Kreuzberg
Will Google Finally Ruin Kreuzberg for Good?
The launch of a new Google Campus in Berlin's coolest district has fanned the flames of a long-running tension between locals and gentrifiers.
Last Call: One of Berlin's Oldest Cocktail Bars Will Put Chicken Skin in Your Drink
"Drinking a beer at a cocktail bar is like going to a brothel to jerk off in the toilet."
I Spent 24 Hours in Berlin’s Busiest Drug Market
When I get out of the U8 train at Berlin's Kottbusser Tor station at 5 AM on a Thursday, three men dressed in rags raise their beer bottles to greet me, grinning with the few remaining teeth they have.
How Two Dutch Chefs Are Reinventing Berlin's Restaurant Scene
Serving an eclectic menu that includes Dutch bitterballen and baba au rhum, Lode & Stijn is the antidote to Berlin restaurants decked out in mismatched vintage furniture.
360° Photos of May Day Celebrations in Berlin
About 44,000 people showed up for MyFest – a May Day celebration street fair initiated to counteract the violence usually saved for the demonstrations on the day.
Every Part of the Animal Has Earned the Right to Be Eaten
At my Berlin restaurant Herz & Niere, we don’t see nose-to-tail dinig as a trend. We’re conscientious about what we consume. That starts with juice and ends with meat.
Chef's Night Out: Parker Bowles
In this episode, Parker Bowles' co-owners Oliver Rother and Quirin Schwanck—together with their friends Michel and Flo from the nightclub Prince Charles—take us out to their favorite food hot spots.
Berlin's Refugee Crisis
VICE News was on the scene for the events that would ultimately mark the climax of Germany's refugee protest.
In Photos: Berlin 'Refugee School' Stand-Off Ends After 8 Days of Siege and Protest
In Berlin's Kreuzberg the derelict Gerhart-Hauptmann school was besieged by up to 1,700 police officers with 40 refugees barricaded inside.
Refugees In Berlin Kicked Themselves Out of Their Own Protest Camp
The evacuation is a great lesson on how to make a protest movement slowly wear itself down and implode without the state lifting a finger.
Talking to Berlin's Hipster Defense Squad
Berlin is often hailed as a mecca for ex-pats and creative types fed up with New York and its stratospheric cost of living. Now, as hordes of graphic designers and writers have begun gentrifying the city, locals have started a concerted attack on...
May Day in Berlin Was a Playground for Happy Idiots
There's something about May Day in Berlin that seems to capture the city's essence. For one day every year, the streets fill with police, bold stoners, and all sorts of idiots—idiots in bathtubs, idiots in gorilla suits, idiots who cut drugs in phone...