A Weekend in the Spreewald

Elliot Douglas heads to the Spreewald to enjoy gherkins, kayaks and…swimming with penguins…

The Music of Resistance: Berlin’s Red Orchestra

Marcel Krueger on Berlin’s remarkably brave anti-Nazi resistance group… 

Rummelsburger Bucht

Paul Sullivan discovers there’s more to Berlin’s loveliest inner-city bay than meets the eye…

Dancing On The Volcano

Alexander Wells profiles some of the best history books about Weimar Berlin…

Bark, Bite & Booze: Herr Lehmann’s Kreuzberg

Dunja Medaković channels Sven Regner’s famous novel to explore her East Kreuzberg neighbourhood…

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Books

 

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

A documented walk around the entire 160km length of the Mauerweg (Berlin Wall Trail)

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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Rummelsburger Bucht

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