When people hear the name Lilienthal, they think of gliders, wings, and the dream of flying. Very few people know that Otto Lilienthal and his younger brother Gustav also invented the world’s first true m...
A man runs down a hill, massive wings spreading out above him. He quietly repeats his mantra: “Sacrifices must be made.” Then he loses his footing. That flight, on a warm Sunday in August 1896, would...
For now, we can still enjoy mild fall days filled with activities. The leaves are ablaze with color, and witches and ghosts parade in costume through Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg. But a specter lurks at...
If you’re looking for a spooky Halloween experience, you don’t have to go to a haunted train station or even to the “wrong” Berlin. All it takes is a trip to Lichterfelde, into the warm, humid world of th...
Berlin has countless places where you can feel history: from castles to fake ruins and real ruins, all the way to the ever-present Wall. But there’s also a piece of the past hidden in the greenery—one tha...
One hundred years ago, hundreds of extras raised their trembling hands toward a fictional savior. These were to be the very same people who, seven years later, would reach out their hands toward a new, te...
Berlin in the Golden Twenties was a pulsating cauldron. In the wake of the deep traumas of World War I and amid radical social upheavals—the growing emancipation of women, the rise of psychoanalysis, and...
From September 10 to 12, 2027, the pinnacle of motorsports will race in the Madrid metropolitan area for the second time in 45 years. Engines will roar and tires will screech on the brand-new MADRING Circ...
Pack your bags for a day trip to Brandenburg an der Havel. There, you’ll discover St. Gotthardt Church —the city’s oldest place of worship, founded as early as 1140. Anyone who thinks old ruins are ju...
In Berlin, we have quite a few giants and gigantic plans—from what was once Germany’s tallest skyscraper, to the never-realized “Mini-Manhattan” in Mitte, a formerly massive radio tower, to the crème de l...