Berlin News in English Media

Watch the full Sound of Berlin documentary

DJ Mag / Alex Flood — Thursday, 13. September 2018

""The whole German reunification actually took place on the dancefloor" — that's the declaration of a new film which documents self-appointed capital ..."

In a Changing Berlin, Artists Face Rising Costs and an Inflated Gender Pay Gap

Hyperallergic / Adela Yawitz — Monday, 10. September 2018

"The figures in a new survey by a Berlin artists' association point to the general struggle among artists to support themselves through art in a city that is ..."

Berlin’s new ride-share to run 80% electric

www.electrive.com / Chris Randall — Sunday, 09. September 2018

"The Berlin public transport operator BVG and Daimler subsidiary ViaVan have officially launched their ride-share program BerlKönig in Berlin. To start ..."

Berlin #1 as left-field cities prove popular

The PIE News / Patrick Atack — Friday, 07. September 2018

"According to this year's 'Best Student City' ranking by one of Europe's leading think tanks focused on the future of accommodation, Berlin is again the ..."

A Second Life for Berlin’s Plattenblau

CityLab / Feargus O'Sullivan — Thursday, 06. September 2018

"Berlin has decided on a novel location to host some of the new apartments the city badly needs—on top of the old ones. Yesterday, Berlin's Senate ..."

The ‘Hand with Watch’ Sculpture

Atlas Obscura — Wednesday, 05. September 2018

"Simply called “The Hand” by the locals, the “Hand with Watch” sculpture is one of Berlin's many iconic public sculptures by German artist Joachim ..."

As property booms, Berlin is a victim of its own success

Handelsblatt Global Edition — Wednesday, 05. September 2018

"“Berlin, Berlin, we're going to Berlin,” the popular German soccer song goes, alluding to an annual championship held in the city. The tune could just ..."

Pop-Kultur returned for another wonderfully diverse and eclectic Berlin excursion

Mixmag / Words: Geri Ceralda | Photos: Roland Owsnitzki, Camille Blake, Janto Djassi — Tuesday, 04. September 2018

"Returning for its fourth edition, Berlin-based festival Pop-Kultur set up shop in the Kulturbrauerei, previously one of the world's largest breweries."

Inflatables Draw Attention to Plastic Problem at Berlin Fashion Week

Papermag / Jasmine Ting — Wednesday, 29. August 2018

"Antwerp-based fashion brand Botter makes a unique, environment-centric, fashion statement at Berlin's Spring/Summer 2019 Fashion Week."

Berlin local’s cafe offers migrant drug dealers chance to get real job

Independent Online / Lee Mannion — Monday, 30. July 2018

"Nobody seems to mind the cannabis much; it is just accepted as the way things are in this hipster neighbourhood of Berlin, but after getting to know the .."

A floating university by Berlin firm Raumlabor explores the future of architecture schooling

Archinect / Hope Daley — Monday, 30. July 2018

"Created by architects Raumlabor, the Floating University in Berlin invites students and experts from all over the world to explore solutions for future ..."

Is Berlin’s gay population experiencing a backlash?

Irish Times / Derek Scally — Saturday, 28. July 2018

"Despite Berlin's largely liberal and tolerant culture, gay counselling and victim ... The progressive cultural shift is visible in Berlin's police force, once an ..."

The Berlin blockade – archive, 1948

The Guardian (blog) / compiled by Richard Nelsson — Friday, 27. July 2018

"Seventy years ago, the Soviet Union blocked supply routes to West Berlin. The Western Allies countered with an airlift of supplies in what became one ..."

Google not welcome in Bohemian Berlin district

The Business Times — Monday, 11. June 2018

"A wall with the words "Google, you snitch!" in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Google's Berlin hub, due to open later this year, is set to be the latest outpost ..."

What it costs to live in Berlin

VICE News / Milena Mikael-Debass — Saturday, 09. June 2018

"Thanks partly to the former mayor dubbing Berlin “poor but sexy” back in 2003, the city has drawn a large community of creatives, including artists and ..."

The Highs & Lows Of Moving To Berlin At 30

Refinery29 / Ariane Thornton-Mason — Friday, 08. June 2018

"At the start of the year, my other half got offered a job in Berlin. I was sceptical of moving, to say the least. I didn't have a job, I didn't speak German, I'd ..."

Freelancing abroad: Berlin through the eyes of Qian Sun

IJNet / Clothilde Goujard (blog) — Tuesday, 05. June 2018

"After several internships, she moved to Berlin where she worked for video agency Ruptly. She decided to start freelancing last summer when she saw ..."

BVG orders 30 electric buses for Berlin

www.electrive.com / Nora Manthey — Tuesday, 05. June 2018

"Following a lengthy tender process, Berlin transport provider BVG has made its decision. The board approved the acquisition of 30 electric buses that .."

