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Here’s your quick update on what’s happening around the city on Tuesday, September 02 - from urgent alerts to stories in the subreddit. Today we went through 100+ articles, posts and events so you don't have to. Let’s dive in.
🇩🇪 Tenants' association sounds the alarm: Berlin rents rise by 30 percent
Berlin tenants face rent hikes up to 30% as index leases tie rents to the consumer price index, bypassing the city’s usual 15% three‑year cap, the Berliner Mieterverein warns. Index clauses let landlords raise rents with inflation—pushing the rent index higher and worsening the housing shortage—and the 2019 rent brake only applies at contract start. Tenants should verify calculations and documentation before paying; the Mieterverein urges introducing a cap on index increases. (Berliner Zeitung, 2 minute read)
🇩🇪 "Visible poverty" in the heart of Berlin: where it's at its worst - and why it's here to stay
Visitors returning to Berlin report far more visible homelessness than in London or Amsterdam. Thomas de Vachroi, Berlin’s poverty commissioner, attributes it to long-term economic weakness, rising rents, and high inward migration combined with a tolerant urban culture. Homelessness has nearly doubled to about 55,000 and could exceed 114,000 by 2030; ending it by 2030 is now unlikely. (Berliner Zeitung, 3 minute read)
🇩🇪 Accomplice charged: ATM burglar drowns on the run
Two men, Rachid A. (38) and Carolas B., blew up a Deutsche Bank ATM on the Charité campus in Berlin‑Wedding, seizing €255,480 and causing about €30,000 damage. They fled by scooter then a rubber boat; the boat capsized near Charlottenburg, Carolas B. drowned and his remains were later recovered. Rachid was arrested in Spain in May 2025, extradited to Berlin and is now in pretrial detention. (BILD, 2 minute read)
⚡ Quick Hits
🇩🇪 Berlin's hospitals warn Senate against austerity measures: "Gambling with the health of the population" (Berliner Zeitung, 2 minute read)
🇩🇪 Berlin & Brandenburg: Leading neo-Nazi starts prison sentence in Berlin (N-TV, 2 minute read)
🇬🇧 Berlin accepts 45 Afghan nationals after legal battle over frozen asylum program (Firstpost, 2 minute read)
🇩🇪 Housing companies help tenants move to smaller apartments (rbb24, 2 minute read)
🇩🇪 Berlin-Spandau: 61-year-old man threatens neighbor with gun - SEK arrests him (rbb24, 1 minute read)
📅 Events Today
🎟️ Radioeins Parkfest | August 30 to September 07, 2025 | At the Radioeins Parkfest, visitors can enjoy a diverse program of live broadcasts, movies, concerts, hands-on activities and a children's program.
🎟️ Fashion Open Air Alexanderplatz | August 26 - September 07, 2025 | The Fashion Open Air Alexanderplatz offers fashion shows and an entertainment program in the middle of the city.
🎟️ Musikfest Berlin | August 30 - September 23, 2025 | The Musikfest, which emerged from the traditional Berliner Festwochen, is Berlin's largest festival for orchestral music.
💬 What Berliners Are Talking About
🗣️ Besten Secondhandshops? - Users trade recommendations for the best Berlin secondhand shops, excluding Humana.
🗣️ Berghain is bad for clubbing and music - Many argue Berghain’s elitist, image-obsessed crowd is killing techno’s communal spirit.
🗣️ Cold war history - Locals suggest hidden Cold War gems in Berlin — bunkers, memorials, museums.
✝️ Fun Fact: When sunlight hits the mirrored sphere of Berlin’s TV Tower, it reflects a glowing cross – a phenomenon nicknamed the “Pope’s Revenge,” since it was an unintended embarrassment for the secular East German regime that built the tower.
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