Berlin News in English Media

Moved From the US to Berlin, Didn’t Feel Accepted Until 7 Years Later – Business Insider

Business Insider / Mackenzie Fly — Monday, 03. March 2025

"Mackenzie Fly moved from the US to Berlin because she loved the city but had a rough time getting a long-term visa and almost gave up."

Germany’s largest photo festival brings images from around the world to Berlin

Secret Berlin / Kathrin Boehme — Tuesday, 25. February 2025

"Spring is coming and with it the biggest photography festival in the whole of Germany: the "European Month of Photography" starts this week in Berlin ..."

Berlin Film Festival 2025: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews

Deadline / Pete Hammond, Damon Wise, Stephanie Bunbury, Nicolas Rapold — Saturday, 15. February 2025

"The Berlin Film Festival kicked off its 75th anniversary edition February 13 with the opening-night world premiere screening of The Light, ..."

Berlin Film Fest Kicks Off in Snowstorm as Tilda Swinton Mocks Trump – Variety

Variety / Ramin Setoodeh, Elsa Keslassy — Thursday, 13. February 2025

"The Berlin Film Festival launched with some heat -- thanks to fiery speeches -- as film execs, buyers and movie stars trekked through the snow."

What is Berlin style today? | Vogue Business

Vogue Business / Maliha Shoaib — Wednesday, 05. February 2025

"We speak to the Berlin Fashion Week community about whether the black-leather-techno stereotype still rings true today."

Rents rise faster in Berlin than anywhere else in Germany

The Berliner — Wednesday, 05. February 2025

"With an 8.5 percent surge in late 2024, Berlin rents are rising at almost double the national average."

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It’s Berlin Fashion Week!—The Best Street Style Photos From the Fall 2025 Shows | Vogue

Vogue / Caroline Kynast — Tuesday, 04. February 2025

"Head-to-toe black and sickeningly cool looks can only mean one thing—Berlin Fashion Week is back. This season, Berliners are trying on an American ..."

Copenhagen and Berlin rub shoulder pads with the big four fashion weeks – The Guardian

The Guardian / Ellie Violet Bramley, Chloe Mac Donnell — Monday, 03. February 2025

"It looks and sounds like one of the four most famous fashion weeks: London, Paris, New York or Milan. But this is a cloudy February night in Berlin."

Thousands protest against far-right in Berlin – Germany – BBC

BBC / Seher Asaf — Sunday, 02. February 2025

"Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest what they see as a breach of a taboo in post-war German politics."

Unemployment Rates Surge in Berlin and Brandenburg – The Germany Eye

The Germany Eye — Saturday, 01. February 2025

"Unemployment in Berlin and Brandenburg rises significantly in January, reaching 2.993 million. Learn about the economic trends and implications."

How I spent a long weekend in Berlin exploring its turbulent past and vibrant present – Irish Examiner

Irish Examiner / Jillian Bolger — Saturday, 01. February 2025

"Hope and history rhyme in Berlin. ... I remember the night as clear as anything: November 9, 1989 sitting watching TV as the Berlin Wall was breached ..."

Tens of thousands protest Germany’s far right as Musk backs AfD – France 24

France 24 / AFP — Saturday, 25. January 2025

"Organisers in Berlin claimed that 100,000 people attended the protests in the capital. ... Berlin created a 'Sea of Lights for Democracy' in front of ..."

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The most extraordinary Brutalist buildings in Berlin – BBC

BBC — Friday, 24. January 2025

"From the Mouse Bunker to the Embassy of Czechoslovakia, the Cold War buildings that changed history."

Berlin gallery shows artworks evacuated from war-torn Ukraine – France 24

France 24 / AFP — Thursday, 23. January 2025

"A Berlin gallery opened an exhibition Thursday of artworks from a museum in Ukraine that were evacuated to Germany in 2023 to spare them from ..."

