As rents across Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain continue to surge, city planners are adopting strategies that both mirror and diverge sharply from approaches in London, Amsterdam, and Paris.
As Berlin's most contested neighbourhood faces a pivotal decision on affordable housing protections, residents and policymakers must choose between competing visions for the district's future.
As the Senate faces mounting pressure over affordability and gentrification, key decisions on rent controls, social housing targets, and Tempelhofer Feld development will define Berlin's next five years.
As the city commits to carbon neutrality by 2045, newly released statistics reveal both remarkable progress and stubborn challenges in Berlin's environmental transformation.
From Schrönefeld's post-reunification boom to today's €15-per-square-metre rents, The Daily Berlin traces the policy decisions that transformed the capital's legendary affordability into an acute urban emergency.
As the city pushes forward with major underground rail extensions to Charlottenburg and Spandau, residents face years of disruption—but also unprecedented connectivity that could reshape where Berliners choose to live and work.
As the city council reconvenes after the recess, decisions on housing density, transport expansion and Tegel's future redevelopment will define Berlin's next decade.
As housing shortages and social tensions mount, city leaders and researchers are calling for urgent policy shifts to manage Berlin's rapid demographic changes.
Senior officials and academics call for urgent reform as schools across the city struggle with unprecedented staffing gaps and falling literacy standards.
New asylum application bottlenecks at the State Office for Migration and Refugees reveal deepening challenges for the city's already stretched integration infrastructure.
Years of failed regulation and speculative investment have transformed accommodation affordability into the defining issue for voters heading into autumn municipal elections.
As gentrification pressures reshape Berlin's inner districts, grassroots organisations are fighting to keep affordable gathering places alive—and local residents say it's essential to social cohesion.
After years of delays and budget revisions, the long-awaited U5 line expansion promises to reshape commute patterns across the capital's northern districts.
As the city races to upgrade 80,000 buildings by 2040, locals in Kreuzberg and Charlottenburg share mixed feelings about rising rents, construction chaos, and the promise of lower heating bills.
As violent incidents surge across the city, residents and safety advocates warn that underfunded police and fire departments are struggling to protect the communities that need them most.
As the city council votes on controversial zoning reforms, longtime inhabitants of Berlin's most pressured neighbourhoods warn that affordability protections remain inadequate.
Years of underfunding, staff shortages and rising demand have left the city's police, fire and rescue services struggling to meet the needs of 3.6 million residents.
Decades of underinvestment and market forces have transformed accommodation into the defining issue facing the capital's fractious coalition government.
As the city's ambitious infrastructure programme enters its critical phase, newly released data reveals both the scale of investment and the stark challenges ahead.
A shooting at a women's centre in Neukölln has reignited long-simmering tensions about integration, resources and the structural choices that shaped the city's multicultural landscape.
As the new academic year looms, the city's education sector must navigate teacher shortages, aging infrastructure, and a pivotal decision on reform that could reshape learning across all 13 districts.
Behind the city's ambitious climate targets lies a trove of metrics that tell the real story of how Europe's capital is reshaping its environmental future.
From Kreuzberg's radical waste reduction schemes to Tempelhof's urban farming boom, Berliners are discovering that environmental action directly improves daily life and pocket books.
Recent violent incidents highlight how stretched emergency services and delayed police response times are affecting neighbourhood safety and community confidence across the capital.
A grassroots project on Kottbusser Damm has grown from a single courtyard to three locations in just eighteen months, addressing food insecurity across south-central Berlin.
As major cities worldwide race to modernize aging infrastructure, Berlin's ambitious S-Bahn expansion and U-Bahn extensions reveal a city playing catch-up—and leapfrogging rivals in some areas.
As rents across Kreuzberg and Neukölln reach record highs, officials and urban experts are divided on whether new construction and regulation can solve a shortage that has pushed thousands onto waiting lists.
New arrivals are straining affordable housing in Kreuzberg and Wedding, forcing locals and newcomers alike to compete for dwindling rentals in a city already struggling with a shortfall of 100,000 homes.
As temperatures climb and tourist numbers peak, city planners and local leaders across the capital's diverse districts are calling for urgent measures to prevent conflict and maintain social fabric.
As construction kicks into high gear on the eastern U-Bahn line, residents and workers in one of the city's fastest-growing districts are finally seeing relief from years of traffic congestion.
From reluctant host to multicultural hub, Berlin's journey reveals the complex forces that have reshaped Germany's capital and created both opportunity and tension.
As construction crews prepare to break ground on the controversial extension to Kottbusser Tor, neighbours fear displacement and disruption—but some see hope for better connectivity.
The shooting that claimed six lives at a mothers' centre forces the city to confront gaps in threat assessment, emergency response, and support for vulnerable populations.
As the capital charts its path toward carbon neutrality, environmental chiefs and urban planners lay out ambitious plans—and acknowledge the obstacles ahead.
Decades of squatter uprisings and tenant activism transformed a neglected district into Europe's most contested real estate battleground—and the tensions simmering beneath today's headlines have deep roots.
While cities across Europe struggle with housing shortages and social cohesion, Berlin's pragmatic approach to multicultural communities offers lessons—and warnings—for the continent.
A deep dive into the statistics reshaping Berlin's mobility landscape, from U-Bahn expansion timelines to cycling infrastructure growth that's transforming how the city moves.
As rents in Kreuzberg and Neukölln climb past €15 per square metre, community organisations warn that the neighbourhoods that built modern Berlin are becoming unaffordable—threatening decades of successful integration.
A perfect storm of budget cuts, staff shortages, and surging demand has left the city's police, fire, and medical responders stretched to their limits.
A perfect storm of policy cuts, demographic shifts, and competing priorities has transformed the capital's higher education landscape into one of Europe's most strained systems.
Stricter zoning regulations on Kottbusser Damm signal a pivotal shift in how the city manages gentrification—and whether ordinary Berliners can afford to stay.
From the rubble of Cold War division to a continental testing ground for climate action, Berlin's environmental ambitions reflect decades of urban reinvention.
