be enrolled at the colleges and universities in the Brain City Berlin by the winter semester 2019/20.…→Start of the semester: 195,000 students expected | 17.10.2019
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Facts & Events Transfer – StoriesAn interview with Christine Brummer, director of Berlin Science Week.→Opening up science for dialogue with society
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Transfer – StoriesThe Startup Incubator Berlin at the Berlin School of Economics and Law is particularly successful in supporting founder teams – as proved by the fact…→“We Bring Ideas to Market”
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Facts & EventsFacts & EventsThe Berlin universities of applied sciences – four State and two denominational – are celebrating their anniversaries. On the occasion of the joint…→
50 Years – 50 Stories
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Transfer – Stories“Mall Anders” is an open learning laboratory which was launched by the FU Berlin, HU Berlin, TU Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in a…→Science in a Shopping Centre
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Facts & EventsHumanities scholar Prof. Dr. Anita Traninger received the Award from the German Research Foundation (DFG) last Wednesday in Brain City Berlin.→Leibniz Award for FU Professor Anita Traninger
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Facts & EventsBuildings, lecture halls and laboratories in the Brain City Berlin are currently closed to students, teachers and researchers due to the corona…→COVID-19: Berlin universities are helping
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Transfer – StoriesJuggling a degree course or teaching with the extra burden of the care of children or other family members is not an easy task. Both students and…→From “Zoo School” to “Maternity Protection”: family-friendly universities
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Insights Transfer – StoriesA guest article from Brain City Ambassador Prof. Dr. Selin Arikoglu, Professor of child and youth welfare at the Catholic University of Applied Social…→Giving a scientific voice to the relatives of prisoners
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Facts & EventsProducts, concepts and solutions are sought that exemplify the innovative capabilities and economic strength of the capital region. Companies based in…→Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award 2022: Apply by 4 July
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Transfer – StoriesStadtManufaktur Berlin conceptually unites research projects of the TU Berlin under a single roof. The long-term goal of this “open laboratory…→Science in Dialogue with the City
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Facts & EventsThe Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB) will pool their competencies from January 2023. By 2028, one of the…→New Heart Center for Berlin
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Facts & EventsBerlin's Senator for Economics, Ramona Pop, and Brandenburg's Minister of Economic Affairs, Jörgs Steinbach, have once again announced the search for…→2020 Innovation Award: Apply by 22th June!
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Facts & Events Transfer – StoriesWith a new image film Brain City Berlin starts the year 2023. Our Brain City Ambassadors are the protagonists of the video.→“We are Brain City Berlin”
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Facts & EventsReal-world Laboratories are bringing scientists together with practitioners to develop solutions to the questions of tomorrow in an experimental…→The "StadtManufaktur Berlin" Exhibition: experiments to create a city worth living in
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Transfer – Stories660 million euros in 10 years: The Natural History Museum Berlin - Museum für Naturkunde Berlin receives financial support for the further development…→Future of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin | 14.01.2019
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Talent
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TalentThe International Post-Doc Initiative of the Technische Universität Berlin is aimed at female scientists from all over the world. As part of the TU…→IPODI – TU Berlin funds international female scientists | 14.05.2018
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Facts & EventsDigital, hybrid, or live in-person: in 2021, events in the Brain City Berlin will still be shaped by the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.…→Brain City Berlin: Top 10 Events in 2021
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Facts & EventsIt is considered to be one of the most important instruments of Berlin's higher education equality policy: the “Berliner Chancengleichheitsprogramm”…→Berlin Equal Opportunities Programme: 6 more years
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Facts & EventsThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has given top Berlin researcher Professor Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Professor Dr Jennifer A. Doudna…→2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Emmanuelle Charpentier: Congratulations!
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Transfer – StoriesThe courses offered by the HUWISU Summer University are varied and exciting, the target group is international: students from abroad who come to…→When Berlin becomes one large seminar room ... | 15.08.2019
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Insights Transfer – StoriesWith the help of Artificial Intelligence, the research project “news-polygraph”, anchored in the Brain City Berlin, aims to identify manipulated media…→“news-polygraph”: Funding by the BMBF
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Insights Transfer – StoriesBrain City interview with Dr. phil. Thorsten Philipp, Advisor Transdisciplinary Teaching in the Office of the Vice Presidents of TU Berlin.→“Everybody knows something”
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Facts & EventsAlmost everyone's occupied with the future, because it's going to affect all of us. The Futurium, which opened yesterday in Brain City Berlin, invites…→Creating public space for thinking in Brain City Berlin: the opening of the Futurium | 06.09.2019
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Facts & EventsIn the globally recognized QS University Ranking, Berlin's universities performed very well in many disciplines. They are 30 times among the top 50…→QS World University Ranking 2019 - Berlin Universities are among the world's best in many disciplines | 21.03.2019
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Facts & EventsTeenagers aged 14 to 18 and researchers and students from Brain City Berlin are invited to submit suggestions to the Berlin University Alliance for…→Berlin University Alliance: Ideas wanted!
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InsightsGuest article by Brain City Ambassador Prof. Dr. Rainer Zeichhardt, Professor for General Business Administration at the BSP – Business & Law School…→New Work – new working concepts for sustainable corporate cultures
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Transfer – StoriesLaunching a start-up while at university? Sonja Jost's success shows the way. Together with three fellow students, she founded DexLeChem after…→"Bringing new knowledge to the market is very important to us"
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Transfer – StoriesSpace exploration is experiencing a revolution thanks to commercialization by such companies as Elon Musk's SpaceX. But did you know that more facets…→From Berlin to the moon: the space industry is booming in Berlin | 03.09.2018
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Facts & Events Transfer – StoriesFrom 21 to 25 November, scientists can once again discuss future-oriented topics on a practical level together with companies from Berlin and…→Providing impulses for cooperation: Transfer Week 2022