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We’re incredibly excited to announce Spuk am Prinzenbad, our new collaboration with Backyard: We’re hosting a Halloween party this year and we can’t wait to see you all again and go wild. The haunting is going down on October 30th at 22h at Backyard, Gitschiner Str. 22 in Kreuzberg, right next to Prinzenbad. There will be 2 floors of music, a costume contest, and more gory surprises…
Upcoming Events in Berlin
An Otherworldly Club Experience – The i8i Collective at Traumabar
photo: Camille Blake. Having lived in Berlin for so long and having seen so many things at the intersections of nightlife, culture, and art, you can trust me when I tell you this was quite something else. And I mean that in the best, most stimulating way. I've been a...
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Young Ticket for Culture Lovers – Staatsoper offers 12 € Tickets for Berliners Under 30
Berlin has a lot of really affordable art and culture events all around the city. Urban Art and most Galleries a free, many performances are free of charge and now even all museums are free on every first Sunday of the month. Going to the theater, opera or the ballet...
read more
The Soura Film Festival in Berlin: Shining A Light on Queer Cinema from S.W.A.N.A.
photo: Outsiders, directed by Hannah Cauhépé. Berlin is known around the world for its big movie festival Berlinale, but there are other great initiatives that promote less mainstream movies and amplify important voices. One of such events is the Soura Film Festival,...
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Seeing Berlin with Fresh Eyes
On my first visit to Berlin, a man spat at my feet. His eyes were the eyes of a soldier at war. Precise, alert, and distrusting. And he had just spotted a body he considered the enemy. That body was queer, stout, and black. We were sitting across from each other on a...
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Metabolic Rift: A New Immersive Experience at Kraftwerk
photo: Frankie Casillo. The old power plant Kraftwerk has proven to be a magnetic event space over and over again. This time, the great halls will feature Metabolic Rift, an immersive experience organized by Berlin Atonal that is supposed to fuse the elements of a...
read more
Staatsoper Für Alle 2021: Bringing Us All Back Together Again with Opera Music
Advertisement. One the past weekend Berlin once again saw its big annual free open-air opera event Staatsoper für Alle hosted at Bebelplatz by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Due to the pandemic, last year’s edition was held rather small offering the medical...
read more
A Literal English Translation of the Berlin Subway Map
Everyone loves looking at Berlin through the familiar grid of its dense subway and train system. We did it to find the way to the cheapest rents, closes lake, or best burger - there is even a map with an improved design which you guys especially loved. Now we found...
Just Imagine Emily in Paris Actually Went to Berlin Instead
So, today we're having a bit of light-hearted fun for you. I guess a lot of you saw the new Netflix show Emily in Paris that comes from the maker of the iconic Sex And The City series from the early 2000s. The new show turned out quite a success, but it's also quite...
Clubs without Dancing: What Berlin’s Clubs are Doing Without Raves
Halle, photo: Roman März. There are many other reasons to come to Berlin apart from the clubs but they are definitely among the most popular ones. Techno has its roots in Detroit and the Afrofuturism movement but both the name and the current widespread popularity...
A Literal English Translation of the Berlin Subway Map
Everyone loves looking at Berlin through the familiar grid of its dense subway and train system. We did it to find the way to the cheapest rents, closes lake, or best burger - there is even a map with an improved design which you guys especially loved. Now we found...
Just Imagine Emily in Paris Actually Went to Berlin Instead
So, today we're having a bit of light-hearted fun for you. I guess a lot of you saw the new Netflix show Emily in Paris that comes from the maker of the iconic Sex And The City series from the early 2000s. The new show turned out quite a success, but it's also quite...
Clubs without Dancing: What Berlin’s Clubs are Doing Without Raves
Halle, photo: Roman März. There are many other reasons to come to Berlin apart from the clubs but they are definitely among the most popular ones. Techno has its roots in Detroit and the Afrofuturism movement but both the name and the current widespread popularity...
11 Exciting New Restaurants in Berlin to Try Out This Year
KINK. photo: Robert Rieger. An annual selection of new restaurant openings is a staple of iHeartBerlin. Unsurprisingly, this year our list is a bit delayed and doesn’t showcase quite as many places as usual. But even in spite of all the challenges brought on by the...
