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Creamcake: Berlin’s renowned underground arts festival is here to disrupt

Creakcake brings the wild energy of the club into the city’s stuffy cultural institutions.
Object lesson

The distinctive pavement pattern of Berlin

Next time you're walking in Berlin, take a moment to consider the hidden history behind the pattern […]
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What to do this weekend: Berlin’s best events

In Berlin and don't know what to do? Don't worry. These are our picks of the best […]
Thursday, October 10

Scrimshaw walrus tusk confiscated from 24-year-old at BER

The woman carrying the decorated walrus tusk claimed it was a gift from her father. She now […]
Review

‘Pier Paolo Pasolini. Porcili’: A visceral inspection of the Italian legend at n.b.k

An advocate of gay freedom and working class culture, Italian director and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini is […]
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Savour international cuisine at Berlin’s hottest food hub: The Playce

With The Playce, Berlin's Potsdamer Platz is not only known for its impressive architecture and interesting history, […]

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How Wahlheymat is bridging the voting gap for Berlin’s international communities

The new organisation Wahlheymat wants to empower all Berliners, even those who can’t officially vote, to make […]
Street Art

“Iran’s history is not written, it’s woven”: How Nafir practises the art of resistance

Using spray paint, old carpets and ceramics, Iran-born street artist Nafir creates public artworks which draw on […]
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Run Berlin Run: Meet the city’s running crews chasing a different kind of high

From casual social running to ambitious race coaching and FLINTA* only crews, we've got the rundown of […]
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October events

What to do this October: Berlin’s best events

Club nights, foodie pop-ups, film festivals, and more. This October in Berlin is packed with great things […]
Guide

The month on screen: Our selection of Berlin film events this October

Feminist filmmaking, cinema with a message and under-represented international gems. This is our guide to the Berlin […]
Guide

Berlin concerts: The best live music in October 2024

From nostalgic Y2K indie anthems to one of the world's biggest celebrations of Jazz, here's what Berlin's […]
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Food

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Skip the tourists traps: 5 places to get great schnitzel in Berlin

Discover the Berlin restaurants that are doing justice to this classic German dish. Here are our 5 […]
Food

Perfect dipping Ramen: The taste of Tokyo at Food Technique Berlin pop-up

Food Technique Berlin's pop-up at Chipperfield Kantine gives you the chance to taste some truly authentic Tokyo-style […]
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Prost! Our top 5 Oktoberfest parties in Berlin

Don't let the Bavarians have all the fun! As Oktoberfest approaches, we round up our favourite places […]
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Berlin art: What exhibitions are on now?

What's going on in the art world and which Berlin exhibitions should you check out right now?
Review

Serious and hilarious: John Baldessari’s ‘Ahmedabad 1992’

Baldessari’s show at Sprüth Magers Gallery is one of juxtapositions. ★★★☆☆
Art

Kunst2Go: The Berlin vending machines stocking original artworks

Kunst2Go is the new budget-friendly Berlin business that sells pocket-sized works of art from repurposed vending machines […]
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Music

Editor's Column

Celebrating 20 years of Festsaal Kreuzberg

This month, the Berlin institution that is Festsaal Kreuzberg is celebrating its 20-year anniversary. We look back […]
Die Nerven
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WIR WAREN HIER: Electrifying noise-rock, opulently produced

Over a two-year break, German noise-rock trio Die Nerven have been cooking up their stellar sixth studio-album, […]
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Bonzo Goes to Kreuzkölln: The Ramones Museum returns

Here today and gone tomorrow: in 2021, the pandemic took our beloved Ramones Museum. But now it’s […]
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Be thankful, they said: Olivia Hyunsin Kim on investigating adoption through dance

A new piece at Sophiensæle takes on the psychology and physiology of adoption through dance.
Review

‘Alles wird schön sein.’: Poignant, political and personal

In Hakan Savaş Mican's 'Alles wird schön sein.', a father tries to make things beautiful for the […]
Interview

Faith, money, war and love: Robert Lepage’s new show opens at Schaubühne

'Glaube, Geld, Krieg und Liebe', which premieres October 3, is an exploration of Germany’s postwar history – […]
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Review

‘Overstaying’: The uncanny tale of a host and her visitor

Ariane Koch's 'Overstaying' debuts an eerie, captivating story of taking a stranger home from the train station.
Review

‘The Unfinished Life of Phoebe Hicks’: A supernatural craze in small-town Rhode Island

In 'The Unfinished Life of Phoebe Hicks', Agnieszka Taborska offers an ode to the feminine mystique in […]
Books

Nostalgia as resistance: The prose poems of Donna Stonecipher

Berlin poet and translator Donna Stonecipher looks back at her writing on nostalgia.
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Film

Editor's Column

Lost in translation: The classic movies with unhinged German titles

Our film editor takes a look at the tangled art of international film titles translated for the […]
Film

Cinema city: Berlin’s most unusual kinos

With its many arthouse cinemas playing subtitled gems to a growing crowd of international filmgoers, Berlin is […]
Film

Muscle, murder and the desert: Director Rose Glass on Love Lies Bleeding

Director Rose Glass talks Love Lies Bleeding, its "twinkly alien" score and working with Kristin Stewart.
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Raising her voice: Radio Spätkauf’s obituary for their late host

The story behind Radio Spätkauf's 'Maisie's Voice', the pod paying tribute to the late co-host Maisie Hitchcock.
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Made in Berlin

Berliner Luft: The untold history of Berlin’s favourite minty liquor

From its humble beginnings in Russia to the drink of resistance under the DDR, Berliner Luft has […]
I Know a Little Place

Palast der Republik: The tumultuous story of Berlin’s lost people’s palace

In 2006, Berlin tore down East Germany’s Palast der Republik and replaced it with the contentious Humboldt […]
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Politics

Politics

How Wahlheymat is bridging the voting gap for Berlin’s international communities

The new organisation Wahlheymat wants to empower all Berliners, even those who can’t officially vote, to make […]
The burning issue

City of thieves: What should Berlin do about all the stolen bikes?

Berlin has a reputation as a flat, cycle-friendly city – but how should it combat the tens […]
The Queer Berliner

Precarious pride: Reflections on a summer of right-wing violence at queer demonstrations

Queer events were targeted by right-wing extremists across Germany this summer - but whose side are the […]
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