Features Health Gentrification From Nude to Prude: American Sauna Culture Hits Berlin We tried out two textile-mandatory saunas to answer the question: Does Berlin really need this? May 15, 2026
News Clubs LGBTQ Six Months After Closure, Schwuz Is Back The long-running queer club went bankrupt late last year, and is now attempting to find a new home. May 15, 2026
News AfD The AfD Youth Wing Was Shut Down for Extremism. Is The New One Any Different? Last year, the far-right AfD dissolved its youth wing after Germany's intelligence agency classified it as extremist. Now comes Generation Deutschland. Has anything changed? May 14, 2026
News Police Gentrification Attacks on LAP Coffee Claimed on Far-Left Platforms After fresh attacks on LAP Coffee and a high-tech Rewe branch, anonymous people are claiming responsibility online. May 13, 2026
Interview Politics Palestine How to Stage a Political Assassination: The Neukölln Attack That Never Happened Journalist Yossi Bartal on the Al-Mashhadani fraud - part of a growing trend of false claims of political violence among proponents of German Staatsräson. May 12, 2026
News Police HEIST on Heists Child Finds €6,000 in Berlin Playground, Ruins Perfect Crime A Wilmersdorf child on a Kita outing dug up silver coins, gold jewellery, luxury watches, a gold ingot and €6,000 in cash - and then blabbed to the cops. May 12, 2026
News Charité Hospital Health Hantavirus in Berlin: Cruise Ship Passenger To Quarantine at Charité A German passenger from the ill-fated cruise ship will have to isolate at Berlin's prestigious hospital. May 11, 2026
News History Here's Everything That's Banned on Liberation Day Once again, Berlin will mark Soviet Victory Day and the city's liberation after World War II by banning flags and walking a delicate political and historical line. May 8, 2026
Interview Music & Clubs Berlin Atonal Wants You to Sleep in Kraftwerk A conversation with the Berlin Atonal curators on their new 30-hour project, The Infinite Now. May 7, 2026
Features Interview History Museums The "UFO" that changed our vision of human history A new exhibition in Berlin opens a window into humanity's distant past. Discover Göbeklitepe, the 12,000-year-old site that upends everything we thought we knew about human history. May 7, 2026
News Palestine Protest Berlin Tried to Deport an Irish Activist. The Court Just Said No. After pro-Palestine protests at Berlin universities in 2024, the city attempted to revoke the EU residency rights of four activists. A court has now ruled against the move for one of them. May 7, 2026
News HEIST on Heists Police Berlin Couple Accused of Running a Bronze Statue Heist Angels, religious statues, even a church bell – prosecutors say a Berlin duo built a business out of looting graveyards. May 6, 2026
News Sport Tempelhofer Feld Berlin Wants to Build a Giant Golden Pyramid on Tempelhofer Feld "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair." Berlin reveals grandiose plans for the 2036 Olympics bid. May 5, 2026
News BSR Görlitzer Park May Day Fallout: Twice As Dirty, Few Cops Injured Over May 1, Berliners left 2,300 bathtubs worth of trash covering the city streets, but overall the protests and parties were "largely trouble-free." May 4, 2026
Interview Palestine Court Report "I do not have the impression that this is a fair trial" A defense lawyer for the Ulm 5 spoke to HEIST about how the German legal system is working to make an example out of the Berlin-based activists. May 1, 2026
News Protest May Day 2026: Who's Taking to the Streets This Year? Queerfeminist marches, rave against the Görli fence, Revolutionary 1. Mai, and far-right counter-demos: who is taking to Berlin's streets this May Day? Apr 30, 2026
Features Art The HEIST Guide to Gallery Weekend 2026 HEIST picks the best of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026: from Potsdamer Strasse to Kreuzberg and beyond, plus four Sellerie Weekend highlights for Sunday. Apr 29, 2026
News CDU Health Germany Wants to Tax Your Fritz-Kola The federal government is considering a levy on sugary drinks – less as a health measure and more as a way to stabilise the budget. Apr 29, 2026
Protest Spree You Have Five Chances To Swim in the Spree This Summer Throughout the summer, Berliners will be staging regular protests by swimming in the Spree on the 20th of each month. Will you join them? Apr 29, 2026
News Politics Palestine Court Rules Jewish Peace Group Is Not Extremist In 2024, Germany's intelligence agency designated Jewish Voice for Just Peace as "confirmed extremist". A Berlin court has now ruled that incorrect. Apr 28, 2026
News Die Linke Elections “Make Berlin Affordable”: Die Linke Puts Housing at the Centre of Election Bid The left-wing party announced election plans to expropriate private landlords, cap rents, and crack down on rent gouging — and the mayor isn't happy. Apr 27, 2026
Features Food Bad Influencers: Inside Berlin's Social Media Food Chain Breaking down the blurred lines between Berlin’s restaurants and food content creators. Apr 24, 2026
News CDU Berlin Culture Senator Resigns: Report Finds CDU Antisemitism Funding “Clearly Illegal” The state audit into CDU antisemitism funding finds Senator Wedl-Wilson knew she was breaking the law. On Friday, she resigned her post. Apr 24, 2026
News History Berlin Identified The Origins of 574 Stolen Colonial Skulls. Will They Get To Go Home? Berlin's S-Collection holds thousands of colonial-era human skulls. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has now traced the origins of 574 - and says it wants to return them. Apr 23, 2026
News CDU Politics New Poll: Friedrich Merz Is The Most Unpopular World Leader A new international survey puts Germany’s chancellor at the bottom, with just 19% approval. Apr 22, 2026