7 Romantic Places for a First Date in Berlin
Some say dating in Berlin is an extreme sport. Interestingly, it’s a rare discipline that doesn’t necessarily get much easier with practice. And when you do manage to find a match, the age-old question of the location for the first date arises. We’ve come up with a...
A Guide to Nightlife Activities in Times of Corona
illustrations: Berk Karaoglu. Berlin without its nightlife is like a bath with no bubbles. In other words, we won’t stand for it. And since nocturnal establishments of all kinds have been closed for weeks now, one just has to get creative. But what else can you do to...
11 Exciting New Restaurants in Berlin to Try Out This Year
KINK. photo: Robert Rieger. An annual selection of new restaurant openings is a staple of iHeartBerlin. Unsurprisingly, this year our list is a bit delayed and doesn’t showcase quite as many places as usual. But even in spite of all the challenges brought on by the...
7 Romantic Places for a First Date in Berlin
Some say dating in Berlin is an extreme sport. Interestingly, it’s a rare discipline that doesn’t necessarily get much easier with practice. And when you do manage to find a match, the age-old question of the location for the first date arises. We’ve come up with a...
A Guide to Nightlife Activities in Times of Corona
illustrations: Berk Karaoglu. Berlin without its nightlife is like a bath with no bubbles. In other words, we won’t stand for it. And since nocturnal establishments of all kinds have been closed for weeks now, one just has to get creative. But what else can you do to...
An Otherworldly Club Experience – The i8i Collective at Traumabar
photo: Camille Blake. Having lived in Berlin for so long and having seen so many things at the intersections of nightlife, culture, and art, you can trust me when I tell you this was quite something else. And I mean that in the best, most stimulating way. I've been a...
Young Ticket for Culture Lovers – Staatsoper offers 12 € Tickets for Berliners Under 30
Berlin has a lot of really affordable art and culture events all around the city. Urban Art and most Galleries a free, many performances are free of charge and now even all museums are free on every first Sunday of the month. Going to the theater, opera or the ballet...
The Soura Film Festival in Berlin: Shining A Light on Queer Cinema from S.W.A.N.A.
photo: Outsiders, directed by Hannah Cauhépé. Berlin is known around the world for its big movie festival Berlinale, but there are other great initiatives that promote less mainstream movies and amplify important voices. One of such events is the Soura Film Festival,...
Seeing Berlin with Fresh Eyes
On my first visit to Berlin, a man spat at my feet. His eyes were the eyes of a soldier at war. Precise, alert, and distrusting. And he had just spotted a body he considered the enemy. That body was queer, stout, and black. We were sitting across from each other on a...
Metabolic Rift: A New Immersive Experience at Kraftwerk
photo: Frankie Casillo. The old power plant Kraftwerk has proven to be a magnetic event space over and over again. This time, the great halls will feature Metabolic Rift, an immersive experience organized by Berlin Atonal that is supposed to fuse the elements of a...
Staatsoper Für Alle 2021: Bringing Us All Back Together Again with Opera Music
Advertisement. One the past weekend Berlin once again saw its big annual free open-air opera event Staatsoper für Alle hosted at Bebelplatz by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Due to the pandemic, last year’s edition was held rather small offering the medical...
We Sing For You: A Short Film Celebrating the Emotional Power of the Human Voice
On the occasion of the 200 year anniversary of the choir of Staatsoper Berlin, we from iHeartBerlin got a really special assignment. We asked five Berliners if they would come to the big stage of the Opera for a musical experiment. We didn’t tell them what would...
The Virtues of Moving to Berlin During the Pandemic
photo: Roger Sabaté. Berlin has been unrecognizable to its long-term inhabitants ever since March 2020. Lockdown after lockdown has gradually changed our carefree reality into an enduring nightmare. What’s the allure of the free-spirited capital when its clubs, bars,...
Waldbaden: A Guide to the Best Nature Hikes in and around Berlin
When it comes to green spaces and parks, we all have to admit Berlin is one of the best big cities in Europe, if not the world. We are blessed with endless amounts of both tiny and large parks scattered around the city, and some forests here and there. As we might...
These Berlin Beer Gardens Are Serving Club Vibes
The final days of summer are upon us, and soon Berlin will descend into its dark and dismal winter. Soak up the final rays of sun in some of our favorite "Biergarten" (beer gardens), open-air clubs, and rooftop bars. Peruse this list, pick your favorite, and make the...