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Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), Alfred Döblin's modernist big-city novel about ex-convict Franz Biberkopf in Weimar Berlin, published by S. Fischer, serialized in the Frankfurter Zeitung, famed for montage, compared with Ulysses and Manhattan Transfer.
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980 film)
Berlin Alexanderplatz is a 1980 West German television miniseries directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapting Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel in fourteen parts totaling more than 15 hours, following ex-convict Franz Biberkopf in late-1920s Berlin.
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade, or Berlin Blockade and Airlift, was the Soviet Union's 1948 to 1949 cutoff of land access to West Berlin, the first major Cold War crisis.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg "Willy Brandt") is the international airport of Berlin, built on the former Schönefeld site and opened on 31 October 2020.
Berlin Cathedral
Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) is the main Protestant church of Berlin, built between 1894 and 1905 on Museum Island and housing the Hohenzollern burial crypt.
Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference (Berliner Kongo-Konferenz), 15 Nov 1884–26 Feb 1885: 14 states under Bismarck signed the General Act of Berlin, setting Congo basin free trade, navigation, and effective occupation rules; it drew no African borders and excluded African representation.
Berlin Crisis of 1961
Berlin Crisis of 1961: Cold War confrontation over West Berlin's status, from the failed June 1961 Vienna summit to the Berlin Wall's construction on August 13, 1961, and the October 27–28 U.S.–Soviet tank standoff at Checkpoint Charlie, resolved by back-channel withdrawal.
Berlin ER
Berlin ER (KRANK Berlin) is a German eight-episode medical drama premiering 26 February 2025 on Apple TV+ and ZDFneo, created by former ER physician Samuel Jefferson and Viktor Jakovleski, starring Haley Louise Jones as ER head Dr. Zanna Parker at Berlin's rundown Nuria-Kastorf-Krankenhaus.
Berlin Execration Texts
The Berlin Execration Texts are Middle Kingdom execration texts written in hieratic on fired clay bowls, held in Berlin, listing foreign rulers and peoples known to Egypt.
Berlin German
Berlin German (Berlinisch, Berlinerisch) is the metrolekt of Berlin and Brandenburg, mixing High German grammar with Low German phonology (ick, wat, dit) and Berliner Schnauze; now declining, with Kiezdeutsch emerging and East Berlin retaining more dialect.
Berlin Green Head
The Berlin Green Head (German: Grüner Kopf) is a greywacke sculpture of a bald man's head, probably late Ptolemaic Egyptian, kept in Berlin's Egyptian Museum.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Berlin Hauptbahnhof, also known as Berlin Central Station or Berlin Hbf, is Berlin's main railway station, opened in 2006 and described as Europe's largest crossing station.
Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), annual February A-list film festival in Berlin since 1951, Golden Bear top prize; one of the Cannes-Venice-Berlin top three, about 340,000 tickets, EFM market, directed by Tricia Tuttle.
Berlin Noir (TV series)
Berlin Noir is an upcoming Apple TV crime drama adapted from Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels, starting with the prequel Metropolis. Jack Lowden stars as the 1928 Berlin detective, with Colin Firth; Peter Straughan showruns, Tom Hanks' Playtone and Bad Wolf produce, in post-production as of October 2026.
Berlin Palace
The Berlin Palace, also called the Berlin City Palace (Berliner Stadtschloss), was the Hohenzollern rulers' residence in central Berlin from 1451, demolished in 1950 and rebuilt by 2020.
Berlin Papyrus 6619
Berlin Papyrus 6619 is a fragmentary Middle Kingdom Egyptian mathematical papyrus held in Berlin, carrying four problems, including second-degree equations solved by false position, and a pregnancy test.
Berlin Philharmonic
The Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmoniker), founded 1882, is a self-governing German orchestra based at Hans Scharoun's Philharmonie since 1963, led by chief conductor Kirill Petrenko since 2019-20, famed for its Digital Concert Hall and Karajan-era recordings.
Berlin Questionnaire
The Berlin Questionnaire is a self-administered screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea in adults, covering snoring, daytime sleepiness, and hypertension or obesity, developed for primary care in 1999.
Berlin S-Bahn
The Berlin S-Bahn is the electric urban rapid-transit railway of Berlin and Brandenburg, electrified from 1924, with 345 km of routes, 168 stations, and 16 lines.
Berlin Schönefeld Airport
Berlin Schönefeld Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld, IATA: SXF) was an airport south of Berlin, the DDR's central airport and later a low-cost hub, becoming Berlin Brandenburg's Terminal 5 in 2020 and closing in 2021.
Berlin State Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Berlin's oldest opera house, opened 7 December 1742 under Frederick II with Graun's Cleopatra e Cesare; home of the Staatskapelle Berlin, led since 2024/25 by intendant Elisabeth Sobotka and conductor Christian Thielemann.
Berlin Station (TV series)
Berlin Station is an American EPIX espionage drama (2016-2019) created by Olen Steinhauer, starring Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, and Richard Jenkins as CIA officers in Berlin hunting a whistleblower, Thomas Shaw, across three seasons and 29 episodes.
Berlin Syndrome (film)
Berlin Syndrome (2017) is an Australian psychological thriller directed by Cate Shortland, adapted by Shaun Grant from Melanie Joosten's novel, starring Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt; premiered at Sundance 2017.
Berlin Tegel Airport
Berlin Tegel Airport, also known as Tegel International Airport, was Berlin's busiest airport, built in 90 days in 1948 during the Berlin Airlift and closed in 2020.
Berlin Tempelhof Airport
Berlin Tempelhof Airport (Flughafen Tempelhof) was a Berlin airport operating from 1923 until its closure in 2008, known for its monumental 1936–1941 terminal and its role in the 1948/49 Berlin Airlift.
Berlin Trilogy
The Berlin Trilogy is David Bowie's run of three albums, Low, "Heroes", and Lodger (1977–1979), made with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; only "Heroes" was recorded in Berlin, at Hansa Studios near the Wall.
Berlin U-Bahn
The Berlin U-Bahn, also called the Berlin Metro, is the rapid transit railway of Berlin, Germany, opened in 1902 as the first underground railway in Germany.
Berlin Victory Column
Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule, 'Goldelse'): 67 m gilded monument at the Großer Stern in the Tiergarten, built 1865–1873 by Heinrich Strack, moved 1938–39, with 285-step viewing platform.
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer), built by East Germany on 13 August 1961 and opened on 9 November 1989, sealed off West Berlin for 28 years; a 155 km fortified barrier whose fall ended the GDR and Cold War division of Germany.
Berlin Zoo
Berlin Zoo (Zoologischer Garten Berlin), Germany's first zoo, opened 1 August 1844 in the Tiergarten; oldest Berlin stock company, rebuilt after WWII (91 of 4,000+ animals survived), famed for Knut and pandas, ~19,500 animals, ~1,000 species.