BMX-rider Tim Knoll does some incredible tricks as he rides around Berlin in his BMX Meets Parkour | Unthinkable Bike Tricks video for Red Bull. Tim Knoll’s riding is a bewildering mixture of technical skills and athletic ability that is part BMX / part gymnastics / part modern dance. He forward rolls, somersaults and swings […]
Sunday Documentary: Komet Bernhard – Unframing Reality
Komet Bernhard is a Berlin nightlife legend. Like Techno, Wegbier from the Späti and clubs that don’t close, he epitomises what makes a night out in Berlin…um…so Berlin. Komet Bernhard – Unframing Reality is a documentary that offers a glimpse into his life. Bernhard Enste (67) was given the name Komet Bernhard by the children […]
BERLIN (CLASSIFIED) by Julien Patry
BERLIN (CLASSIFIED) is a little over 3 minutes of pure brilliance – Julien Patry has organised Berlin’s colours and design elements and the results are simply wonderful. Some ideas are so simple and yet so inspired and creative that I just have to tip my hat to the genius behind them, while at the same […]
Sunday Documentary: Abandoned Berlin
With Ciarán Fahey, author of the hugely popular Abandoned Berlin, as his guide, Jordi Busquets explores some of Berlin’s most popular urbex location for his documentary, also entitled, Abandoned Berlin. Urbex (an abbreviation of urban exploration) is an increasingly popular hobby or pastime, as more and more people appreciate the beauty in decay and the […]
Berlin: Convergence – Nehemias Colindres x Canon
Released as part of the Canon ‘Come and See’ image campaign, Berlin: Convergence is a portrait of the city by Nehemias Colindres. Colindres is a 1st generation Salvadorian-American photographer and filmmaker. Born and raised in LA, he is currently living and working in Berlin and it is clear that he has a complex relationship with […]
Berlin Vibes by Sam Evans
Berlin Vibes is a short but sweet video by Sam Evans with scenes that capture some of the essence of a Berlin summer, perfectly matched to a James Oklander remix of Nina Simone’s Feeling Good. Follow Sam and a friend as they ride around Berlin on a bike and a penny board, dive off a […]
Berlin City by Matthias Makarinus
Matthias Makarinus has done it again – his latest video Berlin City is another masterpiece of videography that shows Berlin at its most moody, beautiful and best. Over the course of 10 minutes Makarinus shows us Berlin in summer and winter, spring and autumn; under blue, black, pink, orange and grey skies. We see the […]
David Bowie Berlin Concert – 1987 GLASS SPIDER Tour
The David Bowie Berlin concert of 1987 is often cited as one of the events that helped bring down the Berlin wall and the German Foreign Office paid an incredible tribute to David Bowie in a tweet following the announcement of his death. Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping […]
David Bowie 1947-2016 RIP
Berlin awoke today to the news of the passing of one of its favourite adopted sons – David Bowie is dead. A statement posted to the singer’s official Facebook page and Twitter account confirmed his death: January 10 2016 – David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle […]
Berlin Christmas 1948 – Blockaded Christmas by British Pathé
Blockaded Christmas is a British Pathé news report on the Berlin Christmas of 1948, 6 months into the Soviet Blockade of the city. In June 1948 tensions between the Soviet Union and the Allied occupying powers in Germany escalated and the democratic process for governing Berlin broke down completely. In an attempt to force the […]