Berlin News in English Media

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 ..."

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, ..."

Sleepless in Berlin: Nightingales flock to scruffy city parks

Times of Malta / AFP — Friday, 24. May 2019

"Sarah Darwin, the great-great granddaughter of British biologist Charles Darwin, was sleepless in Berlin when, to her "enormous surprise", she heard ..."

Berlin’s Porn Scene Is Open, Experimental, and Endlessly Fun

VICE / Josie Thaddeus-Johns — Wednesday, 15. May 2019

"When I got to Mad Kate's live-in work studio in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, most of the porn filmmakers they had invited to talk with us had already ..."

Berlin airlift: Ceremony to mark 70th anniversary, in pictures

BBC News — Sunday, 12. May 2019

"Dignitaries from around the world have gathered in Berlin to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Berlin airlift. The Soviet Union ..."

Berlin collector turns Nazi-era Luftwaffe building into home for video art

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Thursday, 02. May 2019

"Markus Hannebauer, a Berlin software entrepreneur and art collector, has turned a Nazi-era building that once served as administrative offices for the ..."

Berlinische Galerie forced to close suddenly because of structural problems

Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Wednesday, 01. May 2019

"The Berlinische Galerie, Berlin's city museum for modern and contemporary art, has been forced to close suddenly because of structural problems ..."

Berlin police braced for violent May Day protests

The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Tuesday, 30. April 2019

"German police have said they are bracing themselves for violent protests in the capital on 1 May, a traditional day for leftwing demonstrations."

Are the hyper-specialist shops of Berlin the future of retail?

The Guardian / Philip Oltermann / Photographs by Christian Jungeblodt — Monday, 29. April 2019

"It is just one of the surprisingly large number of shops in Berlin that sell only one thing, be it crawly insects, salty sweets, sticky tape or miniature string ..."

Berlin Wall replica on National Czech & Slovak Museum lawn marks 30 years since wall’s fall

The Gazette / Alison Gowans — Saturday, 27. April 2019

"Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall dividing East and West Germany came down. Now, a miniature replica of that wall has gone up .."

Berlin’s First Vegan Canteen for Students Brings Joy For Vegans in Germany

Raise Vegan, Inc. / Debayan Paul — Saturday, 27. April 2019

"Sometimes restaurants adapting to plant-based dishes and sometimes like this, where Berlin's first vegan canteen for students has opened in the ..."

Thousands of teens join Greta Thunberg’s climate fight in Berlin

The Local Germany — Sunday, 31. March 2019

"Thousands of teens join Greta Thunberg's climate fight in Berlin ... activist Greta Thunberg who has taken her protest against climate change to Berlin."

Last stand for Berlin’s ageing concrete advertising pillars

The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Sunday, 31. March 2019

"They were invented in 1855 by the Berlin printer Ernst Litfaß, (pronounced Lit-fass) who had been appalled by the random practice of pasting adverts ..."

A Night at Berlin’s Legendary Late-Night Corner Stores

VICE / VICE Staff — Tuesday, 26. March 2019

"In this bonus scene from Munchies Guide To, we get a tour of Berlin spätis, the city's late-night corner stores. Munchies Guide To... is available on .."

Car racers behind deadly accident on Berlin’s Ku’damm sentenced to life in prison

The Local Germany / DPA/The Local — Tuesday, 26. March 2019

"Over three years after a deadly car race in Berlin's city centre, the regional court has sentenced two speeders to life imprisonment for murder - for the ..."

Once ‘poor but sexy’ Berlin bounces back as start-up hub

Financial Times / Tobias Buck — Sunday, 24. March 2019

"When a former mayor of Berlin described the city in 2003 as “poor but sexy”, he was at least half right. Decades of division had left the German capital ..."

Berlin Wall anniversary resonates in age of Brexit and Trump

The Guardian / Esther Addley and Kate Connolly — Friday, 08. March 2019

"In front of the Imperial War Museum in south London, two young women are sitting on a bench next to the museum's most Instagrammed object – an ..."

Berlin Marks International Women’s Day As A Public Holiday For The First Time

NPR / James Doubek — Friday, 08. March 2019

"March 8 is now a public holiday in the city-state of Berlin after its parliament approved the change in January. The date is already an official holiday in ..."

Wage gap payback: Why this Berlin bike shop has slashed their prices for women

The Local Germany / Sarah Wilson — Thursday, 07. March 2019

"On the first International Women's Day celebrated as a public holiday in Berlin, one bike shop is slashing prices to bring attention to the gender wage ..."

Digital archive on display in Berlin aims to help rebuild war-torn Syria

The Local Germany / AFP — Wednesday, 06. March 2019

"The special exhibition, which opened last week in Berlin, features a digital treasure trove of photographs, maps and films as well as artefacts to take ..."