The strange loophole that transformed Berlin from tenant’s paradise to landlord’s playground

The Guardian / Tim White — Wednesday, 22. January 2025

"The reasons for Berlin's housing crisis are complex, yet there is one simple and resolvable mechanism driving the stratospheric rent increases of ..."

Berlin Film Festival 2025 Lineup Revealed – Deadline

Deadline / Zac Ntim — Tuesday, 21. January 2025

"The Berlin Film Festival unveiled the full list of titles set for its official 2025 competition alongside perspective and specials sidebars."

Is this the end of Berlin’s famous club scene? – BBC

BBC / Joe Baur — Tuesday, 14. January 2025

"From techno temples to hedonistic hideouts, anything-goes revelry has been core to Berlin's soul for the past century. But rising rents and rapid ..."

Why Berlin’s Budget Cuts Should Be a Wakeup Call | Frieze

Frieze / Zuzanna Czebatu — Monday, 13. January 2025

"Berlin's cultural scene has long branded itself as radical and political. Yet, while exhibitions and performances often critique systemic inequalities ..."

Dream journey: a nostalgic trip aboard the sleeper train from Amsterdam to Berlin – The Guardian

The Guardian / Catherine Fairweather — Sunday, 12. January 2025

"Taking the overnight train from Amsterdam to Berlin and on to Dresden is all about slow travel and the romance of life on the track."

With antisemitism in Berlin at a post-WWII high, Israeli expats explain why they stay

The Times of Israel / Bart Schut — Thursday, 09. January 2025

"(AP Photo/ Ebrahim Noroozi). Reporter's notebook'Our German neighbors are very friendly, as they should be'. With antisemitism ..."

Komische Oper Berlin Cancel Planned Production Due to Budget Cuts – OperaWire

OperaWire / Francisco Salazar — Tuesday, 07. January 2025

"The Komische Oper Berlin has canceled its production of “Mein Friend Bunbury.” Via social media, the company said, “We would like to start the ..."

Palestinian influencer said arrested in Berlin for launching firework through window of …

The Times of Israel / AP — Sunday, 05. January 2025

"A Palestinian social media influencer has been arrested by German authorities at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport on suspicion of attempted arson ..."

A High-Speed Rail Line Now Connects Paris and Berlin – InsideHook

InsideHook / Tobias Carroll — Saturday, 04. January 2025

"A Deutsche Bahn InterCity Express, or ICE, train, arrives at the Hauptbahnhof, or main train station, in Berlin, Germany. Adam Berry/Bloomberg via ..."

A discotheque in Berlin founded by Soviet Jews finds new life – NPR

NPR / Rebecca Collard — Wednesday, 01. January 2025

"Some 200000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas."

Paris to Berlin by train is now faster by five hours. We try out the new service | Rail travel

The Guardian / Nicky Gardner — Tuesday, 24. December 2024

"The journey between the two capital cities was scheduled to take 13 hours, and despite dawdling along the way, we arrived in Berlin bang on time."

Berlin Moves Forward With €130 million Cuts to Arts and Culture – ARTnews.com

ARTnews.com / Angelica Villa — Monday, 23. December 2024

"Berlin's government has pushed through a €130 million cut—12% of its culture budget—despite weeks of protests and warnings from the arts sector."

Goodbye to Berlin, Europe’s self-effacing capital – Financial Times

Financial Times / Guy Chazan — Saturday, 21. December 2024

"The FT's departing correspondent on the city's transformation over the past decade."

Berlin culture cuts described as ‘death knell’ for city’s future – The Irish Times

The Irish Times / Derek Scally — Thursday, 19. December 2024

"On Thursday Berlin's city-state government backed a controversial emergency Bill that cuts €3 billion from the capital's €40 billion annual budget."

Berlin Film Festival to Open With Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ Starring Lars Eidinger – Variety

Variety / Elsa Keslassy — Thursday, 05. December 2024

"The film marks Tykwer's return to the big screen after seven years and four seasons as writer and director of the hit series “Babylon Berlin.” “We ..."

