Slow Travel Berlin

Spring in Berlin – Readers’ Gallery

A gallery of spring-themed photos by the readers of Slow Travel Berlin…

Learn German in Berlin

Ian Farrell explores the best resources for learning German…

Clara Zetkin Memorial

Robin Oomkes pays tribute to the founder of International Women’s Day…

Stacked: Photos of Berlin’s Plattenbauten

Berlin’s tower blocks, as photographed by Marte Brandenburg

Berlin: Be Our Valentine?

STB Contributors on the things they love about Berlin…

Stories from the City

To celebrate Slow Travel Berlin's fifth birthday: a curated anthology of articles and photography on a wide range of topics and places that you won’t find in the guidebooks.

100 Favourite Places

Instead of highlighting the city’s hippest ‘hotspots’, we’ve taken a more patient and personal approach to bring you 100 special places, many of which would not be mentioned in conventional guides.

Mauerweg: Stories From The Berlin Wall Trail

Walking the entire 160km length of the Mauerweg (Berlin Wall Trail), a journey through and around the city that only a handful of individuals have ever made.

Walking Berlin

Berlin’s Main Telegraph Office (Haupttelegrafenamt)

Fenced off and looking somewhat forlorn compared to…

Olympic Stadium & A Magic Schnitzel

Earlier this week I caught a train up…

Berlin in Snow

Following a distinctly spring-like festive period, where temperatures hovered around 8-10…

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Historical Berlin

Nov 9, 1923: Hitler’s Beerhall Putsch

Marcel Krueger on Adolf Hitler's first attempt to seize power in Germany...

Art & Culture

Museum der Dinge (Museum of Things)

John K. Peck gets an Object Lesson at Berlin's Museum der Dinge...

Art & Culture

Renaissance in the Gemäldegalerie

Kirsten Hall reviews a trio of Renaissance paintings in the Gemäldegalerie.

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