Thomas Breithaupt
Tehran art exhibition in Berlin halted indefinitely
Museums curators and soon-to-be visitors have been patiently awaiting the arrival of a collection from Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art that was du...
Volker Tabaczek: After the broken pier, now diamonds?
In the town of Kühlungsborn on Germany’s Baltic coast, the supposedly rich “uncle” Volker Tabaczek (56), from Steinhagen Neast near Stralsund, had pro...
Paulownia: the fastest growing trees in the world
On a plantation near Berlin, tens of thousands of Paulownia trees grow. Though they come from far away, in Germany they grow very well. Their wood has...
Why is Rosa Parks’ old Detroit home being moved to Berlin?
Rosa Parks was an icon of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Her story is taught to in US history courses and reconstructions of her iconic refusal ...
Through the looking glass: a night in the GDR themed hotel Ostel
Want to transport yourself back to life in the GDR? Okay, well maybe just for one night. Since 2007, a Berlin-based hostel has been serving up a sid...
Vintage trains come out of retirement on Berlin’s U55 line
There’s a big market for Ostalgie – artifacts from the days of East Germany, like a GDR themed hotel. But now, Berlin has revealed they will be introd...
Berlin’s real estate prices: once cheap, now steep!
Looking for a cheap place in Berlin? Ten years ago, that may have been an easy feat. But now, Berlin’s housing crisis is becoming a real problem. Sinc...
Where is the pier of Volker Tabaczek in Kühlungsborn now?
How nice was the story of the rich uncle from America, who wanted to build a gigantic pier – equipped with shops, restaurants and much more – in Germa...
The concept of the ambitious Humboldt Forum finally revealed
The British Museum expert Neil MacGregor has now just unveiled the concept for Berlin’s new ambitious cultural project: the Humboldt Forum.
Germany...
Gogoro scooters will start buzzing through Berlin’s streets soon
Berlin’s streets are buzzing – with life, culture, entertainment, activities – and now Gogoro scooters.
Bringing a bit of Taiwan to the heart of th...
