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For Jews in East Germany, a Life of Contradictions – The New York Times
The New York Times / Nina Siegal — Thursday, 23. November 2023
"An exhibition at Berlin's Jewish Museum explores the Jewish experience in the authoritarian, and officially atheist, communist state throughout ..."
Final farewell for Berlin’s last communist-era local trains | The Star
The Star — Sunday, 19. November 2023
"Berlin's distinctive "coke can" local transit trains, which date back to before the fall of the Berlin Wall 34 years ago, have turned wheels for ..."
Berlin Sounds x Images is a digital collectible compilation of the German capital’s sonics and visuals
Mixmag — Sunday, 19. November 2023
"Regardless of what gift you opt for, they intend to model as "a precious souvenir of Berlin's ever-evolving art scene". Those involved include Anika, ..."
Fotografiska’s Museum Chain Is Turning Artists into “Value Makers” for Venture Capital
Jacobin / Charlie Squire — Sunday, 19. November 2023
"It's a miniature version of what Berlin has become — promoting a financialized, libertarian idea of creativity that prices out the artists who have ..."
Buds in Berlin – High Times
High Times / Ngaio Bealum — Sunday, 19. November 2023
"... Berlin Courtesy Mary Jane Berlin. Total. 0. Shares. Finding weed in Berlin is like going back in time. Sure, Germany has a medical cannabis program ..."
Berlin clubbers and green protesters unite to fight motorway plans | Germany – The Guardian
The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Tuesday, 05. September 2023
"Lutz Leichsenring, spokesman for the Clubcommission Berlin, said the extension of the A100 would pose an “existential threat to Berlin's unique ..."
Extreme renting: limits on rents leave Berlin’s new tenants vying for homes | Financial Times
Financial Times / Laura Pitel — Tuesday, 29. August 2023
"After being kicked out of his Berlin apartment by an unscrupulous landlord last summer, Fabian Missbrenner accrued a catalogue of house-hunting ..."
People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes – Big Think
Big Think / Michael Waters — Sunday, 13. August 2023
"In the 1920s, nightclub-goers in Berlin who feared face-to-face encounters could still talk with beautiful strangers from across the room."
Berlin rents rising rapidly – social mix in danger – MarketScreener
MarketScreener / dpa-AFX — Thursday, 10. August 2023
"Real estate experts already see Berlin as the second most expensive city in Germany in terms of asking rents. Purchase prices, meanwhile, are holding ..."
Berlin Fashion Week: Between tailoring and techno temples
Fashion United / Jule Scott — Monday, 17. July 2023
"The Berlin fashion world has ambitious goals. It is not a matter of competing with Paris and emulating other fashion cities, but of establishing ..."
‘Art should be experienced with joy’: a vision for Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof – Art Basel
Art Basel / as told to Kimberly Bradley — Thursday, 13. July 2023
"Courtesy Eva Fàbregas, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. Photograph by Jacopo La Forgia. Sam Bardaouil: ..."
Berlin Film Festival Cuts Close To A Third Of Its Lineup, Including Berlinale Series Amid …
Deadline / Zac Ntim — Wednesday, 12. July 2023
"The Berlin Film Festival has said it plans to reduce the size of its 2024 program and cull two competition strands as part of a widescale ..."
East German dissident singer Wolf Biermann celebrated in Berlin exhibition – The Guardian
The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Monday, 10. July 2023
"Exile in 1976 spawned mass protest movement and led to exodus of some of GDR's top artists and actors. Kate Connolly Berlin."
Berlin summit to create a ‘CERN for climate modelling’ … – eeNews Europe
eeNews Europe / Nick Flaherty — Monday, 03. July 2023
"A summit in Berlin this week is aiming to boost the modelling of the climate of Earth, including a digital twin of the planet and AI accelerated."
Ukrainian couple takes Berlin with old-school film shop – Taipei Times
Taipei Times / Deborah Cole / AFP, BERLIN — Sunday, 25. June 2023
"By Deborah Cole / AFP, BERLIN. When Russian bombs began raining down on her hometown of Kyiv, Katya Hridina-But was pregnant with her third child ..."
