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Berlin
February - March 2015

Film Festival
The Berlinale is back

Travel Fair
The world visits Berlin

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V I S I T O R S

Transport

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Getting around by S&U

Ticket Hotline: +49(0)30 - 588 433 · www.wintergarten-berlin.de · Potsdamer Str. 96, 10785 Berlin

Sports in Berlin

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All about Berlin’s top teams

Basics

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Essential travel tips

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Roll up for theatre, shows and cinema

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Berlin Mitte

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The delights of the city centre

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Berlin Charlottenburg & The West

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Genteel western Berlin

Berlin Prenzlauer Berg

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The gentriﬁed north

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SYMBOL KEY
T Child friendly

U Facilities for the disabled

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E Live music
M Nearest S/U-Bahn station

City Tours

B Outside seating

G Non-smoking room

Guided walks, bike rides and drives

S Take away

R Internet

Directory

Wed – Sat 20:00 · Sun 18:00
Tickets from € 32,00

A Credit cards accepted

L Guarded parking

H Conference facilities

F Fitness centre

K Restaurant

D Sauna

C Swimming pool

€€€€ Expensive; more than €30 per person.

Prices plus advance booking fee and € 2 system fee/ticket
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P Air conditioning

Dinner price guide
The number of euro symbols in our restaurant, café
and nightlife reviews indicates the approximate price
level based on a main course with a glass of wine.

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Additional symbols for hotels

Directed by and featuring Christoph Hagel („Flying Bach“),
DDC Company („Got to Dance“ ﬁnalists 2013)
and Top-Artists of BASE Berlin

Berlin Kreuzberg
Immigrants, anarchists and hipsters

V Home delivery

W Wi-Fi

€€ Middling; from €10-20 per person.
€ Cheap; less than €10 per person.
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Worker’s paradise, student’s playground

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Maps & Index
Street register
City map
Public transport map
Index

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BERLIN BOXES
Scattered throughout the guide you’ll ﬁnd boxes with
more information about these topics:
Berlin in books
Cold War Berlin
Drinks in Berlin
Erasmus Student Network
West Berlin Revival

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February - March 2015

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Foreword

Transport

Mid-winter in Berlin is perhaps the best time to visit this
fascinating city. True, the weather can be atrocious and the
locals tend to be grumpier than usual. But on the other
hand, you can walk beneath the Brandenburg Gate without
crowds of tourists poking you with their selﬁe-sticks, ﬁnd a
table in a good restaurant without a reservation, and enjoy
an excellent museum exhibition without having to queue.
In the many bars of Berlin’s quirkier districts it’s easier to
huddle over a beer and get to know the locals.
There are two major events that do see the hotels pack out.
In early February the Berlinale circus rolls into town; watch
the Hollywood stars and other ﬁlm industry boﬃns shiver
their way up the red carpet to witness their ﬁlm launch, and
join the queues with thousands of other visitors getting a
peek at the world’s best new or most obscure old movies;
read all about it on p.10.
Then in early March, the world visits Berlin when the ITB
travel fair (see p.16), the biggest of its kind, descends upon
the trade fair centre with its hundreds of thousands of trade
and leisure visitors; this year’s theme country is Mongolia,
the rapidly developing destination at the other end of the
Trans-Siberian railway.
Whatever you do this winter, stay warm and do write in
to tell us about your experiences, tips and complaints, at
[email protected].

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Berlin’s iconic 368-metre Fernsehturm TV tower pokes its discoball
above the city, in this case behind the
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Berlin In Your Pocket

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Although Berlin is lodged in the middle of the great
empty vastness of northeast Germany, it’s very well
connected to the rest of civilisation by bus, train, Autobahn
and air. Once in Berlin, you’ll wish that your home town had
such good public transport.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Berlin’s integrated network of U-Bahn (Untergrundbahn,
underground trains), bus, and Straßenbahn (trams) run
by BVG and S-Bahn and RE (Schnellbahn and regional
commuter trains run by DB) usually works like a dream. Just
remember the number or colour and end station of the line
you want to use, and you’ll be navigating the labyrinth-like
stations like a local.
Most S/U-Bahn trains, buses and trams run every 5-15 minutes
during the day. M buses and trams run every half hour at
night; U-Bahn trains run every 15 minutes on weekend nights,
with N buses following their routes every half hour (starting
from Hackescher Markt) on weekday nights.
Tickets can be used on all BVG, S-Bahn and local RE train
services. Vending machines have instructions in English
and accept coins, often bank notes and cards too. Berlin’s
AB travel zone contains nearly everything; you’ll only need
an ABC-ticket for Potsdam and Schoenefeld airport.
With an Einzelfahrschein ticket (AB-zone €2,70, ABC
€3,30) you can travel one-way for up to two hours with
unlimited transfers; it’s cheaper to buy four tickets at once
(Vier-Fahrten-Karte, €9). Buy a €1,60 Kurzstrecke (short
distance) ticket if you want to travel up to three S/U-Bahn
stops, or up to six stops by bus or tram. If you anticipate
a lot of travelling, get the Tageskarte (day ticket, valid
until 03:00 the next morning; €6,90) or the seven-day
pass (€29,50). Groups of up to ﬁve people are best oﬀ
with a Kleingruppenkarte (group day ticket, €16,90). The
multi-day Berlin Welcomecard (€18,50-38,50) is valid for
transport and some attractions.
Before boarding the S- or U-Bahn, always validate your
ticket by punching it in the yellow or red machines near
the end of the platforms. On buses and trams, the machines
are on board. Public transport uses the honour system, and
there are regular checks by uniformed and plainclothes
inspectors. If you are caught without a valid ticket you’ll
be ﬁned €40 on the spot.
BVG
The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe run the U-Bahn, buses and
trams. Their handy trip planner can be found at www.
fahrinfo-berlin.de.Qtel. +49 30 194 49, [email protected],
www.bvg.de.

TAXIS
Berlin’s friendly and ubiquitous beige Mercedes taxis can be
called or hailed on the street. They can also be found queing
at S/U-Bahn stations and near nightlife hotspots. Not all taxis
accept credit cards, ask when you book. Prices are the same
day and night; ﬂagfall plus the ﬁrst kilometre is €3,40; then up
to 7km it’s €1,79/km, thereafter €1,28/km. Waiting costs €25/
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hr. For short hops hail a taxi already driving in the direction
you need to go and immediately ask for the Kurzfahrstrecke
tarriﬀ; €4 for 2km. By the way, Funk means radio.
CITY FUNKQtel. +49 30 21 02 02, www.cityfunk.de.
FUNK TAXI BERLINQtel. +49 30 26 10 26,
www.taxifunkberlin.de.
TAXI FUNKQtel. +49 30 44 33 22, www.taxi443322.de.
WBT FUNK TAXI BERLINQtel. +49 30 26 10 26,
www.funk-taxi-berlin.de.
WÜRFEL-FUNKQtel. +49 30 21 01 01,
www.wuerfelfunk.de.

CYCLING
As long as it’s dry, getting around Berlin is really best done
by bicycle. It’s a ﬂat city, there are plenty of cycle paths and
wide bus lanes for you to use and you see so much more
from the saddle than from the U-Bahn train window. Note
that cycling on the pavement is illegal and may get you
ﬁned, even though everyone does it. Cycling across town
may take a while, though for €1,60 you can take your bike
on an S/U-Bahn train too. There are dozens of bike rental
places, most charging €10-12 per day. The urban bike
trip planner www.bbbike.de can suggest low-traﬃc and
cobblestone-free routes across Berlin.

CITY CARDS
Discounts are a welcome relief, so if you are planning
to travel around town a lot and see more than one
museum, get a reduced rate card. Note that students
and youths may get better reductions at museums
using their student ID cards.
BERLIN WELCOMECARD
The Berlin WelcomeCard is a combined transport and
reduction card (museums, bike tours/rental, boat tours,
etc) valid for zone AB or zone ABC (which includes
Potsdam and Schönefeld airport). Cards are valid for 48
hours (AB €18,50, ABC €20,50), 72 hours (€25,50/27,50)
or 5 days (€32,50/37,50). There’s also a 72-hour variety
(€38,50/40,50) that includes free admission to the ﬁve
Museumsinsel museums. Cards are sold online and from
BVG ticket machines, tourist oﬃces, S-Bahn oﬃces, hotels
and kiosks. The similar CityTourCard (www.citytourcard.
com) is a little cheaper, with restaurant, bar and club
discounts geared towards younger travellers: 48 hours
(AB €16,90, ABC €18,90), 72 hours (€23,90/25,90) or
5 days (€30,90/35,90).Qwww.berlin-welcomecard.de.
MUSEUM PASS BERLIN
50 museums, including the permanent collections of
the Staatliche Museen (state museums), can be visited
with the Berlin Museum Pass (€24/12, valid three days).
It’s for sale at the museums, tourism oﬃces and online.
Qwww.berlin-welcomecard.de.
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Sports in Berlin

Sports in Berlin

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Berlin is without a doubt the German capital of sports - the
city has no less than six professional sports teams, playing
ﬁve exciting spectator sports: Hertha BSC and FC Union
play football, the Eisbären is an ace ice hockey team, Alba is
Berlin’s renowned basketball club, the Füchse play handball,
and volleyball is taken care of by the BR Volleys. Their
home matches attract huge numbers of visitors to Berlin’s
stadiums; last season alone 2,4 million tickets were sold
for their events. In addition to this, Berlin’s streets regularly
host huge sports events such as the public viewing festivals
during major sports events abroad, and the city also hosts
countless amateur sports matches.
Despite being rivals, Berlin’s six professional sports
collaborate to improve the circumstances for professional
sports in Berlin, promoting Berlin’s image as an international
sports event destination.

ALBA BERLIN (BASKETBALL)
Also known as the Albatrosse,
Berlin’s basketball club is
Germany’s most successful, and
has the largest fanbase; home
matches easily attract 10,000
spectators. The current team’s
average height is an impressive
1,98m. Since going pro in 1991,
Alba has won the German League 8 times and the
German Cup 7 times (including 2013), and was also
the ﬁrst German team to win an international title with
the 1995 Korac Cup.
Alba slam-dunk their way to victory at their home O2
World stadium on the following dates:
6 Feb, 20:00: Panathinaikos Athens
15 Feb, 17:00: EWE Baskets Oldenburg
18 Feb, 20:00: FC Bayern München
04 Mar, 20:15: Zalgiris Kaunas
14 Mar, 18:30: TBB Trier
19 Mar, 20:15: Galatasaray Istanbul
26 Mar, 20:15: Roter Stern Belgrad
28 Mar, 18:30: Telekom Baskets Bonn
QI-4, Mildred-Harnack-Straße (O2 World),
Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49
1805 57 00 11, www.albaberlin.de. Tickets €8-65.
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The home matches of Berlin’s pro teams are easy to visit:
you don’t need to understand German to be able to follow
a match and unlike in other European countries, sports
matches in Germany are quite peaceful events, meaning
it’s no problem to bring the whole family to the stadium
for an afternoon or evening of fun. Finding out about
which matches are playing where can be problematic for
visitors however as the club websites are not all available
in English, and some make it diﬃcult to ﬁnd the upcoming
playing dates. In the club details here we have listed all
home matches for the following months, though always
keep an eye on the club websites for changes or additional
matches. Berlin’s oﬃcial English-language sports website
www.berlin-sportmetropole.de has information about all
the teams, venues and tickets; ticket booking site www.
eventimsports.de sells tickets for all matches.
Berlin’s ‘other’ football team, 1 FC Union, was formed in the
East in 1966, and always has been a special kind of club.
They were the underfunded rivals of the Stasi-sponsored
Dynamo club during the GDR era, and since German
reuniﬁcation they’ve had ﬁnancial problems that were
creatively solved by participation of the loyal fanbase;
their Alte Försterei stadium was renovated by thousands
of fans that put in a lot of work. They like to stand, and
the 22,000-capacity stadium has less than 4000 seats.
Also unique is the tradition of singing Christmas carols by
candlelight in the stadium every December - with about
17,000 fans showing up to belt out ‘Stille Nacht’.Enjoy
cheering for Berlin!

EISBÄREN BERLIN (ICE HOCKEY)
Originating in 1953 in
East Germany’s Dynamo
sports club, the ‘polar
bears’ is Berlin’s popular
professional ice hockey
team. They have won
the national Deutsche
Eishockey Liga 7 times,
more than any other
team, most recently in
2013 under Canadian
coach Jeﬀ Tomlinson. They also bagged the European
Trophy in 2010; unfortunately they were not as lucky in
the 2013/2014 season. But their home matches at the
O2 Stadium are true family fests, with plenty of young
fans packing the seats, and a festive, good-humoured
atmosphere.
Their upcoming home matches are:
13 Feb, 19:30: Augsburger Panther
15 Feb, 14:30: Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
27 Feb, 19:30: Düsseldorfer EG
1 Mar, 14:30: Iserlohn Roosters
QI-4, Mildred-Harnack-Straße (O2 World),
Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49
30 97 18 40 40, www.eisbaeren.de. Tickets €18-46.

BR VOLLEYS (VOLLEYBALL)

Berlin’s professional volleyball team originates in the
western district of Charlottenburg, but plays home
matches at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Prenzlauer
Berg. The BR Volleys have been particularly successful
since the late 1990s, winning the German Bundesliga
title ﬁve times. On 28-29 March 2015, the Final Four of
the Championships League will be held in Berlin.Their
upcoming home games are:
4 Feb, 19:30: TV Rottenburg
14 Feb, 18:30: VSG Coburg/Grub
21 Feb, 19:30: SWD powervolleys Düren
28-29 Mar: Final Four Championships League
QAm Falkplatz (Max-Schmeling-Halle), Prenzlauer
Berg, tel. +49 1806 99 11 12, www.berlin-recyclingvolleys.de. Tickets €13-16.

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FÜCHSE BERLIN (HANDBALL)
“The foxes’, Berlin’s
handball team, is part
of an old West Berlin
sports club, and now
plays home matches
in Prenzlauer Berg’s
famous Max-Schmeling-Halle, named after
the German boxing
legend who was world
champion heavyweight
between 1930-32. The Füchse compete in Germany’s
Handball Liga and the European Champions League,
and won the German cup at the end of the very successful 2013-2014 season.
Upcoming home games:
11 Feb, 19:00: GWD Minden
22 Feb, 17:15: Vojvodina-Univerexport Novi Sad
26 Feb, 19:00: TBV Lemgo
8 Mar, 17:15: Skjern Håndbold
15 Mar, 17:15: FC Porto
18 Mar, 19:00: HSG Wetzlar
QG-1, Am Falkplatz (Max-Schmeling-Halle),
Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser Allee, tel. +49
30 44 30 44 30, www.fuechse-berlin.de. Tickets €1250.

