Enjoying my vanilla ice cream in eastern Berlin’s Café Sibylle, I ponder the half-mustache carved in stone that hangs overhead. My “Swedish sundae,” which comes with chocol… ...

This chic Berlin neighborhood is not only the hippest in the city, but it's also one of the hippest in Europe, says one tour guide on the Rick Steves website.

When I visited Berlin recently to update my guidebook, I also scouted locations for a new TV show. I found the city as vibrant as ever — with massive infrastructure projects in progress all ...

The oft-repainted East Side Gallery is the longest preserved stretch of the outer layer of the Berlin Wall. ( (Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli/ Rick Steves’ Europe)) ...

Discover Rick Steves' easy solution for avoiding packed subway cars and enjoying a much more comfortable ride on European public transportation.

Rick Steves is hyped. That’s not so unusual: Infectious joy is surely one key to Steves’s success as America’s kindly vacation guru. Still, when he leaves next month on a 40-day trip to ...

Rick Steves, mild-mannered travel expert, wants to radicalize you The guy who got "filthy rich" off helping American tourists travel without fear still refuses to sell out ...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Searching out the remains of communist East Berlin Berlin is filled with poignant memories of its communist days — most notably, its jaunty Ampelmännchen street lights.

Berlin is filled with poignant memories of its communist days. And in the decades since 1989, the city has nurtured a playful nostalgia – or Ostalgia (ost is the German word for east) – for ...