Oscar Wilde famously said: “Life is too short to learn German.” If you’ve recently (or even not-so recently) relocated to Berlin, it’s very...
It’s after four o’clock Sunday morning (or Saturday night depending on your circadian philosophy) and I’m on the U8, Berlin’s grimiest, most...
(Editor’s note: See more Christmas Market posts here in Dispatches’ archives.) Ah, Christmas in Berlin! The bustling German Capital is abundant in Weihnachtsmarkts, with...
If you’re visiting Berlin in the summer, it might feel like the happiest city on earth. With the seemingly endless, sunless, cold,...
Before I moved to Germany, my soon-to-be ex-employer spoke to me with great reverence about something he had experienced as a tourist...
“Berlin is great and everything, but I need a break!” It was the winter of 2022 and a few months earlier, I...
Most bars offer a place to get drunk, but Ratzeputz bar also offers a place to get smart. And make friends. Every...