Berlin commemorates the 75th anniversary of the start of the airlift – Globe Echo
Globe Echo / David Sadler — Saturday, 24. June 2023
"On June 26, 1948, the largest air supply operation in history began. The Soviet military administration had cut road and rail links between Berlin ..."
Google street view to update Berlin photos for the first time since 2008 – Exberliner
Exberliner — Tuesday, 20. June 2023
"Google street view is about to capture new pictures of Berlin for the first time in 15 years - and it will find the city a changed place."
13th Berlin Biennale postponed to 2025 – ArtReview
ArtReview — Tuesday, 20. June 2023
"The first Berlin Biennale was staged in 1996 on the initiative of Eberhard Mayntz and Klaus Biesenbach, founding director of the Kunst-Werke ..."
Inside the relaunch of Berlin contemporary museum Hamburger Bahnhof – Euronews
Euronews — Sunday, 18. June 2023
"For decades, the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum has been a central part of Berlin's contemporary art scene. Little has changed... Until now."
On board the new night train from Brussels to Berlin – Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet / Monisha Rajesh — Friday, 16. June 2023
"Two years in the making, the first Brussels-Berlin sleeper train is finally here. Monisha Rajesh rode the inaugural twilight train through ..."
Ruling conservatives in city of Berlin aim to halt cycle lane projects to save car parking spaces
Clean Energy Wire / Carolina Kyllmann — Friday, 16. June 2023
"Tagesspiegel / Berliner Zeitung. The conservative Cristian Democrats (CDU) who lead the new government coalition of the city of Berlin aim to ..."
Former US President Obama to pay Berlin another visit – The Local Germany
The Local Germany — Tuesday, 11. April 2023
"Former US President Barack Obama is slated to speak in Berlin as part of a three-city European tour."
Thousands of Israelis in Berlin ‘Look Forward’ to Disrupting Netanyahu’s Visit – Israel News
Haaretz / Allison Kaplan Sommer — Tuesday, 14. March 2023
"As the Battle Over Israel's Judicial Overhaul Continues, Thousands of Israelis Living in Berlin Are Planning to Protest When Prime Minister ..."
Women can now swim topless in Berlin’s swimming pools. The move reflects Germany’s … – CNN
CNN / Sophie Tanno — Sunday, 12. March 2023
"Women in Berlin can now swim topless in the city's public pools if they choose to -- just as men can."
German airport strikes force hundreds of flight cancellations – The Washington Post
The Washington Post — Sunday, 12. March 2023
"The strike at Berlin's airport has forced 200 departing flights to be canceled, affecting 27,000 passengers, a notice on the city's website said."
Berlin’s Gay Museum attacked – ArtReview
ArtReview — Thursday, 02. March 2023
"On 24 February, museum employees at the Schwules Museum in Berlin discovered evidence of an attack on the institution's building."
This Year, the Berlin Film Festival Sparkles – The New York Times
The New York Times / Jessica Kiang — Friday, 24. February 2023
"This Year, the Berlin Film Festival Sparkles. After two years of pandemic disruptions, the festival returns in full, with Kristen Stewart as the jury ..."
Berlin film fest promises starry nights, meaty fare – France 24
France 24 (AFP) — Monday, 13. February 2023
"The Berlin film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, opens on Thursday with a focus on the fight for freedom in Ukraine and ..."
Berlin’s Lack of Housing Poses a Challenge for the City’s Tech Sector – Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com / Aggi Christiane — Saturday, 11. February 2023
"Berlin's new tech recruits are being told to take any apartment they can get, even if it's nowhere close to the trendy neighborhoods that may have ..."
Would you sleep in a former airport? Berlin is set to repurpose its former Tegel Airport and …
Global Design News — Saturday, 11. February 2023
"Led by Tegel Projekt GmbH, the new master plan for Berlin's former airport in the north of the city will become Berlin TXL — the Urban Tech ..."