HERTHA BSC (FOOTBALL)
FC UNION BERLIN (FOOTBALL)
FC Union is the working man’s football
team for Berlin, originating in East Berlin
in 1966 and a feared
counterpart for the GDR’s state-inﬂuenced Dynamo club. Union is still ﬁercely independent, based in
their charming An der Alten Försterei stadium. The club
has resisted all commercialism, with a club anthem
sung by punkrock legend Nina Hagen, and a stadium uniquely partly owned by passionate fans. Nicknamed Eisern Union (iron union), it had a tough time
in the 1990s, but has had more success in the national
competitions since the early 2000s.Upcoming home
games:
7 Feb, 13:00: VfL Bochum
22 Feb, 13:30: 1. FC Heidenheim
8 Mar, 13:30: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
20 Mar, 18:30: FC St. Pauli
QAn der Wuhlheide 263 (Stadion An der Alten
Försterei), Köpenick, MS Köpenick, tel. +49 30 656
68 80, www.fc-union-berlin.de. Tickets €14-43.
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Berlin’s main football team plays home matches at
the impressive Olympiastadion, Germany’s second
largest stadium which was built for the 1936
Olympic Games and renovated for the 2006 World
Cup. Hertha competes in the national Bundesliga
and internationally in the UEFA Cup and Uefa
Championships League. Hertha dates back to 1892 and
is know as the ‘Alte Dame’, the old dame, witnessing its
glory years between 1926 and 1931 when it reached
the German Championship ﬁnals 6 times, winning it
twice. Nowadays Hertha’s fortunes are mixed, but the
fan base remains loyal.
Upcoming home matches:
4 Feb, 20:00: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
15 Feb, 15:30: SC Freiburg
28 Feb, 15:30: FC Augsburg
14 Mar, 15:30: FC Schalke 04
QOlympischer
Platz
3
(Olympiastadion),
Charlottenburg, MS5 Olympiastadion, tel. +49
1805 18 92 00, www.herthabsc.de. Tickets €15-89.
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Basics
BASIC DATA
Population: Germany: 81,751,602; Berlin: 3,460,725
Longest river in Germany: Rhine, 1319km.
The Spree is 403km.
Highest point of Germany: Zugspitze, 2962m
Highest point of Berlin: Teufelsberg, 114m
Highest natural point of Berlin:
Victoriapark Kreuzberg, 66m
Berlin’s territory: 900 square kilometers

CRIME & SAFETY
Berlin is a relatively calm and safe place. Instances of petty
crimes are low compared to other Western European capitals, though you shoulds still always keep an eye on your
valuables and never leave bags, wallets and mobile phones
unattended. Just like anywhere else, be careful when walking in unlit streets late at night. Race-related hassles seldom
occur in Berlin’s touristed central areas.

ELECTRICITY
Electrical current in Germany is 220v AC, 50 Hz via standard European round, two-pin sockets. Converters can be
bought at the airport and large electronics shops, and
many hotels will have them at the front desk too.

ERASMUS STUDENT
NETWORK
How do international students get to meet locals
and the city during an academic exchange? The
best way to do it is via the Erasmus Student Network
(ESN), one of the biggest interdisciplinary student
associations in Europe. It was developed to help
internationals during their stay abroad. ESN is present
in more than 430 Higher Education Institutions in 36
countries. The closest section to Berlin is the section
in Potsdam, where more than 20 volunteers care for
you. For information, see potsdam.esngermany.org or
www.facebook.com/esn.lei.potsdam.
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MONEY
Germany uses the euro (€). Banknotes come in denominations of €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500. Coins,
whose design depends on in which country they were
minted, come in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50
cents and €1 and €2. Credit and debit card payment is
possible in a wide range of shops, restaurants and nightlife
venues, though always have cash on you for small payments
just in case. This guide indicates which places do not accept
plastic. ATMs can be found everywhere; those that charge
for transactions clearly indicate the fee during the process.
Exchange oﬃces can be found at the major train stations.

ONLINE

VISAS AND ENTRY
FORMALITIES
EU citizens can stay in Germany as long as they like, though
registration at a Bürgeramt oﬃce is oﬃcially required for stays
more than a few months. Citizens of Australia, Canada, Hong
Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Mexico USA and a few
others can enter Germany without a visa for a maximum of 90
days in any six month period. All other nationals need to apply
for a German visa in advance. Note that there’s no passport
control between Germany and the other 14 European ‘Schengen’ countries, and visas to any of these are valid for travel in
Germany too. All visitors need a passport that is valid for at
least fourth months from the date of arrival; EU citizens can
enter with a valid EU identity card too. Check the MFA website
for the latest immigration details: www.auswaertiges-amt.de.

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Germans like their beer, drinking about 107 litres per capita
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Berlin’s local brew, the slightly sour Berliner Weiße, is only really palatable ‘mit Schuss’, with a shot of sweet fruit sirup. Cocktails and long drinks of varying quality and price are available
in a multitude of places. Non-alcoholic drinks often sipped
in Berlin include Apfelschorle, a refreshing mix of apple juice
and sparkling water, and Club-Mate (‘kloob mah-tea’) ice tea,
made with extract of the South American maté plant, caﬀeine
and tannins, and is popular with local hipsters as it comes in
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Culture & Events

Culture & Events
Berlin is blessed with a large number of quality theatres
and halls, top-quality artists and relatively cheap tickets
- and an annual cultural budget of over €900 million to
fund it all. Sports lovers can choose from a wide variety of
matches played year-round.

OPERA & CLASSICAL MUSIC
DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN
West Berlin’s 1960s opera building with its excellent
acoustics hosts superb musical and theatrical performances.
Donald Runnicles is the principal conductor.QB-3,
Bismarckstraße 35, Charlottenburg, MU Deutsche
Oper, tel. +49 30 34 38 43 43, www.deutscheoperberlin.
de. Tickets from €16.
KOMISCHE OPER
Starting oﬀ as the Theater Unter den Linden in 1892, the
building’s monumental neo-baroque main hall survived
wartime bombing, and reopened in 1947. It shows classic
music, ballet and opera pieces. Translations in English
are shown on a screen on the seat in front of you.QF-3,
Behrenstraße 55, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel.
+49 30 20 26 00, www.komische-oper-berlin.de. Tickets
€9-150.

EVENT TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased at the venues, via hotel
concierges, at ticket oﬃces (also in major department
stores) and online.
EVENTIM An online booking service with event
tickets mailed or available for home printing.Qtel. +49
180 557 00 70, www.eventim.de.
HEKTICKET Ticket shops and online sales (for home
printing, pick-up or mailing). Reduced same-day tickets
for shows and attractions are available after 14:00. Also
at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 13, Mitte.QC-4, Hardenbergstraße 29d, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 230 99 30, www.hekticket.
de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 14:00 - 18:00.
KOKA 36 Kreuzberg’s Konzertkasse has tickets in their
shop and online (German only), for mailing and pickup.QH-4, Oranienstraße 29, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 10 13 13, www.koka36.
de. Open 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun.
PAPAGENA Regular and reduced price tickets for
classical music, opera and theatre. Call for English-language service.Qtel. +49 30 47 99 74 44, www.khs.
papagena.de.

BERLINALE FILM FESTIVAL
Taking place at the Stage Theatre at Potsdamer
Platz and many cinemas across Berlin, Berlin’s 65th
International Film Festival brings a cinematic buzz
to town. With about 450 films and 300,000 tickets
sold to tens of thousands of local and international
visitors, the Berlinale is one of the most popular
and certainly the best-attended film festival in the
world.
Apart from the main competition section, where
ﬁlms vie for the coveted Golden Bear award, there
are many other competition categories such as
Panorama, children’s movies, youth ﬁlms and German
cinema - as well as themed ﬁlm series just for the fun
of it.
Tickets are released and sold following complicated
rules that are only logical to the Germans who stand
around in the long queues; or you can buy limited
tickets via www.berlinale.de. It’s best to have a few
preferred options in mind when you queue, and get
whatever’s available, or just show up at the venue and
gamble there are still a few seats. It’s best to skip any
movie that will be in regular cinemas soon, and focus
on the unusual ﬁlms.
Films not in English sometimes have English subtitles.
Pick up the Berlinale programme booklet and
newspaper for all ﬁlm screening details.
5-15 February; www.berlinale.de.
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KONZERTHAUS BERLIN
Together with the Deutscher and Französischer Dom
churches, the Konzerthaus forms Berlin’s most spectacular
architectural ensemble. Built by Friedrich Schinkel in 1821,
it was badly damaged in the war and only reopened as a
concert hall in 1984. The Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester plays
at the venue.QF-3, Gendarmenmarkt 2, Mitte, MU
Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 203 09 21 01, www.konzerthaus.
de. Tickets €10-99.
STAATSOPER IM SCHILLERTHEATER
The venue for Daniel Barenboim’s award-winning
Staatskapelle orchestra. Temporarily housed in the
Schillertheater until renovations of their grand theatre on
Unter den Linden are completed.QC-3, Bismarckstraße
110, Charlottenburg, MU Ernst-Reuter-Platz, tel. +49 30
20 35 45 55, www.staatsoper-berlin.org. Tickets €14-220.

SHOWS
ADMIRALSPALAST
This former army bathhouse was famous for its cabaret,
operetta house, spa and brothel in Berlin’s roaring 20s.
Hitler cleaned up their acts in the 1930s, installing a private
box so that he could watch his favourite operetta ‘The
Merry Widow’, and Brecht tried out his new theatre here
from the 1950s. With several theatres, it now puts on plays,
concerts and musicals.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 101, Mitte,
MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 47 99 74 99, www.
admiralspalast.de. Shows Tue-Sun 20:00. Tickets €21-79.
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BERLIN RESIDENCE CONCERTS
The Berlin Residence Orchestra consists of well-known
musicians, who interpret baroque and classic opera with a
keen sense of the compositions from that era. The result
is an extraordinary concert event, with musical highlights presented true to the original style and aristocratic sound. Guests can combine the concert with a tour of
Charlottenburg castle, and a dinner amidst hundreds of
candles.QB-3, Spandauer Damm 22-24, Charlottenburg, MS Westend, tel. +49 30 25 810 350, www.
residenzkonzerte.berlin. Dinner 18:00, concert 20:00.
Tickets €29-127.
BLUE MAN GROUP
The (quite literally) Blue Man Group has been wowing
audiences for years in their Bluemax Theatre. The visually
and musically powerful show is suitable for foreigners as
it has little spoken German, and now has been thoroughly
revamped, with many new sketches and elements.QE-4,
Marlene Dietrich Platz 4, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz,
tel. +49 1805 44 44, www.bluemangroup.de. Shows Tue,
Fri 21:00; Wed, Thu, Sat 18:00, 21:00; Sun 18:00. Tickets
from €69.
FRIEDRICHSTADT-PALAST
No one does over-the-top better than the producers and
long-legged dancers and acrobats of Friedrichstadtpalast.
This venue normally puts on the glitziest, biggest
revues in town.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 107, Mitte, MU
Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 23 26 23 26, www.showpalace.eu. Tickets €18-106.

BERLIN RESIDENCE
CONCERTS

Masquerade –
Venetian Temptation
Masterpieces by Antonio Vivaldi,
Alessandro Marcello,
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi,
Arcangelo Corelli &
Claudio Monteverdi
from 07th February, 2015

Dinner & Concert
Klassik à la carte

Enjoy classical concerts and a festive dinner in royal
surroundings. Exclusive culinary delicacies and musical
masterpieces are combined in the magical surroundings
of the Great Orangery Charlottenburg Palace. Immerse
yourself in the fantastic world of Carnevale di Venezia
with the new programme “Masquerade - Venetian
Temptation”. The Berlin Residence Orchestra presents
renowned masterpieces by outstanding composers
such as Vivaldi, Marcello, Pergolesi and Monteverdi. An
Italian three-course dinner will put you in the mood for
a glamorous evening.
“MASQUERADE  VENETIAN TEMPTATION”
7, 14, 21, 28 February and 7, 14, 21, 25, 28 March
(palace tour 10:00/17:00, dinner 18:00, concert
20:00).

Tickets 030 25 810 35 0
[email protected]
www.residenzkonzerte.berlin

BERLIN RESIDENCE CONCERTS
QSpandauer Damm 22-24, Charlottenburg, tel. +49
30 25 81 03 50, www.concerts-berlin.com.
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RAF - TERRORIST VIOLENCE

Culture & Events
HINTERM HORIZONT
The musical based on the songs of German rock legend
Udo Lindenberg is a hit with the locals, and using the free
portable translator device (book in advance), international
visitors can follow the spoken scenes too. ‘Behind the
horizon’ is an East-West love story set in Berlin: a West
German rock singer falls for an East Berlin beauty, who spies
on him for the Stasi in order to save her brother. Years later, in
a reunited Germany, they piece together their history.QE-4,
Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 (Stage Theater am Potsdamer
Platz), MPotsdamer Platz, tel. +49 1805 44 44, www.
stage-entertainment.de. Shows 19:00, Fri 20:00, Sat
15:30, 20:00, Sun 14:30. Mon closed. Tickets €38-97.
TIPI AM KANZLERAMT
Continuing a tradition that started a century ago in Berlin,
the Tipi team wine, dine and entertain guests for an evening
in their elegant year-round tent in Tiergarten park. Before
the show starts, gourmet food is served. Then it’s over to
the artists featured that night to entertain the audience.
QE-3, Große Querallee, Tiergarten, MU Bundestag, tel.
+49 30 39 06 65 50, www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de. Shows
20:00, Sun 19:00. Tickets €15-45.

Wanted poster for anarchist violent oﬀenders, May 1972
The Federal Police appealed to the citizens via such posters.
Arrested persons were struck out.
© Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart

The new “RAF - Terrorist Violence” exhibition at the
Deutsches Historisches Museum, until 8 March, discusses
the actions and attacks of the Red Army Faction and
focuses on the way citizens and politicians dealt with
their terrorist violence which killed 34 people. Special
attention is given to the radicalisation of the student
protest movement in West-Berlin from 1967 to 1970,
although the attacks primarily took place in southwest
Germany. The exhibition also broadly asks how terrorist
violence be combated without jeopardising the
democratic state, a question that is still relevant today.
Exhibition tours in English take place on Fridays at 15:00.
DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUMQUnter
den Linden 2, Mitte, MHackescher Markt, tel. +49
30 20 30 40, www.dhm.de. Open daily 10:00 - 18:00.

ASK THE CONCIERGE
Berlin’s top hotels all have concierges that are there
to make the guest’s lives easier. They can inform you
about current events, book tickets, make restaurant
reservations and hand out copies of Berlin In Your
Pocket, transport maps, and brochures. Concierges can
be recognised by the crossed golden keys on the lapels
of their jackets.
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WINTERGARTEN VARIÉTÉ
One of Berlin’s famed variety theatres was revived here
as a dinner theater. Seated around tables, you’ll enjoy a
show with acrobats, magicians, clowns, jugglers and more.
Before the show, waiters take orders for meals which are
served during the break. New shows are put on several
times per year.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 96, Tiergarten,
MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 58 84 33, www.
wintergarten-berlin.de. Shows Wed-Sat 20:00, Sun
18:00. Tickets €25-60.

THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE
Berlin has dozens of venues for performances. There’s lots
of great theatre, but most of it is German-language; it’s getting better, with English plays or surtitles in some theatres.
Berlin is the world capital of contemporary dance; look for
shows by Sasha Waltz, perhaps the best choreographer
around. The Staatsballett Berlin is the main classic dance
company. Tanzraumberlin magazine (www.tanzraumberlin.
de), available at the venues, lists all dance events.

DALÍ EXHIBITION DISCOUNT
The high-quality catalogue of the Dali Exhibition at
Potsdamer Platz has 44 pages of text about Dalí’s life
and work, and details of the speciﬁc artworks in the
exhibition, plus 40 detailed large-format illustrations.
Until 31 March 2015, readers of Berlin In Your Pocket
can purchase the book for €14,95 instead of €19,95 on
presentation of this guidebook (for ticket-holders of
the exhibition only; may not be combined with other
oﬀers).
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Poker

R oulet t e

Bl ack Jack

Slotm achines

There are many ways to
spend a night in Berlin.
But spending an Evening
at its Casino could be an
unforgettable one.
Spielbank-berlin.de
+49-(0)30-255 99 0
Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1
10785 Berlin
Open daily 11am - 5am
Guest must be 18 or over
and show a valid ID card..
Please remember to
gamble Responsibly.

ENGLISH THEATRE BERLIN
Berlin residents, whether native English speakers or
not, come to this theatre for the edgy programming
on the little black box’s stage.QF-5, Fidicinstraße 40,
Kreuzberg, MU Platz der Luftbrücke, tel. +49 30 691
12 11, [email protected], www.etberlin.de. Tickets
€14-18.

