I'm Rob Schmitz in Berlin, where the techno scene has now been declared a vital part of Germany's cultural heritage. That's according to an announcement this week by the German UNESCO commission and ...

Berlin's Watergate club, with its view of the Spree River Nov. 14, 2010. .Watergate will close after a New Year's Eve Party in January 2025. (Oh-Berlin.com/Wikimedia ...

BERLIN, Germany — On a recent Sunday morning, hundreds of people, most dressed in all black, lined up outside Berghain, the Berlin techno club made almost mythic by its selective door policy. Among ...

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NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Der Spiegel journalist Tobias Rapp about Berlin's techno culture, the significance of which has been nationally... How Berlin's legendary techno scene has become ...