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Deutsch Chris Gueffroy: The last victim of the “shooting order” On February 5th 1989 Chris Gueffroy was shot at the Berlin Wall. He was the last victim of the “shooting order” and the overall penultimate victim that lost his life trying to leave the GDR to find a better life for himself. Chris was a…

Deutsch Honecker’s prophesy Erich Honecker was the most powerful politician in the GDR for nearly 20 years. What many people don’t know, even before he became 1st secretary of the Central Commitee of the ruling Socialist Party – SED – he shaped the history of his country. After spending more than two years in Moscow…

Indoor Skydiving in Schönefeld Flying in a wind tunnel is fun and a really good bad-weather activity if you have some money to spend. Let’s be honest, at Berlin on Bike we’re not only checking out activities for our readers and guests. In fact, quite a few of the things we introduced here over the…

Portrait of a Berlin street artist: El Bocho El Bocho (spanish for little donkey”) is not only one of Berlin’s most famous street artists but also one of the most recognizable.  Born in 1978, he’s been active in Berlin since 1997 and has a number of international exhibitions to his name. Being a designer and…

Herde mit Aussicht Er versucht, es sich nicht anmerken zu lassen, aber Schäfer Knut ist etwas genervt. Vor drei Tagen hat der einzige Berliner Schäfer, auf Einladung des Allmende-Kontors, mit seiner Herde Quartier auf dem ehemaligen Flughafen Tempelhof bezogen und spielt seitdem geduldig den Erklärbär für die Großstadtkinder. Umso netter, dass er sich auch für…

The Capital of Spooks tl;dr: A well designed private museum with lots of things to actively try out that is definitely worth the entrance fee. Located at Potsdamer Platz – or Leipziger Platz to be precise – a few years ago a new, privately funded museum about spycraft opened its doors. We were invited for a…

Rund um Jüterborg Bei Berlin on Bike arbeiten nahezu ausschließlich Radfahrer aus Leidenschaft, was bedeutet, dass wir es geschafft haben eine der schönsten Nebensachen der Welt zu einem Teil unseres Berufs zu machen. Leider bedeutet das aber auch, dass wir in der schönsten Radfahrerzeit nur selten dazu kommen, selber auf Expedition zu gehen und uns…

Street Art and beach feeling in the city west After taking over an old car workshop that has been scheduled for demolition the troupe behind Wandelism was looking for something a litte bit more permanent. One big difference of Wandelism compared to The Haus, was that it was much more accessible and down-to-earth. From the…

Brandenburg-Ausflug (und ein bisschen Meck-Pomm) Leider schaffen wir es während der Saison viel zu selten, uns selbst mal aufs Rad zu setzen und unser schönes Umland zu erkunden. Vor kurzem hat sich jedoch die Gelegenheit ergeben, unseren Häuptling im Brandenburgischen abzuholen und dabei das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen zu verbinden. Gestartet sind wir in Neustrelitz,…

Berlin Mural Fest in Wilmersdorf It’s already been quite some time since the guys from Berlin Mural Fest sent half the city in a streetart-frenzy creating over a dozen new large-scale walls all over the city – including some new favorites. There was one location a bit off the usual places for high-profile urban art: Wilmersdorf….

Flashback to the 90s A new exhibition at the old mint (Alte Münze) features an epoch that a lot of us actually lived through: the 90s. The first couple of years after the Fall of the Wall are shaping Berlin until today. The myth as THE European capital for electronic music and the culture that…

An artsy bike tour through the districts of Pankow After a break in 2017, Art Spin Berlin took to the streets last Saturday to explore the art scene of Pankow and its different burroughs. We’ve been a supporter of the initiave right from the start, supplying free or massively reduced rental bikes for those attendants…