History
In search of the Berlin better life
We meet Korean Berliners and find out why they came to the Hauptstadt. From Gastarbeiter nurses to today's young families, students and entrepreneurs, each generation had their own reasons, but they're all here to stay. Read more
Nov 15, 2019
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The S-Bahn from Pyongyang: Berlin's North Korean history
We investigate how the pre-Wall GDR provided a ticket out of North Korea and, ironically, how today's Germany has helped a South Korean filmmaker get into the closed-off country. Read more
Nov 8, 2019
Save Berlin: The buildings lying about their age
Disneyfication or designing a sexy future by looking to the past? We explore the trend for a new form of historicism – modern buildings dressed up like long-gone architectural icons. Read more
Sep 25, 2019
Deep shit: Florian Werner
Berlin journalist and author Florian Werner dedicated a whole book to the cultural history of faeces. We sat down to discuss his exploration of the “dark matter”. Read more
Jul 12, 2019
The forest that grew out of Berliners’ shit
Hobrechtsfelder Rieselfelder is a magical landscape that developed on Berlin’s sewage sludge. Maurice Frank takes us on his favourite nature escape. Read more
Jul 12, 2019
Save Berlin: Flushing queens
Dan Borden explores three Berlin examples of prosaic plumbing turned into high art. Read more
Jun 20, 2019
Save Berlin: Bauhaus getaway
Weimar or Dessau – which should you check out and when? Read more
May 17, 2019
