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Apartment buildings in the Mitte borough of Berlin were photographed from the capital's television tower, April 4, 2019.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Berlin tenants undaunted by recent court ruling that undoes a rent cap
Dawn lights the sky behind nightclub Crack Bellmer in the RAW area of Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 6, 2016.
Berlin night clubs might get same zoning designation as opera houses
Firefighters blast water in Berlin in mid-August, providing relief from the heat. This is among the few ways to cool off in a city with little air conditioning.
It’s so hot in Berlin that people are cooling down in an old WWII bunker
Arts, Culture & Media
Hot Berlin Nights
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.
Books
Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel
Brexit beer
Virtual beer and Brexit chat with European friends
Full Episode
Milad Khawam performing in Berlin as part of his new music project, "Exilistan."
Music
A Syrian trumpet player in Berlin has a new project called ‘Exilistan’
Zozan Khaled Musa, 25
Conflict
This Syrian’s decision to pass as a non-refugee came at a personal cost
Lutz Wiese of Vattenfall power company refuels a hydrogen-powered Mercedes at a filling station in Berlin. Vatenfall is a partner in the world's first direct wind-hydrogen power plant, in northern Germany. Using wind-generated electricity to create hydrog
Technology
The car of the future — the very near future — might be driven by the wind
The Fernsehturm television tower, featuring Berlin's largest and most well-known disco ball.
Arts, Culture & Media
For Israelis, Berlin is one big, alluring disco party
Lou Reed
Arts, Culture & Media
Lou Reed’s Berlin
Germans gather for a HipsterAlarm meeting.
Arts, Culture & Media
Expat Hipsters Not Winning Friends in Berlin
Global Politics
Cold War linguists: NSA spies in Teufelsberg kept ear on Soviets
Berlin Wall squatters
The World in Words
Cold War Linguists: The NSA’s Spies of Teufelsberg
Development & Education
Equality From the Ground Up: Streets in Berlin Must Be Named After Men and Women Equally
Arts, Culture & Media
The Return of Nightingales to Berlin
Arts, Culture & Media
IKEA Apologizes for Having Used Political Prisoners’ Labor in East Germany
Global Politics
German Town Asks Berlin to Pay Back 450-Year-Old Loan
Conflict & Justice
East German Punk
Arts, Culture & Media
Country music attracts German tourists
German Elections
Conflict & Justice
Cold War beginnings: the Berlin Blockade in audio
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Protest songs
Global Politics
Owning a piece of the Berlin Wall
Conflict & Justice
Terrorist attacks in Pakistan continue
Global Politics
Germany’s unemployed go shopping
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer: Tempelhof airport
Business, Economics and Jobs
Endless cities