A Berlin club owner’s mission to give back to Detroit, the city that gave Europe techno

abc NEWS / Sarah Hucal — Friday, 01. June 2018

"When Berlin club owner Dimitri Hegemann first visited Detroit in the 1990s, he was struck by city’s decaying, decadent buildings …"

Activists occupy 9 vacant Berlin buildings in rent protest

Washington Post / Associated Press — Sunday, 20. May 2018

"Berlin police say activists protesting rising rents and gentrification in the German capital have occupied nine vacant buildings. The dpa ..."

Berlin’s club community to stage protest rave against far-right march

Resident Advisor / Carlos Hawthorn — Friday, 18. May 2018

"Reclaim Club Culture, a leftwing collective of Berlin-based clubs and parties, is spearheading plans to stage a protest rave during a far-right march on ..."

Berlin responds to crayfish plague: If you can’t beat them, eat them

Reuters — Monday, 07. May 2018

"To halt the invasion, the Berlin government has licensed a local business to fish the 15 cm (6 inch) crustaceans, which carry infections that native crayfish are not resistant to, out of the ponds in public parks that they have taken over. The license runs until the end of the year, and some 1,600 crayfish have ..."

Shared bikes take over Berlin

Handelsblatt Global Edition / Grace Dobush — Sunday, 06. May 2018

"The number of shared bikes has risen by 75 percent since last year, and last week China's biggest bike-sharing company, ofo, released 2,000 bicycles onto the streets of Berlin, bringing the total of shared bicycles in the capital to more than 18,000 from eight companies, per Handelsblatt research."

Day in the Life: Berlin

NYU Washington Square News / Leo Tulchin — Wednesday, 02. May 2018

"Berlin is a wonderful sprawl. Wide open plazas, enormous public parks and adorable European bike lanes take the place of skyscrapers, concrete and traffic. Everything is achingly beautiful because it's Europe, yet remains practical because it's Germany. Imagine the Renaissance masters taking time off ..."

Berlin: An Art Scene and a City in Flux

New York Times / Scott Reyburn — Tuesday, 01. May 2018

"“We choose what is intense, even if we don't like it,” said Jonas Burgert, an artist based in Berlin, pausing, bemused, in front of a stainless steel buffet unit spouting luridly pigmented water on the gallery floor. Mr. Burgert is one of seven Berlin artists who organized “Ngoro Ngoro II,” a four-day ..."

The Myth That Reagan Ended the Cold War With a Single Speech

History / Sarah Pruitt — Tuesday, 01. May 2018

"On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood just 100 yards away from the concrete barrier dividing East and West Berlin and uttered some of the most unforgettable words of his presidency: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” By the time Reagan traveled to Berlin, Germany, to commemorate the ..."

Germany to fund museum investigations into provenance of colonial-era artefacts

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Monday, 30. April 2018

"Savoy complained of a lack of attention to provenance research in the preparations for the new institution, which will house Berlin's non-European collections. She is now advising the French president Emmanuel Macron on how to carry out his pledge to return artefacts of African heritage in French ..."

9 Highlights from Gallery Weekend Berlin

Artsy / Emily McDermott — Monday, 30. April 2018

"An influx of both art-world power players and newcomers to Berlin recently descended for the 14th edition of the city's Gallery Weekend. The official program included 47 galleries, from established spaces like Sprüth Magers and König Galerie to younger locations like Klemm's, with countless project ..."

A Guide to the Weird and Wacky in Berlin

New York Times / David Farley — Tuesday, 24. April 2018

"The Brandenburg Gate and the Fernsehturm, the erstwhile East Berlin TV tower, are icons of the German capital, not to mention what's left of the wall. Visitors flock to the Pergamon Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and Checkpoint Charlie. Even the famed anything-goes techno club Berghain ..."

The Berlin paradox: Striving for equitable urbanization without gentrification

Handelsblatt Global Edition / Grace Dobush — Monday, 09. April 2018

"“Poor but sexy” is how Klaus Wowereit, a proudly gay former mayor of Berlin, once described his city. The attribute stuck, even as Berlin kept becoming a more global and cosmopolitan city. The kind of laissez-faire lifestyle you can have with a small budget in Berlin hasn't been possible in New York for ..."

Why the writing’s on the wall for Berlin’s murals

The Guardian / Philip Oltermann — Monday, 02. April 2018

"Tourists heading to Berlin for a culture fix this spring will not have to pay an entrance fee to a gallery to view the German capital's best-kept art secret. On the corner of Kurfürstenstrasse and Budapester Strasse, just across from the Berlin aquarium, visitors can admire a rarely seen black and white work ..."

Nazis destroyed this Berlin synagogue. A Muslim politician and a Jewish leader want to rebuild it.

Washington Post — Sunday, 01. April 2018

"Along a narrow canal in one of Berlin's largest Turkish and Muslim neighborhoods sits a synagogue's ghost — the site of a worship hall that was largely destroyed by the Nazis on the November night in 1938 known as Kristallnacht. Eighty years later, a Palestinian-born German politician and ..."

