The Work & Life of Photographer Willy Römer

Irina Tevdoradze profiles one of Berlin’s most important twentieth-century photographers…

Ernst Thälmann: The Man, The Myth, The Monument

Paul Sullivan explores the curious history and conflicted legacy of Germany’s former Communist Party leader…

Battle of Berlin 1945: Neukölln’s Kirsten-Heisig-Platz

Tour guide and historian Steven Richards explores a week of intense fighting in Neukölln during the Battle of Berlin…

Modernism at Berlin’s Technische Universität

John K. Peck takes a deep dive into the forgotten modernist architecture of Berlin’s Technical University (TU)…

Berlin’s Best Beer Gardens

The best places in the city to enjoy an al fresco beer… or five

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Books

 

Stories from the City

To celebrate Slow Travel Berlin's fifth birthday: a curated anthology of articles and photography on a wide range of topics and places that you won’t find in the guidebooks.
 

100 Favourite Places

Instead of highlighting the city’s hippest ‘hotspots’, we’ve taken a more patient and personal approach to bring you 100 special places, many of which would not be mentioned in conventional guides.
 

Mauerweg: Stories From The Berlin Wall Trail

A documented walk around the entire 160km length of the Mauerweg (Berlin Wall Trail)

Walking Berlin

 

Berlin’s Main Telegraph Office (Haupttelegrafenamt)

Fenced off and looking somewhat forlorn compared to…
 

Olympic Stadium & A Magic Schnitzel

Earlier this week I caught a train up…
 

Berlin in Snow

Following a distinctly spring-like festive period, where temperatures hovered around 8-10…
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Ernst Thälmann: The Man, The Myth, The Monument

Paul Sullivan explores the curious history and conflicted legacy of Germany's former Communist Party leader...
Historical Berlin
 

Battle of Berlin 1945: Neukölln’s Kirsten-Heisig-Platz

Tour guide and historian Steven Richards explores a week of intense fighting in Neukölln during the Battle of Berlin...
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Modernism at Berlin’s Technische Universität

John K. Peck takes a deep dive into the forgotten modernist architecture of Berlin's Technical University (TU)...
Bars
 

Berlin’s Best Beer Gardens

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Slow City Guide: Prague

Ole Ellekrog gives a local's tour through his adopted city...