Tucked away on the charming Savignyplatz square is the much-loved Bücherbogen. Since 1980, this specialty bookstore has been sating intellectual appetites with its extensive selection of international publications about visual culture’s manifold forms: architecture, design, art, [...]
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The much-anticipated film adaptation of British author David Mitchell’s best-selling book, Cloud Atlas, began showing in German cinemas yesterday. Read on to find out what I made of the film, and also learn more about [...]
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Berlin is a city awash with fleamarkets; every neighbourhood or Kiez seems to have at least one. Most take place at the weekend, but some are also on during the week. Whether you’re looking for dusty heirlooms, [...]
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When I discovered the Küchenladen, a kitchenware shop located just around the corner from Concorde on the Knesebeckstrasse, I was faced with one of life’s biggest questions: is it too late to start buying myself [...]
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Most people have heard of Berlin’s mini-Istanbul, situated around Kottbusser Tor in Kreuzberg, but what of the city’s Chinatown? Is there one and if so, where is it? This week, my search took me down Kantstraße [...]
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On the 21st of September, 1962, the Schaubühne put on its very first production; the first of many. The private theatre, which was set up by a group of young theatre enthusiasts, has been going [...]
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