News Bundeswehr Food The German Army's Latest Recruiting Scheme? Döner Wrappers The German army has expanded its recruiting drive to Berlin kebab shops, sending out promotional material advertising the army as: 'One career with everything.'" Aug 25, 2026
News Elections Politics Berlin Election: Die Linke Four Points Clear as Wahl-O-Mat Goes Live A Forsa poll shows Die Linke's first clear lead of the campaign, plus the Wahl-O-Mat voting aid comes online today. Aug 24, 2026
News Weather Tornado Hits Brandenburg: "Severe Damage" Winds of 150 kilometres per hour blew through the town of Fürstenwalde just outside Berlin, sending trees and roofing flying. Aug 21, 2026
Features Sport New Gods in Köpenick: The Rise of FC Union's Women's Team The 1. FC Union women’s team is pulling big crowds. Can the fans create a culture with staying power? Aug 21, 2026
News Climate change Protest Activists Disable 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, Screw Lentils in Tyre Valves The Widerstands-Kollektiv deflated tyres on 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, calling the vehicles a "disaster for our world". Aug 20, 2026
News S Bahn Deutsche Bahn This S-Bahn to BER Is Closed for the Rest of August The S-Bahn lines serving the airport are suspended until the end of August. Replacement buses are running, but plan ahead (or take a regional train). Aug 19, 2026
News Berlin Senate The Berlin Government Has Been Hacked A crisis team has been deployed after the Senate admitted that "highly sensitive" data has leaked. Aug 18, 2026
Podcast From Electric Cars to Tanks Peter Matthews is joined by investigative reporter Lea Fauth. They discuss her reporting about two German factories that used to produce trains and electric cars - and now manufacture weapons. Aug 17, 2026
News Stage AfD CDU €78,000 Raised for Eoto After Volksbad Closure. But the Racist Threats Haven't Stopped The Volksbad pool closed last week after a racist media storm. Now a GoFundMe for the activist group is raising money – and drawing more threats of violence. Aug 17, 2026
News Stage AfD CDU Far Right The Volksbad Is Closed Again. This Time It's Due to Racist Threats A right-wing media campaign from Nius, Bild and the AfD led to the cancellation of a swim event for Black children, with organisers unable to guarantee their safety. Aug 14, 2026
Interview Books AfD Dagmar Herzog on the "Sexy Racism" of the AfD In her book The New Fascist Body, historian Dagmar Herzog has provided one of the most clear-eyed analyses of the German far right. Aug 14, 2026
Photography What the Solar Eclipse Looked Like from Berlin We asked our followers for their photos of the eclipse. Here are some of our favourites. Aug 13, 2026
News Elections Election Plagiarism? FDP Agree With the Greens on Drug Policy. Down to the Word Twelve sentences of Berlin's FDP drug policy chapter match the Greens' manifesto exactly, and eleven more nearly do. So who's been copying who? Aug 13, 2026
News Stage The Volksbühne Opened a Free Outdoor Pool. The Showers Broke After One Week. "Lesson learned after week 1: Running an outdoor pool isn't that easy." Aug 12, 2026
News Outer Space Berlin's Solar Eclipse Will Be Harder To See Than You Think Here's how to actually catch the moment in Berlin that the moon blocks out 85% of the sun on Wednesday evening. Aug 11, 2026
News BVG New App Warns Berliners of Ticket Inspectors; BVG Not Amused A new app called Freifahren lets Berlin commuters dodge ticket inspectors, prompting criticism from the BVG, who say it lacks "solidarity" Aug 10, 2026
News Elections Housing The Red-Red-Green Coalition Has Started to Squabble Differences between the parties over the socialisation of corporate housing have started to show. But who is racking up the red lines? Aug 7, 2026
Features Charité Hospital LGBTQ Health Berlin Has Cured HIV – Twice The German capital has quietly become a centre of important research for the long-stigmatised disease. Aug 7, 2026
News Food A Man Ate Nine Strawberry Döners in 40 Minutes and Never Has to Pay at Karls Again Sebastian Michels has 56 lifetime food passes. This is how he got his latest one. Aug 6, 2026
News CDU Die Linke Politics Berlin Senate Die Linke Pull Further Ahead as CDU Stall Six weeks out from Berlin's election, the CDU's new start isn't registering. Aug 5, 2026
Interview Art Construction "If there's a pipe, something is changing in the city" A new photo series is documenting Berlin's beloved pink and blue pipes. Aug 4, 2026
News Police AI Police Launch AI Video Surveillance At Kotti Officials claim that "the face will not be recognisable." Aug 4, 2026
Podcast How high would you get at the psychedelic fest? HEIST founding publisher Ben Schuman-Stoler talks to Lily Johnston about her experience at TRYP Expo, Berlin's new festival for "human flourishing.” Aug 3, 2026
News Elections Berlin Election 2026: 250,000 Posters Are Up There was a mad scramble over the weekend for the best poles, with some parties risking fines to put posters up early. Aug 3, 2026
Features Politics LGBTQ CDU I'm a Queer Arab Berliner. Our Lives Are Not Political Weapons Last weekend, a man drove a rented van into the crowd at CSD. By Monday morning, politicians were already in campaign mode. Jul 31, 2026
