Podcast LGBTAfD Historian Ben Miller on the use and abuse of queer politics by the German far-right and the disturbing rise of homonationalism. Jul 6, 2026
Podcast The U-Bahn Assassination That Never Happened Journalist Yossi Bartal on the Al-Mashhadani case. Jul 6, 2026
Podcast How It Feels to Be Palestinian in Berlin Journalist Hebh Jamal on surviving the German Staatsräson and "imported antisemitism." Jul 6, 2026
News Politics Health Workers in Germany Will Now Need a Sick Note from Day One Friedrich Merz wants workers to provide a doctor's note from the first day of sickness, and he's scrapped calling up your Hausarzt by phone. Jul 3, 2026
Features Music & Clubs Palestine Critics Tried to Block Kneecap From Playing in Berlin. They Came Anyway. In an exclusive backstage interview, the Irish band talks about the political pressure that forced them to play their first Berlin gig in secret. Jul 2, 2026
News Construction Gigafactory Expansion: Tesla Announces 1,000 New Jobs in Grünheide Elon Musk still wants to build the largest factory complex in Europe. Jul 1, 2026
Interview Sport “99% of people around the world are playing football without any money” The creator of Berlin's first Indie Football Festival on how he built an event to celebrate amateur football against the backdrop of a profit-driven World Cup. Jun 30, 2026
News Police BSR The Undercover Cigarette Police Are Out This Week And they can fine you €3,000 for a discarded butt. Jun 30, 2026
News Weather Climate change Heatwave Recap: Police Water Cannons, Lightning, One Baby Drinking Beer Will the chaos inspire politicians to take heat-related climate change seriously going forward? Jun 29, 2026
Features Food I Ate My Way Through Berlin's Most Review-Deleted Restaurants A tour of the Berlin food spots that are the most aggressive about their Google reputation, from Risa Chicken to Lezzet Grill. Jun 26, 2026
News Music & Clubs Weather Fusion Festival Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out The blaze temporarily interrupted the concert schedule, but the festival is expected to continue — unlike most events this weekend, which have been cancelled in the extreme heat. Jun 26, 2026
News Construction Art Finally, A Plan For The Long-Abandoned International Congress Centre After 12 years sitting empty and a long hunt for investors, West Berlin's futuristic spaceship will become an art and culture centre — plus hotels and retail. Jun 25, 2026
News Deutsche Bahn S Bahn Train Chaos: Software Update Shuts Down Germany’s Entire Rail Network Trains stranded between stations, passengers trapped on board, and Deutsche Bahn handing out taxi vouchers. Jun 24, 2026
News Weather Climate change Berlin Could Hit 40 Degrees This Weekend Meteorologist Andreas Blei says Saturday could see Berlin surpass 40°C for the first time in 120 years. Jun 23, 2026
News Lakes Swimmers beware: Parasitic flatworm larvae found in three Berlin lakes Cercariae, or the larvae of parasitic flatworms, have been spotted in three Berlin lakes — just as we're headed for a record-breaking heatwave. Here's what you need to know. Jun 22, 2026
Features AfD Elections The AfD's Knife Crime Portal is Built on Bad Data Unpacking the far-right party's pre-election attempt to pin knife crime on immigrants. Jun 19, 2026
Art Berlin Senate A Jewish Artist Leaving Berlin Over Political Repression Just Had Her Final Exhibition Cancelled Liad Hussein Kantorowicz was told her farewell exhibition would no longer take place, in what she calls "a clear case of political persecution." Jun 19, 2026
Interview History The Romanisches Café: Weimar Berlin's Lost Laboratory of Ideas Once the nerve centre of 1920s Berlin, the Romanisches Café drew writers, exiles, and avant-garde artists from across the world - until the Nazis erased it. Jun 19, 2026
News Clubs Protest Rave Against The Eviction: Cassiopeia Club To Fight Closure The club was given two weeks to vacate the premises, along with multiple other cultural spaces within RAW Gelände that are caught in a fight over the owner's development plans. Jun 19, 2026
News Food Go Asia Recalls Second Product Within 24 Hours Berlin's most popular Asian market is dealing with a batch of product recalls, starting with norovirus in the oysters. Jun 18, 2026
News Politics Israel Kai Wegner Just Signed a Deal With One of Israel's Biggest Arms Companies Berlin and Israel Aerospace Industries are opening a joint innovation centre in the German capital. Jun 17, 2026
News Nazis Antisemitism Goebbels Villa to Become Hub in Fight Against Antisemitism The project's advisor is Brandenburg's antisemitism commissioner Andreas Büttner, a man facing serious questions after his home was apparently attacked by associates he had paid. Jun 16, 2026
News Money Brothel Bailout: State Paid Artemis €1.75 Million in Pandemic Aid This isn't the first time that Berlin's largest brothel, which is often steeped in controversy, has benefitted from public funds. Jun 15, 2026
Sport The Only Real Guide to World Cup 2026 in Berlin The World Cup 2026 is here. Some of the kickoffs start too late, but we've made a guide for every game you can watch across the city with a home crowd. Jun 12, 2026
Interview History Art "A Landscape of Death": Forensic Architecture on Germany's Other Genocide We sat down with Agata Nguyen Chuong to discuss 'Fractured Lifeworlds', Forensic Architecture's Namibian genocide investigation, now at Spore Initiative. Jun 12, 2026
