The techno world could save Detroit from his economic problems. BERLIN -- When Berlin club owner Dimitri Hegemann first visited Detroit in the 1990s, he was struck by city’s decaying, decadent ...

FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, ...

Sometimes all it takes to make a trip unforgettable are storied hotels with deep local roots in just the right places. As in ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...

In 2019, at a bar in Berlin, three friends were having a drink when they started considering a radical idea: What if the middle of their then car-centric city became essentially car free? Over the ...

Valeriya Safronova is a reporter based in Vienna. She almost moved to Berlin in 2012 but settled for regular visits instead. May 1, 2025 Berlin is home to bureaucrats and hedonists, lobbyists and ...

In the once-divided German capital, a flourishing music industry comes together. By Wolfgang Spahr When David Bowie moved to the divided city of Berlin in 1976, he joined 2 million inhabitants of what ...

Burlesque dancer Anja Pavlova unhooks her spangled brassiere, tosses it aside and turns to face the cheering crowd. In the steaming hot Hoochie Koo club, the temperature shifts up a couple of extra ...

Andrea Jean Baker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The European Union’s largest economy has a long history with das auto, for better and worse. Many foreign tourists in Germany have a speed-limit-free trip on the autobahn among their bucket list items ...