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Palais Podewil in Berlin-Mitte is one of the oldest surviving Baroque buildings in Berlin. The Palais is the second venue of the Grips Theater.
There’s a push by Berlin swimmers to get back into the water a century after the city banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted that locals were at risk of falling ill.
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Berliners have had enough of century-old swimming ban
A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, ...
Only in Berlin, swimming has been continuously prohibited in the Spree since May 1925, when the German capital closed all traditional river pools because the water was deemed too toxic. Some of those ...
Berlin Mitte also holds many of Berlin's best museums, many of which are located on Museumsinsel, an island on the Spree River. One such museum is the Bode Museum, which has a majestic and ...
Running used to be an integral part of my life, but pregnancy changed that. It forced me into a long break from running, and ...
Even city officials in the central Mitte district of Berlin say they’d be interested in introducing river swimming again in 2026. “There are still many things that need to be clarified, but I am ...
Sometimes, football writes stories that would be too wild even for Hollywood - and sometimes this even happens in the ...
Video. Around 200 Berliners leapt into the Spree River on Tuesday to demand an end to a century-old swimming ban in the city’s central district.
As Union Berlin told 'rbb24', an objection was lodged against the result of a game by Hertha BSC. More precisely, against a ...
Wine lovers, head to Spain. Or Italy. Restaurant wine prices there are so much lower than in most of continental Europe, and ...