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sunlight streaming through the s bahn #berlin
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One of the city’s most atmospheric cinemas: @kinointimesberlin in Friedrichshain. Running since 1909 (!) its walls have become a legendary canvas for all kinds of street art while the cinematic programming favours indie and arthouse films. The bar is cosy and the staff are friendly too :)
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Bernauer Straße subway station in 1990. Formerly closed due to the Berlin Wall, it was opened for inner-city traffic on April 12th of that year—but was only accessible from the West Berlin side.

Photo by Thomas Uhlemann, via Federal Archives: 183-1990-0412-010
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Arno Fischer, East Berlin, 1957

© Erbengemeinschaft Arno Fischer
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Same height party, Berlin 1997

Read more: somethingcurated.com/2019/08/28/t...
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Construction worker, East Berlin, 1986 (photographer unknown)
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Soft / diffuse winter light 👌🏼 #berlin
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Transvestites at the El Dorado, 1920s #Berlin

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November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Dicke Hermann and the Silver Lady #prenzlauerberg #berlin
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Berlin, 1935 - The Scharlachberg House at the corner of Kurfürstendamm / Uhlandstraße in Berlin-Charlottenburg — where the Maison de France stands today.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Berliner winter face vs Berliner summer face
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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When I was in Berlin back in October. Love this view.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Aye
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
had to stroll around in the snowy hood this morning #snowtravelberlin
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Berlin: sunrise city 🧡
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Nikolai Gogol’s Classic Story, “The Nose,” Animated With the Astonishing Pinscreen Technique (1963)
Nikolai Gogol’s Classic Story, “The Nose,” Animated With the Astonishing Pinscreen Technique (1963)
A mild-looking barber slices into his morning loaf of bread to find a human nose embedded within. You might imagine this image opening the next David Lynch movie, but it actually sets up a more lighth...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Kurfürstendamm, 1910, by painter Lesser Ury. Private collection.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Christmas trees at the Heinrich-Heine-Straße checkpoint in #Berlin, 1961.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Looking for gifts for the literature-loving Berliners in your life? Here are some of our fave Berlin-themed books, each one summarised in the article.

Plenty more on our website of course…

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November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
View to the Fernsehturm along the Karl Marx Allee. Never gets boring. #berlin
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
An East German Konsum store, June 1960 — the centre point it many villages

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November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Oberbaumbrücke, 1961 - when it served as a border crossing between East and West Berlin
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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#Berlin
Aber diese Fotos haben mich,
doch sehr sprachlos und traurig gemacht!
1950
Der Pariser Platz ist nur am Brandenburger
Tor zu erkennen !
#NIEWIEDER !🕯️🕊️🕯️
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Brandenburg Gate / Pariser Platz before Starbucks (1890) #berlin
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Martin Höhlig, Berlin, Tiergarten, light tower of the Osram Company, 1928
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM