The other side of the Berlin Wall in music – the state-licensed rock the GDR tolerated, the church-sheltered punk scene the Stasi hunted, and Wolf Biermann, the banned songwriter whose 1976 exile helped crack the country open.

How the divided city became a subject and a stage for music – Bowie’s “Heroes” and the concerts hurled at the border, the anthems of 1989, and the classical farewell from Rostropovich’s cello to Bernstein’s “Ode to Freedom”.

How the Berlin Wall became the largest canvas in the world – Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny’s graffiti, Keith Haring’s lost 1986 mural at Checkpoint Charlie, and the East Side Gallery, where artists finally painted the side that had always faced East.

From Cold War spy thrillers to Stasi dramas and Ostalgie comedies – a curated guide to the best films and TV series about the Berlin Wall and divided Berlin, with the real places behind them.

How David Bowie and Iggy Pop made West Berlin their refuge from 1976 to 1978 – the Schöneberg flat at Hauptstraße 155, the Hansa Studios “Hall by the Wall” where Bowie recorded “Heroes” and Iggy cut Lust for Life, and where to trace their Berlin years today.