Berlin: Backyard camping and indoor chalets for tourists

Where else would you find such a crazy idea, manifesting and screaming for success if not in Berlin? The neighbors of the most hip areas of Berlin are not that happy anymore with all those tourists that are invading their streets, making them feel like animals in a zoo. In trendy Neukölln, this might also become the case where the "Hüttenpalast" (hut palace) will open end of this month. The idea is so unique that you just want to go and have a look at it. At what?

Berlin: rents keep rising

Last year, the rents in Berlin have increased on average by 4.5 percent. In the two-year comparison, rents soared, up nearly ten percent higher. This is from the residential market report presented yesterday by the housing company, GSW and the consulting firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

"The Berlin housing market is very attractive," concludes GSW-chief Thomas Zinner. The main reasons for rent increases are according to CBRE evaluator Michael Schlatterer the low construction activity in recent years and the significant increase in the number of households. According to the report on the Housing Market by IBB also published this week ,