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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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Factory floored

17 October 2019

Inspired and industrious – Studio Tomás Saraceno has spun quite the body of work.

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Fine tuning

18 January 2018

How the GDR’s vast broadcasting house has been restored as a thriving arts hub.

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Perfect misfit

21 September 2017

The newly opened Orania Berlin in rough-and-ready Kreuzberg is hitting all the right notes with its innovative music-first approach.

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Art of retail

15 March 2016

Andreas Murkudis embodies the serenity that permeates his conceptual retail spaces. With the possibility of another Berlin outpost on his mind, we discover how the unflappable pastor of fashion and design manages his staff…

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Home to roast

19 August 2010

Seattle-born Cynthia Barcomi opened her first café in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood in the 1990s. Since then, her coffee, cakes and bagels have become a local legend. She takes us on a tour of the district’s best bake…

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Dungaree diplomats

15 November 2009

When a flood devastates Uganda or an earthquake strikes Pakistan, Germany’s THW gets some of the first aid workers on the ground. Mostly volunteers, they are part of Germany’s soft power arsenal.