Business
The EXB news briefing: January 16, 2020
In the German papers this week: More investment than ever for Berlin startups, tractor protest set for the weekend, a €6M staircase attraction at Humboldt, Fridays For Future is coming to your kiez, and more! Read more
The EXB news briefing: December 12, 2019
In the German papers this week: BVG want to become a World Heritage Site, new business park and S-Bahn stations planned for Pankow, Berlin Mayor caught using polluting vehicle, Mitte to be car-free next summer, and more! Read more
Vietnamese dynasties
Who’s behind the new wave of Vietnamese food in Berlin? Three mini-empires, run by close-knit families who seem to strike gold with each new venture. We asked their bosses for the secret of their success. Read more
Konrad Werner: Deflated innocence
Why doesn't the "Die Welt" balloon have "Die Welt" anymore, and what's that have to do with the reason why German newspapers almost never criticize German businesses? Read more
The Syrians of Sonnenallee
Neukölln’s “Arab street” has become a destination for the Syrian community – and a potential goldmine for refugee entrepreneurs selling their countrymen a taste of home. But it isn't always easy being the new kids on the block. Read more
Keeping the night alive
Nightlife entrepreneurs tell their stories of surviving and thriving in the ever-evolving, ever-challenging club and bar business. Read more
Clothes that change the cycle
Want to cycle in style? Antoniya Ivanova's label Chance of Rain keeps you looking good while you bike -- and you can help her fund it on Kickstarter. Read more
The unlikely feminists
Can you cover your head, stay home with the kids, sell your body to men... and still proudly champion women’s rights? These three Berliners can and do. Read more
The florist that (almost) never sleeps
Blumen Dilek has sold flowers since 1982, first inside the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station, and then, since 1999, at this bustling crossroads. Now its the near-24/7 institution on the corner of Adalbert and Oranienstraße. Here's the story. Read more
Hasir: Titanic hunger
Kottbusser Tor has survived May Day riots, tourist hordes and urban renewal blunders, but can it resist the feeding frenzy of the King of Kebab? Read more
Konrad Werner: The government keeps letting VW poison everyone
There's new news in the VW scandal: 1) An insider said the test cheating was an open secret. 2) US VW owners will get compensation, but EU owners won't. And the German government has still not said anything. Read more
Photo by Magnus Bieneck/Sonic, www.dj-sonic.net (Creative Commons License 3.0)
Konrad Werner: Germany protects its corrupt multinationals? No shit!
Whether it's Volkswagen or Heckler & Koch, the German government goes out of its way to help its corrupt export companies. That's what it means to be the German government. Read more
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Seymour Gris: Bureaucracy hackers
Three entrepreneurs have created a clever algorithm that hacks the Bürgeramt's dysfunctional system and allows them to sell online appointments to their fellow Berliners. Should we pay to get stress-free access to public service? Read more
EXBlicks: Dorothee Wenner's DramaConsult
INTERVIEW. This month's EXBlicks film DramaConsult follows three ambitious Lagos businessmen as they travel to Germany vying for business contacts. Director Dorothee Wenner joins us on Apr 8, 20:30 at Lichtblick Kino. As always, with English subs. Read more
Kultur(brauerei) for sale
Formerly a meeting place for a dissident artistic intelligentsia, the Kulturbrauerei is to be sold off to private investors. Will it lose what little culture it has left? Read more
Photo by Craig Hull
Seymour Gris: Heard on the Allee – Silicon Scheiße
The "Shit Whoever Says" meme hits Rosenthaler Platz. Gris discusses. Read more
