(English) The Film Studios of Oskar Meßter

(English) On the Reichenberger Straße

(English) Hudson’s

(English) A Celebration Of Creativity, Culture & Cuisine in Berlin: Photo Gallery

"] " " About The Author Paul Sullivan is a Berlin-based writer & travel photographer and the founder of Slow Travel Berlin. You can check out his personal website here and some of his photography galleries here. "] "] "]  

(English) Q&A: Amit Elan

  Hannae Kim talks to 22 year old Israeli artist Amit Elan about painting, faces and photography... Amit Elan is a 22 years old Berlin based Israeli artist. He studied at Hamidrasha Art Academy and has since developed mixed media installations. He exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia and Israel. He writes for the artists' blog Art in Transit published by the international artists' organization I.G.B.K. Spring 2011 he completed an artist residency in the [...]

(English) Five Elephant

Natalie Holmes drops in to her neighbourhood cafe to find out what all the fuss is about... I walk through the door of Five Elephant exactly one year after it opened - but there appears to be no time for birthday celebrations. Out front, customers mill about or sit absorbed in laptop land. Just beyond them, a roasting machine is working its magic, surrounded by a crew of human assistants overseen by co-owner Kris. In the background, Kris' partner Sophie prepares a generous batch of [...]

(English) Another Country

Marian Ryan profiles one of Berlin's most characterful bookshops, Kreuzberg's Another Country... In November 2010, one of the world’s best-known travel-guide brands, Lonely Planet, named Berlin’s Another Country among the top ten bookshops in the world. The quirky, thirteen-year-old Kreuzberg institution took its place at number six, alongside legends like Paris’s adored Shakespeare & Company and San Francisco’s iconic City Lights. Not a few jaws dropped among the Berlin [...]

(English) Zen Shiatsu & The Art of Body And Mind Maintenance

Wyndham Wallace visits Kreuzberg’s Shiatsu Loft in search of a little peace and quiet…  It’s 5pm on Kottbusser Damm: the road is busy with cars returning home from work, the market traders are yelling as they try to get rid of the last of their produce, while, down by Hermannplatz, blue lights flash as the siren from another emergency vehicle approaches. But, up on the fourth floor of a hinterhof behind the Banzai Sports school, peace reigns supreme. This is where Katrin Werner [...]

(English) Hidden Path [Street Art Tour]

Grashina Gabelmann takes an alternative street art tour through Berlin's Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain... There are lots of tours on offer in Berlin that describe themselves as alternative and promise to take you on the “path less trodden” -- but something about The Hidden Path's beautiful website, with its hand drawn elements, made its declaration seem more authentic. The starting point of the tour was in front of 'Casino 36', a grimy and dodgy looking building covered in graffiti [...]

(English) Putting the Bee in Berlin

Raising bees on rooftops and in small gardens has become increasingly popular in Berlin, as urban beekeepers find they can reconnect with nature and maybe even make a profit. Christian Schwägerl reports... From the flat roof of a brick building in Berlin‘s Kreuzberg district, the German capital looks like a concrete jungle. Apartment blocks, churches, and office buildings dominate the panorama. But Erika Mayr thinks this spot is the ideal habitat for her seven bee colonies. “My bees like [...]