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Wanda: The Berlin brunch spot where “all diets are beautiful”

The brunch dishes being served up at Wanda are so scrumptious, you'd never guess they're totally gluten-free, […]
Film

Best of Cinema: The classic films coming to Berlin Kinos this summer 

Every year, the team at StudioCanal curates a programme of vintage cult favourites for Berlin kinos under […]
Berlin

Where to watch Euro 2024 in Berlin

The final match of the Euros is on Sunday. Ahead of the big game, here are our […]
Thursday, July 11

Berlin mayor doesn’t want tourists visiting for “cheap, safe” drugs

Berlin mayor Kai Wegner spoke out against drug tourism, saying Amsterdam should not become a "model for […]
History

The complicated history of Berlin’s Olympiastadion

Berlin's Olympiastadion is hosting several key games at the 2024 Euros, but how should fans grapple with […]
Art

Christian Rug’s ICH DU WIR is a technicolour celebration of sex, love and kink

Berlin based artist Christian Rug brings his signature "pop-porn" to Cocoon Berlin with a daring, technicolor exhibition […]

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As Seen At: African Food Festival

We stopped by the African Food Festival in Kreuzberg to check out the cuisine, music and wares […]
Fashion

The timeless art of patchwork: Behind the new Berlin upcycling label Plaid-à-Porter

With her brand Plaid-à-Porter, journalist-turned-designer Estelle Adeline Trasoglu creates contemporary fashion from vintage patchwork.
Cover Story

Breaking New Ground: Meeting Berlin B-Girl Jilou, Germany’s top breakdancer

Berlin-based B-girl Jilou is leading the way as breakdancing shifts moves from sub-culture to professional sport.
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What to do this July: Berlin’s Best Events

This July we are looking outdoors and finding art and culture around every corner. Here’s our list […]
Berlin

Where to watch Euro 2024 in Berlin

The final match of the Euros is on Sunday. Ahead of the big game, here are our […]
Pride Month

Pride Guide 2024: Berlin’s Queer culture highlights

Our guide to the art, culture, parties and protests making up Berlin's 2024 Pride calendar.
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Berlin Bites

New Restaurant Openings: Where to Eat in July 2024

Where is the hot new place to eat in Berlin? Here are some newly-opened restaurants we are […]
Food

Gully Burger’s Sachin Obaid on his favourite spots to eat and drink

When Chef Sachin Obaid is not serving up plates of vada pav and cheese fries at Gully […]
Food

Keeping up with the Joneses: The rise and rise of Berlin’s most creative ice-cream makers

After 10 years of whipping up creative ice cream combinations, Jones is expanding into two new spaces […]
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Art

Interview

Billy Childish: “I’m the one on the true path”

Painter, musician and writer Billy Childish on his new exhibition, 'Paintings from Fossilised Cretaceous Seams' at Berlin's […]
Review

The stunning oddities of Modigliani: Modern Gazes

Currently on at the Museum Barberini, 'Modigliani: Modern Gazes' showcases some of the great Italian Modernist's most […]
Review

Spellbinding alchemy: Alexandra Pirici’s Attune at Hamburger Bahnhof

Alexandra Pirici challenges our ideas about life on earth in Attune, her show at Hamburger Banhof. ★★★★
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Music

Music & clubs

Berlin Concerts: The Best Live Music in July 2024

It's time to beat the heat with some of Berlin's best musical acts. Here are our recommendations […]
Music & clubs

Meltdown: Saying goodbye to MELT Festival

After 27 years of excellent programming, we bid MELT Festival adieu and ask: was this inevitable?
Album review

A Song For You: All encompassing, wide-reaching sounds

In A Song For You's new album Home, the 52-person collective takes R'n'B to the masses with […]
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Stage

Review

“We sang for the maggots and the maggots came”: Restaging A Doll’s House

'Nora or how one composts the master's house' reimagines Henrik Ibsens 'A Doll House' through the frame […]
Review

THE WORK: A rich, mystic vision

In Susanne Kennedy and Marcus Selg's final installation of their stage trilogy, THE WORK tells the story […]
Stage

Work-Death Balance: Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg on their new play at Volksbühne

Creative duo Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg's third stage collaboration THE WORK takes a retrospective look at […]
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Books

Review

Elevator in Sài Gòn: A chronicle of French Empire and afterlives in Vietnam

Thuận's 'Elevator in Sài Gòn' is a deep exploration into the effects of war, empire and love […]
Review

Background for Love: An edifying romance on the French Riviera

Panthenon Press-founder Helen Wolff wrote only one novel before dedicating her life to others' work: Background for […]
Interview

Author Jane Flett on her witchy, campy, carnival novel, Freakslaw

Award-winning queer Scottish author Jane Flett talks about her debut novel and the influence Berlin’s literary community.
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Film

Review

Not a Word: Evocative, emotional orchestra

While Not A Word is a provocative film on family dynamics reminiscent of Tar, but lacking some […]
Review

Ivo: Haunting and subtle Berlinale highlight

Ivo follows an end-of-life care nurse whose interactions with lives and deaths paint a complex portrait of […]
Film

“Love the discoveries”: Stephan Holl on how Rapid Eye Movies unearth cinematic masterpieces

Stephan Holl, the cinematic mind behind innovative German film house Rapid Eye, reflects on restoring cult classics, […]
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Support women, save the planet: The eco-friendly baskets of Rayas Collective

The Rayas collective partners with women weavers in El Salvador to bring chic (and eco-conscious) hand-woven bags […]
Podcasts

Dead Women talk back: The Dead Ladies Show shares women’s lives (not their deaths)

The three-person team behind The Dead Ladies Show wanted use their podcast to show how the women […]
This Must Be The Place

Assassinations, socialism and conspirators’ dens: Inside Berlin’s Rote Insel

Take a trip to Schöneberg's Rote Insel (or Red Island), an unassuming neighbourhood with an astounding history.
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Politics

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Bones of Contention: Why are so many human remains locked up in Berlin museums?

Thousands of skulls and skeletons from victims of German colonialism are lying in Berlin museums. Why is […]
Protect the park

100% Tempelhofer Feld: The fight to save Berlin’s favourite open space

100% Tempelhofer Feld is campaigning to preserve one of Berlin's most beloved open spaces.
Politics

What remains of Nazi architecture in Berlin?

The sinister architectural legacy of the Third Reich in 12 buildings
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