Contemporary Witnesses, Everyday Life, West, East

Aerobics vs. Popgymnastik

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Exercising to music is the latest craze to hit Berlin. In the West they call it aerobics, in the East it’s Popgymnastik. A Kreuzberg factory building becomes home to Europe’s first aerobics studio.

Angie Kauss, who soon became an instructor at the studio, remembers the early days of the trend.

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  • Berlin-Kreuzberg, West-Berlin
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