Berlin in Pictures

Snow and frosty temperatures have Berlin firmly in their grip. Winter impressions from the capital in 2021.  more

"Welcome 2021": The traditional New Year's Eve party at the Brandenburg Gate was replaced in 2020 by a New Year's Eve show without spectators.  more

After a construction period of around ten years, trains are running on the new section of the U5 metro line between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburg Gate.  more

Photos of the festively illuminated Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. The fairy lights decorate the boulevard every year from the end of November to the beginning of January.  more

The British heir to the throne Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attended the central commemoration of the National Day of Mourning in Berlin on November 15, 2020.  more

The exhibition «America 1970s/80s» in the Helmut Newton Foundation shows works by Newton, Metzner, Hofer and Meyerowitz until mid-May 2021.  more

In Alte Nationalgalerie, the special exhibition "Decadence and Dark Dreams" deals with Belgian Symbolism.  more

The Greentech Festival 2020 is all about innovative, green technologies for technological, economic and social change.  more

At Gallery Weekend 2020, numerous galleries invite you to take a tour of Berlin's creative scene.  more

Pictures from the new core exhibition "Jewish life in Germany: Past & Present" in the Liebeskind building of the Jewish Museum in Berlin.  more

The exhibition "There's No Such Thing as Solid Ground" by artist Otobong Nkanga explores the relationship between people, land and structures.  more

Empty supermarket shelves, investigation sites, closed clubs: photos from Berlin in times of the corona crisis.  more

Hillary Clinton, Johnny Depp, Sigourney Weaver and many other prominent personalities from film and society were part of the Berlinale 2020.  more

On August 31, 2019, two giant pandas were born in the Berlin Zoo. The two cubs are growing splendidly!  more

Under the motto "Una Notte Italiana", concerts, light installations and theatre performances enliven the historic park of Sanssouci at the Potsdamer Schlössernacht.  more

Numerous participants of the "Eurofurence" met at the Hotel Estrel on 17 August 2019. People who have a weakness for the costumes called fursuits meet at the annual convention.  more

Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino visited Berlin on 1 August 2019 for the premiere of their film "Once upon a time...in Hollywood".  more

Designed by David Chipperfield, the James Simon Gallery is the new central entrance hub to the Berlin Museum Island.  more

The balloon "HiFlyer" was transformed into a large European flag.  more

Thousands of visitors came to the Airlift Festival at the former Tempelhof Airport on 12 May 2019 to commemorate the end of the Berlin Airlift 70 years ago.  more

Polar bear Tonja at Tierpark Berlin gave birth to a cub on 01 December 2018. After weeks of waiting, the polar bear baby turned out to be a girl. On 2 April 2019 she was christened "Hertha".  more

Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited Berlin on Tuesday, 7 May 2019.  more

Plenty of beautiful drag queens came to the premiere of the "RuPaul's Drag Race World Tour" at Tempodrom on 28 April 2019.  more

Former U.S. President Barack Obama answered questions from young people at a Town Hall at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin on 6 April 2019.  more

The Olympic Stadium was built on the occasion of the 1936 Olympic Games. The stadium and its surrounding buildings bear the signature of a family of architects.  more