December 2014

  • Fantastic photos from Berlin's biggest Christmas market

    Tis the season! While all the other bloggers are seeking out the quaintest, most traditionally festive Weihnachtsmarkts in Berlin, we thought we’d go to arguably the worst and take the best photos of it! Wintertraum, which stretches from Alexanderplatz to Jannowitzbrücke, bills itself as Berlin’s biggest Christmas market, but really it’s a funfair – complete with…

  • Fantastic photos from Berlin’s biggest Christmas market

    Tis the season! While all the other bloggers are seeking out the quaintest, most traditionally festive Weihnachtsmarkts in Berlin, we thought we’d go to arguably the worst and take the best photos of it! Wintertraum, which stretches from Alexanderplatz to Jannowitzbrücke, bills itself as Berlin’s biggest Christmas market, but really it’s a funfair – complete with…

  • Filterhouse

    The owners of Filterhouse have their priorities in order. By day, they serve an impressive selection of filter coffees, and by night, a full menu of gin and tonics. Replacing the reliable Café Matilda, Filterhouse is ramping up the hipsterfication of our beloved Graefekiez with cold brew and cold drip (where did summer go?) and paleo…

  • Ask überlin #1: Popping the Question

    Welcome to the first episode of our first podcast, Ask überlin! Here we answer reader Eddy’s adorable question: where should he propose to his girlfriend while on vacation in Berlin? Is the TV Tower really the most romantic place in Berlin? And what is Zoë’s ingenious plan involving an engagement ring, a hot dog and the peacocks of Pfaueninsel? Listen…

  • Music Montag: 19th Moon

    Nothing beats the rush of finding an exciting new artist to listen to, but sometimes that high is all-too-brief. Such was the case with 19th Moon, the US-born, Nigeria-bred and Berlin-based singer-songwriter we discovered on a recent edition of Expatriarch Radio. We’ve already burned through the five tracks on her SoundCloud, which combine the moody…