Andrew Bulkeley

Berlin, Germany

Video Producer at Deutsche Welle (DW)

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#399: Poisonous caterpillars, Nazi douchebaggery, Copper Claudia

1 week ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Hey 20 Percent!Thanks to social media and the New York Times’ fascination with Berlin, very few secret tips exist here. But I stumbled into one last week that I still think about: The Lost and Found office just to the right of the old terminal at Tempelhof airport. It’s like a Kaurismaki film IRL. My son lost his wallet at the Billie Eilish concert and he got a notice that they had it, which meant I had to go get it.
#397: Coalition on the brink? Protest weekend. The Denver Walk.

2 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Hey 20 Percent!You did it. You really, really did it. Last year a record number of you became German. 21,811 of the 20 Percent became German in 2024, an increase of 141% over 2023, according to RBB24. Congrats on battling the inefficient bureaucracy and capriciousness of the Berlin naturalization system to be able to enjoy Apfelschorle like a native and complain about your neighbors throwing glass in the glass containers (sorted by color) on a Sunday.
#014: Lime Bike hack and a firework ban

2 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -34:53Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Photo by Dr. Matthias Ripp via Creative Commons license. 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.
#395: Three-day weekend, Kant bike path no more, no more turbo-Germans

3 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Hey 20 Percent!Germany’s new government is doing away with turbo-naturalizations where you could become a German after just three years in-country if you learned the language, volunteered a little bit and probably corrected more than a few people sorting their garbage wrong. Few will notice because hardly anyone except for us 20 Percenters were turbo-Germaned after the new law went into effect last June, according to Tagesschau. 382 in Berlin. 20 in Rhineland-Palatinate. 16 in Baden-Württemberg.
#394: Berlin job market, healthcare inequality, Tschüss U12!

3 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Hi 20 Percent, Scene at the bio bakery yesterday: Older guy and wife in beige pensioner outfits cut in front of a younger guy with long curls and Patagonia gear. “You cut in front of me,” says Patagonia Guy. “Have some decency!” says Old Guy. “Decency? You’re nothing but a fascist-Nazi. Don’t talk to me about decency. Open your eyes, look around you.” Then Patagonia Guy said some rather insulting things about Old Guy’s wife. And so on.
#393: Catholic landlord fined, overcrowded Olympic stadium, no dogs at Tegel

4 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Dear 20 Percent,I’ve ended up in corporate offices for various reasons over the past year or two and I’m always surprised how empty they are — vast expanses of unused monitors and empty desks. “Not everyone has returned to the office yet,” someone always says, as someone else with a giant courier bag for a briefcase exits a meeting room and heads home to complete the day remotely. “I don’t think they’re coming back,” I say in what feels like dialogue from a horror movie.
#13: Men's day, sitting down to pee, the BER VW

4 weeks ago | 20percent.berlin | Andrew Bulkeley

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -39:09Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Cover photo by Jörg Schubert via Creative Commons. 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.
#391: Spandau stabbing, Görli fence, Most expensive street in Berlin

1 month 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.
#389: Swimming in the Spree, super blocks, Friedländer's funeral

1 month 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.
#385: BVG is losing it, bureaucratic ping pong and another delayed deportation

1 month 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.