After a decade of being known as the coolest city in the world, Berlin is awkwardly shifting into a new phase: It’s the center of European power, sure, but also one of the continent’s fastest-growing tourist attractions. Though it’s a relatively small city of 3.5 million people, it recently surpassed Rome to become the third-most-visited city in Europe, after London and Paris; according to estimates, Berlin has about three-quarters as many Airbnb listings as New York. READ MORE…
