Berlin History
Discover why Berlin looks the way it does today.
BERLiN HISTORY
1UP
For many visitors, 1UP is graffiti – for many Berliners, it’s a period of time. This blog explores the story of One United Power, Berlin graffiti, Berlin in the 2000s, art,...
1UP
For many visitors, 1UP is graffiti – for many Berliners, it’s a period of time. This blog explores the story of One United Power, Berlin graffiti, Berlin in the 2000s, art,...
Wünsdorf
An abandoned Soviet military town south of Berlin.Underground bunkers, empty swimming halls, Cold War history and a daily train connection to Moscow once running through the forest of Brandenburg. Most tourists...
Wünsdorf
An abandoned Soviet military town south of Berlin.Underground bunkers, empty swimming halls, Cold War history and a daily train connection to Moscow once running through the forest of Brandenburg. Most tourists...
East Side Gallery
The East Side Gallery is more than just Berlin’s most famous mural. Between the Berlin Wall, Cold War history, gentrification and modern Friedrichshain, this place tells the contradictions of Berlin...
East Side Gallery
The East Side Gallery is more than just Berlin’s most famous mural. Between the Berlin Wall, Cold War history, gentrification and modern Friedrichshain, this place tells the contradictions of Berlin...
Brandenburg Gate
The Brandenburg Gate is more than a tourist attraction. Between the Berlin Wall, reunification, protests, fan zones and political power, this place tells the story of Berlin like almost nowhere...
Brandenburg Gate
The Brandenburg Gate is more than a tourist attraction. Between the Berlin Wall, reunification, protests, fan zones and political power, this place tells the story of Berlin like almost nowhere...
Oberbaum Bridge
The Oberbaum Bridge is more than just one of Berlin’s most beautiful landmarks. For over 300 years, it has connected Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, survived war, division, reunification, and carried the Berlin...
Oberbaum Bridge
The Oberbaum Bridge is more than just one of Berlin’s most beautiful landmarks. For over 300 years, it has connected Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, survived war, division, reunification, and carried the Berlin...
RAW Area
Once a railway repair yard, today one of Berlin’s rawest cultural spaces: RAW-Gelände in Friedrichshain tells over 150 years of industrial history, GDR reality, club culture, street art, and urban...
RAW Area
Once a railway repair yard, today one of Berlin’s rawest cultural spaces: RAW-Gelände in Friedrichshain tells over 150 years of industrial history, GDR reality, club culture, street art, and urban...