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• Where to find the Berlin In Your Pocket city guide

  Seen the website, downloaded the PDF... now you need the real thing: Berlin In Your Pocket. On arrival ...

• Events in Berlin

  Berlin events, April-May 2012Find the venue details at the bottom of the list.Classical music5 April, ...

• Festival: Long Night of Opera & Theatre

  On 28 April, the fourth edition of the Lange Nacht der Opern und Theater sees 57 theatres across Berlin open their doors between 19:00 and 01:00....

• Mitte in the middle

  
  The historic centre of Berlin, Mitte kept its name even when the city’s division made it East Berlin’s western frontier, ending at the Brandenburg Gate....

• Sachsenhausen Memorial

  While African-American sprinter Jesse Owens was kicking dust in the face of Hitler’s master race at Berlin’s 1936 Summer Olympics, slave labourers were building their own concentration camp roughly 35km north of the cheering international spectators....

• Charlottenburg

  This western district of Berlin, both the beautiful whitewashed mansions and the brassy advertising signs that sometimes mar their facades, has had its pride a bit bruised since the fall of the Wall....

• Wellness

  With over 40 wellness centres now listed, Berliners are learning to spoil themselves while taking care of their bodies with a variety of spas and high-luxury fitness centres....

• Berlin's districts

  Berlin is four times the size of Paris, and with 12 administrative districts subdivided into 23 Kiez neighbourhoods, it's a good idea to grasp the geography of the city before wandering around....

• Embassy architecture

  
  In the embassy district on the south side of Tiergarten, architects have proven to be the best attachés for public relations....

• Cold War Berlin

  
  If families in Washington and Moscow felt threatened by the Cold War – and by the missiles that ...

• The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  
  The fall of the Berlin Wall - that unique moment in history when the most powerful symbol of the Cold War was peacefully made redundant, literally overnight....

• Berlin travel basics

  The travel details that are good to know.Basic dataPopulation of Germany: 81,751,602; Berlin: 3,460,725Longest river in Germany: Rhine, 1319km....

• Prenzlauer Berg

  
  Broad sidewalk cafes, Berlin’s oldest beer garden and the boutiques between restaurants and bars make the former working class district of Prenzlauer Berg, or Prenzl’berg, a great place to people-watch....