The Local Germany

Berlin squatters win court victory after 'illegal' police raid

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:16:15 +0200

A police raid on a squat in east Berlin in June, which led to a violent backlash from the far-left scene, was declared illegal by a court on Wednesday.

World-famous Berlin street art blacked out

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:49:00 +0100

Twitter users in the capital's Kreuzberg district reported that men arrived with cranes and spotlights on Thursday night to paint over two of the capital's most famous street art pieces.

When the lights go out in Wallywood

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:35:00 +0100

Wallywoods, a seminal gallery for Berlin’s avant-garde art scene, is locked in a Stalingrad-esque struggle for survival with intractable municipal officials. Ben Knight slips behind the lines to talk with its curator of chaos.

Squatters and leftists protest against Berlin gentrification

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:51:00 +0100

Several thousand squatters and people who live in alternative housing such as trucks, and their supporters demonstrated for the preservation of free spaces and housing projects in Berlin on Saturday.