Berlin

Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin a pink nightmare for protesters

17 May 2013

To some it would be a dream home, albeit a slightly kitsch one. To others it resembles a very pink house of horrors that has no place in a modern city. The first life-sized Barbie house to be...

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Rents rise as luxury brands return to West Berlin

30 Jan 2013

West Berlin's Kurfuerstendamm is in fashion for the first time since Germany's reunification as luxury brands snub the east, pushing rents higher.

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A merging of minds

3 Oct 2011

Four years ago, Birgit M?ller, a social anthropologist based in Paris, published her book Disenchantment with Market Economics - East Germans and Western Capitalism.

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The Moment

5 Jun 2011

The Moment
by Douglas Kennedy
Cornerstone Digital (e-book)

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Diaspora diaries

24 Apr 2011

Even in the darkest of Berlin nightclubs, DJ Zhao Bei stands out from the crowd.

Chinese faces are a rarity in the European DJ scene, but even more unusual is the variety of African...

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Dim Sum birthday bash goes Cuban

19 Mar 2010

The party girls who weren't at the Chippendales were instead at the Kee Club to help Neveen Aziz (left) and Kelly Berlin celebrate the third anniversary of their lifestyle blog, Dim Sum &...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Berliner Luft

Paintings by Berlin-based Tina Buchholtz and Stefan Haase (including OT No.20, right) that mirror the energy and vibrancy of the German capital. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Sun, 2pm-6pm, Karin Weber...

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letters

Economic gap still divides Germany

The fall of the Berlin Wall meant the collapse of communism in East Germany, and the unification of all Germans.

But, 20 years later...

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After the fall

Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Berlin as the city celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Sister knows best as cellist gets a new look

Cellist Trey Lee has good reason to be excited about the new year. The acclaimed musician is still savouring the pre-Christmas announcement that he will be the artistic director of the first Hong...

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Maximillian Hecker

One Day

(Love Da Records)

Maximillian Hecker started his solo music career as a busker in Berlin and it's hard to imagine him being...

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e-pal germany

Connecting with teens around the world

Name Katinka Soltow

Age 18

City Flensburg

Star sign Capricorn