This week we talk about the arrest of a man planning an Islamist terror attack, how Heimstaden blatantly overcharges and has been caught with their hand in the cookie jar hundreds of times and Berlin, and how Berlin pledged to plant 1 million more trees but has no plan or funding to do it. Also we get a description of Maurice’s co-working space (spoiler: It’s plywood).

We taped our latest podcast at Podfest Berlin and invited former colleague Elizabeth Rushton to record with us! We talked about buying property in Berlin, the drone crisis and some of our fave restaurants.

We celebrate our 20th podcast by trying our second remote podcast. We talk about the Ordnungsamt not really enforcing cigarette butt bans, the price of public transport going up and give restaurant recommendations. Oh, and the cover photo is from Eric Wahlforss via a Creative Commons license.

Maurice is pro skyscrapers at Tempelhof, pro LAP Coffee and pro free petting zoos (Tierpark Neukölln in Hasenheide). Drew recommends a Ramen place in Mitte.

The picture is thanks Langhof Architekten.

It really, really feels like Germany is stuck in 1999. Plus we recommend two restaurants.

🐻 The Bear’s Knees Berlin Map!

🥗 Maurice’s Bear’s Knees: Rises Delicacies, a Greek deli in Mitte

🥙 Olympia, a friendly Greek restaurant out in Wandlitz

👛 Andrew’s Bear’s Knees: Zentrales Fundbüro (central loss and found)

And… our party on July 17th, 2025.

Our favourite stuff in Berlin: The Bear’s Knees Map

Our summer party on July 17th, 2025

Photo by Dr. Matthias Ripp via Creative Commons license.

Cover photo by Jörg Schubert via Creative Commons.