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Newspapers & Magazines
Germans are extremely avid newspaper readers and there is a profusion of local, national, and international titles available at kiosks around the city. Berlin has three main broadsheets – Berliner Morgenpost (provincially conservative), Berliner Zeitung (occasionally shrilly left-wing) and Der Tagesspiegel (solidly centrist) – plus its own two kooky and populist tabloids: BZ and Berliner Kurier.
But there are a number of national papers widely read in the city as well: Die Welt (the national highbrow version of the Morgenpost), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany’s staid conservative paper of record), and Süddeutsche Zeitung (a well-respected centre-left broadsheet based in Munich). The two leading German business publications are Handelsblatt and Financial Times Deutschland. The weekly newspaper Die Zeit, which is published each Thursday, has in-depth features on important national and international issues. Of course, no list would be complete without the country’s most widely read paper, Bild – an odd beast combining sensationalist reporting with pictures of half-naked women and a whole lot of agenda-setting clout.
As far as weekly news magazines go, there’s only one game in town. Der Spiegel is the grande dame of German journalism, but its left-leaning and occasionally long-winded reporting isn’t for everyone. English-language papers are common at all major train stations and at news stands in neighbourhoods popular with expats such as Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte. For US papers, it’s pretty much the International Herald Tribune and to a lesser extent USA Today on offer. If it’s British papers you’re after, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph all have varying availability depending on the particular kiosk. All foreign papers will cost you a euro or two more than their domestic prices. Major newsagents usually have several popular foreign magazine titles next to their German counterparts. There are two listings magazines in Berlin: Zitty and Tip. The main English-language events magazine is ExBerliner.
But there are a number of national papers widely read in the city as well: Die Welt (the national highbrow version of the Morgenpost), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany’s staid conservative paper of record), and Süddeutsche Zeitung (a well-respected centre-left broadsheet based in Munich). The two leading German business publications are Handelsblatt and Financial Times Deutschland. The weekly newspaper Die Zeit, which is published each Thursday, has in-depth features on important national and international issues. Of course, no list would be complete without the country’s most widely read paper, Bild – an odd beast combining sensationalist reporting with pictures of half-naked women and a whole lot of agenda-setting clout.
As far as weekly news magazines go, there’s only one game in town. Der Spiegel is the grande dame of German journalism, but its left-leaning and occasionally long-winded reporting isn’t for everyone. English-language papers are common at all major train stations and at news stands in neighbourhoods popular with expats such as Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte. For US papers, it’s pretty much the International Herald Tribune and to a lesser extent USA Today on offer. If it’s British papers you’re after, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph all have varying availability depending on the particular kiosk. All foreign papers will cost you a euro or two more than their domestic prices. Major newsagents usually have several popular foreign magazine titles next to their German counterparts. There are two listings magazines in Berlin: Zitty and Tip. The main English-language events magazine is ExBerliner.
