ostPost Berlin

A Slavic legend that never ends

Cheong Kin from Berlin

""ostPost" in Berlin is a cafe that has been a reference point for Slavic languages and Russian expats for years. Sadly, it's going away at the end of September..."

Years ago I kissed a Russian lady. This might have been the beginning of my Slavic obsession. But what I am sure is Berlin has been one of the most important habitats for Russian expats for over a century. The ostPost is a bookstore-café that fulfills my Slavic need: books in many Slavic languages! Luba, the chef and her team make tasty coffee and breakfasts. Varenyky are also served. But the café has not only offered books for children and adults, it has been hosting cultural events for Russian learners of German, and of course German learners of Russian.

What makes ostPost stand out from all Berlin’s bookstores is: as its name states, all Eastern European countries and languages can be found among their books, from Belarusian to Slovene! So of course it doesn't only have Slavic languages: Hungarian or Romanian (and of course German) publications are also available. Earlier this year, I tried hard to learn to be one of their one-person waiters but it did not work out. However I did learn that Luba was a perfectionist of making, and passionate of it.

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Berlin Spotter Cheong Kin

About me Obsessed with languages and the aesthetics of East Germany, I have been learning a bunch of German dialects and random languages and have built up my own collection of German books published from the 19th century to the present day. As a translator and visual anthropologist, I reflect every day on life with writings, together with my daily instagramming: I am also a freelance critic who mainly focuses on how understanding language can change one’s world vision and how to tell a visual story. I know many parts of the city - this is thanks to my random enrollme...

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