Berlin News in English Media

The Berlin apartment: living with the ghosts of the past

The Guardian / Philip Oltermann — Sunday, 13. October 2019

"Grouped around the dining table in his apartment in Berlin's central Mitte district are three velvet armchairs the interior architect salvaged from what he ..."

Extinction Rebellion begins blockades in Berlin, occupies central traffic junctions

Clean Energy Wire / Freja Eriksen — Tuesday, 08. October 2019

"Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion occupied central traffic intersection Großen Stern near the government district in Berlin on 7 October."

Extinction Rebellion Announces Arrival In Berlin, Sets Up Camp Outside Merkel’s Office

The Wire / DW — Monday, 07. October 2019

"Berlin: Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked roads around the Victory Column near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin early on ..."

Berlin travel: Capital of cool with wall-to-wall history

Express.co.uk / Mickey Burke — Sunday, 06. October 2019

"BERLIN, November 1989. A young lad wrapped up against the cold peers through a crack in the infamous wall as an East German border guard ..."

Three decades on from the fall of the Berlin Wall

The New European / Mick O’Hare — Saturday, 05. October 2019

"Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came down, MICK O'HARE talks to some of those caught up in the momentous events and pieces together the story of ..."

Repainting the Berlin Wall as timely reminder to a new generation

The Guardian / Esther Addley — Friday, 04. October 2019

"When Thierry Noir moved to west Berlin in the early 1980s, he found himself living next to the Wall, a menacing and at the time dreary three-metre ..."

From U-Bahn to e-scooters: Berlin mobility app has it all

CNA — Tuesday, 24. September 2019

"Germany's fast-growing capital Berlin is turning to technology to promote the use of just about every form of urban transport - except the ..."

Go East: Germans return home 30 years after Berlin Wall’s fall

Japan Today / Isabelle LE PAGE — Monday, 23. September 2019

"For years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the mantra for millions of former East Germans was to "Go West" for better jobs and opportunities."

Form and function in Berlin

The Australian — Saturday, 21. September 2019

"One of the best ways to appreciate the impact of the Bauhaus School is to wander the streets of Berlin and see the work its members and their ..."

Berlin’s busy Straße des 17. Juni is now a test circuit for autonomous transport

Innovation Origins / Almut Otto — Friday, 20. September 2019

"As of September 19, 2019, the busy Berliner Straße des 17. Juni has become a 3.6-kilometer test circuit for automated and network-enabled transport."

Meet Kirill Petrenko, the ‘anti-maestro’ conductor taking Berlin by storm

Classic FM — Friday, 20. September 2019

"The Siberian-born conductor is transforming the Berlin Philharmonic with his fresh approach to performance – here's everything you need to know."

David Hasselhoff didn’t bring down Berlin Wall – take it from The Hoff himself

Irish Times / Derek Scally — Thursday, 19. September 2019

"Nearly three decades after the end of German division, David Hasselhoff is anxious to correct the historical record. No, he didn't topple the Berlin Wall."

Three exhibitions to see during Berlin Art Week

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Friday, 13. September 2019

"Being uprooted is something Ai Weiwei knows about. Exiled to the Gobi Desert as a child because of his father's work, he now lives in exile once more ..."

Philip Pocock’s best photograph: Miriam the Berlin punk – and her rat Bestia

The Guardian / Edward Siddons — Saturday, 31. August 2019

"I went to West Berlin in 1982 to document what was called Mauerkrankheit, which roughly translates as “wall sickness”. It was a disorder, identified in ..."

a mix to get you in the mood for berlin atonal, by pavel milyakov

i-D — Friday, 30. August 2019

"He'll be performing the latter at this year's Berlin Atonal for the first time -- the festival's former power station venue, Kraftwek in Kreuzberg, providing ..."

Thirty Years After Fall of Berlin Wall, a Citywide Celebration

Smithsonian / Meilan Solly — Thursday, 29. August 2019

"This November, Germany's capital is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall with a festival featuring large-scale video projections, ..."

Berlin celebrates fall of the wall with art installations, projections and an app

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Tuesday, 27. August 2019

"A new augmented reality app, available for download at www.mauar.berlin, recreates the Berlin Wall at the original locations on a smartphone or ..."

Berlin’s Traffic Lights Want You to Go Vegan

LIVEKINDLY / Charlotte Pointing — Friday, 23. August 2019

"According to BZ Berlin, activists have pasted “stop meat” templates on red traffic lights across Berlin-Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. On the green ..."

The Berlin cemetery and the family mystery

Canadian Jewish News / Michael Benedict — Thursday, 22. August 2019

"Seeking out my great-grandparents' graves in Berlin's – and Europe's – largest Jewish cemetery, I found much more than what I was looking for."

Berlin seeks to keep rents down on commercial properties to save small shops

The Local Germany — Tuesday, 13. August 2019

"Rents in Berlin are not only rising excessively for private apartments – but also in commercial properties. Here's how the local government wants to ..."

Berlin police force embarrassed by arrest of fake policewoman

The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Monday, 12. August 2019

"Berlin's police force is facing considerable embarrassment over the arrest of a woman who has repeatedly posed as a police officer and claims to have ..."

Gay penguins at Berlin zoo wait to be dads

7NEWS / AAP — Saturday, 10. August 2019

"Two homosexual emperor penguins at Berlin Zoo are preparing for the patter of tiny feet after zoo staff gave them an egg to adopt last month. "The two ..."

Far-right fears: Berlin neighbourhood fights back

BBC News / Damien McGuinness — Thursday, 08. August 2019

"In one quiet area of Berlin, local residents are also being targeted. One victim is a bookshop-owner. Another is a historian who runs a gallery. A third is ..."

