When night falls things really pick up in the Berlin of the roaring twenties. The underworld conducts its shady business in the dim pubs and bars around Alexanderplatz and on Friedrichstraße while ...

Rüdesheimer Platz, Wilmersdorf: In the not so well known or touristy Wilmersdorf you can find really nice, friendly corners and activities, like the summer wine festival at Rüdesheimer Platz. You can ...

Star philosopher Slavoj Zizek has been pondering over Covid-19. He wants to be vaccinated yesterday and sees this as a historical turning point. I am at home in my apartment in Ljubljana. We currently ...

After decades of prohibition, researchers and entrepreneurs around the world have been finding that these powerful, psychotropic drugs - combined with talking therapy - can provide relief for millions ...

Berlin-Berlin isn’t just the capital of Germany, it’s also home to nearly 800,000 people who don’t have a German passport. And for many of those people, English has become their language of Berlin.

We thought this would be an opportune moment to look back at some of the most embarassing screw-ups in the long story of failure that is the birth of BER. Here are the top seven fails. 1. The lights ...

You believe Brexit will actually strengthen the role of English within the EU. That sounds paradoxical. The EU produces a tremendous amount of written material. People in agencies all over Europe are ...

The morning lacked the violent altercations between police and activists that had been feared. However, hundreds of Liebig34 supporters marched and rioted through Mitte late Friday night, clashing ...

Initial investigation will lead to an explanation that it's related to the Hebrew word for a monetary penalty or fine, which broadcaster Deutschlandfunk says is the etymology of the slang for jail.

Every schoolchild in East Germany had to learn this poem by Erich Weinert by heart and East Germans think of it immediately when they stand before the grave of John Schehr. Schehr lies in the Cemetery ...

Berlin's turbulent past is endlessly fascinating.

All kinds of invasive species can be found in Berlin's waters. A fisherman will attempt to control their populations for the fourth year in a row. The animals, which are usually twelve centimetres ...