The Western canon: Why readers need more West Berlin literature
Cold-War West Berlin may be iconic to music fans, but its literary afterlife is lacking.
Friday 15, March
Ex-Stasi officer put on trial for deadly border shooting 50 years later
On Thursday, an 80-year-old former Stasi officer was put on trial for the alleged murder of Czesław […]
Berlin
Charlottenburg in the 1960s: Berlin’s coolest Kiez
It's hard to imagine it now, but in the 1960s Charlottenburg was Berlin’s bohemian hotspot. These vintage […]
Wednesday 31, January
KaDeWe goes bankrupt: What next for the Berlin luxury store?
The KaDeWe group did not disclose financial records for seven years - but that didn't stop Berlin […]
History
German Unity Day: 12 photos from 3 October 1990
October 3 is German Unity Day. These photos from 1990 show how Berlin celebrated and demonstrated after […]
Architecture
The weird, colourful postmodern U-Bahn stations of Berlin
No architect shaped the face of Berlin's U-Bahn more than Rainer G. Rümmler. But are these postmodern […]