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What’s Changed in Berlin in a Decade? Ten Years of ‘Moving to Berlin’

31/03/201931/03/2019 Joseph Pearson

Ten years ago The Needle published its first ‘Moving to Berlin’ guide, and it’s been updated every year since then.

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Berlin for Brexiters

14/11/201723/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

In the past year, there has been an enormous surge in views on The Needle’s Moving to Berlin site from

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MOVING TO BERLIN: The Needle Guide 2016

12/01/201623/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

The Needle has updated its Moving to Berlin Guide! Click here for the 2016 edition.   

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You’re Relevant, Just Because You Live in Berlin

23/03/201523/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Dear Lost Soul, I have this theory that Berlin is so popular with the superfluous generation of young people because you

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Berlin’s Vietnamese Community, and the Dong Xuan Center

03/11/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Getting to the Dong Xuan Center means seeing how big and diverse Berlin can be. Taking the M8 tram line out

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Turks but not Berliners?

13/10/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

I’m writing today because of a flabbergasting interview with a linguistic researcher from the Berlin Technical University that appeared in

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Berlin’s Terrible Climate—And What It’s Doing to Us

19/06/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Berliner grumbling is one of those standout local specialties, a corollary to Berliner Schnauze. I’m in a café on Graefestr.

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Why I Love German Inefficiency: The Post Office, The Airport, and the Final Solution

01/05/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Am I the only one delighted by German inefficiency? One of my least favourite passages in a book by a

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The Rise and Fall of Berliner Schnauze

26/04/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson Berlin, Berliner Schnauze, Claire Waldoff, German, humor, humour, sass, unfriendly

Berlin rudeness is explained to newcomers as a charming local curiosity: like those enormous gingerbread hearts you buy at the

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Is Berlin ‘Over’? Yawn.

08/03/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Every year or so, without fail, the press pull at that dependable news hook: Is Berlin ‘over’? Is Berlin ‘no

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You Know You’re a Savvy Expat Berliner When…

27/02/201423/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

How long have you been in Berlin? And how good is your local knowledge? Take The Needle’s quiz. Looking back

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About the Author

Joseph Pearson is a writer based between Berlin and New York City. Born in Canada, he was educated at Cambridge University, UK, where he received his doctorate in history in 2001. His non-fiction portrait of Berlin was published in 2017. He is also the essayist and blogger of the Schaubühne Theatre, one of Berlin’s best known state-funded institutions. Since 2008, he has written The Needle, which has become one of Berlin’s most popular blogs. His writing has appeared widely in the press, literary and academic journals, and has been translated into German, Italian, French, Arabic, and other languages. For professional inquiries please contact:  joseph [AT] cantab.net.

What is The Needle?

The changing meanings of The Needle are the inspiration for these pages. Above Alexanderplatz is Berlin's television tower. The Needle surveilled the city during East German times like a threatening eye; then its meaning changed after the Berlin Wall fell. Berliners now think of the tower as a giant disco ball flirting with the city lights––a symbol of sex, electronic music and youth culture. This weekly documents the Berlin Renaissance today, mindful of a dramatic and terrifying history. Berlin is Europe's most exciting city, and The Needle is here to share.

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