Berliner Dom

Berliner Dom the cathedral located on Berlin's museum island

The Berliner Dom is a cathedral on Museum Island in central Berlin. Initially constructed in 1465, it is the largest Protestant church in Germany, and showcases an elaborate design in both Baroque and Italian High Renaissance style. Along with viewing the remarkable exterior of the cathedral for free, you could buy a ticket for 10€ […]

Intro to podcasting course

Our podcasting course in Berlin

`In August 2023 our journalism project members took part in an intro to podcasting class in Berlin. With our fantastic host Benjamin, we theorised and explored the meaning and importance of storytelling, practised some interviewing techniques and were introduced to the podcast editing software Hindenburg systems.  The class was hosted by the Berlin School of […]

Thai Park Berlin

Thai park is a Thai food festival that happens in Berlin every weekend

Thai park has been a thing in Berlin since 1995, when members of the Thai and other Asian communities would congregate in Preußen Park in Wilmersdorf. They’d transport themselves to their homelands; sitting under umbrellas, telling stories and cooking their traditional cuisines. As the decades went by, word spread fast and the park soon filled […]

Dating in Berlin, Tales of Modern Love & Relationships

Dating in Berlin book cover by Lulu Johnson

Dating in Berlin, Tales of Modern Love & Relationships a book by Lulu Johnson Berlin is a bustling city steeped in culture, clubs and single people. The dating scene is like no other. A transient, sexed-up city, where settling down isn’t on the top of everyone’s list, which makes finding something long-term quite challenging. Lots […]

Allora and Calzadilla at the Neue Nationalgalerie

A performance at the Neue nationalgalerie in Berlin

Stop, Repair, Prepare By Agustina Bullrich As autumn starts to peel the outside world, Allora and Calzadilla’s performance at the Neue Nationalgalerie offers the opposite movement. Once you access the huge lobby, you can see it on the other end. It’s a C. Bechstein three legged piano with a large hole in its case and […]

Café Botanico

An experiment in sustainable gastronomy by Agustina Bullrich Inside a round leaf, twelve rolling letters spell the words Café Botanico. The logo and sign at the entrance are the perfect visual synthesis for what you’ll find in this restaurant three steps down the ground level, a mix of coziness, freshness and an experimental spirit. Located […]

Empanadas in Berlin: La Pica de Deli Mel

Empanadas in Berlin Lichtenberg at La Pica

By R. Bukovska Alt-Hohenschönhausen is maybe best known as the home of the former Stasi detention center, a soulless reminder of the consequences of disobedience to the East German regime. This part of Lichtenberg has never really been considered somewhere worth travelling to, with Berliners finding the time better spent in their more fashionable Kieze… […]

Corona Pandemic: the UK Govt’s response

corona pandemic handling

Throughout the Corona pandemic, the UK government have perpetuated a state of fear and confusion among the populous so strong that many more people are starting to question their motives, as well as their capabilities. It’s worrying and laughable in almost equal measures. The actions taken by those in power seem regularly to contravene the […]

Working from home during the pandemic

Working from home during the pandemic

Dreams come true, and thoughts materialise. Many times I imagined myself working from home happily, and here we go.  The self-isolation mode started almost exactly when I got my new job after five endless months of search. So, when I began working again, everything was new to me – the company, the industry, and the […]

Coronavirus lockdown: Hiking in Berlin

Hiking during lockdown

On March 12th 2020 I had tickets to see a gig with friends in the evening, and no plan to change that. I even bought wine and snacks to have at my flat before heading to the concert together. Outside my flat, people had been buying toilet paper, pasta shelves were starting to look pretty […]