January 2011 – The Needle: Berlin

Places in Berlin

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Bahnhof Alexanderplatz

Berlin scares the hell out of me, a Parisian friend confesses on a weekend visit. Putain! Look how empty the

Berlin History

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Café Einstein, Kurfürstenstraße 58

You love this Viennese-styled café, but at times it fills you with grief. You were here in late autumn and

Joseph Pearson is a writer and historian based in Berlin. His non-fiction portrait of Berlin was published in 2017. He published a second book, My Grandfather’s Knife, about how everyday objects tell World War Two stories, in 2022. His writing has appeared widely in the press, literary and academic journals, and has been translated into German, Italian, French, Arabic, and other languages. Born in Canada, he was educated at Cambridge University, UK, where he received his doctorate in history in 2001. He works at New York University, Berlin, and at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Since 2008, he has written The Needle, which has become one of Berlin’s most popular blogs. For professional inquiries please contact his agency, Peters Fraser Dunlop, email him directly joseph [AT] cantab.net, or visit his professional website: josephpearson.ca