Exploring Berlin and its Vibrant Cultural Scene | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | All Documentary

[@SCP_Foundation_Spokesperson]

As a German from the countryside who lived in many parts of German-speaking Europe, Berlin is the first city where I really felt at home. The feeling that Ellen Alien describes, being part of something that just started, is exactly what did the trick for me, I think.

[@ts6394]

I love BJM, Bourdain and Berlin. That documantery is three of my most favourite worlds combined ❤

[@martinc3998]

So do I. Moving there in a bit, so looking forward!

[@simonwong6844]

Definitely, one of the finest episode by Anthony. Love the Berlin episode. RIP A.B.

[@janzacharias3680]

I have never heard about Bourdain, this is the first video I saw. I'm not really into documentaries but this was stunning. Everything was on point and it was still authentic. Rest in peace Anthony. Ruhe in Frieden Anthony!

[@amispiwak]

Bourdain's last sentence, quoting the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, probably sums up his last few years of life: "I can't go on. You must go on. I'll go on". See you in heaven in a few decades Tony

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

He's not in heaven, Sad as it is, but he's just dead and heaven does not exist.

[@mariatorres5563]

Miss this guy!! R.I.P. Anthony

[@davidjohanzonlavadorez8059]

I used to live just about the butcher shop where they eating! Legendary episode and legendary person! Anthony was such big and important voice for us workers in gastronomic industry. R.I.P

[@ThompterSHunson]

Best travel shows ever. He is dearly missed.

[@1911bela]

I miss him very much, one of the finest Documentaries

[@protopigeon]

I can't quit believe I've only just seen this episode. Bless you Tony, RIP. I want to move to Berlin now.

[@peterpankert3810]

Prepare to get disillusioned. The Berlin Anthony presents is only a small part of the real Berlin. Berlin today is expensive and exhausting. Go, visit in summer, the best season, then come back in winter and take your own conclusions.

[@protopigeon]

@@peterpankert3810 Maybe I will :)

[@danielawillbold880]

​@@peterpankert3810riiiight: Berlin in winter is a never ending Fritz Lang movie😮. No light at all, perhaps artificial one in the clubs😢😂

[@chicobicalho5621]

24:08 Robert Fripp, David Bowie, and Brian Eno recording the amazing "Heroes"

[@ernestayathuray7395]

One of a kind and a legend for all time

[@MGBranco]

Loved Berlin in 98....the clubs...the restaurants...the artists clusters on bombed buildings....amazing times!

[@Dext3rrr]

Iconic episode.

[@brianoc7926]

Wow, what an amazing episode! Makes me feel like going to Berlin tomorrow

[@sama8571]

Incredible episode

[@mikemuller3564]

Thank you Anthony. Salute from Berlin...

[@lai_raw]

Domke legende

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

legend* or Legende*

[@LloydChristmasAspen]

Ive been to berlin a few times now, and i cant get over how expensive its become. 7 euro for a pint of beer in some places

[@lodxt]

where are you going lol, maybe in hipster tourist places but my neighborhood kneipe is 3,3 pint.

[@micaeladelgado76]

Exactly my thoughts. This was for sure filmed 5 years ago or so. Nowadays it's not anymore the place where you can find affordable housing. The prices have gone up terribly. Things have changed a lot in the last years. It is indeed still unique and quite different than the rest of Germany. It's like they say. Berlin is not Germany.

[@aluuusch]

There are no pints in Berlin.

[@LloydChristmasAspen]

@@aluuusch BULL

[@GroßerBöserWolf]

You're going to the wrong places. Berlin (along with Madrid and Lisbon) is the cheapest capital city in Western Europe by a very long way. You go to London, Paris, Amsterdam or Rome and you'll be in for a big shock.

[@globalnomad450]

I lived in Berlin for 3 years…can’t say I particularly enjoyed it…but each to his or her own..

[@sportsfreundberlin]

I miss Tony and I miss the Berlin that is shown here and that has started to disappear

[@PC-sq3zq]

come on, it was only 4 years ago. 2 of those being corona time

[@pn5842]

it really hasn't tho

[@alexterieur5060]

@@PC-sq3zq Berlin changed fast

[@archibald3037]

You´re 25-30 years too late anyway...

[@peterpankert3810]

@@archibald3037 yes. The early 90s were the best years in Berlin. From there on everything deteriorated. Despite of that you can still find bright spots in Berlin. But gentrification is changing the city rapidly. The people without money are crammed in Neukölln.

