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Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 14 September
Stirring the debate on immigration
Thilo Sarrazin’s departure from the Bundesbank last week provided a rare moment of consensus between Germany’s political parties.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 December
The engine of the new economy
If it’s true that information is the only natural resource Germany has to offer, then Berlin is quickly moving from the equivalent of mining city to refinery.
Culture / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 22 December
Forecast 2011: The digital backlash begins
In Germany all the blogging, tweeting and iPad-swiping of 2010 has led to a cultural countermovement that’s likely to grow even stronger next year.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 March
Ideas for modern nomads
We know that no kind of virtual communication beats a face-to-face meeting and that the most effective organisational tool is called “having lunch”.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 15 February
Germany’s welfare black hole
Walking through Berlin can make you feel as though you are on the set of one of those post-apocalypse films from the 1980s, such as Mad Max or The Day After.
Edits / Aviation
Fight or flight
The future of Berlin’s Tempelhof airport is up in the air. Due for closure next year, campaigners are mounting one final bid to rescue this hugely symbolic airport that played starring roles in the Second World War and the…
Design / Manufacturing
Street smart
From New York to Istanbul, cities are investing in street furniture that expresses their heritage and makes them look like well thought out brands. The clever bit? Thanks to companies such as Wall in Germany, they can have…
Edits / Food & Drink
Home to roast
Seattle-born Cynthia Barcomi opened her first café in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood in the 1990s. Since then, her coffee, cakes and bagels have become a local legend. She takes us on a tour of the district’s best bake…
Culture / Books
Bildschöne Bücher
Less is more is the concept for Bildschöne Bücher, a small bookshop in Berlin that has grown out of the highly successful website 25books.com. Proprietor Bodo von Hodenberg, a former sales director of Taschen, takes a…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Tuesday 23 November
Berlin’s art galleries recalibrate
In the mid-noughties, art galleries sprouted in Berlin like wild mushrooms.
Culture / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 2 August
Neighbourhood gentrification
Berlin’s Mitte neighbourhood has built up a reputation for being the city’s cultural hotspot.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Friday 8 January
Bother on the Bahn
Deutsche Bahn is much admired by foreign travellers and internationally renowned for its comfort and reliability.
Culture / Publishing
Printed perfection
Whether it be picture-laden coffee table tomes or volumes on aesthetic theory, Germany produces some of the finest art books in the world – and that’s not limited to Taschen. Monocle went to Berlin to pore over a buoyant…
Affairs / Soft Power
Soft focus
If you’re Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach. Since the fall of the Wall, Germany’s foreign office has become master of gently promoting ‘Brand Germany’, with Berlin…
Affairs / Soft Power
Dungaree diplomats
When a flood devastates Uganda or an earthquake strikes Pakistan, Germany’s THW gets some of the first aid workers on the ground. Mostly volunteers, they are part of Germany’s soft power arsenal.
Edits / Society
Good buy to Berlin
While Berlin Mitte may have become a victim of its own popularity, stray off the well-trodden tourist route and you’ll find the charming back street of Gipsstrasse. Full of independent shops, ateliers, galleries and cafés…
Edits / Publishing
Wurst is best
Angelika Taschen has given more established book publishers a run for their money and turned the sexy and subversive Taschen Books into a global powerhouse. She chooses simple wurst for her last meal.
Edits / Arts
Reality bites
German artist Thomas Demand’s talents lie behind the camera. Known for his extraordinary lifelike model sets, which he builds and shoots, Demand extends his love of good presentation to his food, too. We meet him at Berl…
Edits / Craft
Pure and white
For centuries, German porcelain meant traditional designs from old-school manufacturers such as Meissen or KPM. Hering Berlin has managed to bring an old craft into the present with timeless pieces that are as wonderful to…