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A little over a decade ago I was living in Charlottenburg, a Berlin neighbourhood just a few kilometres to the west of the Brandenburg Gate, on the other side of the lush, tree-lined paths and bathing lawns of Tiergarten.

Despite his busy schedule, Bronson, in round glasses with his signature white beard draped over a black vest, is distracted by more pressing matters: The apartment he’s been renting in Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighborhood for the past nine years has become a source of unrest.

From the State Opera to Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin is turning off the lights at its landmarks one by one in a scramble to save the energy it needs to heat homes in winter.

The protests, including in Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighborhood and the Tiergarten park, led to multiple arrests, police said.

No brass bands play carols before Berlin’s Charlottenburg Palace.