October 2013

  • Berlin Portrait: Dolly Demoratti of Mother Drucker

    We think that the best way to discover Berlin is through the eyes of the people who live here. For our Berlin Portrait series, we’re asking artists, musicians and other interesting Berliners to introduce us their corner of the city. Discover creative Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain with Dolly Demoratti, owner of the Mother Drucker print studio.…

  • Restaurant Tim Raue

    If you’re in Berlin and into food, you will have heard of Tim Raue. The former delinquent from Kreuzberg is the ultimate Berliner-made-good, now running three restaurants, including his eponymous flagship – one of just four Berlin establishments to have earned two Michelin stars. We were lucky enough to be invited to Restaurant Tim Raue…

  • Music Montag: ghostandthesong

    ghostandthesong by Nils Delfmann from https://fischerfrisch.tumblr.com Sometimes real music journalism puts us to shame. “Berlin art rock experimentalists ghostandthesong soundtrack many things. Long walks along the sea at night; Finding a hidden message written inside a wall addressed to your unborn child; Having Lovecraft stories read to you by a young child” – Blitzgigs. Between…

  • Silo

    We may be wrong, but it feels like there’s been no decent coffee in Friedrichshain since No Fire, No Glory moved up to P Berg. So we welcome Silo, recently opened by two Aussies bringing with them flat white-making skills and a shared obsession with all things caffeinated. They’re indebted to The Barn, which is…

  • Music Montag: OY

    We’ve seen some weird shit in Berlin, but someone dragging a medicine ball-sized clump of dreadlocks through the streets? Hardly ever. The short and sweet video for Swiss-Ghanian vocalist Joy Frempong’s “Halleluja Hair” is fun, memorable, and also a pretty good advert for African Beauty Bazaar in Charlottenburg! Currently based in Berlin, the singer’s OY project is…