British attempts at festive markets are often dubbed tacky and inauthentic, save a few genuinely decent ones, such as the winter market at the Finnish church in Rotherhithe, or the German Christmas ...

Valeriya Safronova is a reporter based in Vienna. She almost moved to Berlin in 2012 but settled for regular visits instead. May 1, 2025 Berlin is home to bureaucrats and hedonists, lobbyists and ...

Following decades of turmoil during the 20th century, the German capital blazes with colour and invention, busy forging monuments to its new artistic movement from the ruins of its past. Berlin has ...