DALÍ EXHIBITION

HALLE TANZBÜHNE
A monumental school gym, used for excellent modern
dance productions by the Toula Limnaios company.QG1, Eberswalder Straße 10-11, Prenzlauer Berg, MU
Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 44 04 42 92, www.halletanz-berlin.de. Tickets €15.
HEBBEL AM UFER (HAU)
Three small theatres (the others at Stresemannstraße 29
and Tempelhofer Ufer 10) perform experimental theatre
(often in English or mute) and dance.QF-4, Hallesches
Ufer 32, Kreuzberg, MU Hallesches Tor, tel. +49 30
259 00 40, www.hebbel-am-ufer.de. Tickets €11-18.

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© DaliBerlin.de

With over 450 exhibits, the new museum and cultural
highlight ‘Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz’ oﬀers
the most complete overview of Dalí’s virtuous and experimental mastery in almost all art techniques, right here in
the heart of Berlin. As Dalí once said: “Come into my brain”.
In keeping with this spirit ’Surrealism for all’, visitors to Berlin now have the chance to discover ‘their Dalí’.
DALÍ - THE EXHIBITION AT POTSDAMER
PLATZQLeipziger Platz 7, Mitte, MPotsdamer
Platz, tel. +49 700 32 54 23 75 46, www.daliberlin.
de. Open 12:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 20:00. Admission
€12,50/9,50, tours €7.
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DEUTSCHE OPER
Berlin’s famous Deutsche Oper orchestra moves back
into its home theatre after extensive renovations this
winter. All the more reason to visit and watch one
of their performances. Several shows have Englishlanguage subtitles so visitors can follow the action; see
the website for details. The highlights at Berlin’s famous
Deutsche Oper orchestra for this season are:
Feb 4, 7: Electra by Richard Strauss
Feb 21, 26, Mar 1: Samson & Dalila
Mar 8, 12, 14, 27: La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
Mar 13, 19, 22, 28: The Girl of the Golden West by
Giacomo Puccini
Mar 20, 24, 30: La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini
Mar 26, 29: Madame Butterﬂy, Giacomo Puccini
DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN, Bismarckstraße 35, tel.
+49 30 34 38 43 43, www.deutscheoperberlin.de.

WINTERGARTEN:
MAGICAL MYSTERY

Marcel

© Photo: Jonathan F. Kromer

Until 15 February, visit the Magical Mystery Show for the
Grand Masters of magic, who make the impossible seem
possible, creating mysterious moments where nothing
is as it seems. From 23 February, the “Breakin’ Mozart”
show combines variety performances and classical
music, adding the unlikely element of breakdancing
by the award-winning DDC Company dance group.
Besides whirling dance shows, there’s diabolo wizardry,
partner acrobatics, and a male contortionist. Mozart’s
music is performed live in both orchestra versions and
modern human beatbox adaptations.
WINTERGARTEN VARIÉTÉQPotsdamer Straße
96, Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 58
84 33, www.wintergarten-berlin.de. Shows Wed-Sat
20:00, Sun 18:00.
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KOOKABURRA COMEDY CLUB
Laughing matters at this comedy club, which has alternating
English-language stand-up comedy nights every month:
Kim Eustace on the ﬁrst Tuesday, and the interactive
ComedySportz show on the second and fourth Tuesday.
Also look for Karsten Kaie’s show “How to become a Berliner
in one hour”.QG-2, Schönhauser Allee 184, Prenzlauer
Berg, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30 48 62 31
86, www.comedyclub.de. Tickets €5-16. Shows Tue-Sun.
QUATSCH COMEDY CLUB
“Quatsch” is the delicious German word for nonsense,
and there’s plenty of it in the shows held in the
Friedrichstadtpalast theatre basement. Most are in German,
but look out for special guests and the regular Englishlanguage “Strictly Stand Up” nights. Drinks and snacks like
nachos and hot dogs are available.QF-3, Friedrichstr.
107, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstrasse, tel. +49 1806 999 00
09 69, www.quatsch-comedy-club.de. Tickets €25-35.
Shows Thu-Sun.
RADIALSYSTEM V
A fantastic theatre, dance and music venue in an old
pumping station along the Spree river. There’s a restaurant
and café too.QH-4, Holzmarktstraße 33, Friedrichshain,
MS Ostbahnhof, tel. +49 30 288 78 85 88, www.
radialsystem.de. Tickets €5-41.
SCHAUBÜHNE
Set inside a quirky former 1920s cinema, the politically and
socially engaged repertoire of this venerable ensemble
theatre ranges from classics to contemporary plays, and
regularly travels abroad, giving famed directors like Thomas
Ostermeier, Falk Richter and Katie Mitchell and actors like
Lars Eidinger and Nina Hoss the chance to shine abroad.
Every month, several shows have English and/or French
surtitles. There’s a good theatre café with drinks and simple
meals too.QB-4, Kurfürstendamm 153, Charlottenburg,
MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 89 00 23, www.
schaubuehne.de. Tickets €7-47.

Events
CLASSICAL MUSIC
6 & 7 Feb, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; works by Sibelius

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8 Feb, 20:00
PH
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher; works by Szymanowsky
and Lutoslawsky
10 Feb, 20:00
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Works by Beethoven, Prokoﬁev, Chopin and Liszt

PH

12 Feb, 20:00
PH
Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano)
Works by Mozart, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Chopin and Brahms
13 Feb, 20:00
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev; works by Berlioz

PH

17 Feb, 20:00
PH
Staatskapelle Berlin, Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Conductor: Plácido Domingo
8 Feb, 20:00
PH
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Chopin
19 Feb, 22:00
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Conductor: Iván Fischer; works by Brahms

FILM FESTIVALS

KH

Foreign ﬁlm oﬀerings in German cinemas are often
dubbed so check www.critic.de/ov-movies-berlin or
look in listings magazines like Tip and Zitty, for subtitled
ﬁlms; these are marked in with OmU or OmengU
(original version with German/English subtitles) and
OF or OV (original version); DF means German version.
ADRIA
The ﬁlm Berlin, wie es war, black and white footage of
old Berlin, in German, screens every Sunday at 11:30.
QSchloßstraße 48, Steglitz, MS/U Rathaus Steglitz,
tel. +49 180 505 07 11, www.cineplex.de. Tickets
€7,40-9,40.
BABYLON MITTE
A 1920s ﬁlmhouse with a great program, but beware
of dubbed ﬁlms. The building itself is a example of New
Objectivity. Occasionaly there are screenings of silent
ﬁlms accompanied by the 1929 organ.QG-2, RosaLuxemburg-Straße 30, Mitte, MU Rosa-LuxemburgPlatz, tel. +49 30 242 59 69, www.babylonberlin.de.
Tickets €7.
CENTRAL KINO
Art-house ﬁlms and mini ﬁlm fests take place in this
small, but comfy cinema at the very back of a scruﬀy
courtyard.QG-2, Rosenthaler Straße 39, Mitte, MS
Hackerscher Markt, tel. +49 30 28 59 99 73, www.
kino-central.de. Tickets €6,50, Tue, Wed €5,50.
CINESTAR IMAX & ORIGINAL
CineStar IMAX has blockbuster ﬁlms and documentaries
in English on the biggest screen in town, featuring IMAX
quality of projection and sound. The CineStar Original
cinema has Germany’s widest range of Hollywood
and arthouse movies in their original English version.
QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 4, Tiergarten (Sony Center),
MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 26 06 64 00,
www.cinestar.de. Tickets €6-13.
HACKESCHE HÖFE
Mainly shows foreign ﬁlms in their original language.
QG-2, Rosenthaler Straße 40, Mitte, MS Hackescher
Markt, tel. +49 30 283 46 03, www.hackesche-hoefe.
org. Tickets €8; Mon, Tue €6,50.

Apart from the huge Berlinale ﬁlm festival in February,
Berlin has over 40 smaller international ﬁlm festivals
throughout the year, often focused on a country or theme.
5-15 Feb: Berlinale FF, various cinemas,
www.berlinale.de
13-18 Mar: CineBrazil, Babylon, www.cinebrasil.info
19-23 Mar: 11mm Football FF, Babylon,
www.11-mm.de
20-21 Mar: East & West Europe FF, Toni,
www.ars-cinema.de
20-23 Mar: Israel FF, Moviemento,
www.israelﬁlmfestivalberlin.com
20-28 Mar: Contravision short FF, Kino Central,
www.contravision.de
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CINEMAS

SPUTNIK
Berlin’s highest cinema screens a lot of indie ﬁlms,
many in English, and sometimes very long ones. In
a back courtyard of a large complex, it may seem a
bit dicey working your way to the theater, but it’s
safe, small, and friendly. Bricks make up part of the
furniture.QG-5, Hasenheide 54, Kreuzberg, MU
Südstern, tel. +49 30 694 11 47, www.sputnik-kino.
com. Tickets €5-6,5.
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Culture & Events
2 March, 20:00
PH
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Nils
Mönkemeyer (viola)
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling; works by Toru Takemitsu,
Bartók and Dvorák

MUSEUM FOR
COMMUNICATION:
JULES VERNE
Until 22 February, the palatial building of the Museum für Kommunikation
hosts a special exhibition
about travel, globalisation and communication
in our shrinking world.
The foundations for our
current communication
network started oﬀ with
railways, mail steamers
and the telegraph in the
Victorian age, when Jules
Verne’s “Around the World
© Bibliothèques d´Amiens
Métropole, Collection Jules
in 80 Days” stunned the
Verne
reading audience. At the
museum, 80 objects are used to show the pace of progress at the time; from a portable travel desk, a walking
stick with an integrated compass, and a piece of the
3000-kilometre-long submarine cable once connecting
Europe and North America, to the globe Verne used to
plan his stories. The exhibition ends with modern-day
developments such as geo-information systems.
MUSEUM FÜR KOMMUNIKATION, Leipziger Straße
16, Mitte, tel. +49 30 20 29 40, U Stadtmitte, www.
mfk-berlin.de. Open 09:00 - 17:00, Tue 09:00 - 20:00,
Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00, Mon closed. Admission €4/2.
21 Feb, 20:00
Klassische Konzerte Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Stefan Bevier; works by Vivaldi

PH

24 Feb, 20:00
PH
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno; works by Adès, Foulds and
Weinberg
26-28 Feb, 20:00
PH
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev; works by Beethoven and
Prokoﬁev
1 March, 16:00
PH
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Conductor: Marek Janowski; works by Skrjabin, Ravel and
Schmitt
1 March, 20:00
PH
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kirill
Gerstein (piano)
Conductor: Jakub Hruša; works by Kodály, Strauss, Liszt
and Janáček
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4-6 March, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Bernard Haitink; works by Beethoven

PH

8 March, 16:00
Staatskapelle Berlin
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim; works by Alban Berg

PH

9 March, 20:00
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth; works by Janácek,
Wigglesworth and Mozart

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10-12 March, 20:00
PH
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Donald Runnicles; works by Messiaen, Debussy
and Duruﬂé

ITB TRAVEL FAIR
The most important event for the international travel
industry is the annual ITB (Internationale TourismusBörse) in Berlin’s convention centre. It is not just for people
in the business, but for anyone who wants a quick and
convenient taste of other lands, cultures, and adventures...
and kilos of brochures and information with which to
plan a dream vacation. The fair attracts visitors from all
corners of the world: some 170,000 people attend every
year, over half of them trade visitors. They have plenty
to look at: 10,000 exhibitors from 180 countries and
territories worldwide try to catch their attention. These
ﬁgures make Berlin’s travel fair the largest in the world.
The partner country for 2015 is Mongolia.
The ITB ﬁrst started in 1966, with nine exhibitors (of
which Iraq was one) and 250 trade visitors. Hungary
and Romania joined ITB in 1968 during the temporary
relaxation of travel restrictions in Eastern Europe. By 1980
the ITB had outclassed all other tourism fairs. Countries
and tour operators hand out more than paper - they
entertain, host shows and present food and drinks. The
general public visiting the fair is ever more geared towards
getting information about far-ﬂung destinations, and in
themed halls covering ecological travel, cruises, wellness,
Gay & Lesbian travel, youth, adventure and more.
ITB INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR
4-8 March 2014, March 7-8 for the general public.
Messegelände (Convention Center), Messedamm
22, CB, S-Bahn Messe Nord or Messe Süd, www.
itb-berlin.com. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €15,
trade visitors €52 (online €12/35).
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LIONEL RITCHIE
& TAO DRUMS

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Pop legend Lionel Richie has been on the
road with the “All the hits,
all night long” tour since
September 2013, and on
17 February he’ll visit Berlin’s O2 World stadium.
With ﬁve Grammys, 100
million sold albums and
dozens of hit songs spanning decades, it’s sure to
be a great show.

14 March, 20:00
PH
Festival Orchestra Berlin
Conductor: Stefan Bevier; works by Vivaldi, Corelli, Albinoni
and Paganini
15 March, 16:00
PH
Staatskapelle Berlin, Pinchas Zukerman (violin),
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim; works by Berg
18 March, 20:00
PH
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin, Staatskapelle Halle
Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle; works by Gioacchino and Verdi
20 March, 20:00
PH
Kammerorchester Basel, Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Conductor: Andreas Spering; works by Mozart
21 March, 20:00
Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian
Bezuidenhout (pianoforte)
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado; works by Arriaga,
Hummel and Mendelssohn Bartholdy

PH

22 March, 20:00
András Schiff (piano) - Last Sonatas
Works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert

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25 March, 20:00
PH
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France,
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung; works by Tchaikovsky
and Berlioz
27 March, 20:00
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim; works by Boulez and
Schubert

PH

On 17 February, the Tempodrom hall hosts the
amazing TAO samurai drummers. This Japanese
group of percussionists has been playing stages
across the world since 1993, banging out intricate
and bombastic rhythms on a wide range of
traditional drums. For more details and tickets see
www.semmel.de.

28 & 29 March, 20:00
PH
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev; works by Schostakowitsch,
Chatschaturjan and Brahms

CONCERTS
7 Feb, 19:00
Slipknot (Alternative Metal)

MS

9 Feb, 20:00
Jamie T (Pop)

PB

14 Feb, 20:00
D’Angelo (Neo soul)

CH

TAO

ERIK PENNY
& Band

heart bleed out tour

THE SAMURAI OF THE DRUM
NEUES PROGRAMM

DIENSTAG

02/15/2015 Lido 8:00 pm

Sonntag,
02/15/2015
Privat Club 8:00 pm

17. FEBRUAR 2015

BERLIN O2OWorld
2 WORLD
02/17/2015
8:00 pm

15 02 BERLIN
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Culture & Events
DRINKS IN BERLIN
Why order a bland drink you have back home when
you can try one of many Szenegetränken (hip drinks)
that Berliners love? Here’s a dictionary of strange and
delicious drinks and drink brands you may spot on bar
menus around town.
LOCAL BRANDS
Made in Berlin, or elsewhere in/around Germany.
Afri-Cola, Fritz Cola - Local cola brands with high
caﬀeine content.
Almdudler - An Austrian mix of apple and grape juice
with herbs.
Ampelmännchen - Lightly carbonated mineral water
with apple-pomegranate or apple-kiwi taste. Red and
green, like the Berlin traﬃc light man. Only in shops.
Baola - Fair-trade, organic Baobab fruit drink, either
pure or with mango, cherry or guarana. Made in Munich.
Berliner Mätchen - Apple Schorle with mate tea extract.
Berliner Weisse mit Schuss - Sour wheat beer made
tasty with a shot of raspberry (Himbeer, red), woodruﬀ
(Waldmeister, green) or other syrups. Served with a straw.
Berliner Sommer/Winter - Organic drink with apple
juice and 10% vodka, plus lime & woodruﬀ (summer)
or spices (winter).
Bionade, BioZisch - Refreshing fruit juice brewed
with sparkling water. Try the Holunder (elderberry) or
Ingwer (ginger) varieties.
Club Cola - East Germany’s very own cola, since 1967,
in Original and Null Zucker varieties.
Club Mate - Highly caﬀeinated Bavarian drink with
mate tea extract, pronounced ‘kloob mah-te’. Take two
gulps and top up the bottle with booze for a VodkaMate or Sekt-Mate.
Glam Cola - Kreuzberg’s natural cola, sweetened with
fruit juices.
Hopster - Alcohol-free hop lemonade, made in Bavaria.
Kreuzbär - Berlin-made Fassbrause with caﬀeine;
Kreuzbärchen is caﬀeine-free and suitable for kids.
OBC Cidre - ‘Original Berliner Cidre’, with classic, strong
and rose ciders.
OstMost - Berlin-made juice, Schorle, and cider from
apples grown in bird-friendly orchards.
Proviant - Bottled smoothies, lemonades and Schorle,
made in Berlin with fresh organic fruit.
Spezi, Schwip-Schwap - Half cola, half orange soda.
Tannenzäpﬂe - ‘Fir cone’ beer, aka ‘Zäpﬂe’. Brewed in
the Black Forest, with a 1950s label design.
Wostok Tannenwald - Soviet-inspired lemonade
with pine needle oil, taiga root and cardamom. Also
in Green (tarragon-ginger) and Faraway Fruit (datepomegranate) versions.
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EXHIBITIONS

KNUTSCHFLECK EVENTS
Berlin’s new Burlesque-style cocktail bar, conveniently
located near many of the hotels around Alexanderplatz,
has a programme of events to keep you entertained.
Every Friday and Saturday from 20:00 there’s a 3,5
-hours show with live music, singers, dancers and
acrobats. On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 20:00
guests can grab the microphone themselves for a spot
of karaoke – with a free drink for singers. Sundays from
20:00 is Open Mic night, when anyone with talent is
invited up on stage.