[@LePustraOfficial]

It was a pleasure to be part of this episode!

[@BastiCi]

I Love Pork Knuckle at "Zum Schusterjungen" in Berlin East. Ich liebe es beim Schusterjungen. Das Eisbein ist grandios.

[@derkohler2380]

does it still have borsten there as well - like the one in the video? 😖

[@BastiCi]

@@derkohler2380 normally as a young man/woman you only eat the red meat and leave the Borsten in the Teller😅

[@Lenny3500]

One of the best episodes ever.

[@Bauchito1]

Berlin was Berlin, is Berlin and will Berlin. Greetings from a village called Hamburg. Missing you!

[@max.power89]

Hamburg ist by far the better City.

[@jyotiprakashpanda4717]

Unfortunately the Berlin he shows here is lost. The art is slowly choking on its self. Berlin's mystique drew a lot of people who loved the art so much that they killed the opportunity for the artists to exist here anymore.

[@ulliulli]

Berlin is changing... 10 years before that video berlin was different. it's different today and it will be a different city in 10 years. That's the magic of Berlin. You find new stuff but lose old stuff. Like life. Berlin is life becoming a town

[@alextrevelian]

Berlin and Alcatraz might be the two places where a shiv is considered a cooking utensil.

[@Airooonsteeer]

Das Kalkutta an der Spree

[@peterpankert3810]

You've obviously never been to Calcutta

[@sararichardson737]

I’m sorry I never visited Berlin. Seems like a wholly unique place. Was.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

You can find interesting things and interesting people almost everywhere in the world. Also, just like any city in the world, Berlin can be just just lame with all kinds of boring big-city problems.

[@jeanlundi2141]

I've travelled a bit but haven't felt motivated or inspired to go anywhere specific in a while. But for a while I've been wanting to spend some time in Berlin. It's definately not the dark underbelly that attracts me, but it's one of those places I want to go to before I die.

[@zerocooldeviation]

I love Berlin. You can be invisible there.

[@marekodak3297]

No doubt this is a fantastic episode, BUT Europe is not just France, Germany, Italy and England ;) Multiple mentions about Berlin being the cheapest and most art-friendly Europe's capital are not quite fair, when you bring up at least Prague or Warsaw for instance.

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Once you see this stuff on TV it's already well past peak. It's the Beginn of the ultimate commercialization - it's all over. There's a new Berlin right now, but the mainstream simply doesn't know. By definition, you have to be ahead the curve, and the commerce people never will be. There's people doing things right now that No one knows about, no one cares about, no is looking for. That's where the magic is. Not on Instagram.

Berlin turned from a wild and free resort for creative minds to an international tourist hot spot. It is still a great city but a lot of the underground was sold to smoothie bars and starbucks coffee shops. Money talks.

[@carlosmartin429]

what bar is the man in the beginning owner of?

[@Lizzie-h3j]

I was one of the lucky ones who got into Behrgain ypu can easily loose 36 hours no problemo just got to have the right juice. Give me a warehouse full of people on ecstacy loving life than a bar full of agressive drunks. I love Berlin and techno😢

[@GroßerBöserWolf]

I don't believe someone who quotes Bart Simpson would get into berghain tbh 😂

[@diogofolques3075]

is that a band playing inside kitkat on 4:20?

[@newrandom3066]

What's the name of that photographer at the end?

[@krazywally5685]

Miron Zownir

[@adityakulkarni3216]

whats the restaurant at 8:54 in Friedrischain??

[@TheKitaroHouse]

Look for Michelberger Hotel and restaurant at Warschauer Straße. The restaurant is what we see in the video.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Friedrichshain* - S and H are always separated in German pronunciation (if you want a "sh" sound, you'd have to spell it "sch"). Hence it's "freed-richs (the "CH" sound is like "J" in Spanish)-hine*.

[@HOPEProduktion-dm5cs]

A lot changed after covid.

[@MrDesertbook]

Go to Rogacki in Berlin and try hot Blutwurst and Leberwurst with Sauerkraut and mashed potatoes

[@richardkinier]

whats the name of the song when they are eating in Schusterjugen?

[@thedeeprot]

👍👍👍

[@K.l.b99]

As a berliner who was too young to enjoy this era, this documentary hurt a little 😢

[@alastairwhite1607]

What’s it like now?

