You Know You’re a Savvy Expat Berliner When…
How long have you been in Berlin? And how good is your local knowledge? Take The Needle’s quiz. Looking back
Read moreHow long have you been in Berlin? And how good is your local knowledge? Take The Needle’s quiz. Looking back
Read moreThose first hours after arriving in a European capital from another are the most ripe for making comparisons. Especially if
Read moreLet’s say you are foolhardy enough to attempt avoiding the plaincloth ticket controllers on the BVG (Berlin transport system). Stand
Read moreFor a long time I thought they were condom wrappers. Little blue foil packages torn open and scattered over the
Read moreComing home in the wee hours from a bar in London, Madrid or New York, you might have reason to
Read moreRecently, I got a nasty letter from the Catholic Church. But I’ll get to that. Let me start with the
Read moreAt dinner last night on Schoenleinstraße in Kreuzberg, I was surrounded by people who live in Wedding and love it.
Read moreHudson’s, the English cake shop we blogged soon after its opening, closed its doors on Sunday. It’s the third English-speaking
Read moreOn a Friday sunny morning I see a large group waiting at the M41 bus stop on Urbanstraße on the
Read moreAnother nasty sticker pasted around Berlin telling you to go home. Of so you think. Is it meant––yet again, in
Read moreImagine you are in a Berlin bar, at your most vulnerable at the urinal or bathroom stall, and you read
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