WHERE TO WATCH SPORTS

Until 31 July
Panda – a black-and-white sensation
Children’s eyes lit up and photographers jostled for the
best view when the female panda Yan Yan arrived at Berlin
Zoo 20 years ago. The zoo hoped for baby pandas, but
sadly Yan Yan died childless in 2007. Museum taxidermists
have prepared her for a ﬁnal show together with her male
partner Bao Bao. The accompanying exhibition explains the
lifestyle and curious appetite of these unusual yet iconic
bears.

17 Feb, 20:00
Lionel Ritchie (Soul)

O2

18 March until 14 June
MG
Dance of the ancestors
An exhibition of 220 stunning artworks from Oceania,
made by tribes along the middle and lower reaches of
the river Sepik in Papua-New Guinea, an area that has
fascinated European scholars and artists – especially from
Berlin – since the early 20th century.

18 Feb, 20:00
Alison Moyet (Pop)

HX

TRADE FAIRS

6 March, 20:00
Luke Bryan (Country)

HX

7 March, 20:00
Kool Savas (Hip Hop)

CH

13 March, 20:00
Katy Perry (Pop)

O2

18 March, 20:00
Sleater-Kinney (Indie Rock)

HX

KNUTSCHFLECK, Alexanderstr. 3, Mitte, www.
knutschﬂeck-berlin.com. Open 12:00 - 02:00, Fri &
Sat 12:00 - 04:00.

4-8 March
ITB - Travel Trade Show

MB

VENUE LIST BERLIN
CH – COLUMBIA-HALLE, Columbiadamm 13-21,
tel. +49 30 698 09 80, www.columbiahalle.de.
HX – HUXLEY’S NEUE WELT, Hasenheide 108-114,
tel. +49 30 627 93 20, www.huxleysneuewelt.com.

WEST:BERLIN EXHIBITION
To anyone who realises how crazy Berlin’s history is, it’s
not surprising at all that the new West:Berlin exhibition
is located in an elegant palace in the former East Berlin
that itself was dismantled and stored in West Berlin
for many years. For half a century, West Berlin was a
heavily politicised and highly subsidised ‘Island of
Freedom’ marooned inside the GDR, and 500 exhibits
with English captions show the development of this
half of the city, from post-war ruins via its function as a
showcase of the western Allies, and from the years of
decline after the fall of the Wall in 1989 to its current
revival. Photographs, art, objects, cars and an audiosalon with the sounds of the half-city demonstrate
why West for many is still best.
WEST:BERLIN, until 28 June. Open Tue-Sun 10:00
- 18:00, Wed 12:00 - 20:00. Ephraim-Palais, G-3,
Poststr. 16, tel. +49 30 24 00 21 62, www.west.berlin.
Admission €7, ﬁrst Wednesday of the month free.
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KILKENNY IRISH PUB
Fun & football, a drink or two and a bite to eat go hand
in hand. And if that’s what you’re after, the Kilkenny Irish
Pub is where you ﬁnd it. Watch all major sport events,
Champions League, Premier League, Formula One etc.
on large screens, together with locals and tourists from
all over the world.QG-3, Am Zwirngraben 17-20,
Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 283 20 84,
[email protected], www.kilkenny-pub.de. Open
from 12:00. EGBW

KH – KONZERTHAUS BERLIN, Gendarmenmarkt,
tel. +49 30 20 30 90, www.konzerthaus.de.
MB – MESSE BERLIN, Messedamm 22,
tel. +49 30 303 80, www.messe-berlin.de.
MG – MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU,
Niederkirchnerstraße 7, tel. +49 30 25 48 60,
www.gropiusbau.de.

THE HARP
Just one minute oﬀ Kurfürstendamm, The Harp is a
haven for music and sports fans alike. Two bars, a cozy
ambience, four large TVs and two big screens provide
the setting for a great night out, or an afternoon full
of excitement and entertainment while following
international football, rugby and other sports, or
playing a round of darts.QB-4, Giesebrechtstraße
15, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30
22 32 87 35, [email protected], www.harp-pub.de.
Mon-Fri from 15:00, Sat, Sun from 10:00. EBW

MS – MAX-SCHMELING-HALLE, Am Falkplatz,
tel. +49 30 44 30 45, www.max-schmeling-halle.de.
NK – MUESEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE,
Invalidenstraße 43, tel. +49 30 20 93 85 91,
www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de.
O2 – O2 WORLD, O2-Platz 1,
tel. +49 30 20 60 70 88 99, www.o2world-berlin.de.
PB – POSTBAHNHOF, Straße der Pariser Kommune
8, tel. +49 30 69 81 28 20, www.postbahnhof.de.
PH – PHILHARMONIE, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße
1, tel. +49 30 25 48 80, www.berliner-philharmoniker.de.
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Mitte

Mitte
Between Mitte and Charlottenburg, the huge Tiergarten
park began as the Great Elector’s hunting grounds in the
1600s. Traﬃc passes through it, doing a dosey-doe around
the Siegessäule victory column. The Straße des 17. Juni
leads east to the Brandenburger Tor; just south of it are the
state museums of the Kulturforum and the Potsdamer Platz
district with its soaring corporate buildings.
GETTING THERE
Arrivals by plane and train usually end up at Hauptbahnhof
station, central for the city but not really close to anything.
S-Bahn trains from the top level link to the east and west
of the city, while the fancy new two-stop U55 U-Bahn line
takes sightseers straight to Brandenburger Tor.
POCKET WALK
Start oﬀ at Brandenburger Tor and the Reichstag before
heading south past the Holocaust memorial and Potsdamer
Platz to the Topographie des Terrors exhibition and the
adjacent stretch of Berlin Wall. Follow Zimmerstraße for
the Stasi Exhibition and Checkpoint Charlie. Walk north
along Friedrichstraße and turn right at Mohrenstraße for
Gendarmenmarkt square, before ambling to Unter den
Linden via Bebelplatz. Walk east past the Neue Wache and
Berliner Dom, turn left into Spandauer Straße, and pass
through Hackescher Markt station. Visit the Hackesche
Höfe complex before walking down Oranienburger Straße
for the Neue Synagoge. You can catch the S-Bahn from here
back to Brandenburger Tor.

Since reuniﬁcation, the old city centre district Mitte
(meaning ‘middle’) has rightly snatched back the title of
most-visited district from Charlottenburg. On and oﬀ the
boulevard Unter den Linden are baroque and classical
monuments to Prussian culture. The architecturally
humbler but more neighbourhood-like Scheunenviertel
area allows the casually chic to saunter from courtyard
gallery to sidewalk café. Only traces are left of the Jewish
community that lived here from the late 17th century,
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in the Pfalz. The restaurant oﬀers good views over the
Spree canal.QG-4, Gertraudenstraße 10-12, Mitte, MU
Spittelmarkt, tel. +49 30 20 62 19 00, www.rotisserieweingruen.de. Open 17:00 - 23:00. Closed Sun. €€€.
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ALPENSTUECK
Wiener Schnitzel with Schwabian potato salad,
Maultaschen with Bavarian creme are just a few of the
dishes available at Alpenstueck, a designer restaurant with
a traditional twist. The chef prepares southern German and
Austrian home cooking with fresh ingredients, changing
the menu every three days. A feast for the eyes and the
palate.QF-2, Gartenstraße 9, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof,
tel. +49 30 21 75 16 46, www.alpenstueck.de. Open
18:00 - 01:00. €€. TUGBS

SCHWARZWALDSTUBEN
Bambi meets Berlin chic at the trendy Black Forest themed
Schwarzwaldstuben, which has a friendly atmosphere,
bedraggled animal heads mounted on the walls and heavy
mix-matched furniture. Regional treats include Maultaschen
(ravioli-like pockets in broth) and Schnitzel.QF-3,
Tucholskystraße 48, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Straße,
tel. +49 30 28 09 80 84, www.schwarzwaldstuben-berlin.
com. Open 09:00 - 24:00. €€. TUNBS

Restaurants & Cafés

JOSEPH ROTH DIELE
A wonderfully cosy dark brown bar owned by the same
people who run the Ave Maria religious shop, right next
door to Joseph. It’s named after a proliﬁc Jewish writer
whose quotes decorate the walls and who lived nearby in
the 1920s when this street was the beating heart of Berlin’s
nightlife. A nicely-priced lunch and delicious Flammkuchen
pies are served, and it’s a great place for a beer or wine
after a show at the Wintergarten Varieté, opposite.QE-4,
Potsdamer Straße 75, Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße,
tel. +49 30 26 36 98 84, www.joseph-roth-diele.de. Open
10:00 - 24:00. Closed Sat, Sun. €. TENGBSW

ZILLE-STUBE
The name is in homage to Berlin artist Heinrich Zille,
whose illustrations line the walls above upholstered
banquettes and wooden banisters. Dominating the menu
are typical Berlin meat dishes like Boulette, Kohlroulade
(beaf-stuﬀed cabbage leaves), Sauerbraten (marinated pot
roast) and Rostbratwurst.QG-3, Spreeufer 3, Mitte, MU
Klosterstraße, tel. +49 30 242 52 47, www.zillestubenikolaiviertel.de. Open 12:00 - 22:00. €€. E

MUTTER HOPPE
Head down the winding staircase into this restaurant in the
Nikolaiviertel district. You’ll ﬁnd the space divided into cosy,
low-ceilinged nooks with upholstered banquettes and
historic photos and drawings on the painted walls. Heavy
meat dishes are the meals to order here. The kitchen oﬀers
sides not served at other German restaurants, including
green beans wrapped in bacon. Make reservations; or try
their sister restaurant Julchen Hoppe, a few doors further
towards the Spree.QG-3, Rathausstraße 21, Mitte, MS/U
Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 241 56 25, www.prostmahlzeit.
de/mutterhoppe. Open 11:30 - 24:00. €€. TEGB

When Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof main train station opened
in 2006 on the site of the former Lehrter Bahnhof, it
was marooned in a desolate plain. The area was never
residential; instead used for the train business and
exhibitions.

RESTAURATION 1840
Located in a vaulted space under the S-Bahn tracks, this
traditional Berlin restaurant designed to recall the golden
1920s serves regionally sourced international cuisine, 1840
creations, including local favourites such as Sülze (cold
knuckle), Buletten (meatballs) and Currywurst sausage. There
are good seasonal wines, and the bar staﬀ can shake up a great
cocktail.QG-3, Am Zwirngraben 8-10, MS Hackescher
Markt, tel. +49 30 24 72 74 01, [email protected], www.
berlin-1840.de. Open from 10:00. EGBW
ROTISSERIE WEINGRÜN
Set inside the only pre-1900 house remaining in what
was once Berlin’s old town, Weingrün’s fresh and simple
interior is a great place to sample regional grill dishes such
as Brandenburg duck and roast Saalow herb pig. The cellar
is stocked with wines from the owner’s own vineyards
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THE EUROPACITY

In the meantime, several block-like hotels and the John
F. Kennedy Haus oﬃce building have opened up next to
the station, while to the north the area along the canal,
formerly Berlin’s border zone, is the largest construction
site in Berlin. A total 40 hectares of land between three
old harbours is being transformed into a modern
residential and business district with a new central
boulevard. Anchored by the completed headquarters
for Total, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, electricity
network company 50 Hertz and builders Ernst Basler
und Partner and others are also busy constructing
oﬃces, while the Kunstkubus ‘art cube’ will join up with
the Hamburger Bahnhof modern art museum, across
the canal. The newest development is the opening
of a new tram line connecting Hauptbahnhof to
Hackescher Markt.
One remarkable lone survivor from the olden days is
the charming gourmet Paris-Moskau restaurant (www.
paris-moskau.de). Overlooking the station from AltMoabit street, for years the half-timbered building was
surrounded by construction. Now that the new interior
ministry building next door has been ﬁnalised, peace
has returned, a good opportunity to drop by for a bite.
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Mitte

Mitte
Master chef Herbert Beltle and his team serve awardwinning dishes with ingredients sourced fresh from the
market.QF-3, Französische Straße 25, Mitte, MU
Französiche Straße, tel. +49 30 203 75 18 50, www.
aigner-gendarmenmarkt.de. Open 12:00 - 02:00. €€€.
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BORCHARDT
Borchardt didn’t have to invest much to make a good
ﬁrst impression - the mere height of the ceiling and the
building’s original tile ﬂoors whisper class and luxury. The
money and creative energy goes into the kitchen, which
comes up with a diﬀerent menu each day to keep its
regular clientele surprised. Leave the pork to the Germans,
the beef dishes here are delectable.QF-3, Französische
Straße 47, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30
81 88 62 62, www.borchardt-restaurant.de. Open from
11:00. €€€. GB

Mon-Fri 12:00-15:00
Mon-Sun from 18:00
Restaurant PARIS-MOSKAU
Alt-Moabit 141
tel. 394 20 81
[email protected]
www.paris-moskau.de

ASIAN
KAMALA
Respectable Thai cuisine is served in a colonial atmosphere,
where heavy, dark wood tables are adorned with woven
placements, orchids and tall candles. The Tom Yam Gai soup
is crowded with chicken and piping hot, and the curries are
rich and buttery.QF-3, Oranienburger Straße 69, Mitte,
MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 283 27 97, www.
kamala-thaifood.de. Open 12:00 - 23:30, Fri, Sat 12:00 24:00, Sun 11:00 - 23:30. €€. AB
MONSIEUR VUONG
Hanoi and Saigon have landed in a chic little red Vietnamese
restaurant in Mitte. There are only ﬁve dishes and two daily
specials, but they’re so delicious you’ll be ordering a second
bowl of rice to soak up the leftover sauce. After your gói
bo, try some jasmin or artichoke tea. You’ll have to ﬁght
the über-cool crowds for a table as Mr. Vuong doesn’t take
reservations.QG-2, Alte Schönhauser Straße 46, Mitte,
MU Weinmeisterstraße, tel. +49 30 99 29 69 24, www.
monsieurvuong.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €. S

