If the height of your summer break is searching for a classical interlude, then I can guarantee that booking a Berlin city hotel this July will enable you to enjoy the finest in Baroque, arias and operattas. The charming city’s Gendarmenmarkt square, with its breathtaking architecture, will be the backdrop to the 21st Classic Open [...]

The city of Berlin presents its locals and visitors with endless opportunities to engage in fascinating and culturally enriching activities that never cease to amaze the audience.

For the month of October, Tempelhof is delving deep into the history of the airport in the Tempelhofer Airport Tours. The building is a historically protected landmark and has become a symbol of Berlin’s twentieth-century chronicle.

“Light is life, light is energy, light is able to speak all languages of the world and light connects people” – Birgit Zander, creator of the Berlin Festival of Light.

For decades now, the Solomon Guggenheim Foundation has been renowned for its creative buildings – its flagship on Fifth Avenue and the willowy Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain.

If you’re paying a visit to Berlin during August, there’s one date you really should try to schedule a free evening for – on August 25th, more than a hundred of Berlin’s museums and cultural institutions give access to their exhibitions and collections throughout the night, from 6pm to 2am! Visitors are given a common [...]

Every summer since 1992, Berlin has been home to open air musical performances in July – a wonderful way to take in a little culture during your visit to the German capital. The Gendarmenmarkt in the heart of the city is transformed into a great concert arena, and in July 2012 the musical carousel of [...]

  The rise of counter-cultures in modern society has led to previously underground cultural phenomena, such as body art, to gain more exposure and visibility. Events such as the Berlin Tattoo Festival would have been unthinkable a few years ago, but are seen as common, and even appealing, in the present day.

For classical music lovers visiting the German capital for a stay in a top hotel, West Berlin is the ideal base for making your way along to the Classic Open Air 2012 at the Gendarmenmarkt. Each year, the heart of Berlin becomes a vast concert area drawing crowds from all over Europe.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany has been working hard to eschew its image as a culturally intolerant country, and learning to celebrate diversity. One of the most visible faces of this new approach is Berlin’s Carnival of Cultures.