Tell me: What’s this place all about? Beneath its rough exterior, Berlin hides elegant urban courtyards behind the Altbau buildings that survived World War II. In the heart of the central Mitte ...

Walk past designer stores on Ku'damm, dig for vinyl in Kreuzberg or get lost in the Hackesche Höfe. Berlin's eclectic shopping streets reward wanderers with style, history and the occasional praline.

BERLIN — I had read the buzz about Berlin: young and dynamic, art lovers’ heaven, awesome new architecture, cutting-edge trendy. On a recent trip in Germany, I altered my itinerary to see the capital ...

"Berlin is a city that never is, but it is always in the process of becoming," wrote the historian Karl Scheffler in 1910. And it still is. Nearly 13 years after the fall of the wall, the two halves ...

Berlin — In the chic Mitte section of what was once East Berlin, international crowds flock to the renovated Hackesche Hofe. The eight linked courtyards, with their brightly glazed Art Nouveau tile ...

LUMAS Berlin - Hackesche Höfe, Berlin, Germany LUMAS Berlin - Hackesche Höfe is located at Rosenthaler Straße 40/41 Berlin, Germany 10178. Contact the venue via phone: + 49.0.30.28.04.03.73.

The abrupt arrival of the Berlin Wall in 1956 split families and communities. It also isolated East Berlin's best monuments, museums and shopping boulevards. Friedrichstrasse, in the Mitte district, ...

It's a cool, drizzly fall evening, yet shoppers and diners are still flocking to the dozens of bars, restaurants and boutiques in the nine intricately connected courtyards of Berlin's Hackesche Hofe.

A shopping, eating and entertainment zone, it is the darling of the city's creative class. Its cafes and bars filled with media execs, fashion designers and bespectacled actors. The Scheunenviertel, ...

Shopping with a side of history unfolds across the eclectic streets of Hackescher Markt, a central Mitte square known for ornate architecture and a mix of boutiques and cafés. The experience continues ...