Features Music & Clubs When Berghain Was Political Music-historian Liam Cagney reflects on what got lost amid the rise and rise of Berlin's most famous nightclub. Oct 1, 2026
Features Film How to Build a Film Utopia: Archival Assembly #4 Now at Arsenal Kino's new home in Silent Green, Archival Assembly is a deliberately political, universalist film festival – and it's not afraid of big ideas. Sep 25, 2026
Interview Protest "Fascism Is on Our Doorstep": Peter Thiel Comes to Berlin Peter Thiel doesn't believe "freedom and democracy are compatible". On Thursday, he comes to Berlin to accept the Axel Springer Award. We spoke to the protest organisers. Sep 24, 2026
Interview Music & Clubs Culture PEOPLE Festival 2026: "Expect the unexpected" The team behind the unique, unprogrammed festival on letting artists return to the roots of music creation inside Funkhaus. Oct 1, 2026
News Die Linke “I Was Naive”: Ferat Koçak Reveals Full Communication With the Remmos The Neukölln MP shared his Instagram and WhatsApp chats with Die Zeit, and has stepped back from the interior committee amid “attacks on my person.” Oct 1, 2026
Weekend What are you up to this weekend? We cast our eye across Berlin to provide a short round-up of what's going on from Thursday October 1 to Sunday October 4. Oct 1, 2026
News Construction History Bunker beneath Hitler's Chancellery Sparks Building Dispute Several bunkers lay beneath Hitler's chancellery, but can the city keep them straight? Plans for flats and offices may depend on which underground Nazi building is which. Sep 30, 2026
Interview Music & Clubs Culture PEOPLE Festival 2026: "Expect the unexpected" The team behind the unique, unprogrammed festival on letting artists return to the roots of music creation inside Funkhaus. Oct 1, 2026
Interview Protest "Fascism Is on Our Doorstep": Peter Thiel Comes to Berlin Peter Thiel doesn't believe "freedom and democracy are compatible". On Thursday, he comes to Berlin to accept the Axel Springer Award. We spoke to the protest organisers. Sep 24, 2026
Features Interview Books "Not Just Recognition, but Shame": Abdulrazak Gurnah on Berlin's Colonial Past Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah talks to HEIST about colonialism's afterlife in Berlin, museum basements and the story of Bayume Mohamed Husen. Aug 31, 2026