FINE DINING
AIGNER
One of Berlin’s best places to eat, Aigner is truly international,
as its name, concept and all the old furnishings originate
from a famous Viennese café that closed in the 1980s.
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FACIL
At the Mandala Hotel’s Michelin-starred gourmet
restaurant, chef de cuisine Michael Kempf creates
elegantly light fare using only fresh, local products direct
from the market. The menu changes daily and has an
emphasis on tasty vegetables and exotic herbs. Facil’s
design is a post-modern, glass-box Asian pavilion with
a large central skylight that retracts.QE-4, Potsdamer
Straße 3, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49
30 590 05 12 34, www.facil.de. Open . Closed Sat, Sun
Open 12:00 - 15:00, 19:00 - 23:00. Closed Sat, Sun. €€€€.
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FISCHERS FRITZ
The restaurant’s name comes from a tongue-twister
and the light, fish-focused menu is for a very refined
palate. Chef Christian Lohse has won several of the
Michelin stars that appear none too oft in Germany.
The German chef first trained in Dijon and has since
pleased gourmands such as those at The Dorchester
in London and the Sultan of Brunei (as a private
chef ). The dining room has light woods, deep carpets
and a fireplace.QF-3, Charlottenstraße 49, Mitte,
MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 20 33 63 63,
www.fischersfritzberlin.com. Open 12:00-14:00;
18:30-23:00. €€€€. PAG hh
PARIS-MOSKAU
Many train passengers rolling into Hauptbahnhof station on the line between Paris and Moscow - have wondered
about this unusual half-timber house, stubbornly
positioned between new government oﬃces and hotels.
Inside, a wonderful gourmet restaurant has been serving
up up al la carte and set menu meals for 30 years now.
Expect dishes such as a rack of lamb in Dijon herb crust,
tuna steak and roast duck breast. On weekdays, there’s a
lunch menu as well.QE-3, Alt-Moabit 141, Tiergarten,
MS/U Hauptbahnhof, tel. +49 30 394 20 81, www.
paris-moskau.de. Open 12:00 - 15:00; 18:00-24:00, Sat,
Sun 18:00 - 24:00. €€€. A
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BACK TO SCHOOL
The Die Schule restaurant in the Prenzlauer Berg district
is not just a place for trying German cuisine. It’s the
watering hole for adult students from all around the
world who are learning German at the GLS language
school, in the same complex. They’re greatly helped by
the location of the school in a vibrant neighbourhood
with plenty of bars, restaurants and quirky boutiques.
DIE SCHULEQKastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg,
tel. +49 30 780 08 95 50, www.gls-restaurant.de.
GLS LANGUAGE SCHOOLQtel. +49 30 78 00 89
27, www.gls-berlin.de.

INDIAN
AAPKA
Located on a pretty street corner near Zionskirchplatz, Aapka
oﬀers healthy vegetarian, curry and grill dishes. You can
drop by for the lunch menu and on Sunday join the young
Prenzl’ Berg crowd for a relaxed brunch - or drop by later for
cocktails.QG-2, Kastanienallee 50, Prenzlauer Berg, MU
Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 44 01 04 94, www.aapka.
de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 11:00 - 01:00. €€. B

INTERNATIONAL
NOLA’S AM WEINBERG
This hip restaurant overlooks a sloping park. The
predominantly Swiss menu lends itself to the terrace,
which is perfect for pretending to be in the mountain air of
St. Moritz. Breakfast is served until 16:00 and you can order
meals until midnight.QG-2, Veteranenstraße 9, Mitte,
MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 44 04 07 66, www.
nola.de. Open 10:00 - 01:00. €€. TUGBS
REINHARD’S
Reinhard’s friendly staﬀ can whisk a coﬀee to your table
in no time, or if you’re here for the food, one of the light
meals. The large restaurant is situated in the Nikolaiviertel,
and is well-positioned for a break during a city walk.QG-3,
Poststraße 28, Mitte, MU Klosterstraße, tel. +49 30 242
52 95, www.reinhards.de. Open 09:00 - 24:00. €€-€€€.
TGBS
TRAUBE
In an elegant building with an interior by Hans Kolhoﬀ, ‘The
Grape’ serves gourmet cuisine together with an excellent
range of wines. Dishes are often Alpine-inspired: crossover food from southern Germany, Alsace, Switzerland and
Austria. Guests can choose from a la carte dishes or compose
their own menus, with or without wines. The two-course
set lunch menu is great value.QF-2, Reinhardtstraße 33,
Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 27 87 93 93,
www.traube-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 15:00, 18:00-23:45,
Sat 18:00 - 23:45. Closed Sun. €€€. TGB
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CAFÉS
BARCOMI’S DELI
Barcomi’s is well known for its house-roasted coﬀee and
luscious American hand-made baked goods. In the cake
window there are several kinds of cheese cake, lemon
meringue cake, devil’s food cake, pecan pie and other
heavenly creations. Bagels can be eaten with Philly cream
cheese spreads, and at this Mitte outlet there are also
salads, sandwiches and soups. The Kreuzberg Kaﬀeerösterei
outlet (Bergmannstraße 21) has fresh coﬀee.QF-5,
Sophienstraße 21, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49
30 28 59 83 63, [email protected], www.barcomis.de.
Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 10:00 - 21:00. €. TGBS
SANKT OBERHOLZ
A large two-ﬂoor café overlooking the busy street crossing.
Something of a public workspace for IT entrepreneurs from
the surrounding Silicon Allee internet startups, it’s the ideal
place to crack open a Mac and get some work done using
the free wiﬁ and electricity plugs. Or just come for the
coﬀee, bagels, muﬃns and New York cheesecake.QG-2,
Rosenthaler Straße 72a, Mitte, MU Rosenthaler Platz,
tel. +49 30 24 08 55 86, www.sanktoberholz.de. Open
08:00 - 24:00, Fri 08:00 - 03:00, Sat 09:00 - 03:00, Sun
09:00 - 24:00. GW
SOPHIENECK
A favourite of locals and tourists alike, Sophieneck is one of
the most charming cafés in Mitte. Located near Hackescher
Markt since the revamp of the district in 1984, it has resisted
trendiﬁcation, staying true to its warm mishmash decor
of art nouveau and poster art. The menu oﬀers delicious
Central European fare, accompanied by an international
wine list.QG-2/3, Große Hamburger Straße 37, Mitte,
MU Weinmeisterstraße, tel. +49 30 283 40 65, www.
sophieneck-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Fri, Sat 12:00
- 02:00.
THE DIGITAL EATERY
Just a click away from Brandenburg Gate, inside the
historical 1902 Carlton Hotel building, Microsoft’s very ﬁrst
café showroom worldwide is a relaxing, untouristy spot
to recharge. Browse the small but excellent selection of
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MEIN HAUS AM SEE
It’s all about seeing and being seen at some Mitte bars;
the ‘My Lake House’ makes it very easy with its large
slope of seating steps overlooking a landscape of granny
furniture lit up by discoball sparkles and all draped
with nattering locals and backpackers from adjacent
hostels. Open 24/7, it’s a cafe, bar and restaurant all at
the same time. On the menu are drinks, exotic coffee
varieties and chilli hot choc, as well as great breakfasts
(till 18:00), tasty burgers, pasta dishes and snacks. At
night, DJs spin music.QG-2, Brunnenstraße 197,
Mitte, MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 27 59 08
73, [email protected], www.mein-hausam-see.blogspot.de. Open 24 hours Open 24/7. €.
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or the soup, paninis and cakes. Recharge your electronic
devices or use the free wiﬁ. Best of all are the digital toys
that allow you to go online, try out Microsoft products or
play Xbox games.QF-3, Unter den Linden 17, Mitte, tel.
+49 30 39 09 70, www.digitaleatery.de. Open 09:00 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00. W

Nightlife
BARS

ESCHSCHLORAQUE RÜMSCHRÜMP
An island of insanity in a sea of overpriced Hackescher
Markt pomp: this veritable den of delights and monsters
can be found hidden at the dark end of a graﬃtied
courtyard. There are disturbing metal beasts sticking from
the crumbling walls, aﬀordable beers and cocktails, a
stage, plenty of smoke, and a wonderful set of characters
intent on having a good night out. In summer, the
outdoor cinema in the back yard shows foreign ﬁlms in
original version.QG-3, Rosenthaler Straße 39, Mitte,
MS Hackescher Markt, [email protected],
www.eschschloraque.de. Open 14:00 - open end Open
from 14:00. ENBW

REINGOLD
A lounge glowing in amber tones recalls the thirties
with an oversize drawing of Thomas Mann’s forlorn
offspring, Klaus and Erika, and leather and velvet
seating. Though it often has a DJ, no one dances here.
It’s a setting for making stationary moves on your
date, or your tapas.QF-2, Novalisstraße 11, Mitte,
MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 28 38 76 76,
[email protected], www.reingold.de. Open 19:00 02:00, Fri, Sat 19:00 - 04:00. Closed Mon, Sun Open
from 19:00. Closed Mon, Sun. UB

KNUTSCHFLECK
The ‘hickey’ is Berlin’s newest Burlesque-style bar, on
Alexanderplatz. Run by a group of local ladies, this is a
café, Biergarten, restaurant, cocktail bar and show theatre
in one. Every Friday and Saturday there’s live music and
stage performances, inspired by Coyote Ugly, Rocky Horror
Picture Show, Pulp Fiction, Moulin Rouge and more. On
Tuesday and Thursday guests are welcome to sing karaoke.
There’s also local food, beer and cakes, and a selection of
150 cocktails that ﬂuctuate in price as demand changes.
QG-3, Alexanderstr. 3, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz,
www.knutschfleck-berlin.com. Open 12:00 - 02:00, Fri,
Sat 12:00 - 04:00.

EASTWOOD
A high-end lounge bar and club just oﬀ Unter den Linden,
with a glamorous modern interior by local designer Emell Gök
Che, a regularly changing cocktail menu, and champagne.
The club part is open on weekend nights, when DJs pump
out house, lounge, electro and jazz sounds - use the VIP
table service to make the night complete.QRosmarinstr. 8,
Mitte, tel. +49 30 20 67 90 54, [email protected], www.eastwood-berlin.de. Open 20:00 - 02:30,
Fri, Sat 20:00 - 06:00. Closed Sun. W

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WEEK-END CLUB
A club, bar, gallery and lounge set on the 12th ﬂoor of the
beautifully hideous Haus des Reisens (the GDR state travel
agency specialising in saying ‘no’) on the corner of OttoBraun-Straße.QG-3, Alexanderplatz 5, Mitte, MS/U
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KAFFEE BURGER
The patterned wallpaper and wood panelling has withstood
decades of the alternative scene’s smoke and its stuck-inthe-Socialist-Sixties-look is perfect for DJ/author Vladimir
Kaminer’s wild and sweaty Russendisko nights. Happenings
like poetry slams and jams start evenings that end with
DJs spinning anything from Balkan and surf rock to samba.
QG-2, Torstraße 60, Mitte, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz,
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AUFSTURZ
The great 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt
lived in this building, but nowadays the only expeditions
done here are through the long drinks menu, listing dozens
of excellent Belgian, German and other beers. Have a Kwak
beer to really kick oﬀ your night. Prices are reasonable
and the place looks good, with changing modern art
exhibitions on the walls. Our favourite Oranienburger
Straße haunt.QF-3, Oranienburger Straße 67, Mitte, MS
Oranienburger Straße, tel. +49 30 28 04 74 07, kontakt@
aufsturz.de, www.aufsturz.de. Open from 12:00. EB

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PUBS
KILKENNY IRISH PUB
The three large rooms within the Hackescher Markt S-Bahn
station oﬀer more than enough space for natives and
tourists to eat homemade food, meet and mingle, party
and follow live sports events. Large TVs and screens make
sure that you won’t miss a single goal. Irish and German
beer, whiskey and other cold beverages ﬂow freely.QG-3,
Am Zwirngraben 17-20, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt,
tel. +49 30 283 20 84, [email protected], www.
kilkenny-pub.de. Open from 12:00. EGBW

Sightseeing
LANDMARKS
BRANDENBURGER TOR
Berlin’s landmark monument, built by Carl Langhans
in 1792, is the last remaining of 14 city gates. Nike, the
goddess of victory, drives the four-horsepower chariot
atop the gate. German armies used to begin their parades
here, the fascists spoiled the gate by staging their torch-lit
marches through it, the war badly damaged it, and then the
Wall essentially bricked the patched-up gate in for decades.
Berliners celebrated the Wall’s fall in 1989 by standing on it
in front of the gate, and after renovations the gate is the
proud focus point of the renewed square again.QF-3,
Pariser Platz, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor.
NEUE SYNAGOGE
The gilded cupola of the New Synagogue is one of the most
eye-catching sights in Mitte. Exhibits strikingly balance
the restoration of the Alhambra-inspired synagogue from
1866, with preserved evidence of its destruction, ﬁrst
on Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, and then through
Allied bombs. Documents and photographs remember the
thriving Jewish community of the neighbourhood, many of
whom worshipped here in what was the largest synagogue
in Germany. A subtle but eﬀective sound installation adds
to the experience.QF-3, Oranienburger Straße 28-30,
Mitte, MS Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 88 02 83 00,
www.centrumjudaicum.de. Open Sun, Mon 10:00-

CASINO
SPIELBANK BERLIN
The casino at Potsdamer Platz has French roulette,
American roulette, baccarat, poker, blackjack, Sic
Bo, bingo roulette and slot machines. Upstairs, the
restaurant and Baccara Bar serves drinks and food from
the a la carte menu. Newcomers to the game can book
a tour including game instructions.QE-4, MarleneDietrich-Platz 1, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz,
tel. +49 30 25 59 90, www.spielbank-berlin.de.
Open 11:00 - 05:00. Admission €2,50. Minimum age
is 18, ID required; dress code is smart casual.
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20:00, Tues-Thur 10:00-18:00, Fri 10:00-17:00; Mar & Oct
until 14:00 on Fri; Nov-Feb also Sun-Thu until 18:00. Sat
closed. Admission €3,50/3.
NIKOLAIVIERTEL
Berlin’s tiny medieval heart is the Nikolai Quarter, whose only
truly medieval-looking building today is the Nikolaikirche.
The church dates to 1230 and was rebuilt along with the
entire quarter in the 1980s to mark Berlin’s 750th birthday
in the area in which the ﬁshermen’s settlement ﬁrst began.
No one was trying to outdo Walt Disney here, and many
of the buildings have the simple, concrete facades that
the GDR government could aﬀord. The small shops in the
area mostly deal in toys and souvenirs and tourists gladly
ﬁll the sunny tables at the restaurants that face the river.
On Rathausstraße, there’s a row of restaurants that ﬂaunt
old-fashioned Berlin cuisine and atmosphere. Other rebuilt
historic buildings in the area date to the 1700s, such as the
Ephraim-Palais and Knoblauchhaus. Both have changing
exhibits related to Berlin.QG-3, Nikolaikirchplatz, Mitte,
MU Klosterstraße, www.stadtmuseum.de.
POTSDAMER PLATZ
Once a busy intersection at the modern heart of a thriving
metropolis, Potsdamer Platz was heavily damaged in the
war, and suﬀered again when most remaining buildings
were demolished to make way for the Wall’s death strip.
Hotel and oﬃce skyscrapers now add a cosmopolitan edge
to the city, while to the east Leipziger Platz is almost rebuilt.
The most popular public space and architectural attraction
is the Sony Center, with its huge atrium and tent-like
roof, best viewed at night for its impressive lighting.
The neighbouring DaimlerChrysler complex holds
architecture by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, and the
Arkaden shopping mall.QE/F-4, MS/U Potsdamer Platz.
REICHSTAG
The name together with its monumental size make most
people associate Germany’s neoclassical parliamentary
building with the Nazis, but they have little history here. After
hosting parliamentary sessions since 1894, it was set on ﬁre
just one month after Hitler was appointed chancellor in
January 1933. It was a conference centre in the years during
which it abutted the Wall, while later artist Christo famously
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wrapped it in cloth. It was used as parliament again after a
reunited German government returned to Berlin in 1999.
Renovated by Sir Norman Foster, this building is perhaps
the most public federal building in the world through its
glass dome. On the rooftop, photographs documenting
the building’s history circle the rim above the parliament
chamber. Two ramps spiral up the side of the dome,
an engineering feat even more fascinating than the panoramic
view from the top. It’s best to book an entry time to the dome
or for the 90-minute guided tour of the building in advance
online; otherwise queue up for remaining places at the visitor
centre just across the road. Photo ID is required.QF-3, Platz der
Republik 1, Tiergarten, MU Bundestag, www.bundestag.
de/htdocs_e/visits. Open 08:00 - 23:00 Prebooked rooftop
access every 15 minutes. Guided tours at 09:00, 10:30,
12:00, 13:30, 15:30, 17:00, 18:30, 20:00. Admission free.

