Berlin is a city that has so much to offer, making it impossible to create a definitive “top 10” list. Whether you’re on a whirlwind tour or just want to hit the highlights, these are the articles I wrote about where to go and what to do in Berlin:
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin in the 80s
Before I moved to Berlin in 2012, if I closed my eyes and thought about the city, I would remember the videos I saw while growing up in Brazil. Most of it was focused on Berlin in the 80s, a divided city and a mixture of punk rock and hedonism. But this West Berlin in… Read More »What to do and Where …
Dörferblick: One of the Tallest Mountains in Berlin that you never heard of
Dörferblick is a 86 meters high mountain made of debris from Berlin. Imagine that, after the Second World War, the city was filled with pieces of buildings and rubble… Where do you put all that? Dorferblick was one of these places. Those mountains of debris are so common in Germany that they even have a… Re…
The Rosenstrasse Protest Memorial: Unyielding Women, Unbroken Spirits
Many people believed that it was impossible for Germans to resist the Nazi dictatorship, war propaganda and the deportation of Jewish people. However, a street protest in 1943 showed that resistance was possible and that it could be successful. Then the Rosenstrasse Protest happened.
Do You Read Me?! – The best place to buy magazines in Berlin
This shop in Auguststrasse is like a piece of heaven for every creative person in love with magazines. At Do You Read Me?!, you can find everything you always wanted to see and more. And when I say more, I mean it. You can spend a long time browsing through the magazines they have there… Read More »Wh…
Vivian Maier at Willy Brandt Haus
Vivian Maier is a puzzle that many people are still trying to assemble. We know that she was born in New York, dedicated most of her adult life to caring for children, and loved photography. But we only know the photography part because John Maloof bought a bunch of boxes at an auction in Chicago,… Read Mor…
A video of Berlin Mitte in 1991
I love when I discover this short movie showing up how Berlin used to be in the past. And I just stumbled upon the one below that shows a Berlin Mitte in 1991. Everything looks so different and, at the same time, similar to what it is right now. The buildings, of course, look a… Read More »What to do …
Winter at the largest Soviet Memorial in Berlin
When we moved to Berlin in 2012, we knew nothing about soviet memorials. Nothing at all. And I believe this lack of knowledge made us even more curious about everything and anything Soviet. The first time I was around the Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park was less than six months after moving to Berlin. I… …
East German Watchtower on Potsdamer Platz
I accidentally stumbled upon the East German watchtower on Potsdamer Platz during that weekend when I followed the Lichtgrenze through Berlin. And this was one of the moments where I wondered if I would ever know everything I wanted about Berlin.