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432Lifestyle & CultureThe Watergate: Watching the sunrise at Berlin’s posh, debauchery-free club on the river
It’s 11 p.m. on a Friday night in Berlin and it is still much too early to go out. My preferred time...
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232News & BuzzChris Loar on learning German in Berlin: Affordable schools are hiding in plain sight
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...
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720Lifestyle & CultureChris Loar in Berlin: Golden Gate club is not that cool, which makes it super cool
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...
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360Lifestyle & CultureChris Loar: Two Christmas Market experiences in Berlin you just cannot miss
(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...
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1.9KNews & BuzzBerlin’s massive 5-story Humana is ‘the mothership of second-hand stores’
(Editor’s note: This post on Humana in Berlin is part of our series on thrift shopping.) For cheap threads in Berlin, there’s...
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2.1KLifestyle & CultureBerghain, Pt. 2: Inside Berlin’s sexy, libertine ‘Metropolitan Museum of Techno’
In Pt. 1 of this series, after his friends Jean and Tarik give up, Chris Loar is turned away for the third...
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1.7KLifestyle & CultureBerghain, Pt. 1: The ‘vibe check’ at Berlin’s most selective nightclub
Please don’t write about Berghain,” a bartender colleague, friend, model, DJ and seasoned Berlin party-girl told me. It would be several months...