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Berlin is the capital of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, it is also the largest city. It is a popular tourist destination and cultural hub.

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People using sign language to "sing" Christmas carols in Berlin

People using sign language to "sing" Christmas carols in Berlin

Berlin choir brings Christmas spirit through sign language

Berlin choir brings Christmas spirit through sign language

The members of this choir in Berlin don't sing songs — but instead perform them in sign language.

View of a German high-speed train next to a platform of the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris

View of a German high-speed train next to a platform of the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris

Direct rail line connecting Berlin and Paris launches

Direct rail line connecting Berlin and Paris launches

Rail operators say the connection is a symbol of "close friendship" between the two countries.

Jacek Dehnel, seated and smiling, in front of a table with books. He has glasses and a neat white beard; he is wearing a smart three-piece suit in a brown check, with a brown patterned tie.

Jacek Dehnel, seated and smiling, in front of a table with books. He has glasses and a neat white beard; he is wearing a smart three-piece suit in a brown check, with a brown patterned tie.

Why Polish author Jacek Dehnel feels he can return home

Why Polish author Jacek Dehnel feels he can return home

Polish writer Jacek Dehnel always hoped to return to a "better Poland," now the "PiS refugee" believes it's time.

Kogi people walk with cows in the mountains.

Kogi people walk with cows in the mountains.

Germany returns ritual items to Colombia's Kogi

Germany returns ritual items to Colombia's Kogi

Three sacred items held in Berlin collections are going home. A look at the collaboration behind restitution.

An exterior view of the Schaubühne in Berlin, a round red-brick building. A banner on it says, in German, 'Reason is dead!'.

An exterior view of the Schaubühne in Berlin, a round red-brick building. A banner on it says, in German, 'Reason is dead!'.

Can Germany still pay for arts funding?

Can Germany still pay for arts funding?

Germany has long been admired for its generous subsidies for arts and culture. But budget cuts could end that largesse.

A large black car flying an American and a German flag drives along a road, followed by other cars, some with flashing sirens.

A large black car flying an American and a German flag drives along a road, followed by other cars, some with flashing sirens.

The secrets of securing world leaders' cars

The secrets of securing world leaders' cars

Berlin's military police share some of their secrets to keeping visiting heads of state safe while on the road.

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People at various stands with many posters under purple lighting

People at various stands with many posters under purple lighting

Immigrants and recruiters get together at Berlin job fair

Germany has over 2 million refugees and a job market in need of recruits. Now a job fair is trying to link the two.

Fokus Berlin Tegel

Fokus Berlin Tegel

Frustration grows at Germany's largest refugee shelter

The shelter in Berlin was only meant to be temporary. But some residents have been there for over a year now.

Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, Director of the Dekoloniale project, speaks into a DW microphone

Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, Director of the Dekoloniale project, speaks into a DW microphone

Activists reflect on Europe's colonial impact in Africa

"Colonialism has not entered the memory culture in Europe or in Germany," the Dekoloniale Festival director told DW.

A woman stands in front of a piece of the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall.

A woman stands in front of a piece of the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall.

Segments of Berlin Wall — 35 years after fall

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. A DW team went looking for still-standing segments of the structure.

A photo from 1997 by Jordis Antonia Schloesser showing a boy playing in a graffiti-covered bus in the backyard of the Kunstehaus Tacheles.

A photo from 1997 by Jordis Antonia Schloesser showing a boy playing in a graffiti-covered bus in the backyard of the Kunstehaus Tacheles.

Berlin in the 1990s: Playground and wasteland

The decade that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall shaped the city's global image as a hub of creativity and change.

People look at artworks lined up as an open-air installation at river Spree marking the former course of the Berlin Wall

People look at artworks lined up as an open-air installation at river Spree marking the former course of the Berlin Wall

How the Berlin Wall split the city in two

In 1961, Communist East Germany built a massive barrier throughout Berlin, dividing the city into east and west.

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