Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan is a Berlin-based travel and culture writer and the founder/editor of Slow Travel Berlin. His words and images have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Sunday Times Travel, The Telegraph, Nat Geo UK among others, and he has written books on music as well as travel guides—including several on Berlin for publishers such as HG2, Fodors, DK, Rough Guide National Geographic and Wallpaper.

Posts by Paul Sullivan

Winter In Berlin – Readers’ Gallery

December 8, 2014 - A gallery of winter-themed photos by the readers of Slow Travel Berlin….

Walking The Berlin Wall Trail: In Photos

December 1, 2014 - Visual impressions of the entire 160km Berlin Wall Trail…

Nov 9, 1938: Kristallnacht (Pogromnacht)

November 9, 2014 - Paul Sullivan on the fateful pogrom that led to the Nazi holocaust…

Berlin’s Best Food & Flea Markets

July 26, 2014 - Berlin’s best weekend food and flea markets…

Walking Berlin’s Ringbahn: Part 2

July 25, 2014 - Paul Sullivan walks the Berlin Ringbahn…(Part 2)

Q/A: Rory MacLean

June 25, 2014 - Paul Sullivan chats to Rory MacLean, author of “Berlin: Imagine A City”…

10 of our 100 Favourite Places

June 24, 2014 - A sneak peak into our 100 Favourite Places book.

In Photos: Berlin-Copenhagen Cycle Route

June 16, 2014 - A Visual Diary of a seven-day bike ride to Copenhagen…

10 Great Day Trips From Berlin

June 5, 2014 - STB Contributors recommend their favourite Day Trips from Berlin…

Walking Berlin’s Ringbahn: Part 1

March 21, 2014 - Paul Sullivan walks the Berlin Ringbahn…(Part 1)

Berlin: City Of Decay

March 13, 2014 - Paul Sullivan on the aesthetic significance of Berlin’s ruined and decaying buildings…

STB’s Best Long-Read Articles of 2013

December 20, 2013 - Some of the best long-read STB articles from 2013.

Favourite Moments of 2013

December 19, 2013 - Some of our Favourite Berlin Moments from 2013.

Tracing the Invisible Wall

October 3, 2013 - In conversation: Paul Sullivan and Paul Scraton discuss the history and legacy of the Berlin Wall.

Q/A: Marga van den Meydenberg

September 30, 2013 - A chat with Berlin-based street photographer Marga van den Meydenberg.

Claerchen’s Ballhaus Hits 100!

September 10, 2013 - Paul Sullivan celebrates Clärchens Ballhaus 100th birthday.

A 5-Year-Old’s Guide to Berlin’s Parks

August 6, 2013 - Paul Sullivan takes his son for a long bike ride and an exploration of the city’s green spaces…

On The Kantstrasse: A Short History Of German Flânerie

July 25, 2013 - Paul Sullivan strolls West Berlin’s Kantstrasse while contemplating Germany’s rich tradition of flâneury…

Urban Ballads: Q&A with photographer Jürgen Bürgin

June 26, 2013 - Paul Sullivan chats to Berlin photographer Jürgen Bürgin…

“Berlin! Berlin!”

June 19, 2013 - A 1919 article by Kurt Tucholsky for the Berliner Tageblatt…

Kosmischer Läufer

June 9, 2013 - A Q&A with the musician of a secret soundtrack for the East German Olympic Program…

Karneval der Kulturen 2013

May 21, 2013 - A gallery of images from Berlin’s Karneval der Kulturen 2013

A “Rough” Guide to Tallinn

April 9, 2013 - Paul Sullivan eschews Tallinn’s “chocolate box” center and explores its rougher, but arguably more fascinating outskirts…

Jewish Museum Berlin

March 27, 2013 - Paul Sullivan takes a journey through one of Berlin’s darkest museums.

A Snowy Weekend In Berlin

January 28, 2013 - Paul Sullivan enjoys a snowy weekend in Berlin by jumping on and off the S Bahn.

Berlin’s Abandoned Shopping Trolleys

October 9, 2012 - Paul Sullivan documents the ubiquity of shopping trolleys.

Color Berlin by Matthias Heiderich

September 13, 2012 - Images taken from the series Color Berlin by Matthias Heiderich.

Bike Ride to the Spreewald

August 21, 2012 - Paul Sullivan gets on his bike and explores Berlin’s industrial edgelands and the Spreewald…

Berlin Slowlympics: In Photos

August 6, 2012 - On Saturday 4th August 2012, we hosted the first ever Berlin Slowlympics.

Sketching The Underground

June 12, 2012 - Antonio Jorge Goncalves’s sketches of travellers on Berlin’s U-Bahn…

Mauerpark Karaoke: In Photos

June 8, 2012 - Impressions of the popular Sunday bearpit karaoke sessions at Berlin’s Mauerpark…

Prenzl’berg to Prenzlau: A Cycling Adventure

May 3, 2012 - Paul Sullivan finds a curious mix of derelict buildings and pretty lakes and forests…

A Celebration Of Creativity, Culture & Cuisine in Berlin: Photo Gallery

April 24, 2012 - Well that was one busy, crazy, wonderful day!

Sissel Tolaas: The Smell Artist

March 27, 2012 - Paul Sullivan visits the Berlin lab of smell expert Sissel Tolaas…

Berlin & The Artist by Robert Walser

March 8, 2012 - An extract from Robert Walser’s 1910 story, Berlin And The Artist.

Berlin: The Chicago of Europe

February 16, 2012 - An extract of an article by Mark Twain, originally published in 1892.