[@K.l.b99]

@@alastairwhite1607 actually imo the food scene has improved a lot! Wish Anthony could’ve seen it :(

[@ficopoki164]

where is that record shop at 0:33 ?

[@annamo9354]

Might be Vinylism, Ellen Allien's shop. They sell their records online, but by appointment you can browse the actual shop. It's in a town outside Hamburg

[@happenz6332]

Looks like Space Hall in Kreuzberg more specifically in Bergmannkiez

[@Cat2.0_BLN]

It's Spacehall in Zossener straße, Kreuzberg

[@peterpankert3810]

@@annamo9354 you know that Hamburg is 200 km from Berlin?

[@mdariani]

Xcellent episode 💯 unfortunately berlin went down the wrong direction. Freedom for artists is almost gone, everything super expensive and the feeling to be a part of the city doesnt exist anymore. Maybe it is time to destroy everything and start from scratch again.

[@alexterieur5060]

I agree. Recently moved here and what I've been told at school and by locals isn't up to date anymore. Gentrification and housing market mess changed the rules. What do you suggest for a new start? With the million Ukrainian civilians living now in Germany, I think we can have fresh new ideas on how to make life here better in financial and social terms.

[@jamesh3534]

Artists are to blame! There’s so many rich privileged kids from all around the globe who now choose berlin as their home for all the reasons explained in this documentary, hence the huge rent rise & landlords charging what they want as they know people will pay.

[@alexterieur5060]

@@jamesh3534 honestly I'm not sure if artists actually are responsible for this outcome. We all know how broke they can be. I think the startups and unicorn hubs settling in the city and these huge coworking areas made the game change

[@SuperMrFriendly]

@@alexterieur5060 Artist inc and immigrant inc in general, hence your fresh blooded Ukrainians. This isnt an opinion. But basic economics

[@pachisi33]

Completely true that Berlin changed and isn’t what it used to be, but that’s exactly what Berlin has always been, as long as I can remember. I was born in 1984 and the Berlin I grew up in was definitely not the same you have lost feelings for. Nonetheless I completely understand it, when you’re missing the Berlin you knew and loved. Housing prices have been gradually increased for at least a decade, but it’s completely obvious why. As Berlin became more and more popular for people, not only from Germany or Europe, but internationally to move to, supply and demand raised the prices, because there where more people in need for places to live, that would compete and therefore raise the prices.

[@susanneanna2421]

Nice to visit, not so nice when you have live there.

[@TheKapsaisin]

What’s the name of the photographer ?

[@Sohnoob]

Thanks! I went back a lot to decipher his name

[@peterpankert3810]

The first: Jim Rakete. The second: Miron Zownir

[@loobylooroden6176]

Wolfgang and the legos 😊

[@cianpritchard1961]

What’s the ending song called?

[@petarpetrov4278]

Panic in Babylon by The Brian Jonestown Massacre

[@cianpritchard1961]

@@petarpetrov4278 you’re a hero!!!! Thanks so much

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

I know, PU is not only about an area's food but also about the culture that surrounds it. But this is way too much "culture" and way not enough food.

[@robertcaine2634]

I was worried for a second he wouldn't try Döner. Woulda been a crime😄

[@Naturalworldlives]

Dark

[@MaxHazlenut]

Allen Alien - lovely Producer/DJ - dreadful english

[@ricochet897]

Maybe, if somebody after Tony comes to Germany, We find someone speaking English...

[@MartinIbert]

It's not that Berlin is not Germany. On the contrary. Berlin is Germany. The rest of Germany is not Germany.

[@kartash1977]

why make usa embargo to Cuba ? food make freedom

[@cdb5001]

Love Tony, but none of that grub looked even remotely appealing. Maybe the lunch he had with the DJ. I think there's a reason why German food is not particularly revered.

[@matthias7998]

Calls it "Parts unknown", does only tourist things. Sure, sure.

[@thomasbarchen]

Pretentious fluff

[@nassergabriel4778]

I lived in Berlin on and off from 2014 to 2017, if it's the right city for you it's nothing like it.

[@oscardequiros]

Berlin culture is top. German food is horrible

[@doju4166]

What is it you don’t like about the food ?

[@rvansteensel420]

anthony lying , people went to the weimar republic to visit childbrothels

[@oinkoink4623]

It's quite a natural development in Berlin. The daily life is absolute dogshit so we have to make the nightlife worth its time.

[@abcd-xr1fh]

manson family vibes