The end of the line for Berlin’s historic public amenities

Handelsblatt Global Edition / Karl Grünberg — Saturday, 31. March 2018

"The man approaches the phone booth in central Berlin. But he doesn't put any money into the slot, nor does he dial any numbers. He simply lifts the receiver in this lone booth, still standing on Kastanien Allee, one of Berlin's most fashionable streets in the trendy suburb of Prenzlauer Berg. He listens for ..."

Four Operas in Berlin Bring the Drama Down to Human Size

New York Times / Micaela Baranello — Friday, 30. March 2018

"For sheer quantity of opera, few cities can rival Berlin, which has three major companies to serve a population of 3.5 million. The current season is even more eventful than usual: The Staatsoper, which tends to attract the most star singers of the three, has returned to its newly renovated ..."

Students celebrate 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift

The Auburn Plainsman / Stephen Lanzi — Friday, 30. March 2018

"Paul Harris, professor of political science and associate director of Prestigious National Scholarships, was invited by the German Honor's Society and the department of foreign language to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. Harris has spent over two decades teaching in both ..."

Berlin to ignore vote on city airport’s future

Washington Post / Associated Press — Tuesday, 27. March 2018

"Berlin's city government says it doesn't plan to honor the result of a referendum in which a majority voted to keep open the German capital's Tegel Airport, even after its much-delayed new international airport opens. Some 56 percent of Berliners voted in September's non-binding referendum ..."

Berlin relaxes AirBnB restrictions

The Business Times — Friday, 23. March 2018

"Authorities in the German capital Berlin decided Thursday to soften one of Europe's strictest regimes for short-term rental firms such as Airbnb, allowing private individuals to rent out their main home without time limitations. The new rule will come into effect on May 1. The news comes after the ..."

Berlin to drop Airbnb ‘ban’ on renting out main homes

The Local Germany — Friday, 23. March 2018

"The news comes after the Berlin administrative court confirmed in several rulings that home sharing does not impact the local housing market. A May 2016 ruling had clamped down on the practice, allowing home owners to only renting out one room via specialised web portals such as Airbnb or Wimdu, ..."

Hartmut Dorgerloh nominated to head Berlin’s Humboldt Forum

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Wednesday, 21. March 2018

"German Culture Minister Monika Grütters says she will propose Hartmut Dorgerloh as the future director of the Humboldt Forum, scheduled to open at the end of next year in Berlin's reconstructed royal palace. Dorgerloh, 55, has managed the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation since 2002."

Berlin housing market continue expanding with two-digit pace

Finance Appraise / Angelina Nieves — Wednesday, 21. March 2018

"Germany had not government almost five months but this was not felt on the Berlin property market. Last year Berlin housing prices rose by an average of 12.7% per square meter, according to data from the real estate agency First Citiz. Thus, the tendency for significant price increases in recent years ..."

Berlin Art Week moves dates: Two art fairs will open at Tempelhof

Art Newspaper — Tuesday, 20. March 2018

"Berlin Art Week has changed its dates to 26-30 September, shifting two weeks later than its former mid-September slot. Negotiations for the new timeline began after news that the sophomore edition of Art Berlin—a reboot of the former Art Berlin Contemporary (abc) fair in partnership with Art Cologne but ..."

Porsche Celebrates 70 Years Of Sports Cars With Special Berlin Exhibition

Carscoops — Tuesday, 20. March 2018

"The exhibit is being held at Drive, the Volkswagen Group forum that opened in Berlin just a few years ago. It's open seven days a week from 10 am to 8 pm, and admission is free of charge. It's just one of several special activities that Porsche has planned for this anniversary year. There'll be another ..."

Top Lufthansa boss says new Berlin airport will probably never open

Irish Times / Derek Scally — Tuesday, 20. March 2018

"Berlin's cursed international airport is almost six years late, and, according to a leading Lufthansa executive, will probably never open. Thorsten Dirks, a Lufthansa board member and head of its EuroWings budget subsidiary, told a closed-door event in Bavaria: “My prognosis: the thing will be torn down ..."

Berlin mayor backs ‘basic income’ to tackle capital’s unemployment

The Local Germany — Tuesday, 20. March 2018

"The Social Democrat (SPD) politician told the Berliner Morgenpost that he wants to see an overhaul of the welfare system, with Hartz IV to be replaced by a “solidary basic income” model. Hartz IV was one of the biggest components of the major labour market reform ..."

Inside an enormous abandoned airport in Berlin that’s coming back to life (Video / VR)

Washington Post / Luisa Beck, Rick Noack, Joyce Lee — Saturday, 17. March 2018

"As rents rise in many of the world's major cities, it's almost unheard of to find any unused space. But in the heart of Berlin sits an empty area so massive that it's the size of an entire country. Tempelhof Field was once the world's largest airport, the same size as the principality of Monaco …"