Streets

When you live in a global pandemic that complicates life, and when a war in Europe makes the energy prices and the inflation increase substantially at the same time, rising parking fees are just what you need, right? At least that is what the Berlin Senate seems to believe.

Last month, the Berlin Police Department worked hard, as always. This time, it conducted a "main campaign" to improve the situation on the German capital's…

Pedestrian zones are a science cities should master before they actually start building them. Germany provides good examples for modern day pedestrian zones…

Which is the most important boulevard in Berlin? Let's go with 'Unter den Linden'. The Senate now wants to posh it up. It will take years until the transformation is completed.

Abdallah Saleh Possi, the Tanzanian Ambassador to Germany, and District Mayor Martin Hikel were among those who renamed former Wissmannstrasse in Berlin's…

In Berlin's Neukölln district, a street will be renamed in April. For now, it is named after a colonialist who violently crushed the resistance in parts of Africa. Soon, it will carry the name of an anti-colonialist. Not everyone is happy though.

Berlin had parts of one of its most famous boulevards refurbished. All extras are included on the stretch, including "a wide biological diversity" on its median…

One of the most famous streets in Berlin is 'Friedrichstrasse'. It accommodates luxury shops and historic spots. Now the Berlin Senate wants to make it more…

Update: July 8th, 2020, 09:27 a.m. CEDT The discussion about changing street and station names in Berlin is not new, but the new racism debate triggered by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota seems to be speeding things up. Two renamings are imminent. Earlier this week, inhabitants of Wissmannstrasse in Berlin's Neukölln district,…