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Food Scene

very nice italian restaurant
31 residents recomanen
Osteria N°1
71 Kreuzbergstraße
31 residents recomanen
very nice italian restaurant
a very sweet guy from Argentinia, Fausto, runs this little place where the wine is excellent, from his menue we like the most his pancakes with dulce the lecce. www.caminito-berlin.de
Caminito
a very sweet guy from Argentinia, Fausto, runs this little place where the wine is excellent, from his menue we like the most his pancakes with dulce the lecce. www.caminito-berlin.de
traditional austrian, very nice garden, gut coffee, very tastefull "Kaiserschmarrn". And don't confuse it with the other Einstein Cafés all over Berlin!
52 residents recomanen
Café Einstein Stammhaus
58 Kurfürstenstraße
52 residents recomanen
traditional austrian, very nice garden, gut coffee, very tastefull "Kaiserschmarrn". And don't confuse it with the other Einstein Cafés all over Berlin!
basically the better food in this area often is italian. Mr. Tarantino used to eat there when he was staying in Yorckstraße, we've been told...
22 residents recomanen
Pizzeria - Fratelli La Bionda
31 Bergmannstraße
22 residents recomanen
basically the better food in this area often is italian. Mr. Tarantino used to eat there when he was staying in Yorckstraße, we've been told...
an italian place we really love. Has a small piazza there, very nice atmosphere, and it's a spot where very nuce buskers pass by. Menue is a special one...
60 residents recomanen
Molinari & Ko
13 Riemannstraße
60 residents recomanen
an italian place we really love. Has a small piazza there, very nice atmosphere, and it's a spot where very nuce buskers pass by. Menue is a special one...
for us and many just the best ice cream in town!!!
80 residents recomanen
Vanille & Marille
1 Hagelberger Str.
80 residents recomanen
for us and many just the best ice cream in town!!!
we go there occasionally - two guys who prepare just a few fresh and organic dishes, very modest.
15 residents recomanen
Mutti Kreuzberg
67 Gneisenaustraße
15 residents recomanen
we go there occasionally - two guys who prepare just a few fresh and organic dishes, very modest.
when we go there we tell our daughter we'd go to Athens, and she never said it wasn't true; not for dinner, rather fors real souvlaki at noon. very fine patisserie next door
13 residents recomanen
Berkis
45 Winterfeldtstraße
13 residents recomanen
when we go there we tell our daughter we'd go to Athens, and she never said it wasn't true; not for dinner, rather fors real souvlaki at noon. very fine patisserie next door
it's run by canadian Cynthia Barcomi who takes roasting the coffees but also cakes and tartes very serious. Very nice. Try the lemon bar.
96 residents recomanen
DoubleEye
22 Akazienstraße
96 residents recomanen
it's run by canadian Cynthia Barcomi who takes roasting the coffees but also cakes and tartes very serious. Very nice. Try the lemon bar.
traditional austrian and south german cuisine with a very authentic feeling. Reservation recommended
44 residents recomanen
Austria
30 Bergmannstraße
44 residents recomanen
traditional austrian and south german cuisine with a very authentic feeling. Reservation recommended
this guy from south germany makes very nice cakes there, to take away or when the weather is nice in front of his store within that improvised lounge zone on the pavement.
52 residents recomanen
Mr. Minsch
15 Yorckstraße
52 residents recomanen
this guy from south germany makes very nice cakes there, to take away or when the weather is nice in front of his store within that improvised lounge zone on the pavement.
we don't know it yet our guests from time to time asked where's the next argentinian steak. It's a 7 minutes walk.
Steakhaus & Pizzeria Angus
11 Kreuzbergstraße
we don't know it yet our guests from time to time asked where's the next argentinian steak. It's a 7 minutes walk.
no words... -
Albrechts Patisserie Inh. Stephanie Albrecht
45 Winterfeldtstraße
no words... -
Restaurant (austrian and mediterranean) - ingredients mostly local, often organic. Breakfast great, too, as well as cakes and strudel. Sunny terrace. Part of Hamburger Bahnhof museum complex.
8 residents recomanen
Restaurant im Hamburger Bahnhof
50-51 Invalidenstraße
8 residents recomanen
Restaurant (austrian and mediterranean) - ingredients mostly local, often organic. Breakfast great, too, as well as cakes and strudel. Sunny terrace. Part of Hamburger Bahnhof museum complex.
rather rare case of a greek restaurant even greeks like me like to visit.
6 residents recomanen
Thalassa
57 Gneisenaustraße
6 residents recomanen
rather rare case of a greek restaurant even greeks like me like to visit.
Great Slow Food Burgers - also vegan and vegetarian. And suuounded
7 residents recomanen
Koppenplatz
7 residents recomanen
Great Slow Food Burgers - also vegan and vegetarian. And suuounded
with an authentic version of what the germans have their nickname "krauts" from... daily changing menue with great german and alsacien food . Cosy inside and outside. www.renger-patysch.de
17 residents recomanen
Renger-Patzsch
54 Wartburgstr.
17 residents recomanen
with an authentic version of what the germans have their nickname "krauts" from... daily changing menue with great german and alsacien food . Cosy inside and outside. www.renger-patysch.de
When I am in the West that's the place where I go for brunch!!!
Knesebeckstraße 26
26 Knesebeckstraße
When I am in the West that's the place where I go for brunch!!!

