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
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
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
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
News Music & Clubs Palestine Bob Vylan Singer Deported at BER Over Pro-Palestine Views German federal police claimed that letting the band's frontman into the country would be a threat to national security. But it's still not clear what the legal basis for the ban was. Jul 31, 2026
News Police Music & Clubs LGBTQ CSD Fallout: Rave the Planet Will Happen, But Zug der Liebe is Cancelled The city's upcoming street parades are grappling with whether to hold large-scale outdoor events in the wake of the CSD attack. Jul 30, 2026
News Weather Climate change Berlin Braces For a Second Heat Wave A month after record-breaking temperatures in June, the city could hit 38 degrees this week. Jul 29, 2026
News LGBTQ Police Elections CSD Fallout: Police Filmed Suspect an Hour Before Attack As reports point to serious police failures ahead of the CSD attack, Berlin's politicians are squabbling about everything except that. Jul 28, 2026
News Police LGBTQ CSD Attack: Suspect Shot and Killed By Police in Spandau Allotment Garden A deadly attack on Saturday evening killed one woman and injured 29, abruptly cutting Berlin's Pride weekend short. The suspect has now been shot dead in Spandau. Jul 26, 2026
News Court Report Police "Your Courthouse Will Be Blown Up": Berlin Man Confesses to Dozens of Bomb Threats Jörg Z. is on trial for 35 threats to blow up public schools, train stations, courthouses, and even a hospital. His motivation? Just a personal grudge. Jul 24, 2026
News Housing Elections Nearly Half of Berlin Asking Rents Are Illegally High A new rent scan conducted by the Berlin Senate in June found 46% of listings were suspiciously high. Landlords now face warning letters — and could see fines up to €50,000. Jul 23, 2026
Podcast Quinn Slobodian on Muskism and the AfD HEIST founding editor Peter Matthews is joined live at Chapters Bookshop in Berlin by historian Quinn Slobodian to discuss his latest book, Muskism, and ideas about the far-right and the AfD from his 2025 Hayek's Bastards. Jul 22, 2026
News Deutsche Bahn BVG S Bahn Deutsche Bahn Is Banning Alcohol at All 5,400 of Its Stations You can still drink on the train, but the platform beer is over. Jul 22, 2026
