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Squat Paradise: East Berlin in the 90s 24 Jun 2013 | 06:46 pm
Dirk Moldt reminisces about the fall of the wall, squatting in Friedrichshain during the early-90s and the murder of his friend by neo-Nazis… Mainzer Strasse, June 4, 1990 It was an exhilarating tim...
Berlin’s Best Beer Gardens 21 Jun 2013 | 01:24 pm
Kirsten Hall profiles ten of the best places in the city to enjoy an al fresco beer… It was decreed by Albert V of Bavaria that only during the period from the feast of St. Michael to the festival o....
Berlin! Berlin! by Kurt Tucholsky 19 Jun 2013 | 12:51 pm
An excerpt from a forthcoming book on Kurt Tucholsky’s time in Berlin… There’s no sky above this city. Whether the sun shines at all is questionable; it seems like you only ever see the sun when you’...
Impressions of 48 Hours Neukölln 17 Jun 2013 | 11:53 pm
Photographer Alpha Smoot dodges the crowds to gain some artful impressions at 48 Hours Neukölln… The aim of 48 Hours Neukölln – to provide a platform for artists to display their work in a mix of ve...
A Summer Guide To Berlin 14 Jun 2013 | 07:03 pm
Film still from “Heisser Sommer” 1968 In 1968, an East German “feel good” musical entitled, Heisser Sommer (Hot Summer) was released. Touted as the “The East German Grease” for its 2001 video release...
STRUNK/Hertzberg 14 Jun 2013 | 01:47 pm
Anya Weimann profiles Neukölln’s newest artisanal fashion store… Lea Strunk’s fashion store Hertzberg is stuck between a Spätkauf and a Spielhalle on Neukölln’s notorious Sonnenallee. Taking its na.....
Berlin in Spring 2013 [Photo Gallery] 10 Jun 2013 | 01:44 pm
Peggy Schatz Linda Wilson Juska Wendland Jeroen van Marle Inka Chall Paul Sullivan Georg Seebode More seasonal readers’ galleries: winter 2013, autumn 2012, summer 2012, spring 2012, winter 201...
Kosmischer Läufer 9 Jun 2013 | 11:20 pm
A Q&A with Martin Zeichnete, the man who wrote the secret soundtrack for the East German Olympic Program between 1972 and 1983… In the mid 1960s, East German Minister for Sport Manfred Ewald closed a...
Flaneur: One Street At A Time 5 Jun 2013 | 03:47 pm
Wyndham Wallace profiles a new Berlin-based magazine that explores cities one street at a time… Shop Life, Harry Lehmann. Photo by Hannes Caspar, Grashina Gabelmann With Berlin arguably suffering fr...
Seasonal Recipes: June 2013 4 Jun 2013 | 08:00 pm
Although at the time I am writing this, it is unrelentingly cold, grey and rainy, summer is – theoretically – upon us. And that means eating in the open air. Rain, of course, does not stop any self-r...
