issue 171
The airport addict: Karim Aïnouz
INTERVIEW! Karim Aïnouz on how he changed his focus from Berlin’s three airports to refugees in film "Zentralflughafen THF". It hits Berlin cinemas on Jul 5. Read more
The sugar babes
Being a sugar baby may sound easy – you just have to show up and look pretty – but in reality, it is a harsh, competitive world of high expectations and hard work. Yet many millennials across the world choose to make a living by it. We spoke to two. Read more
Mrs. Rudi Dutschke
Gretchen Dutschke on the day they shot Rudi, the man behind the 1968 icon and how she thinks he is still being misportrayed. Read more
Life after Tacheles: What’s become of the artist squatters?
It was an artists’ utopia, a cultural institution, a tourist magnet: after over two decades on Oranienburger Straße, Tacheles was shut down, the artists kicked out. Five and a half years on, Taylor Lindsay finds out what happened next. Read more
Le Brot: Real baguette in Neukölln
Achhh, the unmistakable, sweet smell of hot baguette. Enter the bakery on Fuldastraße, and inhale: finally, real French bread in Berlin! With a certified French baker at the oven, there's no better place to get baguettes in town. Read more
The Future Breakfast: A popup gets serious
Take back brunch! Once primarily the domain of Australians, breakfast in Neukölln is now anyone’s game. Here's the final of our three-part series featuring the latest hyped spots (and, yes, it's from Down Under). Read more
EXBlicks: Partisan
INTERVIEW! Director Adama Ulrich on Partisan, the film tribute to Berlin’s most iconic theatre she co-authored. Catch it at our next EXBlicks on Mon, May 28 at Lichtblick Kino. Read more
Between the storms
Three Berlin exhibitions chronicle the peril and prosperity that befell the city during the interwar era. Read more
The Gay Berliner: Xpose yourself
Walter Crasshole strips Xposed Queer Film Festival down to the essentials. Catch the fest May 24-27 at Moviemento. Read more
Chocolate gone Bezirk
Ever wondered what your neighbourhood would taste like if it were a chocolate flavour? Each of the 15 original Preussisch süß concoctions epitomises one of Berlin’s idiosyncratic districts. Read more
The Berlin bitcoin bros
The city has long been a den for cypherpunks, crypto-anarchists and dark webbers. But now locals are getting rich on the cryptocurrency craze and Berlin has become a serious hub for the technology. How did bitcoin become so mainstream? Read more
Bona-Kolletiv: The New Insta-Champ
Take back brunch! Once primarily the domain of Australians, breakfast in Neukölln is now anyone’s game. Here's the second in our three-part series featuring the latest hyped spots. Read more
Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs: Defying Gravity
Spread over two floors of the converted brewery that is the KINDL are over 30 works by Swiss artist pair Onorato and Krebs. Read more
Irving Penn. Centennial
On the 100th anniversary of Penn’s birth, this exhibition of 240 works at C/O is drawn from a major retrospective at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. Read more
Exiting the gift shop
An ongoing exhibition pits Chagall postcards and tea towels against some of the modernist titan's originals. Read more
Retro listening bar
Prenzlauer Berg’s newest wine bar Rhinoçéros makes for a sophisticated evening spot with a rotating selection of wine and some jazzy accompaniment. On Wednesdays and Thursdays the volume gets turned up for special listening sessions. Read more
Save Berlin: On the bike path to hell
What is the city doing to improve conditions for cyclists? Read more
Egg Kneipe: The Eier have it
Take back brunch! Once primarily the domain of Australians, breakfast in Neukölln is now anyone’s game. Here is the first in our three-part series featuring the latest hyped spots. Read more
