‘Like it had been put on Earth specially for me’: readers’ favourite European city breaks

While salaries have been quite constant for a big part of the population, the costs of renting and buying had skyrocketed, killing the artistic ecosystem that was the soul of Berlin after the fall of the wall. An influx of high earners has displaced lower earners from much of the city center, somewhat killing the underground vibe and driving prices up across the board. We are talking about rent hikes of hundreds of percent in a handful of years.

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