FRANZÖSISCHER DOM
The northernmost domed tower in the Gendermenmarkt’s
grand architectural triptych dates back to 1785, and similarly
to its counterpart was badly damaged in the war. It now has
regular concerts in the simple baroque Friedrichstadtkirche
church to the rear. Enter from the other side for the Huguenot
museum (in German and French only), dedicated to the
thousands of French protestants who moved to Berlin in
the 17th century. Yet another entrance leads to the viewing
balcony at 40 metres above street level, with great views all
around.QF-3, Gendarmenmarkt 5, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte,
tel. +49 30 20 64 99 22, www.franzoesischer-dom.de.
Open 12:00-17:00, viewing balcony 10:00-19:00, closed
Mon. Admission €2/1, viewing balcony €2.50/1.

CHURCHES

FÜHRERBUNKER
One lonely signpost mark the site where Hitler committed
suicide on April 30, 1945. For the last month of his life, Hitler
lived roughly eight meters below ground in an air-raid shelter
topped by a four-metre-thick, reinforced concrete ceiling. The
unremarkable spot can be reached by walking to the end of In
den Ministergärten, oﬀ Ebertstraße. A parking area surrounded
by a pre-fabricated apartment complex covers the location,
which was entirely sealed oﬀ during the complex’s construction
in 1988-89. The bunker was once accessed through the Festsaal
(ballroom) behind the Reichskanzler-Palais on Wilhelmstraße.
QF-3, In den Ministergärten, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz.

BERLINER DOM
The fourth incarnation of this Protestant church dating from
1905 might not look as massive if the Stadtschloss were
still standing across Unter den Linden (the GDR regime
demolished the castle in 1951). The royal Hohenzollern
dynasty worshipped and was buried here. The climb up
to the dome’s rim is forgiving, with broad staircases, side
exhibit rooms and good views.QG-3, Am Lustgarten,
Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 20 26 91 36,
www.berlinerdom.de. Open 09:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 20:00 Oct-March open until 19:00. Admission €7/4.
DEUTSCHER DOM
The baroque ‘German Church’ from 1701 was completed
with an impressive domed tower in 1785; badly damaged
by ﬁre in the war it was only renovated in the 1980s.
Owned by the state, the bare interior now houses an
exhibition about the development of parliamentarian
democracy in Germany - and how it came to fail so tragically
in the last century. Be sure to see the views from the windows
and the impressive building models on the top ﬂoor. Free
tours in English are possible throughout the day; no booking
is required for individual visitors.QF-3, Gendarmenmarkt
1, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 22 73 04 31, www.
bundestag.de/kulturundgeschichte/ausstellungen/
wege. Open 10:00 - 19:00. Closed Mon. Admission free.

MEMORIALS

MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS
OF EUROPE
This bluntly named memorial avoids any vagueness
surrounding the term Holocaust. Six million Jews are
estimated to have been killed by the Nazis and this site
serves as Germany’s national memorial to those victims. The
design by American architect Peter Eisenmann is a ﬁeld of
2,700 concrete stelae, or pillars, of varying height, creating
an undulating landscape that ﬁlls two city blocks. The
memorial has an undergound information centre which is
not suitable for children.QF-3, Cora-Berliner-Straße 1,
Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 26 39 43 36,
[email protected], www.stiftungdenkmal.de. Information centre open 10:00-20:00, OctMar 10:00-19:00. Closed Mon. Admission free.

EXHIBITION BLACKBOX COLD WAR
Checkpoint Charlie
Friedrichstraße 47 / corner Zimmerstraße | 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Visitors’ service [email protected]
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MUSEUMS

The cluster of majestic nineteenth century neoclassic
buildings on the tip of the island in the Spree oﬀers
the avid or the temperate museum-goer a number of
impressive collections of art, history and ethnology,
covering many facets of ancient and oriental culture, as
well as their cross-overs into modernity.

BLACK BOX COLD WAR
The exhibition at Checkpoint Charlie discusses the state of
the world during the Cold War, explaining the global links
between the Berlin Wall, the Korean War and the Cuban
missile crisis. Along the street a free gallery of photos and
texts highlights the main events that took place here.QF-4,
Friedrichstraße 47, Mitte, tel. +49 30 216 35 71, info@bfgg.
de, www.bfgg.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €5/3,50.

ALTE NATIONALGALERIE
Cézanne, Rodin, Monet, Degas and Liebermann
are some of the artists whose works hang around
this museum of 19th-century art. The temple-like
structure itself was built in 1876, and is surrounded by
a beautifully battered colonnade.QG-3, Bodestraße
1-3, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42
42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu
10:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon. Admission €10/5.
ALTES MUSEUM
This neoclassic building by Prussia’s star architect
Schinkel was custom-made in 1830 for the art
collection of the royal Hohenzollerns. Classical
antiquities were the focus, and today the museum
uses pottery and sculptures to take you on a wellpresented tour through ancient Etruscan, Greek and
Roman history.QG-3, Am Lustgarten, Mitte, MS
Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.
smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00.
Closed Mon. Admission €10/5.
NEUES MUSEUM
Built in 1855, damaged in the war and only restored
in 2009, the ‘New Museum’ is new again and is full
of ancient art. The excellent Egyptian Museum and
Papyrus Collection are housed here, with spectacular
ﬁnds such as the famous busts of Queen Nefertiti and
King Echnaton. The Pre- and Early History collection
has ﬁnds from ancient Troy and Lycopolis to medieval
Germany. One room exhibits eleven rediscovered
statues that were considered to be ‘degenerate art’
by the Nazis.QG-3, Bodestraße 1-3, Mitte, MS
Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.
smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00.
Admission €12/6.
PERGAMON MUSEUM
The Pergamon museum is undergoing major
renovations, with the north wing and the hall with
the famous Pergamon Altar closed until 2019.
Visitors can still see the market gate of Miletus, the
amazing blue-tiled Ishtar Gate and processional way
from Babylon, and the museum of Islamic Art.QG-3,
Am Kupfergraben, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt,
tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum.
Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Admission
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DEUTSCHES CURRYWURST MUSEUM
According to the myth, currywurst is Berlin’s very own
fast-food creation. A spicy sausage snack that ﬁrst became
popular in the late 1940s, these days currywurst can be
found at train stations and street corners across the city.
This quirky museum explains the colourful history of this
culinary creation. There’s a shop with sausage accessories
and you can taste currywurst too.QF-4, Schützenstraße
70, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 88 71 86 47, www.
currywurstmuseum.com. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Admission
€11/8,50, Mon 20% less.
DAIMLER CONTEMPORARY BERLIN
Inside the Haus Huth, the last remaining pre-war building
on Potsdamer Platz, selected works from the Daimler
company’s art collection is presented in four well-curated
exhibitions per year. The collection has mainly abstract
artworks from the 20th century until now, and a few of the
larger sculptures are on permanent display in the streets
around the museum.QE-4, Alte Potsdamer Straße 5,
Tiergarten, tel. +49 30 25 94 14 20, www.sammlung.
daimler.com. Open 11:00 - 18:00. Admission free.
DALÍ - THE EXHIBITION AT POTSDAMER PLATZ
The Spanish master of surreal, Salvador Dalí, left a rich
heritage of amazing artworks when he went to moltenwatch land himself. Over 450 exhibits can be viewed at
this permanent exhibition near Postdamer Platz. See true
genius and craftsmanship in the many paintings, sketches,
books, ﬁlms, objects, and documents that are on show
here. English-language tours can be booked in advance.
QF-4, Leipziger Platz 7, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz,
tel. +49 700 32 54 23 75 46, www.daliberlin.de. Open
12:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 20:00. Admission €12,50/9,50,
tours €7.
DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM
The imperial Zeughaus - a pretty, pink, early 18th century
arsenal building by the Spree - houses the impressive
German History Museum. The 7000 objects in the main
building illustrate the best and worst episodes of Germany’s
history, and there are regularly changing exhibitions in
the dazzling extension by architect I.M. Pei. You can rent
an audio tour set for €3 or join the English-language
highlights tour on Saturdays at 13:00.QF-3, Unter den
Linden 2, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 20 30
40, www.dhm.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €8/4.
Under 18 free.
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GEDENKSTÄTTE BERLINER MAUER
(BERLIN WALL MEMORIAL)
The excellent national memorial site for the divided
Germany has a documentation centre covering the Berlin
Wall’s history in text, slides and dramatic ﬁlm footage.
An unscathed section of Wall runs along the street; walk
behind it to peer through a crack in the Hintermauer rear
wall to see a preserved section of death strip as it looked
in the 1980s, complete with a patrol road, wires and a
watchtower. Nearby, the wooden Chapel of Reconciliation
is built on the spot of a church demolished to make way
for the border defences. Walk on towards Mauerpark for
several more open-air exhibitions.QF-2, Bernauer Straße
111 & 119, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof, tel. +49 30 467
98 66 66, infoberliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de, www.
berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de. Open 09:30-19:00,
Nov-Mar 09:30-18:00. Mon closed (outdoor exhibition
open 24hrs). Admission free.

International

GEMÄLDEGALERIE
Berlin’s largest art museum has 72 rooms full of works
spanning the 13th to 18th centuries. German masters
include Dürer, Cranach the Elder, and Holbein; the Italians
are represented by Botticelli, Titian, Raphael. The Dutch
rooms are especially good with a Vermeer and the world’s
largest Rembrandt collection.QE-4, Matthäikirchplatz
8, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 266
42 42 42, [email protected], www.smb.museum.
Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon.
Admission €8/€4.
HAMBURGER BAHNHOF
Berlin’s wonderful modern art museum is situated in a
converted train station. It’s well worth a visit by those
curious about the expressiveness of a sculpture made of
animal fat (Joseph Beuys) or urban dwellers ﬁxated by
bars of neon lighting (Dan Flavin). Andy Warhol and Marcel
Duchamp are the other familiar stars of this post-1960s
collection.QE-2, Invalidenstraße 50-51, Mitte, MS/U
Hauptbahnhof, tel. +49 30 39 78 34 11, [email protected], www.hamburgerbahnhof.de. Open 10:00 18:00, Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 11:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon.
Admission €10/5.
MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHEN
Hooray for Hollywood, but remember that some of
the personalities that gave it glamour and style came
from Germany. Actors Marlene Dietrich and Peter Lorre,
directors Billy Wilder and Josef von Sternberg came out
of a country with a strong ﬁlm-making tradition. Photo
stills, footage, set designs and costumes provide glimpses
of the familiar, and exhibits on Leni Riefenstahl’s shooting
of Olympia (1936) and Nazi entertainment cq propaganda
ﬁlms will impress ‘seen-that’ ﬁlm buﬀs. The museum
ends with special eﬀects and science ﬁction.QE-4,
Potsdamer Straße 2 (Sony Center), Tiergarten, MS/U
Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 300 90 30, www.deutschekinemathek.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00.
Closed Mon Admission €6/4,5.
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museum

open daily: mon - sat 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
sun + holidays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
(24th December closed)

Potsdamer Platz
entrance:
Leipziger Platz 7

Hômmage á S. Dalí by DaVial

MUSEUMSINSEL

Infos: 0700 - 325 423 75** (0700DaliBerlin)
Tickets: www.DaliBerlin.de
(**0,14 € /Min. from a landline, mobile communications vary, max
0,42 € /Min.)|*only in combination with the entrance fee. Cannot
be combinded with other offers. Valid until May, 31st 2015.

With over 450 exhibits from private
collections this permanent exhibition
provides general insight into Dalí’s virtuous
mastery in almost all art techniques,
in Berlin’s lively city centre.

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Mitte
MICROSOFT BERLIN

Mitte
VIEWPOINTS
FERNSEHTURM (TV TOWER)
The skewered disco ball on the tower peering over rooftops
certainly brings a level of humour to Berlin’s skyline.
The 368-metre television broadcast tower, completed
in 1969, 70m higher than the Eiﬀel tower and the tallest
building in Germany, has an observation deck and the
Sphere restaurant with a rotating ﬂoor. Photos point out
the landmarks for you.QG-3, Panoramastraße 1a, Mitte,
MS/U Alexanderplatz, www.tv-turm.de. Admission
€12/8.

Shopping
The ﬁrst publicly accessible Microsoft Center in the
world opened on Berlin’s Unter den Linden boulevard
in late 2013. The historical 1902 Carlton Hotel building
with its great architectural details (try to spot the cats
and mice around the side door) is the most pluggedin building in the street. The Digital Eatery café on the
ground ﬂoor (see the review elsewhere in this guide)
has more than just good food and drinks – visitors
can use the free wiﬁ, recharge their devices and try
out a range of Microsoft products, both hardware
and software, with staﬀ at hand to answer questions.
The atrium behind the café is used for meetings,
performances and parties, while upstairs corporate
clients are wowed in the meeting room with 360° video
walls. Microsoft Berlin also has oﬃces and a ‘Microsoft
Ventures Accelerator’ for start-ups in the building.
MICROSOFT BERLIN
QUnter den Linden 17, Mitte, tel. +49 30 39 09 70,
www.microsoft-berlin.de. Café open 09:00 - 19:00,
Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00.
MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE
All the wonders of nature under one roof; a grand
collection illustrating the evolution of life as well as the
diversity and beauty of nature. The largest mounted
dinosaur in the world towers over visitors in the main
hall, and elsewhere there’s the aardvarks, the early
20th-century dioramas, meteorites, the most famous
fossil of Earth history (the ancient bird Archaeopteryx
lithographica), giant shells and the gorilla Bobby from
the primates hall.QF-2, Invalidenstraße 43, Mitte,
MU Naturkundemuseum, tel. +49 30 20 93 85 91, info@
mfn-berlin.de, www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de.
Open 09:30 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon.
Admission €6/3,50.

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DEPARTMENT STORES
ALEXA CENTRE
A mall at the eastern end of Alexanderplatz square, with
ﬁve ﬂoors and 180 shops, restaurants and cafés. There’s a
massive kids’ area with a cinema and the LOXX model train
exhibition.QG-3, Grunerstraße 20 (Alexanderplatz),
Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 269 34 00,
www.alexacentre.com. Open Mon-Sat 10:00-21:00,
lower level from 08:00. Food court also open Sun 11:0019:00. LOXX open daily 10:00-19:00.
MALL OF BERLIN
Opened in late September, this huge shopping mall sits on
the spot where the famous Wertheim department store
dazzled Berliners 100 years ago. The huge billion-euro mall
has all the usual fashion and electronics retailers, a food
court and supermarkets in the basement. Centrepiece
is a spectacular 23-metre high covered piazza.QF-4,
Leipziger Platz 12, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, www.
mallofberlin.de. Open 09:00 - 22:00.

