Berlin & Brandenburg
An English-language digest of rbb24 news — translated from the German
Whether outside Berghain or the citizens' registration office, queuing is one of Berlin's favourite pastimes. However different the destinations, standing in line reveals a lot about the city. Berlin's queues might even be the most honest statistic for social trends.
Turkey is back on the World Cup stage. But Turkish fans in Berlin probably imagined the comeback at the FIFA World Cup after 24 years rather differently.
Six weeks behind schedule, Deutsche Bahn reopened the line between Berlin and Hamburg on Sunday. The first freight trains ran on Saturday, and the first ICE passenger service followed on Sunday morning.
Germany's only storage site for decommissioned phone booths, in Michendorf, is closing. Since 2013, booths were refurbished there for sale. Today they live on as, among other things, book-exchange boxes or shower cabins.