Why Berlin’s Approach to Car Bans Is a Little Different

CityLab / Feargus O'Sullivan — Thursday, 08. August 2019

"Tauentzienstrasse, meanwhile, is one of western Berlin's main competitors to Friedrichstrasse—a broad boulevard that's home to continental Europe's ..."

Berlin to tighten rules for electric scooter users

CityNews Vancouver / The Associated Press — Wednesday, 07. August 2019

"Berlin plans to stop electric scooters from being left haphazardly on sidewalks and other anti-social behaviour that's drawn the ire of residents in the ..."

Berlin airport October 2020 opening “on schedule”

Business Traveller / Mark Caswell — Monday, 05. August 2019

"The CEO of the much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER) has said that the start of a new testing phase “confirms that opening BER in October ..."

Viavan launches App for new last mile service with BVG in Brandenburg

Urban Transport News — Saturday, 03. August 2019

"Berlin (Urban Transport News): ViaVan, Europe's leading provider of on-demand public mobility solutions, yesterday announced a new public ..."

Tale of the Handmaid’s knee: naked men, a wobbly bike and an accident in Berlin

The Guardian/ Brigid Delaney — Thursday, 01. August 2019

"Ah Berlin! Such a great city for cycling. It was a sunny day in June and two friends and I had rented some of those disposable orange bikes via an app."

Field-tested travel tip: Visiting Berlin 30 years after the fall of the wall

The Philadelphia Inquirer / Larissa and Michael Milne, — Thursday, 01. August 2019

"November 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For those who grew up in the Cold War era, with the wall's presence a ..."

Berlin makes public transport free for all schoolchildren

The Local Germany — Thursday, 01. August 2019

"The new Schülerticket, issued by the transport association of Berlin and Brandenburg (VBB), is applicable to all ticket holders travelling in Berlin's AB ..."

How the Berlin Wall Gave Birth to Germany’s Sneaker Culture I Sole Origins

Complex — Wednesday, 31. July 2019

"Berlin's biggest sneaker boutique owners talk about how the fall of the Berlin Wall jump started sneaker culture in Germany's biggest city."

In Berlin, refugees get classes on sexual consent

Yahoo News / Mathieu FOULKES, AFP — Wednesday, 31. July 2019

"Berlin (AFP) - In a classroom workshop, students watch a video of a man and woman meeting in a nightclub. They drink, laugh, dance and kiss."

Afrofuturism show in Berlin criticised over absence of black artists

The Guardian / Lanre Bakare — Tuesday, 30. July 2019

"Opening in Berlin on Wednesday evening, the Künstlerhaus Bethanien's Space is the Place exhibition – which takes its name from a song by the"

Berlin before the Nazis: Century-old photos show German capital as a liberal hub with open drug …

Daily Mail / Bridie Pearson-Jones — Tuesday, 30. July 2019

"Before Hitler came to power in 1933, German capital was a liberal hotbed where people indulged their sexual and hedonistic appetites in Berlin's ..."

Berlin Brandenburg airport ‘on track’ to open in October 2020

The Local Germany — Monday, 29. July 2019

"After several years of delays, the controversial Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) will open next fall following a last series technical tests, said its CEO ..."

Thousands flaunt their pride at Berlin’s Christopher Street Day

Reuters — Saturday, 27. July 2019

"Hundreds of thousands of people took part in Berlin's extravagant Christopher Street Day parade for LGBT+ rights on Saturday. Rough cut (no reporter ..."

30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East German Art Gets Its Due

The New York Times / Catherine Hickley — Wednesday, 24. July 2019

"The range of perspectives on the fall of the Berlin Wall is correspondingly diverse. But the mood is almost universally somber — far removed from the ..."

Berlin Search Engine Uses Profits to Plant Trees

SPIEGEL ONLINE / Marcel Rosenbach — Wednesday, 24. July 2019

"For every 45 inquiries conducted on its search engine, Berlin startup Ecosia has a seedling planted somewhere on the world. Its founder wants to fight ..."

Berlin restricts diesel on some roads and sets speed limits to tackle air pollution

Clean Energy Wire / Clean Energy Wire — Wednesday, 24. July 2019

"The government of the federal state of Berlin has decided to ban older diesel cars from eight roads in the city and create dozens of zones with a 30 ..."

‘Install AC and reduce ticket costs’: How Berlin should improve its public transport

The Local Germany / Rachel Loxton — Tuesday, 23. July 2019

"Berlin's buses, trains and trams get the thumbs up but there's lots to be improved on, say readers who shared their views in the first of our series on ..."

meet the berlin queen of voguing and her ballroom kids

i-D / Juule Kay — Friday, 19. July 2019

"Zueria is also the host of the first Vogue Ball in the history of Berlin's Melt Festival. The perfect occasion to get to know the queen of voguing and her ..."

This is how Berlin students think about their universities

The Washington Newsday / Mette Frederiksen — Friday, 19. July 2019

"On Friday, it is decided which universities will receive additional millions. Students talk about the pressure to perform and where Berlin's universities ..."

How a trip to Berlin finally changed my mind about the Germans

Telegraph.co.uk / Julie Burchill — Thursday, 18. July 2019

"How a trip to Berlin finally changed my mind about the Germans ... Berlin is a very “adult” city – and I don't use that word in the sleazy sense but rather ..."

David Chipperfield’s New Museum Island Gallery Opens in Berlin

ArchDaily / Eric Baldwin — Wednesday, 17. July 2019

"David Chipperfield's James-Simon-Galerie has opened on Museum Island in Berlin. The project serves as a new entrance between the Kupfergraben .."

Exhibition resurrects East Germany’s demolished Palast der Republik

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Friday, 31. May 2019

"Berlin's Palast der Republik, the asbestos-riddled home of the powerless East German parliament that was demolished more than a decade ago, ..."