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Rory Midhani’s Corner of Berlin: Ficken 3000

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Introducing artist and darkroom chronicler Rory Midhani and his Corner of Berlin: Ficken 3000. Having lived in Berlin for five years now, Rory Midhani found his artistic muse in the dank of the Berlin darkroom. His drawings, murals and cardboard scenes take an affectionate, comedic peek into Berlin’s darkrooms, shedding light on that “grimy” unknown … Read more Rory Midhani’s Corner of Berlin: Ficken 3000

Jackie Charles’ Corners of Berlin: Funeral Parlor Teddy Bears and Rooftop Forestry

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Recently, us at Berlin Loves You have posed a rather experimental, almost personality-type question: “What is your favorite corner of Berlin?” And the answers have been as varied and interesting as the people behind them. Swedish artist Sandra finds time for reflection river-side at Freischwimmer, whilst author, playwright, and musician Robert Farrar speaks of dive … Read more Jackie Charles’ Corners of Berlin: Funeral Parlor Teddy Bears and Rooftop Forestry

Robert Farrar’s Corner of Berlin: Stammtisch

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Author, playwright and musician Robert Farrar shares his favourite Corner of Berlin: Stammtisch. For him, “Life without the Stammtisch is possible – but meaningless!” I first met Robert Farrar in 2017. It was Wild at Heart, where he was performing as his musician alter-ego, Merlin Dietrich. Sharing the line-up with the mighty Shambhu Leroux, Merlin … Read more Robert Farrar’s Corner of Berlin: Stammtisch

DIY Vibrator Workshop for Crafty Masturbators

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Berlin History Archive: This article previews a DIY vibrator workshop at ACUD Macht Neu on 24 March 2019 and includes an interview with its organiser. The workshop and registration information have ended; the interview remains as Berlin workshop and sex-positive culture history. Have you ever thought: ‘that’s it! I’m going to build my own vibrator’? … Read more DIY Vibrator Workshop for Crafty Masturbators

Readers’ Rents Lowered €280.000+ and Counting

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Already 85+ of you have saved an average of 277€ a month in rent. Since we launched our campaign against illegally high rents with lawyers-turned-activists Wenigermiete.de in September 2017, more than 85 of you have saved an average of 277€ a month on your Berlin rents. That totals around 23.500€ a month in savings. 282.540€ … Read more Readers’ Rents Lowered €280.000+ and Counting

BLY’s Tips at the Berlinale 2019 – And How to Buy Tickets

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It’s been an electric time at the 69th annual Berlinale. It’s Berlin’s iconic film festival, with pretentious showboaters and film journalists and hungry auteurs roaming through your favorite glittering modern jolt of horror, Potsdamer Platz, since roundabouts last week. For this writer, hopping from film to film with my cell phone on airplane mode has … Read more BLY’s Tips at the Berlinale 2019 – And How to Buy Tickets

Rubbr: Condoms Door-Delivered in 20 Minutes or Less

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You can now get condoms delivered to your door. So there’s no reason not to use one. We’ve all been there. It’s 3am, and you and that special someone get back to the flat after a few too many Sekts. You’ve already been kissing each other on the U-Bahn ride home and continue the tongue … Read more Rubbr: Condoms Door-Delivered in 20 Minutes or Less

Are You Your Dating App Selfie? Does That Make You Happy?

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Is your dating app profile really you? Would you even want it to be? The dating agency video was the mainstay of ’80s and ’90s sit-coms – a black VHS tape nervously shoved into the player would project a grey, noise-speckled image of their possible dream date onto the TV screen. Nervous under the camera … Read more Are You Your Dating App Selfie? Does That Make You Happy?

Sad Google Worker: Berlin Dumped You. Now What? A Survival Guide

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Oh shit! The gentrification gods have spoken, and it’s a solid NIX to the Google campus that was meant to shadow over Kreuzberg, pompous and sure of both itself and Berlin’s shiny and bright technological future. To me, as an American freelance writer who is, in every sense Part Of The Problem (saying it before … Read more Sad Google Worker: Berlin Dumped You. Now What? A Survival Guide

6 Easy Ways to Still Have Fun in Berlin if You Died 150 Years Ago

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You died 150 years ago this October (actually, it was 147, but who’s counting!). On that impossibly beautiful mid-autumn Mr. Blue Sky day, you stretched your last morning stretch, gobbled up your very last senf-drizzled wurst, all in preparation for an untimely end: a carriage flattening you to mush into the gravel below, perhaps, or … Read more 6 Easy Ways to Still Have Fun in Berlin if You Died 150 Years Ago

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