Welcome to the visitBerlin blog
This is where the editorial team of visitBerlin gives tips and personal recommendations from their city. Insider tips for events, discoveries from the neighbourhoods, news from Berlin: we have written down what we like.
Our series
Weekend tips in Berlin
TGIF! We have the best insider tips for city explorers, concert goers, exhibition visitors and sports fans on all 52 weekends.
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Preview
What happens this month? We have compiled the most important events for you. Read more
Top 11 Stories
Our favourite shops, the most extraordinary places and very special tips: We wrote down what we liked. Read more
New Openings
What's new in Berlin? New stores, restaurants, cafés and personal tips from the editorial team. There’s a lot to discover. Read more
Our newest posts
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11 DIY tips from Berlin
Do it yourself – kreative Tipps und Ideen zum Selbstgestalten aus Berlin.
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Berlin, we love you
Why do we love Berlin? We at visitBerlin have gone inside ourselves and let our hearts speak ...
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11 Berlin online shops with a sustainable concept
These Berlin online shops focus on sustainability, fair trade and durable products in their assortment.
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Streetfood without street - 11 tips
Delicious, surprising, fresh, regional, and sometimes unique - this is what streetfood can be. Streetfood is not necessarily fast food…
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The Skladanowsky Brothers: When the Pictures Learned to Move
Noch vor den Brüdern Lumière brachten die Berliner Brüder Skladanowsky die ersten Bilder vor großem Publikum zum Laufen.
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Rio Reiser & the Rauch Haus: Squatters occupy the Bethanien
With the Rauchhaus song, Rio Reiser writes the anthem of the left-wing scene, and co-initiates the occupation of the Bethanien.
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Fascinating stories: the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin
Where there are wide open spaces, small and big ideas are born, courageous experiments are dared, but also tragic stories are written…
Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin: the freedom of art
Fascinating stories from Berlin: Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the Reichstag in fabric before its reconstruction. The grey colossus from…
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Berlin Airlift - Chocolate on parachutes
Via the Berlin Airlift, the socalled "Rosinenbomber" supply the enclosed city - also with chocolate.
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