“Black, but shiny” A new motto for Berlin?
As we prepare for a new conservative-led government, Klaus Wowereit (who coined "poor but sexy") has a […]
Poor but sexy
Berlin clichés: True or false?
Poor but sexy, everyone wears black, dirty and full of drugs. Which of the cliches or prejudices […]
Rent crisis
Berlin’s failed rental revolution
How Berlin went from cheap rents to a housing crisis, saw its rent cap defeated and what […]
Berlin
Life after Tacheles: What’s become of the artist squatters?
It was an artists’ utopia, a cultural institution, a tourist magnet: after over two decades on Oranienburger […]
Berlin
Konrad Werner: Hooray! Berlin has become boring
Last week, no one noticed that Berlin got a new mayor. And they were right to pay […]
Politics
Seymour Gris: The end of Wowizeit
Seymour Gris gives a touching send-off for our soon-to-be departed mayor, Klaus Wowereit. Take a stroll down […]