BVG plans autonomous buses by 2027 – The Berliner

The Berliner — Saturday, 30. November 2024

"Self-driving buses could soon become a reality in Berlin, as the BVG teams up with the city of Hamburg to test autonomous fleets."

Just in: Berlin cancels festival due to funding cuts – Slippedisc

Slipped Disc / norman lebrecht — Saturday, 30. November 2024

"Berlin's Konzarthaus has called off its Projections festival in February due to the effects of budget cuts amounting to 1.8 million Euros."

Culture cuts in Berlin are a wake-up call for all of Europe – DOMUS

DOMUS / Nicholas Noel — Friday, 29. November 2024

"Berlin's cultural scene is facing one of the most serious crises in recent years: the Senate, i.e. the city's local government, has announced ..."

Berlin’s €29 ticket cancelled, austerity measures approved

The Berliner — Friday, 22. November 2024

"Berlin commuters are in for a shock as the city bids farewell to its €29 ticket -a short-lived promise of affordable travel."

Berlin Police chief warns Jews, gay people to ‘be careful’ in Arab neighborhoods

The Times of Israel / ToI Staff — Tuesday, 19. November 2024

"Berlin's police chief on Monday advised the city's Jewish and gay residents to be extra vigilant when traveling in neighborhoods with high Arab ..."

How the Berlin Wall Became a 100-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Trail – Smithsonian Magazine

Smithsonian Magazine / Joe Baur — Thursday, 07. November 2024

"Once one of the world's most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience ..."

The View From Berlin: why stickers speak for the city’s creatives and activists

It's Nice That / Milly Burroughs — Thursday, 31. October 2024

"Stickers are big in Berlin. Our correspondent in the German capital digs into the reasons why, and how individuals and groups are using them to ..."

Hunt for Berlin bomber as bag filled with explosives left at station – Evening Standard

Evening Standard / Nicholas Cecil, Rachael Burford — Thursday, 31. October 2024

"German police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who abandoned a bag of explosives at a Berlin train station and ran away after being stopped by ..."

White trees in the Tiergarten: Protection against beaver damage – Berlin.de

Berlin.de / dpa — Monday, 28. October 2024

"The special coating of quartz sand has a mechanical effect and forms a breathable coating on the tree trunk, as the Berlin Nature Conservation ..."

Bike path in Kantstraße: Lanes are being reorganized – Berlin.de

Berlin.de / dpa/deepl.com — Friday, 25. October 2024

"The dispute over a cycle path in Kantstraße in Berlin-Charlottenburg and fire protection for residents is over. According to the Senate Traffic ..."

Kinder Rave: Berlin has a techno party for everyone – including your toddler

The Berliner / Anna Gyulai Gaal — Monday, 21. October 2024

"Think having a kid means the end of your clubbing days? Think again. Kinder Rave is the Berlin party series for techno-loving parents."

First glance at panda cubs – Zoo Berlin

Zoo Berlin — Tuesday, 15. October 2024

"Zoo Berlin has been home to Germany's only giant pandas since summer 2017. On 31 August 2019, female panda Meng Meng gave birth to baby pandas for the ..."

The Hottest Startups in Berlin in 2024 – WIRED

WIRED / Morgan Meaker — Monday, 14. October 2024

"The Hottest Startups in Berlin in 2024. The German capital attracts talent from all over the world, and its startups are building endless AI-generated ..."

Berlin wants to improve support for women setting up businesses

Berlin.de / dpa/deepl.com — Friday, 11. October 2024

"Start-Up · Senator for Economic Affairs Franziska Giffey (SPD) officially launched the programme at the German Entrepreneur and Founder Days in Berlin."

120th Anniversary of the Bode-Museum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin — Thursday, 10. October 2024

"Berlin. At the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, which opened on 18 October 1904, paintings and sculptures were presented side-by ..."

BVG moves to card payment on Berlin buses from September 1 – The Berliner

The Berliner — Monday, 05. August 2024

"From next month, Berlin bus drivers will no longer carry cash but instead exclusively accept card payments from anyone who requires a ticket for ..."

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