https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With the government currently advising against touristic travel, this is one to put in the memory box for next summer. Or, if you are a Berliner, perhaps it’s time you discovered the city’s most famous ‘hood. https://www.thelocal.de/20201122/eight-reasons-to-visit-kreuzberg-the-most-famous-neighbourhood-in-germany Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:28:36 +0100 eight-reasons-to-visit-kreuzberg-the-most-famous-neighbourhood-in-germany Twin decks perched on a candlelit altar, Robert Hood mixed trademark minimalist techno with God, as the charismatic producer and ordained priest wowed a packed Berlin church on Friday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20181112/hood-mixes-mass-for-techno-and-god-in-berlin-church Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:14:11 +0100 hood-mixes-mass-for-techno-and-god-in-berlin-church It’s not immediately obvious but there’s a sense of victory in the air on the banks of the Landwehrkanal in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district. Just ask the shop owners and residents near the Umspannwerk, an old electrical substation, that towers above the canal. https://www.thelocal.de/20181026/how-a Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:47:14 +0200 how-a Google has called off plans to open a campus in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. After months of anti-gentrification protests, the tech giant announced Wednesday it has given the site to two social organizations. https://www.thelocal.de/20181024/google-shelves-plans-to-open-campus-in-berlins-kreuzberg Thu, 25 Oct 2018 01:07:04 +0200 google-shelves-plans-to-open-campus-in-berlins-kreuzberg In an uncharacteristically violent assault in the heart of one Berlin's most sought-after districts, police say a visiting group of students were the victims of a brutal and unprovoked attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20180706/munch-school-group-attacked-by-15-strong-teenage-gang-in-berlins-kreuzberg Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:11:57 +0200 munch-school-group-attacked-by-15-strong-teenage-gang-in-berlins-kreuzberg If you take a walk around Kreuzberg these days you might think Google is about to buy up the whole neighbourhood. In fact ten people tops will be employed here by the tech giant. So what is the fuss about? https://www.thelocal.de/20180625/google-is-coming-to-berlin-kreuzberg-and-locals-are-far-from-happy-heres-why Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:45:42 +0200 google-is-coming-to-berlin-kreuzberg-and-locals-are-far-from-happy-heres-why Police have identified the young man who was found dead in a Berlin square after a May 1st street party as they continue to investigate the circumstances of his death, according to Bild. https://www.thelocal.de/20180507/body-found-after-may-1st-celebration-in-berlin-was-local-barkeeper Mon, 07 May 2018 11:57:45 +0200 body-found-after-may-1st-celebration-in-berlin-was-local-barkeeper A man died on Saturday night after being shot down in Kottbusser Tor, an area of Berlin popular with tourists and synonymous with crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20160905/murder-in-berlins-kotti-blamed-on-bikers Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:38:00 +0200 murder-in-berlins-kotti-blamed-on-bikers US rapper Kanye West has launched a pop-up store in Berlin, which is expected to receive thousands of visitors during the two days it is open. https://www.thelocal.de/20160819/kanye-west-pop-up-store-opens-in-kreuzberg-berlin Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:31:24 +0200 kanye-west-pop-up-store-opens-in-kreuzberg-berlin Police have defused a Second World War bomb in Kreuzberg, Berlin, meaning 11,500 people who were evacuated on Friday morning are free to return to their homes. https://www.thelocal.de/20151030/new-evacuation-in-berlin-after-bomb-find Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:01:18 +0100 new-evacuation-in-berlin-after-bomb-find Officials had to evacuate 11,000 people from their homes in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday after a 250-kg bomb was found during renovations. https://www.thelocal.de/20151026/11000-evacuated-in-kreuzberg-after-bomb-find Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:48:39 +0100 11000-evacuated-in-kreuzberg-after-bomb-find Police seized 700 cannabis plants which were growing in public view in green space at Kottbusser Tor, one of Berlin's busiest train stations and road junctions. https://www.thelocal.de/20150512/police-seize-cannabis-growing-at-major-berlin-station Tue, 12 May 2015 11:25:22 +0200 police-seize-cannabis-growing-at-major-berlin-station Amid rising tensions around the Pegida movement, a Berlin official stirred alarm on Monday with a proposal to commandeer private holiday apartments to house asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20150126/holiday-homes-to-be-seized-for-refugees Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:49:00 +0100 holiday-homes-to-be-seized-for-refugees The German Police Union (DpolG) said on Monday that officers overworked with serious cases and terrorism should no longer be asked to investigate minor crimes. https://www.thelocal.de/20150119/police-union-doesnt-have-time-for-petty-crime Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:48:24 +0100 police-union-doesnt-have-time-for-petty-crime The first refugees have begun taking up home in one of Berlin's new "container towns" - special emergency housing built out of stackable, portable blocks. https://www.thelocal.de/20141229/first-refugees-take-up-home-in-berlins-container-town Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:29:00 +0100 first-refugees-take-up-home-in-berlins-container-town UPDATE: The week-long police lock-down of an area of Berlin around a former school occupied by refugees ended on Wednesday night when a compromise was reached. Businesses and residents had accused the police of placing the area under “siege”. https://www.thelocal.de/20140703/refugees-allowed-to-stay-in-occupied-berlin-school Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:22:00 +0200 refugees-allowed-to-stay-in-occupied-berlin-school Police have sealed off an area of Berlin for almost a week after part of the Kreuzberg district became the centre of the city's latest conflict between refugees and authorities. The Local meets those affected by the ongoing operation. https://www.thelocal.de/20140630/police-close-off-part-of-berlin-for-week-in-refugee-protest Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:20:00 +0200 police-close-off-part-of-berlin-for-week-in-refugee-protest Residents at a refugee camp in central Berlin dismantled their own site on Tuesday morning, sparking clashes among the group when it became clear not everyone wanted to leave. https://www.thelocal.de/20140408/refugee-camp-demolition-leads-to-clashes-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:31:00 +0200 refugee-camp-demolition-leads-to-clashes-2 A landlord has ignited already strained tensions around drug dealing in a Berlin park by telling a newspaper he had banned black people from his pub. But on Tuesday he told The Local he had been misquoted. https://www.thelocal.de/20140326/berlin-pub-black-people-ban-ignites-tensions Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:12:00 +0100 berlin-pub-black-people-ban-ignites-tensions German filmstar Daniel Brühl, a well-known resident of Berlin’s hip Kreuzberg district, is too scared of local auto arsonists to buy himself a Ferrari. https://www.thelocal.de/20120408/41821 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:50:00 +0200 41821