July 28, 2008, 08:26 PM
WASSERSCHLACHT 2008
The latest Wasserschlacht battle between the inhabitants of two proud -- and now administratively unified -- neighborhoods of Berlin was held on Sunday. What has traditionally been a food fight has expanded its offerings to include fish and dirty diapers. more...
July 17, 2008, 03:25 PM
BERLIN'S NEW UNESCO SITES
Last week UNESCO awarded six housing estates in Berlin the World Heritage seal of approval. Bauhaus Archiv Director Annemarie Jaeggi tells SPIEGEL ONLINE why these examples of modernist architecture are so important. more...
July 17, 2008, 02:46 PM
DEMOLISHING THE COLD WAR PAST
The Michendorf rest stop used to be the last stop in East Germany before West Berlin. Local conservationists have tried to save it, but on Monday it will be demolished to make way for a highway expansion. more...
July 11, 2008, 05:01 PM
MAGRITTE, KLEE, ERNST AND MAN RAY
The "Surreal Worlds" exhibition in Berlin, which opened this week, consists of priceless works of art from the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection. Curator Julietta Scharf explains why her family has decided to open the valuable collection to the public now. more...
July 08, 2008, 11:47 AM
UNESCO CELEBRATES MODERNISM
Berlin exported its modernist aesthetic of the 1920s around the world but its own examples of Bauhaus-style social housing had long gone unrecognized. Until now. On Monday UNESCO gave six properties in Berlin the World Heritage seal of approval. more...
July 03, 2008, 05:22 PM
CHILLINGLY REALISTIC
Madame Tussauds opened its new waxwork museum in Berlin to reporters on Thursday and, predictably, the attention was mainly focused on a startlingly realistic figure of Adolf Hitler in his bunker. His dark portrayal as a broken man may defuse criticism that including him was tasteless. By David Crossland in Berlin more...
July 02, 2008, 03:11 PM
CARRY ON LIGHTING UP
A smoking ban is now in force in each German state, but in some areas the ban isn't being enforced. In the capital city of Berlin, for example, local authorities claim they don't have the manpower to police it. more...
June 23, 2008, 04:51 PM
LESS IS MORE
A number of five-star hotels in Berlin have noticed a drop in drug company business. Is the recommendation of a pharmaceutical industry watchdog to blame? more...
May 29, 2008, 05:16 PM
MADAME TUSSAUDS IN BERLIN
Boris Becker will be there. Ludwig van Beethoven too. But just weeks before Madame Tussauds opens a new wax museum in Berlin, a planned figure of Adolf Hitler is generating some criticism. more... [ Forum ]
May 06, 2008, 03:04 PM
GHOSTS OF THE COLD WAR
Visitors to Berlin are often disappointed that so little of the infamous Wall still exists. The city has launched a multimedia guide tracing the path of the Cold War barrier complete with eyewitness accounts of shootings, escapes and the everyday agony of life in its shadow. By David Crossland in Berlin more...
