Drakulic on Berlin in New York Times

If I were a young writer, painter, musician, theater director or dancer, I would most certainly go to Berlin. Once a Western island in the German Democratic Republic, after unification of the two Germanys, Berlin became the most interesting and cosmopolitan city in all of Europe……

The whole text on Berlin is available here:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/07/13/europes-cities-where-would-hemingway-go-in-2011/where-the-young-artists-go