Hotels
OVER €200
ADLON KEMPINSKI
The reconstructed, historic Adlon hotel has views of
the Brandenburger Tor and Under den Linden, unfussy
1920s-style rooms with cherry wood, black marble
and rich fabrics, and the staﬀ provides impeccable
service. Often voted the best hotel in Germany and even
Europe, this is in fact the only place to sleep in Berlin.
QF-2, Unter den Linden 77, Mitte, MU Unter den
Linden, tel. +49 30 226 10, [email protected],
www.hotel-adlon.de. 375 rooms (304 singles €240
- 379, 304 doubles €216 - 478, 78 suites €531 - 7100).
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and exotic spa treatments.QF-2, Mohrenstraße 30, Mitte,
MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 202 30, info.berlin@hilton.
com, www.hilton.com. 591 rooms (singles €145 - 345,
doubles €145 - 345, suites €220 - 1145). Breakfast extra.
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HOTEL DE ROME
Overlooking Bebelplatz, this top-class hotel occupies a
magniﬁcent former bank building from 1889. Wooden
panelling, marble and even shrapnel damage pervade
the high-ceilinged lobby and rooms, and the bank’s vault
is now a 20-metre pool.QF-3, Behrenstraße 37, Mitte,
MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 460 60 90, info.
[email protected], www.hotelderome.
com. 146 rooms (103 singles €395 - 495, 103 doubles
€395 - 495, 43 suites €595 - 4100).
MARRIOTT
Ten ﬂoors of superb rooms and conference facilities
overlooking the Platz. The lobby has a serenely spinning
3-tonne black granite globe, and the copper facade of one
wall plays an unearthly light show. That plus a wellness
centre and a classic Art Deco New York bar and grill make
this one of Berlin’s ﬁnest hotels.QE-4, Inge-BeisheimPlatz 1, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 22
00 00, www.marriott.com. 379 rooms (350 singles
€159 - 219, 350 doubles €159 - 219, 9 suites €350 1200, 80 executive room €199 - 259). Breakfast extra.
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RITZ-CARLTON
A gilt-edged hotel with superlative services, gourmet
dining and fake marble Corinthian columns lining
a sweeping staircase in the lobby. The classic dark
wooden bar opens with a ceremony every evening at
18:00 and serves over 400 ﬁne fruit brandies.QE/F-4,
Potsdamer Platz 3, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz,
tel. +49 30 33 77 77, [email protected], www.
ritzcarlton.com. 302 rooms (singles €250 - 360, doubles
€280 - 440, 40 suites €330 - 5000). Breakfast extra.
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WESTIN GRAND
Enviably well-located and used in GDR times for Party
bigwigs, the Westin is classically furnished, with a copy

of the Adlon’s marble staircase situated in the lobby, a
round pool, an upmarket restaurant and suites with butler
service.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 158-164, Mitte, MS/U
Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 202 70, info@westin-grand.
com, www.westin.com/berlin. 358 rooms (25 singles
€136 - 350, 273 doubles €136 - 375, suites €379 - 930, 15
junior suites €279 - 565, 1 presidential suite €986 - 1930).
Breakfast extra.
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€150-200
MANDALA
Excellent rooms and apartments for both short and longterm stays. The Potsdamer Platz hotel location has great
views over Tiergarten park and hosts the top-notch Facil
restaurant and Qiu lounge; the suites at Friedrichstraße 185190 are close to all the action.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 3,
Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 59 00 00
00, [email protected], www.themandala.
de. 157 rooms (157 suites €130 - 5800). Breakfast extra.
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€75-150
HONIGMOND & GARDEN HOTELS
Two meticulously restored buildings with sparsely
furnished rooms with original wooded ﬂoors makes for
a homey feel. The nearby Garden Hotel dependence
(Invalidenstraße 122) has a garden with a lawn and goldﬁsh
pond for frolicking around in summer.QF-2, Tieckstraße
12, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof, tel. +49 30 284 45 50,
[email protected], www.honigmond.de. 24 rooms
(singles €95 - 155, doubles €125 - 225). AG
PARK INN BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Towering 40 stories over Alexanderplatz, Germany’s thirdlargest hotel is as central as it gets. Business rooms are all
renovated and stocked with a coﬀeemaker and ironing
board. By far the best choice for the direction-impaired.
QG-3, Alexanderplatz 7, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz,
tel. +49 30 238 90, [email protected],
www.parkinn-berlin.com. 1012 rooms (318 singles
€89 - 125, 671 doubles €89 - 125, 23 suites €130 - 185).
Breakfast extra. POARFGKD hhhh

HILTON
Maybe it’s the excellent breakfast and not the privileged
view on Gendarmenmarkt that keeps guests coming back.
The formal rooms are supplemented by good restaurants
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Charlottenburg & the West

Charlottenburg & the West
Follow what becomes an increasingly silken ribbon down
Kurfürstendamm (Ku’damm) and the setting becomes
more genteel. West Berliners meet in the bars and cafés
branching oﬀ Savignyplatz, even if the Szene has moved
east. Nearby but isolated from the hoi polloi is Schloss
Charlottenburg, the residence of King Friedrich I. This
chapter also covers other parts of western Berlin: leafy
Wilmersdorf and Schöneberg, the centre of gay Berlin
since the days of Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories.
We’ve also included some nearby venues in Tiergarten
(oﬃcially part of Mitte) here.
GETTING THERE
Charlottenburg’s nerve centre is Zoologischer Bahnhof
station, along the main west-east raised city railway and
easily reached from Hauptbahnhof or Spandau. From here’s
it’s a short walk to many hotels and sights, or else hop on
the M29 bus, going east along Tauentzienstraße or west
down Kurfürstendamm.
POCKET WALK: CHARLOTTENBURG
Explore Charlottenburg from Zoologischer Garten station.
Walk east past the Zoo to Breitscheidplatz for the ruins
and modern reincarnation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial
Church. Stroll further east down Tauentzienstraße for the
KaDeWe department store and other upmarket shops, or
head west along Kantstraße to leafy Savignyplatz for calm
cafés and reﬁned dining, or southwest down grand old
Kurfürstendamm for more shopping.
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This bistro is great value with a generous appetiser plate for
two and various specials. The dining is a bit more formal out
back, where tables get the white-linen treatment.QD-5,
Winterfeldstraße 56, Schöneberg, MU Nollendorfplatz,
tel. +49 30 216 88 69, www.restaurant-april.com. Open
10:00 - 24:00. €-€€. UNGBS
BAVARIUM
A Bavarian restaurant oddly located in the basement of the
Europa-Center mall by the Gedächtniskirche. Where buxom
waitresses plonk down hearty German dishes and big glasses
of Löwenbräu, Radler and Franziskaner beer, to the merry tune
of oompah-music. How much more German can it get?QD-4,
Tauentzienstraße 9-12 (Europa-Center), Charlottenburg,
MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 261 43 97, www.
bavarium-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €€. TUG
KNESE
Alt-Berliner, traditional ‘Old Berlin’ cuisine, is on oﬀer at rustic
Knese. Try the Königsberger Klopse, meatballs with potatoes,
the pork knuckle or the calf liver with apples, onions and
potatoes for a taste of the Berlin of yesteryear at reasonable
prices. There’s also a selection of international meals and
desserts for you to tuck in to. Wash it all down with some
good South-African wine.QC-4, Knesebeckstraße 63,
Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 41 34 48,
www.restaurant-knese.de. Open 11:00 - 01:00. €€. TB

ZILLEMARKT
It’s easy to imagine Heinrich Zille, a local artist famous for his
charming portraits of Berlin’s lower classes, stroll in and order a
jellied boiled pork, stuﬀed cabbage leaves or a Berliner Currywurst.
Zillemarkt serves breakfast, home-made cakes. lunch and dinner,
and you can down a Zillebräu beer in the glass-ceilinged bar.QC4, Bleibtreustraße 48a, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel.
+49 30 881 70 40, [email protected], www.zillemarkt.de.
Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. TB

Local cuisine
Wartburgstraße 54
Berlin - Schöneberg
Open daily from 18:00
Tel. 784 20 59
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sauerkraut, and boiled potatoes), Oma’s Rote Grütze (a vanilla
pudding with stewed red berries), and warm apple strudel
make up the menu of traditional Alt-Berlin and Brandenburg
cuisine.QD-5, Motzstraße 61, Schöneberg, MU ViktoriaLuise-Platz, tel. +49 30 21 96 98 61, schoeneberger_
[email protected],www.schoeneberger-weltlaterne.
de. Open 17:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 17:00 - 02:00. €. TEB

SCHÖNEBERGER WELTLATERNE
Come back to old West Berlin at this wood-panelled tavern
on the southwest side of Viktoria-Luise-Platz. Schnitzel
variations, Berliner Eisbein (pork knuckle with pea puree,

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Upscale German dining with a diﬀerence. The interior is kept
casual and simple, with all focus on the people and the food.
Serving regional cooking, you can order dishes such as sauteed
mushrooms in chervil sauce, pan-seared pike-perch and a
selection of tasty Alsatian ﬂammekuchen.QD-5, Wartburgstraße
54, Schöneberg, MU Eisenacher Straße, tel. +49 30 784 20
59, www.renger-patzsch.com. Open 18:00 - 23:30. €€.

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If ‘downtown’ to you means wide, traﬃc-ﬁlled streets,
crowds of shoppers, ﬁve-star hotels and tall buildings,
then Charlottenburg comes closest to ﬁtting the bill in
Berlin. The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche church, left
as a ruin after the war, is the nexus of activity; between
it and Zoologischer Garten station, over a billion euros is
being invested in impressive highrises, hotels and oﬃces.

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Charlottenburg & the West

Charlottenburg & the West
AUSTRIAN
OTTENTHAL
The pleasure in this intimate, classy bistro is that of fresh,
seasonal ingredients, often from the owner’s home town,
Ottenthal. Daily specials might include foam of goose liver
or venison pie with apple-celery salad. The portion of Wiener
Schnitzel could feed two. Service is excellent, and you can
rely on wine recommendations (the list is extensive). Wines
and other products from Ottenthal such as pumpkinseed oil,
are available for purchase. This is truly one of our favourite
spots.QC-4, Kantstraße 153, Charlottenburg, MU
Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 313 31 62, www.ottenthal.
com. Open 17:00 - 01:00. €€€. VGB

Suksan

ASIAN
SUKSAN
A short stroll from West Berlin’s shops and sights, Suksan
is a cosy Thai restaurant decorated with ample bamboo
poles and palmleaf roofs. Drop by for the lunch specials,
or dine on spicey Thai dishes accompanied by wine or
fresh coconut milk, perhaps followed by a cocktail.QD-4,
Ansbacher Straße 4, Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz,
tel. +49 30 21 01 86 73, [email protected], www.
suksan.de. Open 12:00 - 23:00, Fri 12:00 - 24:00, Sat
16:00 - 24:00, Sun 17:00 - 23:00.
JJ

Zillemarkt
Caféhaus • Restaurant

Over 100 years of
comfort and quality
Traditional German cuisine

SCHNITZELEI
Nearly as far from central Berlin as Austria, Schnitzelei is
well oﬀ the beaten track, but well worth looking up. No
tacky alpine decorations here, but a light take on the genre,
with oak patterns and subdued lighting creating a good
vibe. There are delicious schnitzels in diﬀerent variations,
though you may also want to try the German tapas.QB-3,
Röntgenstraße 7, Charlottenburg, MU Richard-WagnerPlatz, tel. +49 30 34 70 27 78, www.schnitzelei.de. Open
16:00 - 01:00, Sat, Sun 12:00 - 01:00. €€. TVGBS

FINE DINING
FIRST FLOOR
A Michelin star has been the beacon over Matthias Dieter’s
restaurant for years now, and visiting gourmands who can’t
move well after a seven-course meal make a point of staying
at the Palace. The cuisine has touches of France and the Far
East, and turbot with caviar or prawn is often on the menu.
QD-4, Budapester Straße 45, Charlottenburg, MS/U
Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 25 02 10 20, www.palace.
de. Open 18:30 - 22:30. Closed Mon, Sun. €€€€. G h
HUGOS
The InterContinental’s Michelin-starred French restaurant on
the 14th ﬂoor has stunning views across the park to Potsdamer
Platz. Chef Thomas Kammeier’s cuisine is equally dazzling; expect
subtle creations blending ﬁne ﬂavours in the lightest of dishes.
QD-4, Budapester Straße 2, Tiergarten, MS/U Zoologischer
Garten, tel. +49 30 26 02 12 63, www.hugos-restaurant.de.
Open 18:30 - 22:30. Closed Mon, Sun. €€€€. TUGW h

INTERNATIONAL
Mon-Fri 12:00-24:00
Sat, Sun, Holidays 10:00-24:00
Tel. 030-881 70 40
Bleibtreustr. 48a, Berlin-Charlottenburg
www.zillemarkt.de
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DIEKMANN
Herr Diekmann was one of the ﬁrst to grace Berlin’s simple
tables with some French ﬁnesse, even if it was in what began
as a sandwich shop in 1976. Shelves and drawers of an old
Kolonialwaren store line the walls, and Diekmann still uses
French techniques to primp excellent ingredients. Always on
the menu are oysters and a selection of French cheeses.QC4, Meinekestraße 7, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße,
tel. +49 30 883 33 21, www.diekmann-restaurants.de.
Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 18:00 - 01:00. €€€. UGB
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DRESSLER
A good place to go if you yearn to relive something
of Berlin’s roaring 1920s. Expect Art Deco wooden
paneling, large mirrors, and good bistro and proper
restaurant meals served in a very relaxed atmosphere.
The menu changes every week. Also in Mitte, at
Unter den Linden 39.QC-4, Kurfürstendamm 207,
Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 883
35 30, www.restaurant-dressler.de. Open 08:00 01:00. €€€. UGB
DUKE
Creative international crossover meals are served in
the aptly named Ellington Hotel restaurant, set in a
dazzling 1920s building near the Ku’damm. The open
kitchen allows you to watch chef cook Florian Glauert
create culinary treats.QD-4, Nürnberger Straße 50-55,
Charlottenburg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 683
15 40 00, www.duke-restaurant.com. Open 11:30 23:00. €€€-€€€€.
EINHORN
A fabulous vegetarian lunchbar, with standing space
only. Every day there’s a completely diﬀerent menu, with
European and Mediterranean as well as Arab and Asian
dishes.QC-4, Mommsenstraße 2, Charlottenburg, MU
Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 881 42 41, www.einhorncatering.de. Open 10:00 - 17:00. Closed Sat, Sun. €.
NGS

ITALIAN
FRANCUCCI’S
Francucci’s kitchen churns out fresh, fresh food, with homemade pasta and bread and plenty of regional ingredients in
dishes like the veal scallop with herbs, potatoes and black
truﬄes.QB-4, Kurfürstendamm 90, Charlottenburg, MU
Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 323 33 18, www.francucci.
com. Open 12:00 - 23:00. €€€. TVGBSW
LA FORCHETTA
An upmarket restaurant well within the city limits but
overlooking lake Halensee. Only fresh Italian food is served
here, including a delicious oven baked lamb. In summer,
a romantic terrace is available.QA-5, Königsallee 5b,
Wilmersdorf, MS Halensee, tel. +49 30 892 85 97, info@
la-forchetta-berlin.de,
www.la-forchetta-berlin.de.
Open 12:00 - 24:00. B
LOCANDA
A tiny restaurant where Gianni can be found welcoming
guests, cooking, pouring wine, serving food and washing
dishes, all the while singing along to Italian classics. The
pasta, ﬁsh and meat dishes are simple, and all simply
delicious. Ask for the three-course surprise menu.
Opposite the Schaubühne theatre.QB-4, Lehniner
Platz 2, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49
30 31 80 69 68. Open 10:00 - 23:00. Closed Sun. €.
TNGBS
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SUKSAN

Sawatdi Kap – welcome to Suksan. Experience a
temple for Thai food and cooking culture in the
heart of West Berlin, offering varied dishes with
captivating aromas and tasty combinations that
will tickle the palate. Quality, freshness, and
healthy and original ingredients are central to our
dishes, without losing sight of modern cuisine.
Under bamboo roofs, Suksan seats over 60 guests
in Thai settings. Let us take you on a culinary trip
to the land of smiles.

