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Weekend Trip to Südtirol: Going to the Sun, by Train

31/01/202009/02/2020 Joseph Pearson 0 Comments

It’s midwinter in Berlin and a pretty mild one. But a grey sheet is still suspended between us and the

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The Broken Abbey at Chorin

05/10/201323/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Are you one of these Berliners, or Wahlberliners (Berliners by choice), who never goes to Brandenburg? ‘But why would you?’ a

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Weekend Trips from Berlin: Toruń’s Gothic in Poland

24/08/201323/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

The small city of Toruń escaped the Second World War miraculously undamaged. When you approach from the rail station across the

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A Remedy to Berlin Attitude: A Trip to Olomouc, Czech Republic

07/10/201223/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

When I was a kid, we had neighbours from Moravia. My memory is triggered by cuisine: especially strudels and pancakes and spongey

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Poland from Berlin: Wrocław in a Weekend

30/09/201223/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

You might never notice walking around Berlin, but a vast and complicated land lies just over 50 km from the

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Rockets, Radiation and Slave Labour: A Weekend Trip to Stechlinsee

23/09/201223/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

We came to this region some 80km north of Berlin, a land of lakes and medieval towns built on isthmi,

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Weekend Trips: From Berlin to Hiddensee

18/09/201223/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

My dear Needle readers, welcome back after the summer break. It’s a golden autumn, the cultural season starts up again,

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From Berlin to Lviv, Ukraine

08/08/201123/06/2018 Joseph Pearson

Turn your back for a moment on the West, and travel East as a corrective. Jump the train from Berlin, and

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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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