Last but not least: Swap Alex for Currywurst
The city of Berlin is celebrating its 775th anniversary and is encouraging its residents to collect Panini stickers. What a great idea—one that Swiss cities could adopt, too!
Under the title "Berlin collects Berlin", B.Z., Berlin's largest daily newspaper, is presenting Justkickit a Panini album that lets Messi and Ronaldo stumble offside: Instead of footballers, the stickers are dedicated solely to the German capital. According to the press release, the 44-page booklet contains 276 motifs depicting the city's eventful history, Berlin originals and legends, famous buildings and neighborhoods as well as current stars from the worlds of sport, entertainment and culture. Typical Berlin items such as currywurst and traffic light men complete the scrapbook. To celebrate the day, the newspaper gave its readers a gift on Monday and included six collector's pictures with each issue.
However, the idea is not celebrating its premiere in Berlin. Justkickit, the project of two German journalists, launched the city Panini back in 2010 and published the first collector's album in Hamburg. Numerous German cities have so far enjoyed their own Panini album. Whether the collector's fun will also delight Swiss collectors in the future remains to be seen. The idea that the Böög can soon be exchanged for a racing bike hipster for the Zurich album at least gives us hope. Or: Who will offer a football stadium for the Letzigrund? (th)
