Berlin is Changing

Is graffiti urban art or just wasteful property damage? Walking through Berlin-Kreuzberg you can learn all kinds of things about how graffiti writers come up with their images and designs.More ...

For a long time, Neukölln was regarded as a prime example of an urban district with problems. Yet this Berlin district is becoming increasingly trendy among students and artists. Targeted political measures are one reason for the change of image.More ...

An interview with cultural studies scholar Thomas Macho on the dramaturgy of the anniversary the Fall of the Wall.More ...

Since its opening, the Memorial has become one of Berlin’s tourist attractions.More ...

Reminders of the Wall are only rarely visible.More ...

The new volume in the “Zeitbilder” (Pictures of an Age) series The Berlin Wall tells the story of t h e monument of the Cold War in a compact, scenic and moving style – a documentation lest we forget.More ...

The construction of a completely new central train station in a metropolis is a truly rare building project.More ...

Although very different, the historical buildings in Rykestraße in Prenzlauer Berg and in Münsterschen Straße in Wilmersdorf in Berlin share something in common: they are both symbols of the burgeoning and diverse Jewish community life in Germany’s capital city.More ...

The Berliner Unterwelten association investigates underground buildings and makes them accessible to the public. The fact is, they can tell us plenty about the city’s history.More ...

An almost ordinary apartment building in the midst of a Berlin tenement district has become an absolute hit – because eco-friendly timber-frame buildings are all the rage.More ...