Andrew Bulkeley

2 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Lieber 20 Percent!I guess we should be careful what we wish for. That whole moving Berlin bureaucracy online thing? It seems to be doing little good. The parking permit for my car expired April 30 and I gleefully went online to renew it (btw, it’s stupidly cheap at €20.40 for two years — please, please, please make cars more expensive). That was two weeks ago. They’ve since taken my money but done nothing else.

3 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Hey 20 Percent!That game where you’re a billionaire and think about how you’d spend some of your dosh? I’d spend it financing and lobbying for at least two super blocks in each of Berlin’s 12 districts. For those just tuning in, super blocks are when you close a couple streets to cars so everyone else can enjoy the thoroughfare a bit. Make Berlin that much nicer. If you actually did it, Berlin cars would be banned on less than 10km of the city-state’s 3,400 kms of road. They wouldn’t even notice.

4 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Dear 20 Percent,I’m no good at these big commemoration thingies. Of course I’m glad the war ended 80 years ago and of course Berlin played a central role but I’m just not sure why I should have headed out to some memorial rather than my neighborhood ice cream store yesterday — it’s not like I can personally thank someone involved in the battle or buy them an ice cream. Am I being insensitive? I don’t know. I just don’t feel it — though I feel the historic importance generally.

1 month ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Dear 20 Percent,We’ve been reminding you to do your shopping the day before a workday holiday since before we started this newsletter but over the past two years I’ve been thinking it isn’t as imperative as it used to be. And yesterday I realized why. It’s because Berlin (German?) grocery stores acknowledged customer service (gasp!). They — 1— started staying open longer and — 2 — started constantly restocking shelves the day before a holiday.

1 month ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -33:39Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Broken Republik, the book we should have written. Discussion about this episodeA podcast by the founders of 20 Percent Berlin. Two veteran journalists talk about the burning issues in Germany's capital. Did we mention we're both veteran journalists? A podcast by the founders of 20 Percent Berlin. Two veteran journalists talk about the burning issues in Germany's capital.