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
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
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
News AfD Nazis Scuffles Break Out at Hitler Assassination Memorial At the 82nd anniversary of a failed plot to kill Hitler, relatives of resistance fighters took offense to the AfD's memorial wreath. Jul 21, 2026
News BER: Berlin Airport Cigarettes, Caviar, Venomous Spiders: What Gets Smuggled Through BER Customs? It was a record year for airport Zoll, which inspected roughly 662,000 pieces of luggage last year. Jul 20, 2026
News Housing The Berlin Housing Study Vonovia Tried to Bury Vonovia commissioned a poll on Berlin's expropriation referendum, then denied it existed after the report showed 56% still back socialising profit-seeking landlords. Jul 17, 2026
News Police Berlin Man Allegedly Raped 58 Women, Exposing Dark Telegram Networks The 68-year-old electrician faces 22 charges of drugging and raping women, part of a wider pattern of Telegram networks trading assault footage. Jul 16, 2026
News CDU Health Fewer Appointments, Longer Waits: What Merz's Healthcare Cuts Will Mean for Berlin Berlin and Brandenburg's panel doctors have written an open letter to patients warning them about what's coming. Jul 15, 2026
News BVG Far Right A Berlin Court Just Ordered the BVG to Run Far-Right Ads In June, the BVG terminated an advertising campaign on its buses and trains after public backlash. A court has now ruled that right-wing platform NIUS has a right to run ads. Jul 14, 2026
News CDU Elections Kai Wegner Will Not Be Mayor Again Berlin's governing mayor Kai Wegner announced he will not run for a second term, and still faces heavy pressure for his resignation. Jul 13, 2026
News Antisemitism BVG Neukölln Principal Who Faked U-Bahn Assassination Attempt Fined €17,000 Initially celebrated for his bravery, Neukölln school principal Hudhaifa Al-Mashhadani has been uncovered as a fraud - and part of a growing trend of staged political violence in Germany. Jul 10, 2026
News Protest Palestine Protesters Gather in Wedding to Protest Arms Production; Police Crack Down The first day of the protests planned against Rheinmetall's new Wedding munitions plant were met with a heavy police response. Jul 9, 2026
