Berlin travel guides & articles
All 8 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Berlin — newest first.
The Cold War playground: tracing the spies' Berlin
Berlin's Cold War is not sealed behind museum glass — it's a walkable network of real border halls, listening stations and interrogation cells you can still enter, in 2026, in the order the spies themselves used them.
The Cold War Espionage Trail: From Stasi Headquarters to Listening Stations
A street-level route through Berlin's surviving spy infrastructure — Stasi headquarters, a real interrogation prison, an NSA hilltop and the bridge where the Cold War actually traded its prisoners.
Berlin's Other Wall: The City's Street Art Is a Living Museum
Berlin didn't decide to become the world's largest open-air canvas — it stopped trying to stop it, and the result is a city that keeps painting over its own history.
The Berliner's Other Summer: Lakes, Forests, and Where the City Goes to Cool Down
A route-by-route guide to swimming your way out of a Berlin heatwave — from free forest lakes on a transit ticket to day trips worth the regional train.
After Midnight at the Späti: Berlin's Last Classless Room
A calm, route-by-route guide to Berlin's late-night kiosks — where a €1 beer buys you a seat in the one room the city never learned to sort by income.
The best rooftop bars in Berlin for 2026
From bohemian car park gardens to Michelin-starred sky lounges, here is your definitive, queue-tested guide to drinking above the Berlin skyline.
The best stag do spots in Berlin
Axes and boats by day, steins by four, a rooftop at sunset and a club that will actually let ten of you in — the honest, no-BS guide to a Berlin stag that works.
食通のためのベルリン：今食べるべき場所
シャルロッテンブルクの燻製魚カウンターからクロイツベルクのミシュランレベルの地産地消料理まで、今日、わざわざ足を運ぶ価値のあるベルリンのテーブルをご紹介します。