Eating Out
If you've long craved to satisfy your sweet tooth with a dessert-only menu, while tipping exquisite drinks down your neck; your indulgent dreams have turned reality. In late-summer 2016, fine dining chef René Frank and ett la benn's Oliver Bischoff...
Hotels
Related to the esteemed Sir Albert of Amsterdam, Sir Savigny is crossing borders and making waves on the Berlin hospitality scene with a 44-room hotel located in a former Charlottenburg residence dating from 1893 on Kantstraße 144; a new urban...
Eating Out
Using what is known as the 'Retro Innovation' method (combining the best of old techniques with the best of new techniques, continually looking for the best production practices in their roasting) it’s immediately evident that Berlin's Bonanza...
Eating Out
The secret shooting star of Berlin, Potsdamer Strasse, has a new gem: Panama Restaurant & Bar, the latest addition to the collection of restaurateur Ludwig Cramer-Klett. Klett’s two other food temples, Katz Orange (the ethnic-eclectic...
Eating Out
The guys behind Louis Pretty, Berlin, sure have chutzpah — brothers James and David Ardinast, and Oskar Melzer, having assembled what can only be described as a 'mob' of German restaurants. The trio's family business has its ties in...
Eating Out
Berlin Mitte's latest interior design and food heaven has been around since July 2015, and is inexplicably still a hidden champ. BUCHHOLZBERLIN and the owner behind Lokal — one of the neighbourhood's favourite eateries — have teamed up ... the...
Art & Culture
Johann König is what you call a forerunner among the young savages of the art scene. König opened his first gallery at the age of 21, back in 2002. A good decade on, and he counts among the champions in the gallery business, and has found a...
Art & Culture
In a city so often celebrated as a hub of creative minds, you're naturally spoilt with galleries, project spaces, museums around each corner. One that overshadows many is the C/O gallery at Zoologischer Garten. Jean Seberg with Rainbow, 2010,...
Eating Out
Distrikt Coffee gives that oldie but goodie 'hidden gem' a whole new meaning: hiding a good 10-minute walk away from the nearest train station, off the beaten tracks of Mitte's busy Torstraße. In a city where there's never a shortage of spots to...
Eating Out
Katz Orange is one of the Mitte's pioneering restaurants that requires directions more than simply an address. Once through the mousy archway, Katz Orange awaits its guests with an imposing Neo-Gothic façade; a former brewery building that dates...
Art & Culture
Giving shelter from air raids to thousands of citizens during the Second World War, to a poster child for Berlin's contemporary art scene: ad exec Christian Boros and his wife Karen, an art historian, bought the former bunker in 2003 — having a...
Culture
Berlin-based artists Nico Roscher and James Brook founded Cake Studios in the north of Berlin, in the up-and-coming district of Wedding; a slow but sure rise in living expenses seeing the creative caravan moving from Neukölln to...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
Paintings have transcended their origins as the crown jewels of galleries and museums. Today, they hold a central place in homes worldwide, where they not only decorate but also communicate personal taste, style, and emotion. Whether chosen for...
Dispatches
When it comes to your child’s health, dental care is often the one that gets overlooked. After all, baby teeth fall out so why bother? But establishing good habits and visiting the dentist from an early age is crucial for your child’s health and...
Dispatches
When buying a used car, you need to know the car’s history. The last thing you want is to buy a car with hidden problems, whether it’s been in an accident, has outstanding finance or has been stolen. A full car history check can make or break...
Dispatches
Escape rooms are a popular team building activity, but they’re more than just an hour of fun. They create a high pressure environment where communication is key. Working together fast, sharing ideas and solving problems under time pressure shows...