Thomas Breithaupt
10 Interesting facts about the GDR (Part 1)
It’s no secret that life in East Berlin was much different than the more liberal counterpart on the west. Although the Wall fell more than 25 years ag...
Don’t miss the upcoming Berlin Independent Film Festival!
The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as Berlinale, is the city’s most glamorous even, attracting the world’s elite of the film industry....
Want to know more about the Berlin TV Tower?
Berlin’s TV Tower (Fernsehturm in German) is one of the city’s most iconic sites. It sits right in the heart of central Berlin, near the Alexanderplat...
2016’s Biggest food trends taking root in Berlin and abroad
Berlin’s famous for it’s ability to offer diners cuisine and culinary creations from around the globe. You can find authentic Turkish, Vietnamese or C...
Train traffic between Germany and China is booming
“Made in China”. I bet you can find more items in your home that have this phrase on it than one could count.
In the 2000s logistics companies and pl...
Berlin’s Willy Brandt airport opening further delayed
Passengers hoping to fly from Berlin’s newest international airport in 2017 will very likely be disappointed. The Willy Brandt airport was set to open...
A Sad Truth: Hitler sells
A new exhibit recently opened in Berlin giving visitors the chance to experience a life-size model of the bunker in which Hitler killed himself in 194...
One Berlin dinner party praising refugees and their food
The influx of refugees has significantly decreased this year in Germany compared to the last, says DW. Now the government and citizens are tasked with...
“Damascus in Exile”: Bringing together Syrian and German artists
Earlier this year we wrote a feature on the “Multaqa” project – an initiative in Berlin that trained refugees as tour guides in a few of the city’s ma...
Berlin exhibit shows Hitler’s bunker where he spent his last days
When the official copyright of Hitler’s Mein Kampf expired in 2015, the possibility that the book would be legally circulated in its original format b...