The first buildings of Berlin’s born-again Potsdamer Platz opened 30 years ago. Largely complete by 2000, this ambitious urban development, a kilometre south of the Brandenburg Gate, had been Europe’s ...

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“No soul, no history, no residents,” laments one Berliner of Potsdamer Platz, where the Berlinale has been based since 2000. Speculation is rife about whether the festival will move when its contract ...

First of all, you can — and should — mostly forget about Potsdamer Platz, a perfectly agreeable, well-serviced area that unfortunately gives the once-a-year visitor to Berlin little sense of why this ...

In the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the East German Army began placing more than 48 kilometers of barbed wire through the center of Berlin, splitting the city into two stark halves. On one side, ...

Over the past 18 years, Dieter Kosslick ran the show. But for the first time ever, the Berlin International Film Festival will have two directors running its 70th edition. Carlo Chatrian, ex-director ...

Paul is a freelance travel and culture writer who has written and updated a slew of guidebooks (Rough Guides, National Geographic, Wallpaper, Fodors, DK) on a variety of destinations. He is based in ...