Paul Scraton

Paul Scraton is the founder and editor of the Under a Grey Sky website, which is devoted to “adventures beyond the front door”. He has lived in Berlin for over ten years and runs Traces of a Border, exploring the stories and the places to be discovered along the Berlin Wall Trail.

Posts by Paul Scraton

The Peace Race: Socialism’s Grand Cycling Tour

November 10, 2022 - Paul Scraton on one of East Germany’s most significant sporting events…

Springsteen & The Wall

February 10, 2021 - Paul Scraton on Bruce Springsteen’s 1988 East Germany concert…

The Road To Reunification

October 2, 2014 - Paul Scraton looks at Germany’s somewhat rocky road to reunification…

At the end of the Chausseestraße

January 16, 2014 - Paul Scraton explores the lives and stories that intersect at the end of the Chausseestraße…

A Stroll Through Hohenschönhausen

July 5, 2013 - Paul Scraton explores history and memories along the Konrad-Wolf-Straße…

Walking the 66-Lake-Trail

February 26, 2013 - Paul Scraton discovers pine forests, sand dunes and run-down industrial estates.

Berlin’s Olympic Village

September 7, 2012 - Paul Scraton explores Berlin’s abandoned 1936 Olympic Village.

In search of Rixdorf

March 20, 2012 - Paul Scraton explores trendy Neukölln’s old heart…

On the Osloer Strasse

August 8, 2011 - Paul Scraton reports on life in his Gesundbrunnen kiez…

Book Review: Young Hitler by Claus Hant

December 2, 2010 - Paul Scraton reviews a novel that looks at Hitler as a young man.

On David Clay Large’s Berlin

October 1, 2010 - Paul Scraton takes a look at David Clay Large’s history of the city…