Sim Sala Bim: Finding the Magic?

Yeah, I get it. Sim Sala Bim in Berlin was a bit of a letdown for me too. I saw some pretty amazing reviews, so I went in with high expectations. The whole thing felt... rushed? Like they crammed a bunch of okay illusions into a small space and charged a fortune. I wouldn't say it was terrible, but definitely not worth the hype or the price tag. I think my disappointment mostly came from the expectation mismatch. The marketing was very strong. Maybe they should've toned it down a bit. No secret pathways, sadly. Just... underwhelming magic.

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a angelikakanzler · 5mo · OP

Totally get you. Rushed is the perfect word! I had a similar experience. The close-up stuff was decent, I'll give them that, but the big illusions... oof. Felt like a slightly more polished school magic show. And the price! Highway robbery, honestly. I think they are banking on the "Sim Sala Bim" name pulling people in, it sounds SO much cooler than the actual show delivered. Should've done more research beyond the flashy website, I guess. Live and learn.

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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