My German is rusty, but isn't a verb missing on this sentence?
Was konnen sie in Berlin eigentlich machen/tun?
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My German is rusty, but isn't a verb missing on this sentence?
Was konnen sie in Berlin eigentlich machen/tun?
In principle, you are right, but the sentence is a fixed figure of speech.
It means: What can they actually do? It's a rhetorical question because the answer is already clear.
"Nothing"
Because everything always goes wrong in Berlin.