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The Monocle Travel Guide to Berlin

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This is a city in perpetual flux and its ability to reinvent itself can be attributed to its complex history. Today there’s a seductive allure to the German capital’s dynamism and willingness to create anew.

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Berlin

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In betweener

17 August 2017

The theatre director on the art of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

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Wim Wenders

21 October 2015

Wim Wenders extols the virtues of German cuisine at his favourite haunt.

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Man of letters

14 May 2015

Erik Spiekermann’s P98a studio has become a leading light in printing methods and typographical history. Here he casts his eye over the industry’s future in the face of changing tastes and technology.

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Bullet time

14 October 2014

The romance of the rails captures the imagination but travellers still demand efficiency and comfort on the move. Monocle visits industry fair InnoTrans for the latest technologies and innovations keeping the transport on…

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Bare essentials

12 May 2014

Bikini Berlin is a newly redesigned complex mixing retail, culture and creative thinking about public space. Once a fading relic of the Cold War, intelligent ideas from its new tenants are helping to redefine the shopping…

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Double vision

19 November 2009

While trends come and go in the art world, gallery owners Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers have been nurturing artists for 26 years. Their old fashioned approach has paid off and they are the ones to watch in 2010.

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Back on track

17 June 2007

Tram and urban light-rail projects are booming as cities turn their backs on car culture. Bombardier is the global leader in the field and provides stock to such places as Stockholm, Geneva and Brussels. We met its pres…

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Making better

21 October 2021

The legendary industrial designer, Hella Jongerius, on how we can design our way out of overconsumption.

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In the saddle

19 May 2022

An innovative two-wheeler that’s bound to get you back in the saddle.

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Cold war modern

16 February 2023

With its vast lobbies and unfussy functionality, the concrete-and-glass Deutsche Oper building was considered an audacious statement of democratic ideals when it first opened in 1961 on the western side of the Berlin Wall…

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The usual, please

19 September 2019

The editor in chief of ‘Zeit Magazin’ on where he goes to shoot the breeze over a first-rate cocktail.

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Christoph Niemann

20 June 2019

The illustrator and artist discusses food in his work, his talent for frying and the German capital’s gentrification – and doodles a quick portrait with the help of some salt and pepper, of course.

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Show and tell

18 May 2017

Esther Schipper’s career path from Köln to Berlin reflects the fluidity of Germany’s art scene. Here’s how the gallerist has stayed ahead of the curve.

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Olafur Eliasson

22 June 2016

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson makes art for a more thoughtful world – and his in-studio kitchen feels much the same about food.

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10. Animal instinct

21 January 2021

The poorest often rely on pets as much as pets rely on their owners. Berlin’s only roving vet cares for both.