Berlin’s plan for a car-free city prompts bitter war of words | The Guardian
The Guardian / Philip Oltermann — Saturday, 11. February 2023
"This summer the German capital will roll out a controversial trial abolishing almost all parking spaces in the Gräfekiez neighbourhood."
Repeat Election in Berlin Speaks to the ‘Chaos’ Many Residents Feel – The New York Times
The New York Times / Christopher F. Schuetze — Saturday, 11. February 2023
"The do-over vote on Sunday is only the tip of the iceberg for a city some see as in crisis: short on housing, schools and efficient governance."
Eco-friendly public toilet a symbol of Berlin’s dysfunction – The Irish Times
The Irish Times / Derek Scally — Friday, 10. February 2023
"An election campaign billboard shows Berlin governing mayor and Social Democrat Franziska Giffey and the slogan: 'Vote SPD on Feb 12!' ahead of ..."
Berlin to issue sustainability bonds worth 750 million euros | TheMayor.EU
TheMayor.EU / Denis Balgaranov — Monday, 30. January 2023
"The city of Berlin is only the second German state to create sustainability bonds, after North Rhine-Westphalia. Finance Senator Daniel Wesener ..."
France, Germany Plan High-Speed Paris-Berlin Train Service – Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com / Ania Nussbaum — Sunday, 22. January 2023
"The nations “support the deployment of the high-speed train route between Paris and Berlin, as well as the night train service, both announced for ..."
Berlin fashion spoof causes chaos as Adidas denies involvement – The Guardian
The Guardian / Philip Oltermann — Monday, 16. January 2023
"At a spoof launch event in central Berlin, bruised and bloodied models stumbled across the catwalk in “realitywear” garments in front of an audience ..."
Berlin thieves on trial for Dresden Palace heist return badly damaged diamonds
EL PAÍS in English / Elena G. Sevillano — Thursday, 12. January 2023
"The miracle was an attempt by the alleged thieves, all members of the same Berlin-based mafia family, to get sentence reductions. The jewels were ..."
Red Flag: What’s behind the Silvester Riots? – Exberliner
Exberliner / Nathaniel Flakin — Wednesday, 04. January 2023
"Exberliner Berlin's New Year's Eve riots made international news. Did we really experience a "new dimension of violence"? Nathaniel Flakin thinks this is ..."
You can get from London to Berlin in just 16 hours thanks to a new sleeper train – Time Out
Time Out / Faima Bakar — Friday, 30. December 2022
"The new pan-European rail service is launching in May 2023 and will connect London St Pancras with Berlin."
Shutting Down The Berlin Spectator
The Berlin Spectator / Imanuel Marcus — Monday, 26. December 2022
"Before I came to Berlin, I lived all over the place, including in former Yugoslavia, where I was a war reporter. As a foreign correspondent for German ..."
Christmas Eve with the Police in Berlin’s Neukölln District
The Berlin Spectator / Imanuel Marcus — Sunday, 25. December 2022
"The reason he was on duty yesterday night was The Berlin Spectator's request to accompany cops on Christmas Eve. Attacked by Protesters. Bonack is one ..."
Jazz, Nazis and Bryan Ferry: how Babylon Berlin became TV’s most decadent drama
The Guardian / Matt Charlton — Friday, 18. November 2022
"It's the most expensive – and most successful – German drama ever made. As its brilliant portrait of the tragic hedonism of 1930s Berlin reaches a ..."
Death of cyclist in Berlin provokes debate over road protests – The Guardian
The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Thursday, 10. November 2022
"The death of a cyclist after a traffic collision in Berlin has revived a growing debate in Germany about climate crisis protests."
How Berlin Friedrichstraße ended up at the centre of the car-free debate
The Local Germany — Friday, 04. November 2022
"One of Berlin's most iconic streets has become embroiled in a fierce debate over the future of mobility in Germany after a decision to block part ..."
Berlin’s Energy Hardship Fund – way out for households in the winter | TheMayor.EU
TheMayor.EU / Denis Balgaranov — Thursday, 27. October 2022
"Authorities believe that "no Berliner should have to sit in the cold and dark". Yesterday, Berlin city authorities announced they want to set up ..."
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