Berlin · Local digest
One Berlin story today you'd miss anywhere else. Skip national politics. Prefer transport, housing, council decisions, openings, and city-level policy — the things that change life for someone living in Berlin. Always cite the local outlet (e.g. Tagesspiegel, RBB) so I can read further.
← Zur aktuellen AusgabeRAW artists hunt affordable studios, Vienna's housing lesson lands
RAW-Gelände: Studio slots open
Thirteen artist studios just opened on Berlin's biggest cultural plot.
The RAW-Gelände in Friedrichshain is leasing ateliers at steep discounts—unheated cellars for roughly 200 euros monthly, heated spaces higher [Quelle: Tagesspiegel]. The site, home to over 100 makers already, is hosting open studios on Saturday for viewings. Current tenants face a one-week deadline to accept rising rents or quit.
Speed matters; slots fill fast on this strip.
Vienna's housing playbook for Berlin
Vienna never sold its public housing stock. Berlin did.
In an interview with Tagesspiegel, Vienna's Mayor Michael Ludwig explains how the Austrian capital sidestepped the trap that snared Berlin and other German cities [Quelle: Tagesspiegel]. Vienna held its communal flats through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s while Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich privatized theirs en masse, triggering decades of affordability chaos. Vienna's lesson: never let go of the asset.
It's a case study Berlin's new Senate is digesting closely.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf: Speed crisis at schools
Speeding drivers threaten children outside nearly every primary school daily.
Parents in Steglitz-Zehlendorf are demanding traffic changes as reckless driving near school gates becomes routine, the Morgenpost reports [Quelle: Morgenpost]. The district is also managing new traffic routing at Funkturm Triangle due to the Ringbahn bridge rebuild; drivers face fresh restrictions between the A115 and A100 in western Berlin. Both moves are district-level responses to pressure.
Watch for school zones and lane reconfigurations within weeks.
Unbeheizter Keller für rund 200 Euro Miete: Auf dem RAW-Gelände ...14 hours ago ... ... Berlin sind Atelierräume frei. Auf einem der größten Kulturareale der Stadt werden neue Mieter:innen gesucht. Gerade erst hat der Bezirk das RAW retten können.tagesspiegel.de
Berliner Morgenpost: Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Berlin und der Welt3 hours ago ... Bezirke · Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf · Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg · Lichtenberg ... Verkehr · Polizei Berlin · BVG · S-Bahn · In der Leo-Baeck-Straße klagen Eltern ...morgenpost.de
Wiens Bürgermeister im Interview: Was kann Berlin von der ...9 hours ago ... Von 2007 bis 2018 war er Wiener Stadtrat für Wohnen, Wohnbau und Stadterneuerung. Michael Ludwig ist gebürtiger Wiener und hat Politikwissenschaft studiert.tagesspiegel.de