Everything Else

best place to seat when the sun visits Berlin, opposite the Viktoria Park water fall!
35 residents recomanen
Vereinszimmer
15 Kreuzbergstraße
35 residents recomanen
best place to seat when the sun visits Berlin, opposite the Viktoria Park water fall!
traditional cinema with original versions.
46 residents recomanen
Odeon
116 Hauptstraße
46 residents recomanen
traditional cinema with original versions.
well known conference centre in neo gothic acrhitecture
Schmiedehof
Schmiedehof
well known conference centre in neo gothic acrhitecture
City Bikes / Trekking Bikes 10€/day, 25€ Fr-Mo, 50€/week Tandems available too Großbeerenstraße 53, Kreuzberg
Großbeerenstraße 53, Kreuzberg
53 Großbeerenstraße
City Bikes / Trekking Bikes 10€/day, 25€ Fr-Mo, 50€/week Tandems available too Großbeerenstraße 53, Kreuzberg
the website is also in english. Hosts a very good restaurant and café, too, run by Sarah Wiener. Just opposite Hauptbahnhof / central station.
354 residents recomanen
Hamburger Bahnhof - Museu d'Art Contemporani - Berlín
50 Invalidenstraße
354 residents recomanen
the website is also in english. Hosts a very good restaurant and café, too, run by Sarah Wiener. Just opposite Hauptbahnhof / central station.
Great museum building with often very interesting exhibitions (modern art / contemporary art / photography). Part of Berliner Festspiele - english website: http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/
236 residents recomanen
Gropius Bau
7 Niederkirchnerstraße
236 residents recomanen
Great museum building with often very interesting exhibitions (modern art / contemporary art / photography). Part of Berliner Festspiele - english website: http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/
the great Philharmony is just 15 minutes away on the bike (or two S-Bahn stops - get out at Potsdamer Platz and walk 10 minutes)
99 residents recomanen
Berliner Philharmonie
1 Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße
99 residents recomanen
the great Philharmony is just 15 minutes away on the bike (or two S-Bahn stops - get out at Potsdamer Platz and walk 10 minutes)
club club club in a walking distance with a very good line up www.gretchen-club.de. Check out programm first. Run by those who had the legendary ICON club before.
44 residents recomanen
Gretchen
19-21 Obentrautstraße
44 residents recomanen
club club club in a walking distance with a very good line up www.gretchen-club.de. Check out programm first. Run by those who had the legendary ICON club before.

