Konrad Werner: Saudi Arabia is Germany's new moral guru
Saudi Arabia has said it won't bother Germany for more weapons again, because of the political problems. The German government is all like: Oh, we don't mind. We sold a load of "Dingos" to a Kurdish...
View ArticleKonrad Werner: No more love for the SPD?
The North Rhine-Westphalia result is sad, but then again it's the SPD's own fault.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: Deflated innocence
Why doesn't the "Die Welt" balloon have "Die Welt" anymore, and what's that have to do with the reason why German newspapers almost never criticize German businesses?
View ArticleKonrad Werner: Helmut Kohl, at least he believed in something
Here's something nice about Helmut Kohl.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: Goodbye, Volksbühne
The Volksbühne under Frank Castorf was funny and exhausting and ingenious and dense and uncompromising and communist. Konrad will miss it.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: When is Europe going to stand up for itself?
Turkey is imprisoning people at will, Poland is subjugating the judiciary, Hungary is putting up anti-semitic posters and beating the shit out of migrants. Why are we still complaining about politics...
View ArticleKonrad Werner: The NSU prosecutors' argument is a joke
After 375 trial days, this week the prosecutors in the NSU trial started presenting their closing argument – and left everyone wondering if they knew what was happening.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: If you vote for a racist person, you might be racist
The AfD and their voters hate Germany's integration commissioner because they don't believe in integration. That's the whole point.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: No, the AfD isn't falling apart
It was fun watching Frauke Petry walk out of the AfD's triumphal press conference this week. But it doesn't mean the party is disintegrating.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: The pointless AfD-appeasing refugee cap
The election has not changed Merkel's mind – the German policy on refugees is still: keep them out and pretend you're not racist.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: Merkel's coalition talks will never end
Angela Merkel's fourth government will be one long coalition negotiation. Just like life, isn't it?
View ArticleKonrad Werner: An explanation of the Jamaica coalition fiasco
The Jamaica coalition was always a homunculus – dead because it was never supposed to live.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: Politics vs. non-politics
Not everyone can be in opposition. Someone has to actually run the place.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: Some real news in 2018
It would be nice this year if like 10 percent of the news didn't make everything easier for the far-right.
View ArticleOUT NOW! Our OCTOBER issue!
From party drugs to mental health, from artificial intelligence to sautéed Hirn – this October Exberliner is all about the brain! Plus: A scientist puts sleep myths to bed and we round up the month's...
View ArticleOUT NOW! Our NOVEMBER issue!
Exberliner investigates one of Berlin's most pressing issues: housing. From exploding rents to the companies cashing in on the student housing crisis; from former squatters fighting over property to...
View ArticleOUT NOW! Our DECEMBER issue!
The occult is back! Exberliner tracked down the Berliners behind the trend: from a DIY tarot reader to a real-life ghostbuster, from techie astrologers to an old-school fortuneteller and our devilish...
View ArticleOUT NOW! Our JANUARY issue!
Rosa Lux reloaded! 100 years after Rosa Luxemburg's death, Exberliner rediscovers the vibrant woman and prophetic thinker behind the revolutionary Berlin icon, and what makes her inspiring for...
View ArticleOUT NOW! Our FEBRUARY issue!
From hookup apps to polyamory, from impossible and extramarital romance to the psychology of love, we explore how Berliners are finding each other in Germany's singles capital. Also: The Berlinale is...
View ArticleOUT NOW! Our March issue!
Brexit MAY be upon us, but British life in Berlin continues. We spoke to Brits planning their future here, met with some of the city's noteworthy English(wo)men, Scots and Welsh and found the best...
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