Iranian-Austrian artist Yadegar Asisi paints a poignant and realistic portrayal of life in Cold War Berlin at his photographic panorama The Wall, located at Checkpoint Charlie.
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Berlin’s cheap rents and anything-goes ethos have made it a hub for international artists, creating a city of restless energy and optimism.
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A small band of microbrewers is trying to change the German capital’s lacklustre reputation for bland beer.
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Since 2008, the exclusive Boros Collection has been housed in an imposing WWII bunker, that at one time or another has been a bomb shelter, a prison and a storage depot for bananas.
Berlin has survived invasion, dictatorship and division, and is now reinventing itself as a world leader in arts and sciences.Watch this city as it searches for its future.
A cultural tour of the German capital offers endless possibilities. Explore a city in constant self-renewal, from a floating swimming pool to a Weimar-era ballroom.
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