Shopping

very nice designer store for "soul ware", the label means "bloodsisters" - see their style here: http://www.blutsgeschwister.de/
Kreuzberganker
very nice designer store for "soul ware", the label means "bloodsisters" - see their style here: http://www.blutsgeschwister.de/

Essentials

small variety of rural delicatessen from the southern areas of germany - cheese, ham, bacon, butter - and Maultaschen (stuffed pasta squares)
Loginn Internetlounge
small variety of rural delicatessen from the southern areas of germany - cheese, ham, bacon, butter - and Maultaschen (stuffed pasta squares)
very large BIO indoor market, even saturdays open until 8pm. What you find in the fridge we buy there.
47 residents recomanen
LPG Biomarkt Mehringdamm
20-30 Mehringdamm
47 residents recomanen
very large BIO indoor market, even saturdays open until 8pm. What you find in the fridge we buy there.
very charming and reliable turkish grocery, with very good selection of fresh herbs and veggies, partly organic. We also like the people a lot.
Schwarze Olive
75 Yorckstraße
very charming and reliable turkish grocery, with very good selection of fresh herbs and veggies, partly organic. We also like the people a lot.
an open market where we regularily go - with a nice variety of snacks - swiss raclettte, alsacian tartes flambées, oriental, african, nice stands with organic bread, veggies, fish, etc
28 residents recomanen
Winterfeld
58 Winterfeldtstraße
28 residents recomanen
an open market where we regularily go - with a nice variety of snacks - swiss raclettte, alsacian tartes flambées, oriental, african, nice stands with organic bread, veggies, fish, etc
thursday's here's a very nice open market. with steak rolls. Opposite KaDeWe you'll find currywurst ten times better than the famous Curry36. (and organic)
8 residents recomanen
Wittenbergplatz
Wittenbergplatz
8 residents recomanen
thursday's here's a very nice open market. with steak rolls. Opposite KaDeWe you'll find currywurst ten times better than the famous Curry36. (and organic)

Drinks & Nightlife

Bar with live acts (Blues etc.)
62 residents recomanen
Yorckschlösschen
15 Yorckstraße
62 residents recomanen
Bar with live acts (Blues etc.)
one of the best bars in town in the middle of that new art district around Potsdamer Str. , it takes 7 minutes on the bike to go there.
68 residents recomanen
Victoria Bar
102 Potsdamer Str.
68 residents recomanen
one of the best bars in town in the middle of that new art district around Potsdamer Str. , it takes 7 minutes on the bike to go there.
good coctails, atmosphere is a bit low pro, yet closes late and has section for smokers
23 residents recomanen
Galander -Haifischbar-
25 Arndtstraße
23 residents recomanen
good coctails, atmosphere is a bit low pro, yet closes late and has section for smokers
odd name but ok beer garden with hollywood swings and nice barbecue (spicy polish sausages etc.) plus indoors bar, right behind that nice playground.
47 residents recomanen
Golgatha
Monumentenstraße
47 residents recomanen
odd name but ok beer garden with hollywood swings and nice barbecue (spicy polish sausages etc.) plus indoors bar, right behind that nice playground.
with snacks. Very nicely located. We're no beer people so we know the place rather from passing by.
Floriansgarten
42B Kreuzbergstraße
with snacks. Very nicely located. We're no beer people so we know the place rather from passing by.

Sightseeing

great park to walk, fairytale like views, and the Kreuzberg monument. great playground, too. For joggers and skaters "Park am Gleisdreieck" and "Tempelhof" are better - more flat.
450 residents recomanen
Parc de Victòria
Katzbachstraße
450 residents recomanen
great park to walk, fairytale like views, and the Kreuzberg monument. great playground, too. For joggers and skaters "Park am Gleisdreieck" and "Tempelhof" are better - more flat.

Entertainment & Activities

excellent theater for kids, next to wonderfully wild playground / park
Hans Wurst Nachfahren Theater am Winterfeldtplatz
5 Gleditschstraße
excellent theater for kids, next to wonderfully wild playground / park