BERLIN (AP) — The smells of mulled wine, roasted almonds and hot bratwurst are wafting through the air across the German capital again, as the city's more than 100 Christmas markets are opening their ...

Valeriya Safronova is a reporter based in Vienna. She almost moved to Berlin in 2012 but settled for regular visits instead. May 1, 2025 Berlin is home to bureaucrats and hedonists, lobbyists and ...

THIS HAPPENED. IT’S NOT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR OR PEOPLE. AND I THINK THE NOTICE WAS A TOO SHORT THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER. 51 PROPERTY OWNERS WERE TOLD THEY HAD 30 DAYS TO PAY BACK. IF NOT, THEY OR, THEIR ...

The European Union’s largest economy has a long history with das auto, for better and worse. Many foreign tourists in Germany have a speed-limit-free trip on the autobahn among their bucket list items ...

BERLIN – For the first time in 14 years, the city of Berlin has a new mayor. Inauguration at City Hall on Tuesday night featured a transition in power from seven-term outgoing Mayor Paul Grenier, a ...

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted that locals were at risk of falling ill, there's a push by swimmers to get back into the ...

In 2019, at a bar in Berlin, three friends were having a drink when they started considering a radical idea: What if the middle of their then car-centric city became essentially car free? Over the ...

The city of Berlin has pledged an additional $2.2 million for the festival over the next two years, counteracting previous cuts. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The city of Berlin has pledged ...

Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World, by Sinclair McKay (St. Martin’s Press, 464 pp., $29.99) I first visited West Germany as a student, during the height of the Cold War, but ...

Berlin will have a new mayor for the first time in 14 years. Mayor-elect Robert Cone has served in the National Guard and works at the federal prison in Berlin, where he’s been part of union ...