Bye-bye, Berlin – Are artists and others in creative fields that gave the city its post-Cold War identity leaving?

Berlin has been referred to as a “creative utopia,” where the arts and cultural scene exploded after the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

Nowadays, the city’s draw as an artist hub is fading and its spaces are being displaced, thanks to skyrocketing real estate prices and limited space, among other things.

But does this mean Berlin’s artists are leaving? And how are Berliners in creative fields coping with the changes to what then German mayor Klaus Wowereit our “poor but sexy” city? Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Eden Brockman talk to:

BBK Studio Commissioner Julia Brodauf

Visual Artist Ulf Saupe

The Berliner Art Editor Duncan Ballantyne-Way

Music: “The last ones” by Jahzzar and “modum” by Kai Engel  (Source: FMA)  

This episode was produced by Axel Scheele and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson