Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Hugo Ball is my ultimate secret restaurant tipp: traditional southern german "Flammkuchen" (similar to pizza, but different) and homemade lemonaid in a DADA / Cabaret Voltaire inspired ambiente. Go!!!
28 residents recomanen
Hugo Ball - Flammerie & Bar
38 SaalestraßeHugo Ball is my ultimate secret restaurant tipp: traditional southern german "Flammkuchen" (similar to pizza, but different) and homemade lemonaid in a DADA / Cabaret Voltaire inspired ambiente. Go!!!
Very nice café down the road - they are open every day and you can get good quality coffee, smoothies and toast here before starting your daytrip to the city.
57 residents recomanen
Geschwister Nothaft Café
9 SchwarzastraßeVery nice café down the road - they are open every day and you can get good quality coffee, smoothies and toast here before starting your daytrip to the city.
This is a more traditional restaurant with a big variety of dishes (german, italien etc). In summer you should definitely chose a seat in the green courtyard which is super romantic!
84 residents recomanen
Villa Rixdorf
6 Richardpl.This is a more traditional restaurant with a big variety of dishes (german, italien etc). In summer you should definitely chose a seat in the green courtyard which is super romantic!
This is a fantastic place for vegans and non vegans. Here you get vegan caks in Marie Antoinette style, fresh juices, brasilian bagels etc.
You will be surprised how cheap it is!
68 residents recomanen
Vux
14 WipperstraßeThis is a fantastic place for vegans and non vegans. Here you get vegan caks in Marie Antoinette style, fresh juices, brasilian bagels etc.
You will be surprised how cheap it is!
This is Berlins most famouse vegan pizzeria. The owners are italians and the recipes vary from traditional to inventive. My favorite pizza is "pizza hangover" with fries and mayonnaise on top.
50 residents recomanen
Sfizy Veg
Treptower StraßeThis is Berlins most famouse vegan pizzeria. The owners are italians and the recipes vary from traditional to inventive. My favorite pizza is "pizza hangover" with fries and mayonnaise on top.
Another vegan place, but not less delicious. This little vegan creperie also offers tasty burgers!
Big pro: you can pay your meal with paypal!
143 residents recomanen
Restaurant Bastard
122 Reichenberger StraßeAnother vegan place, but not less delicious. This little vegan creperie also offers tasty burgers!
Big pro: you can pay your meal with paypal!
Barini
46 Böhmische Str.Nice restaurant down the road with italian-turkish kitchen.
This is a nice café collective. They are also quite political and you can read alternative newpapers and plan your next revolution here. Super nice oriental breakfast and vegan cakes!
71 residents recomanen
K-Fetisch
86 Wildenbruchstr.This is a nice café collective. They are also quite political and you can read alternative newpapers and plan your next revolution here. Super nice oriental breakfast and vegan cakes!
This is a restaurant run by a group of young people from all over the world. Here you get a good breakfast and lovely pizza (but not in a traditional way). Cheap! You better check it out in person :)
24 residents recomanen
CocoLiebe
107 RichardstraßeThis is a restaurant run by a group of young people from all over the world. Here you get a good breakfast and lovely pizza (but not in a traditional way). Cheap! You better check it out in person :)
California Breakfast Slam! As the name suggsts this is an american café with traditional american pancakes and fresh juices. Yummiiie!!!
90 residents recomanen
Cabslam
47 InnstraßeCalifornia Breakfast Slam! As the name suggsts this is an american café with traditional american pancakes and fresh juices. Yummiiie!!!
Traditional italian food in a secret backyard. The place looks like an old laundry - therefor the name. The food is heaven and the prices are very fair! Gets more expensive at night. Check the web!
127 residents recomanen
Lavanderia Vecchia
46 FlughafenstraßeTraditional italian food in a secret backyard. The place looks like an old laundry - therefor the name. The food is heaven and the prices are very fair! Gets more expensive at night. Check the web!
Cafe Rix
141 Karl-Marx-StraßeOld victorian café. Many mirrors and warm light. Kind of nice!
Shopping
This nameless place is a real treasure box! All kind of antique music instruments and in between a mixture of weird thing and antiques for a fair price. I bought my old chrystal glasses here :)
Schudomastraße 49
49 SchudomastraßeThis nameless place is a real treasure box! All kind of antique music instruments and in between a mixture of weird thing and antiques for a fair price. I bought my old chrystal glasses here :)
This is a nice book and magazine shop with a lot of art books and alternative magazines. The shop is located in the backyard. They also have a cat.
26 residents recomanen
Motto Berlin
68 Skalitzer Str.This is a nice book and magazine shop with a lot of art books and alternative magazines. The shop is located in the backyard. They also have a cat.
This is a vinyl shop only for techno music. They sell new stuff and old stuff, you can find some rare vinyls here and stuff you never heard of before.
The Record Loft
This is a vinyl shop only for techno music. They sell new stuff and old stuff, you can find some rare vinyls here and stuff you never heard of before.
Another record store, focused on electronic music and merchandize. You find everything here.
32 residents recomanen
Hard Wax
70 Paul-Lincke-UferAnother record store, focused on electronic music and merchandize. You find everything here.
Essentials
One of the discount supermarkets around the corner - open daily until 10pm except sundays.
140 residents recomanen
Netto Filiale
40 Buchberger Str.One of the discount supermarkets around the corner - open daily until 10pm except sundays.
The other discount supermaket around the corner open daily until 10pm except Sundays.
295 residents recomanen
Lidl
192 SonnenalleeThe other discount supermaket around the corner open daily until 10pm except Sundays.
A nicer supermaket with more variety. The owner listens to oldies music all the time, which makes you feel like in your grandma´s place somewhere in the country side. Open until 10pm except Sundays.
13 residents recomanen
E-aktiv-markt Hans-Volker Hoeppner
21-23 Braunschweiger StraßeA nicer supermaket with more variety. The owner listens to oldies music all the time, which makes you feel like in your grandma´s place somewhere in the country side. Open until 10pm except Sundays.
Sightseeing
In the summer this is the place to be! You can go for a walk, make sports, picnic or just sit in the urban community garden with a glass of wine (you need to bring that) and watch the sun go down.
90 residents recomanen
Tempelhof Airport
5 Platz d. LuftbrückeIn the summer this is the place to be! You can go for a walk, make sports, picnic or just sit in the urban community garden with a glass of wine (you need to bring that) and watch the sun go down.
The beautiful kanal around the corner. You will find many bars and cafés at the shore. If you love to walk you can walk to Görlitzer Park by foot, just following the kanal.
76 residents recomanen
Landwehr Canal
The beautiful kanal around the corner. You will find many bars and cafés at the shore. If you love to walk you can walk to Görlitzer Park by foot, just following the kanal.
This is a beautiful park by the waterside. There is also the famous abandoned Spreepark, which is nice to see.
681 residents recomanen
Parc de Treptower
This is a beautiful park by the waterside. There is also the famous abandoned Spreepark, which is nice to see.
Ok, this is the medical history museum and it deals with life, bodies and as the name sais medical history. It´s amazing and sometimes a bit creepy. They also offer readings. It´s not boring at all!
16 residents recomanen
Museu d'Història Mèdica de la Charité de Berlín
1 Charitépl.Ok, this is the medical history museum and it deals with life, bodies and as the name sais medical history. It´s amazing and sometimes a bit creepy. They also offer readings. It´s not boring at all!
Berlin is full of history and hides many historical places underground such as bunkers, abandoned metro stations etc. This organization offers different tours to different topics. It´s fun!
205 residents recomanen
Berliner Unterwelten
105 BrunnenstraßeBerlin is full of history and hides many historical places underground such as bunkers, abandoned metro stations etc. This organization offers different tours to different topics. It´s fun!
Drinks & Nightlife
This is an alternative bar. They are quite political and offer readings and group discussions. They often have Küfa (kitchen for everyone), where you only pay what you want & can.
look: www.b-lage.de
57 residents recomanen
B-Lage
1 MareschstraßeThis is an alternative bar. They are quite political and offer readings and group discussions. They often have Küfa (kitchen for everyone), where you only pay what you want & can.
look: www.b-lage.de
Tier means animal in German. This is another nice bar in Weserstrasse. One of many, but still special!
289 residents recomanen
TiER
42 Weserstr.Tier means animal in German. This is another nice bar in Weserstrasse. One of many, but still special!
Another typical bar in Weserstrasse. Always crowded and there is also a kicker if you like that.
141 residents recomanen
Ä
40 Weserstr.Another typical bar in Weserstrasse. Always crowded and there is also a kicker if you like that.
A very cozy and romantic bar! Perfect to relax with a hot chocolate and rum or a beer.
197 residents recomanen
Nathanja & Heinrich Café / Bar Neukölln
44 WeichselstraßeA very cozy and romantic bar! Perfect to relax with a hot chocolate and rum or a beer.
Bar on a rooftop. With house music and colourful things. I have never been here, but many people speak about it!
702 residents recomanen
Klunkerkranich
66 Karl-Marx-StraßeBar on a rooftop. With house music and colourful things. I have never been here, but many people speak about it!
My favorite bar in Berlin. Very creative and alternative. They often have noise or avantgarde concerts. Lovely owners and crowd!
21 residents recomanen
Loophole
60 BoddinstraßeMy favorite bar in Berlin. Very creative and alternative. They often have noise or avantgarde concerts. Lovely owners and crowd!
Everything Else
This is a fleamarket which takes place every 2 weeks on sundays. The other week it is in Prinzessinnengarten near Moritzplatz - both are a must see!
156 residents recomanen
Nowkoelln Flowmarkt
This is a fleamarket which takes place every 2 weeks on sundays. The other week it is in Prinzessinnengarten near Moritzplatz - both are a must see!
Urban gardening in the middle of Berlin. They grow their own vegetables and cook them in their garden restaurant. Beautiful place when the sun is shining. Every second sunday there is a fleamarket.
123 residents recomanen
Prinzessinnengarten
35-38 PrinzenstraßeUrban gardening in the middle of Berlin. They grow their own vegetables and cook them in their garden restaurant. Beautiful place when the sun is shining. Every second sunday there is a fleamarket.
This is a club down the road if you are lazy to travel to go out. Mostly electronic music - the building is an old mill. You have to walk all the way to the end of the path! Crowd can be a bit young.
146 residents recomanen
Griessmühle
137 SchnellerstraßeThis is a club down the road if you are lazy to travel to go out. Mostly electronic music - the building is an old mill. You have to walk all the way to the end of the path! Crowd can be a bit young.
This is an old Berlin theater and concert venue! Next to it is Café Rix Neukölln an old victorian cafe and restaurant.
73 residents recomanen
Heimathafen Neukoln
141 Karl-Marx-StraßeThis is an old Berlin theater and concert venue! Next to it is Café Rix Neukölln an old victorian cafe and restaurant.
One of my favorite clubs in Berlin with a house and a techno floor. It is located in an old Kindergarten near Ostkreuz. They also have a huge garden. More alternative place - not chic at all!
123 residents recomanen
://About Blank
24c MarkgrafendammOne of my favorite clubs in Berlin with a house and a techno floor. It is located in an old Kindergarten near Ostkreuz. They also have a huge garden. More alternative place - not chic at all!
Huge club with different floors. You can go there with the Ringbahn. There a plenty of things to discover and you get to see a good mix of Berlin subcultures. It´s a bit hard to find, you need maps!
27 residents recomanen
Mensch Meier // club and culture house
121 Storkower Str.Huge club with different floors. You can go there with the Ringbahn. There a plenty of things to discover and you get to see a good mix of Berlin subcultures. It´s a bit hard to find, you need maps!
This is Berlins most common free stage. It´s an alternative approach to the traditional opera or musical.
47 residents recomanen
Neuköllner Oper
131 Karl-Marx-StraßeThis is Berlins most common free stage. It´s an alternative approach to the traditional opera or musical.
Spreepark used to be the most prestigeous amusement park of the GDR. Now it is abandoned and there are guides showing you the left overs. Watch this documentary: Achterbahn
57 residents recomanen
Spreepark
1-3 KiehnwerderalleeSpreepark used to be the most prestigeous amusement park of the GDR. Now it is abandoned and there are guides showing you the left overs. Watch this documentary: Achterbahn
This is a tiny private park. Ring a bell to get in. There are apple trees and lots of herbal plants. Be carefull the owner doesn´t like people walking across the field. No typical park, but beautiful!
54 residents recomanen
Comenius-Garten
35 RichardstraßeThis is a tiny private park. Ring a bell to get in. There are apple trees and lots of herbal plants. Be carefull the owner doesn´t like people walking across the field. No typical park, but beautiful!
Very chic sauna spa perfect for rainy days. It´s better to go later in the day then it will be less crowded. Partly in bathing suit, partly naked, be prepared. There is also a thermal bath in a cave.
101 residents recomanen
Liquidrom
10 MöckernstraßeVery chic sauna spa perfect for rainy days. It´s better to go later in the day then it will be less crowded. Partly in bathing suit, partly naked, be prepared. There is also a thermal bath in a cave.
My favorite museum for modern art. A good mix of contemporary art, photographie and architecture. Never too crowded. There is also a fantastic book shop attached.
185 residents recomanen
Galeria de Berlín
124-128 Alte JakobstraßeMy favorite museum for modern art. A good mix of contemporary art, photographie and architecture. Never too crowded. There is also a fantastic book shop attached.