With the government currently advising against touristic travel, this is one to put in the memory box for next summer. Or, if you are a Berliner, perhaps itâs time you discovered the cityâs most famous âhood.
Twin decks perched on a candlelit altar, Robert Hood mixed trademark minimalist techno with God, as the charismatic producer and ordained priest wowed a packed Berlin church on Friday night.
Itâs not immediately obvious but thereâs a sense of victory in the air on the banks of the Landwehrkanal in Berlinâs Kreuzberg district. Just ask the shop owners and residents near the Umspannwerk, an old electrical substation, that towers above the canal.
Google has called off plans to open a campus in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. After months of anti-gentrification protests, the tech giant announced Wednesday it has given the site to two social organizations.
In an uncharacteristically violent assault in the heart of one Berlin's most sought-after districts, police say a visiting group of students were the victims of a brutal and unprovoked attack.
If you take a walk around Kreuzberg these days you might think Google is about to buy up the whole neighbourhood. In fact ten people tops will be employed here by the tech giant. So what is the fuss about?
Police have identified the young man who was found dead in a Berlin square after a May 1st street party as they continue to investigate the circumstances of his death, according to Bild.
Police have defused a Second World War bomb in Kreuzberg, Berlin, meaning 11,500 people who were evacuated on Friday morning are free to return to their homes.
Officials had to evacuate 11,000 people from their homes in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday after a 250-kg bomb was found during renovations.
Police seized 700 cannabis plants which were growing in public view in green space at Kottbusser Tor, one of Berlin's busiest train stations and road junctions.
Amid rising tensions around the Pegida movement, a Berlin official stirred alarm on Monday with a proposal to commandeer private holiday apartments to house asylum seekers.
The German Police Union (DpolG) said on Monday that officers overworked with serious cases and terrorism should no longer be asked to investigate minor crimes.
The first refugees have begun taking up home in one of Berlin's new "container towns" - special emergency housing built out of stackable, portable blocks.
UPDATE: The week-long police lock-down of an area of Berlin around a former school occupied by refugees ended on Wednesday night when a compromise was reached. Businesses and residents had accused the police of placing the area under âsiegeâ.
Police have sealed off an area of Berlin for almost a week after part of the Kreuzberg district became the centre of the city's latest conflict between refugees and authorities. The Local meets those affected by the ongoing operation.
Residents at a refugee camp in central Berlin dismantled their own site on Tuesday morning, sparking clashes among the group when it became clear not everyone wanted to leave.
A landlord has ignited already strained tensions around drug dealing in a Berlin park by telling a newspaper he had banned black people from his pub. But on Tuesday he told The Local he had been misquoted.
German filmstar Daniel BrĂźhl, a well-known resident of Berlinâs hip Kreuzberg district, is too scared of local auto arsonists to buy himself a Ferrari.
German car maker BMW and New York's Guggenheim Museum have axed plans to bring an urban design showcase to a Berlin district over threats of attacks, a spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
Activists angry over Berlinâs rising rents came out in force this week, occupying an apartment building and storming a press conference. Other groups in the German capital are attempting to co-opt tourist into making protesting gentrification part of their holiday.
Berlin ranks just behind Paris and London when it comes to the number of overnight visitors. But not everyone in the German capital is happy about it, especially in the Kreuzberg district, traditionally the cityâs haven for alternative lifestyles.
Hidden in the wilds of a Berlin community garden, a vagabond âpop-upâ restaurant has risen from the urban greenery. <b>Arsalan Mohammad</b> ventured through âThe Pale Blue Doorâ to find a fanciful culinary experience.
A group of artists is offering a controversial take on Berlinâs traditional May Day riots this year, providing live audio for what they consider a mass political performance. But are they simply glorifying the violence?
