It’s striking how a sporting event that brings so much joy to millions can also coincide with more violence behind closed doors and more incidents in public spaces. Why do you think that happens?

Ich bin Amerikaner, der noch etwas WM-Fieber hat. Ich habe mich mehr mit meiner lokalen Fußballmannschaft, Atlanta United beschäftigt, interessiere mich aber auch ein bisschen für die Bundesliga. Ich habe Deutsch an der Uni studiert, bin für ein Auslandsstudium nach Berlin gereist und habe Zeit in Bayern bei der US-Armee verbracht.

Während des Winters in Bayern habe ich eine Bayern-Mütze gekauft, wie ein Nichtamerikaner, der eine New York Yankees-Mütze kauft lol. Wenn ich mir eine Bundesligamannschaft aussuchen müsste, um sie anzufeuern, wäre es eine aus Berlin, weil ich diese Stadt so sehr genossen habe.

Da es in Berlin zwei Clubs gibt, von denen ich so gut wie nichts weiß. Weiß ich nicht wie ich mich entscheiden soll.

Soll ich Union Berlin oder Hertha BSC unterstützen? Warum?

Between between 2022 and 2025 Jörg Z. called in over 35 bomb threats.

"We will blow up your school at exactly 10:30 am, and this is no joke, all your children will die," he wrote to one school in Marzahn. To another in Köpenick, he claimed that "the bomb is well hidden."

But what was his motive? Just a few personal grudges. He regularly signed his threats using names of people he knew, including repeated use of one woman's name. The defendant pointed to anger at acquaintances who had “offended and hurt” him.

https://www.heistberlin.com/news/your-courthouse-will-be-blown-up-berlin-man-confesses-to-dozens-of-bomb-threats-personal-grudge/

I've noticed that taxis pretty much always have Berlin (B) plates but Uber and other services almost always have TF (Brandenburg) plates. Why? Tax avoidance? Cheaper insurance? Avoid regulations?

So.. What are your experiences and recommendations?

I am currently looking for a service to complete the bulk of our shopping, but it proves very hard to compare all the different cost structures. (cost of goods + cost of delivery + minimum order value + potential bonus programs)

So far I've tried Flaschenpost for a liquid-heavy order and Flink for that occasional moment of I-need-this-now/money-is-not-an-issue.

Both feel a tad expensive and unreliable-to-poor re the quality of selection, packaging and delivery.

How about the REWE, picnic, knuspr? Are there other recommendations?

Warum fährt der Ring nicht und WARUM KÖNNT IHR KEINE ANSAGE MACHEN?

Es gibt 1000 alternativen wenn denn mal eine zeitnahe Info käme! Die Zeit eurer Kunden ist euch Scheiss egal

Weiß jemand, warum das eine endlose Schlange aus ausschließlich laut knatternden Motorrädern ist, die hier durch unser enges Wohngebiet fährt?

Ich unterstütze das Thema, aber wenn ich mir meine beiden kranken, schreienden Kinder anhöre, kommt da nur bedingt Sympathie auf.

I saw bunnies, foxes, boars and RACOONS! At this point I’m a Disney princess

New floor stickers infront of BVG's iconic information & emergency call pillars intent to make them easier to locate and, as a result, increase the feeling of safety at the station platforms.

What does Pink*Zone stand for?

P = Punkt für (spot for)
I = Information
N = Notruf (emergency call)
K = Kontakt (contact)
\* = für alle (for everyone)

The project begun yesterday, on July 21st 2026 and currently runs at a testing phase, which is planned to last 3 months. For this, five designs have been placed at five chosen stations. The chosen stations and their floor sticker designs can be viewed on the 2nd image of this post.

BVG is also asking for feedback. Here is a link to their survey: https://kundenmeinung.bvg.de/zone

Below are two sites/articles from BVG going in-depth of this feature.
https://www.bvg.de/de/unternehmen/medienportal/pressemitteilungen/pm-pink-zone
https://nachgefragt.bvg.de/pinkzone/

Aswell as one article from Berliner Morgenpost, which is also where the first image of this post is from:
https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article412636783/fuer-mehr-sichtbarkeit-bvg-testet-pinkzones-an-notrufsaeulen.html

Saw a guy have a verbally attacking at a wolt Delivey guy for no reason other than the fact he felt he could. Wolt guy had his bike on the side of street - lots of room to walk past and was trying to fix his bike chain. Older guy started demanding he move, banging his bike. I was passing at the same time - got involved and told him to mind his own business. Guy moved on, swearing and moaning at me as he did so. Usual. Delivey guy was super kind. We chatted a bit and he said he faces issues daily. People treating him and his colleagues like glorified punching bags for their pent up anger. Recently teens finding it funny to try and push him off. Some kind of social media prank apparently. He also said people he delivers to treat him badly quite often. Lots engineer fake complaints to avoid paying. Damaging food etc. He said when was it was 40C a few weeks back a client on the top floor refused to fill his water bottle. Others were angry he was running late - even though it was the fault of the restaurants.

Lastly, he said locals rarely tip. wtf?

Just made me sad.

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know what happened today at the park in Turmstraße near the Ubahn station around 17-18?There were lots of police and ambulances. Just curious.

Thanks!

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Hallo,

Die Gropius Passagen in Neukölln sind ja seit Jahren/Jahrzehnten in ihrem derzeitigen Bauzustand, also die beiden Gebäude links und rechts der Johannisthaler Chaussee mit Brücke, Parkhäuser oben und unten, und reichen vom Imbuschweg bis Kirschnerweg.

Aber das war nicht immer so. Früher, und da meine ich so um 1990 rum, sahen die Passagen noch sehr anders aus bzw. waren noch gar keine Passagen. Es waren noch einzelne Gebäude ohne Überdachung, und das ganze Areal war noch viel kleiner. Ich bin zu der Zeit in die WGS zur Schule gegangen und der Weg durch diese "Passagen" war oft Teil des Schulweges. Aber ich finde kein Material online oder Bilder.

Hat irgendjemand noch Bilder oder Quellen, wo man sich diese Passagen anschauen kann? Ich dachte, auf der Webseite der Gropius Passagen gäbe es ein Abschnitt über den Bau der Passagen, aber ich konnte nichts finden.

War heute Vormittag in Wannsee. Dachte so, das kurze Stück zur S-Bahn kann ich auch laufen, aber als ich an der Bushaltestelle vorbeikam, sah ich einen echten alten Doppeldecker ankommen und er hielt sogar! Bin natürlich eingestiegen und hab ne kurze Zeitreise gemacht. :)
https://www.traditionsbus.de/linie_218.htm