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New on the website: @plattenbauberlin.bsky.social celebrates the residential architecture of the DDR and offers a useful guide for Plattenbauten spotters. All photos by Jesse Simon. www.slowtravelberlin.com/a-field-guid...

Audi boss under fire in Germany for Trump rally appearance

AfD politician loses appeal over Nazi salute poster Germany’s top court has upheld AfD politician Wilko Möller’s conviction for a Nazi salute on his campaign poster. www.heistberlin.com/news/afd-pol...

gm to these Kreuzberg squatters in 1981 👋 ☕️ #Berlin Image by Tom Ordelman / Wikipedia

11 November 1989 - Eberswalderstr/Bernauerstr wall opening. Image by Brian Harris.

First glühwein of the season! With a fire too 🔥

Der Rufer statue on the Straße des 17 Juni — legend has it that if you get close and really listen you can hear it say “Merz leck Eier”… #berlin #brandenburgertor

The alternate timeline. Saving these to remind me not to be complacent about the lurking horrors.

True words.

Monday Funny 👍🏼

this is literally my entire political belief system right now

Who’s afraid of October 31? Rather than visions of burning barricades, perhaps what critics of the Gen Z Halloween protest should really be afraid of are its demands. www.heistberlin.com/news/whos-af...

Gm to the Berliner Hochbahn in 1930 👋 ☕️ 🚆 (Foto: Landesarchiv Berlin, F Rep 290 Nr. 0214800, Fotograf: Hans Casparius)

Another section from the latest essay-the 1872 Blumenstraße riots-from the first instalment of a three-part essay series, spanning the 19th century to the present day, that explores the dynamics between Berlin’s landlords, tenants and the state… slowtravelberlin.substack.com/p/who-owns-b...

Watched NAZA. Devastating but important. 💔

Winter in the morning, autumn in the afternoon #berlin #walkingberlin

Another section from the latest essay-the 1872 Blumenstraße riots-from the first instalment of a three-part essay series, spanning the 19th century to the present day, that explores the dynamics between Berlin’s landlords, tenants and the state… slowtravelberlin.substack.com/p/who-owns-b...

Gm to David Bowie at the Neue Wache on Unter den Linden (when it was in East Berlin). ⚡️ ☕️ 🎶

A long read for those into this kind of thing: the Soviets had around 20 nuclear weapon storage sites in East Germany, most stripped, sealed or torn down after 1994. Sonderwaffenlager Stolzenhain is probably the last one in Germany still largely "intact". digitalcosmonaut.com/sonderwaffen...

New substack: the first instalment of a three-part essay series, spanning the early nineteenth century to the present day, that explores the evolving dynamics between Berlin’s landlords, tenants and the state… substack.com/@slowtravelb...

Muskauer Straße, Kreuzberg, 1973 by Dieter Kramer

Shout out to all the hardworking posties out there, who still keep much of our mail coming and whose yellow carts and bikes look especially good on autumn 🍂 ☕️ 👏 #berlin

unrenovated hausflur, Weißensee. Definitely some ghosts in this one. #berlin

Balcony undulations.

Marzahn, 1977 by Gerd Danigel #berlin

Lovely stroll around Weißensee today. Feel a new tour coming on 👀 🚶‍♀️ #berlin

A new post on the website: We explored the Sonderwaffenlager Stolzenhain, a Soviet nuclear warhead depot near Jüterbog. The GDR built and paid for it in 1967 - but the men who poured the concrete never found out what they had built... digitalcosmonaut.com/sonderwaffenlager-stolzenhain/

gm to this interesting juxtaposition 👀 ☕️ #berlin

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Nothing to do with Berlin but for lit lovers, this was excellent 👏

From the archive: SUPERKIOSK #berlin

Who’s up for a tour this weekend then? 😃 www.slowtravelberlin.com/tours

Mauerpark ❤️

gm to THF in autumn 👋 🍂 ☕️ #berlin

So nice to read all these lovely reviews. Thanks to everyone who has taken a tour so far, and especially those who took time to leave kind words on Trip Advisor. If you want to join one of our tours this year, drop a line to slowtravelberlin at gmail dot com 1/2

‘The law books in his office were just for show: they had belonged to his father and were out of date. But he knew that most problems could be solved with phone calls, and no one was better at those.’ @deborahfriedell.bsky.social on Trump’s first lawyer, Roy Cohn. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Hotel Adlon, 1936 #berlin

#Berlin Die heutige Thalia-Grundschule in der Straße Alt-Stralau 34 in Friedrichshain war ursprünglich die Stralauer Dorfschule. Das heutige Schulgebäude wurde nach 3 jährige Bauzeit 1894 eingeweiht. 1912-14 erfolgte eine Erweiterung & 1928 kam ein expressionistischer Turnhallenanbau hinzu.

a good soup makes you feel like everything's right in the world. to be clear though, it's not. the soup lies.

And read our culture editor @tanjilrashid.bsky.social's beautifully argued piece in defence of keeping Rooney on shelves:

A wonderful afternoon to these dapper chaps strolling along Sebastianstrasse in 1984. 🫡 👋 Photographer unknown — possibly @chrisjohndewitt? #berlin

"With a seeming flick of a switch, Musk has the power to alter the course of a deadly conflict. " Nobody should have that kind of power www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

A gentle reminder …

If Google does this for long enough, it may cease to exist altogether. This collapse can only be prolonged by Google's ongoing extraction of value from web publishers, who no longer have their works connected with audiences via Google search results.

Sad to see Gesundbrunnen’s wonderful Cafe Pförtner has been closed down. But on the other hand I discovered the equally great Cafe Cocoon around the corner, which had great coffee, a nice community vibe and even a visiting Good Boi to admire. 12/10, can recommend.

This just in … 👀