Places in Berlin

It is the time of year in Berlin when the days get longer but summer has not quite arrived. Something

They come every year from the East. A black cloud swoops around the television tower, or Fernsehturm, at Alexanderplatz, at

What secret plan is being hatched in Rix Café? In Rick’s Café, in the film Casablanca, they sing La Marseillaise

I’m not ashamed to say that one of my favourite places in Berlin is in a shopping mall, the renovated

It feels like the last day of summer because the Kreuzberg Prinzenbad summer pool––one of the many Sommerbäder around the

When I read about the destruction of Brazil’s Natural History Museum by fire on 2 September–– and the loss of

Locals and visitors alike are always asking me how to get into Berghain. I don’t tell them it’s not worth

Did you ever wonder at the intentions of tourists who come to Berlin as voyeurs to the horrors of the

Was I the only one surprised that only a five minute walk from Berlin’s Central Station there is a brand new upscale

“I live in Kreuzberg”. This means about as much as “I live in Brooklyn”. It does not tell you very

‘We’ve been poisoned by the mainstream ‘, say the folks at KaterHolzig on their website. Yet another classic of old Berlin––this