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Apartment buildings in the Mitte borough of Berlin were photographed from the capital's television tower, April 4, 2019.

Berlin tenants undaunted by recent court ruling that undoes a rent cap

Business, Economics and Jobs

A German court has ruled that a rent freeze introduced by the Berlin state government in 2019 was unconstitutional. Tenants’ organizations in Berlin say they are taking their campaign for a rent cap nationwide.

Dawn lights the sky behind nightclub Crack Bellmer in the RAW area of Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 6, 2016.

Berlin night clubs might get same zoning designation as opera houses

Firefighters blast water in Berlin in mid-August, providing relief from the heat. This is among the few ways to cool off in a city with little air conditioning.

It’s so hot in Berlin that people are cooling down in an old WWII bunker

Hot Berlin Nights

Arts, Culture & Media
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.

Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel

Books
Milad Khawam performing in Berlin as part of his new music project, "Exilistan."

A Syrian trumpet player in Berlin has a new project called ‘Exilistan’

Music

Milad Khawam, a Syrian refugee in Berlin, describes his music as a “schizophrenia of feelings.” It’s the mix of emotions, he says, of someone who has left everything behind and is starting over.

Zozan Khaled Musa, 25

This Syrian’s decision to pass as a non-refugee came at a personal cost

Conflict

Zozan Khaled Musa decided not to speak Arabic on a train ride to Germany. That changed everything about her journey.

Lutz Wiese of Vattenfall power company refuels a hydrogen-powered Mercedes at a filling station in Berlin. Vatenfall is a partner in the world's first direct wind-hydrogen power plant, in northern Germany. Using wind-generated electricity to create hydrog

The car of the future — the very near future — might be driven by the wind

Technology

How do you balance the ebbs and flows of wind and solar power to use it when and where it’s most needed? Turn it into hydrogen and use it to drive cars.

The Fernsehturm television tower, featuring Berlin's largest and most well-known disco ball.

For Israelis, Berlin is one big, alluring disco party

Arts, Culture & Media

What does Berlin have that Tel Aviv doesn’t? A cheaper cost of living, more cultural and artistic opportunities, the allure of a European city. And many disco balls.

Lou Reed

Lou Reed’s Berlin

Arts, Culture & Media

The music world has paid tribute to singer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed, who died on Sunday aged 71. To many fans, Lou Reed represents the dark and dangerous side of the Lower East Side in New York. But in 1973, Lou Reed recorded an album that moved the doom and gloom to East and West Berlin.

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