Ansbacherstrasse 4
(corner of Kurfürstenstrasse)
tel. 21 01 86 73, www.suksan.de.

100m to KaDeWe and ZOO Berlin

TRAVEL FAR.
EAT
AT HOME.
RESTAURANT & COCKTAIL LOUNGE
ORIGINAL
THAI
FOOD

Ansbacher Strasse 4
corner Kurfürstenstrasse
U-Bhf Wittenbergplatz

Telefon 030.21 01 86 73
Telefax 030.21 01 86 88

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BERLIN IN BOOKS
Despite all the changes in the
city, the Kurfürstendamm is still
Berlin’s wealthiest and most
glamorous boulevard, with a
rich and varied history, especially
during the roaring 20s. The new
A WALK ALONG THE KU’DAMM
“A Walk Along The Ku’damm”
ebook by expat Brendan Nash,
the man behind the Christopher
Isherwood walking tours, takes you on a walk from one
end of the “Ku’damm” to the other, dishing up tales of
grand buildings and their famous residents. There are
stories about Marlene Dietrich getting married at the
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, now in ruins; the
legendary 1000-seat Romanisches Café, Berlin’s ﬁrst
purpose-built cinema, and Erich Mendelsohn’s striking
Schaubühne theatre. Nash mentions the activities
of Dada artist George Grosz, theatre-makers Rudolf
Nelson, Max Reinhardt and Bertolt Brecht, musician
and songwriter Walter Jurmann, nude dancer and
femme fatale Anita Berber, and Josephine Baker who
scandalously danced the Charleston here in 1926.
The book ends with biographies of the fascinating
people who made the Ku’damm truly grand. As only
43 of 235 buildings along the road survived the war,
the atmospheric illustrations by Ian Stuart Campbell do
much to conjure back the old Ku’damm.
PYGROUND AND BATTLEFIELD OF WEIMAR BERLIN

BRENDAN NASH

ILLUSTRATIONS BY IAN STUART CAMPBELL

“A Walk Along The Ku’damm: Playground and
Battleﬁeld of Weimar Berlin” by Brendan Nash
(2015), Kindle ebook available at www.amazon.
com/dp/B00SBNW7F4 for €8,99.
ZWÖLF APOSTEL
The alley next to the S-Bahn tracks leads to a grand interior
with classicist decoration and angels on the walls. The
Italian food - including wood-oven pizzas - served here
is excellent, and from Monday to Friday the business
lunch options oﬀer good value. Also at Georgenstraße 2,
under the S-Bahn track in Mitte.QC-4, Bleibtreustraße
49, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 312
14 33, www.12-apostel.de. Open 08:00 - 01:00. €€.
TNGBS

JAPANESE
SACHIKO SUSHI
An innovative kaiten sushi restaurant - the oldest in town,
dating back to 1995 - has little boats circling the restaurant
with some of the best sushi in town. Not afraid to serve
classic and new sushi varieties with world wines, here’s your
chance to have bonito with Sauvignon Blanc, or tuna rolls
with Riesling. Beneath the railway arches.QC-3, JeanneMammen-Bogen 584, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz,
tel. +49 30 313 22 82, www.sachikosushi.com. Open 12:00
- 24:00, Sun 16:00 - 24:00. Closed Mon. €€. TGBS
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Charlottenburg & the West
Nightlife

SPANISH
EL DORADO
Dark woods and coloured tile work make a proper setting
for this Spanish restaurant. The various steak cuts can
weigh up to a kilo. The non-red meat dishes include
Moorish and Catalan specialities and there’s also tapas
if you just want to snack while watching the boulevard’s
shoppers pass by.QC-4, Kurfürstendamm 203-205,
Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88
92 65 82, www.eldorado-steakhaus.de. Open 11:00 02:00. €€. B

CAFÉS
CAFÉ AM NEUEN SEE
The perfect Berlin biathlon is riding a bike through
Tiergarten park, rehydrating with beer here, and
then renting a rowboat on the adjacent lake.
This café, restaurant and bar serves a breakfast
of champions until 16:00 as well as regional
food, coffee, cakes and cocktails. Food served till
22:00.QD-4, Lichtensteinallee 2, Tiergarten,
MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 254 49 30,
www.cafeamneuensee.de. Open 08:00 - 23:00, Sat,
Sun 09:00 - 23:00. €€-€€€. TUGB
CAFÉ IM LITERATURHAUS
Some guests may be sporting three-piece suits, straw
hats, polished canes and freshly fluffed pups, but you
don’t have to be all that precious about eating at this
literary hangout. Food runs from cheap sandwiches
for aspiring writers and critics, to lamb. The 19thcentury building has airy rooms that are pleasant
to dine in on a sunny day.QC-4, Fasanenstraße 23,
Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30
887 2860, [email protected],
www.literaturhaus-berlin.de. Open 10:00 - 17:00.
€€. GB
CAFE KALWIL
A cosy and straight-friendly café in gay old Schöneberg.
Pink sofas and antique tables are arranged below glittering
chandeliers, overlooked by a dozen portraits of strapping
moustachioed men. There’s fair trade coﬀee, quality
teas, cakes by Wunderkuchen, sandwiches, light meals
and more.QD-4/5, Motzstraße 30, Schöneberg, MU
Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 23 63 88 18. Open 09:00 22:00. €€. ABW

BARS
GREEN DOOR
This dimly-lit, cool bar doesn’t take itself too seriously. An
undulating wall with a recessed shelf for drinks leads to an
improbable end of Gingham-checked wallpaper. A padded,
green leather door protects those prone to bumping into
things after a few rounds. Most of the crowd is thirty and up,
and quite steady on their feet.QD-5, Winterfeldstraße 50,
Schöneberg, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 215 25 15,
www.greendoor.de. Open 18:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 18:00 - 04:00.
HEFNER
The most happening spot on Savignyplatz is this cool
cocktail bar on the corner with Kantstraße. Though the
lengthy cocktail menu includes all the favourites, Hefner
prides itself on having the best selection of Martini
cocktails in Berlin.QC-4, Kantstraße 146, Charlottenburg,
MU Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 31 01 75 20, www.hefnerberlin.de. Open 16:00 - 03:00, Sat 13:00 - 03:00. NB
ZWIEBELFISCH
The name Zwiebelﬁsch is, among other things, the term used
by printers to label a single letter that rebels and appears in a
font unlike the letters around it. Aging, but still-kicking liberals
come here to rest the weight of their youthful ideals and trade
wisecracks with long-time owner Hartmut Volmerhaus. Jazz
or classic music is piped in, and a selection of papers and
magazines helps stretch out the beer or coﬀee. Hot meals,
like goulash and Swabian Maultaschen are served up until
03:00. The tall tables abutting the bar are a brilliantly social
arrangement.QC-4, Savignyplatz 7-8, Charlottenburg, MS
Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 312 73 63, www.zwiebelfischberlin.de. Open 12:00 - 06:00. €-€€. NBSW

JAZZ CLUBS
A-TRANE
Concerts at 22:00.QBleibtreustraße 1, Charlottenburg,
MU Ernst-Reuter-Platz, tel. +49 30 313 25 50, [email protected], www.a-trane.de. Open 21:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat
21:00 - 04:00. E

GRENANDER MORNING GLORY
Pastries, muffins, croissants and rolls lie in waiting
at the counter of this modern, earth-tone café. Great
for breakfast, lunch or indeed something else to
glorify your morning.QD-4, Wittenbergplatz 3a,
Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 75 52
77 21, www.grenander.de. Open 08:00 - 22:00. €€.
TUGBS
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WEST BERLIN REVIVAL
After the Second
World
War,
the
western half of Berlin
found itself in a very
curious situation. This
group of city suburbs,
which included the
chic shopping and
theatre district of Charlottenburg, was suddenly
declared a separate entity from the eastern part
of the city, which included the entire city centre
district. After the fall of the Wall, West Berlin
went through a tough decade of reorientation,
as investment and visitors headed east to the
original city centre. Now however, the West is
undergoing something of a revival. Next to the
newly renovated Gedächtniskirche stands the
gleaming new Waldorf Astoria, overlooking the
revolutionary Bikini Berlin concept mall and the
linked 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin. Just across
the tracks, the C/O Berlin photo gallery opens this
autumn. If that’s not enough reason to look west,
the intriguing West:Berlin exhibition opens in
mid-November. Find information about all these
Western attractions elsewhere in this guide.
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Charlottenburg & the West
UNION JACK
A corner of Scottish highland in the heart of Berlin, this
whisky pub is one of Berlin’s ﬁrst true pubs and continues
to draw the punters in with a collection of 401 whiskys
(from the best Scottish and Irish brands to Canadian and
Japanese bourbon) and various English and Irish beers.
Solid food is available too – home made snacks and and
Walkers crisps.QC-4, Schlüterstraße 15, Charlottenburg,
MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 312 55 57, www.
unionjack-berlin.de. Open 19:00 - open end. Closed Sun
Open from 19:00. Sun closed.

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Schlüterstr.15, 10625 Berlin - Charlottenburg, Tel. 312 55 57, www.unionjack-berlin.de, Monday to Saturday from 19:00

Irish Harp

Charlottenburg, MU Richard-Wagner-Platz, tel. +49
30 32 09 14 40, www.spsg.de. Open 10:00-18:00; NovMar 10:00-17:00; Mon closed. New Wing 10:00-18:00,
Tues closed. Admission €12/8, New Wing €6/5. Photo
permit €3.

PUBS
THE HARP
A well-established Irish pub serving all the usual pub
grub favourites as well as soups, salads and a range of
homemade burgers. On tap there’s Guinness, Kilkenny, and
a choice of German beers. You can expect major sports
events to be beamed on screens, and there’s quiz nights
and live music too. The pub can be booked for special
occasions.QB-4, Giesebrechtstraße 15, Charlottenburg,
MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 22 32 87 35, [email protected], www.harp-pub.de. Mon-Fri from 15:00, Sat, Sun
from 10:00. €-€€. EBW

CHURCHES
Union Jack

Sightseeing
LANDMARKS

German, Irish and international cuisine
Thursdays fun-quiz in German & English
Fridays and Saturdays live music from 21:00
Live sports events on big screens!
See our website for the event calendar

Open Monday – Friday from 31 pm
Saturday & Sunday from 10 am
Giesebrechtstraße 15 // Berlin-Charlottenburg
[email protected] 1 www.harp-pub.de

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OLYMPIC STADIUM
The Olympic Stadium was originally built under the
direction of architect Werner March to host the 1936
Olympic Games. A good example of bombastic fascist
architecture, its size never fails to impress. The most
striking changes are the blue track and the seemingly
ﬂoating roof whose translucent skin oﬀers shelter for
almost all of the 75,000 seats. On non-event days you
can visit the stadium using a multi-language audioguide,
or on an hour-long guided tour.QOlympischer Platz 3,
Charlottenburg, MS/U Olympiastadion, tel. +49 30
25 00 23 22, [email protected], www.
olympiastadion-berlin.de. Open 09:00 - 19:00 June mid-Sep open until 20:00, Nov - mid-Mar 10:00-16:00.
Admission €7/5.
SCHLOSS CHARLOTTENBURG
The largest royal residence in Berlin, named for Prussia’s
ﬁrst queen. Though it began as a modest summer palace
in 1695, today’s version, distinguished by its 505-meter
facade and central tower, took its ﬁnal form in 1790.
You can take a guided or audiotour of the luxurious
and largely Rococo and Baroque apartments where an
eye-glazing number of royal Friedrichs and Wilhelms
resided. Also here is the largest collection of 18th century
French painting outside France, plus a beautiful Baroque
garden, mausoleum, and Belvedere teahouse with a
porcelain exhibition. Take bus M45 from Wagner-Platz or
Zoologischer Bahnhof.QA-3, Spandauer Damm 20-24,
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GEDÄCHTNISKIRCHE
The ruined Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, a stark reminder of wartime destruction, is West Berlin’s landmark
attraction. Kept as an open wound, the severe acknowledgement of Germany’s culpability is declared on a plaque:
‘The tower of the old church serves as a remembrance of
God’s judgement, which befell our people during the war
years.’The 1895 church was once a symbol of national pride:
even synagogues contributed to its funding. Inside is a gilded mosaic of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The modern chapel
and bell tower beside it were completed in 1961, and are
worth entering on sunny days for the amazing blue stained
glass windows. Concerts take place every week, many
of them free.QD-4, Breitscheidplatz, Charlottenburg,
MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 218 50 23, www.
gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de. Open 09:00-19:00.

MUSEUMS
ALLIIERTENMUSEUM (ALLIED MUSEUM)
The Allied Museum covers 50 years of West German Allied
(US, British, French) relations in the US Army movie house
Outpost. The prize exhibit is the original sentry box from
the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing.QClayallee 135,
Zehlendorf, MU Oskar-Helene-Heim, tel. +49 30 818
19 90, www.alliiertenmuseum.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00.
Closed Wed. Admission free.
C/O BERLIN
On 30 October, the famed C/O photo gallery reopens in the
iconic Amerika-Haus building near Zoo Bahnhof. There’s
space for multiple exhibitions, and the gallery kicks oﬀ with
Will McBride’s series “I Fell in Love With the City” showing
how post-war Berlin awakened in the 1950s. Check the site
for opening hours and prices.QC-4, Hardenbergstraße
22-24, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel.
+49 30 28 44 41 60, www.co-berlin.org.
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MUSEUM FÜR ASIATISCHE KUNST
Alongside special exhibitions dealing with everything from
Qing-dynasty painting to architecture, the Asian Art museum
has an impressive permanent collection of Indian, Chinese,
Japanese and Korean art and archaeology. Each tradition
has its own gallery, and in the centre, a room dedicated to
Buddhist art. Chinese and Japanese painting and calligraphy
are of special interest, as well as Japanese woodcuts.
QTakustraße 40, Zehlendorf, MU Dahlem-Dorf, tel. +49
30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00,
Sat, Sun 11:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €6/3.

CONCERTS AT THE
BOTANICAL GARDENS

This February, the huge greenhouse complex at the
Botanischen Garten in southern Berlin hosts the
‘Palmensinfonie’, four evenings of classical music amidst
the green foliage inside the beautifully lit up tropical
greenhouses. Each evening, there are two sessions of
music in ﬁve locations, and visitors can wander around
to catch the piece they like most. Among the artists
there are brass players, choirs and string quartets,
ﬂautists, drummers and guitarists – in between the
palm trees, cacti, banana plants, cocoa and coﬀee.
Admission includes access to the outside gardens all
day, as well as to the Botanical Museum which until 22
February has an exhibition about Caucasus ﬂora.
7, 14, 21, 28 February, from 18:00-20:00.Tickets €15/10.
BOTANISCHER GARTEN BERLINDAHLEM, KöniginLuise-Str. 6-8, S Botanischer Garten, bus N°101/X83/
M48, tel. +49 30 83 85 01 34, www.botanischergarten-berlin.de.
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PARKS AND GARDENS
TIERGARTEN
This 255 hectare park full of paths, meadows, and
waterways is the most genteel of Berlin’s parks, but it’s
still a ﬁne place for jogging, football, a picnic barbecue,
or nude sunbathing (weather permitting). The Siegessäule
(Victory Column) that stood in front of the Reichstag from
1873 until 1938 now serves as a roundabout and lookout
point in the middle of the park. The park’s café and beer
garden, Café am Neuensee, is at the southwestern end.
QC/D/E-3/4.

Shopping
SHOPPING CENTRES
BIKINI BERLIN
The new Bikini Berlin ‘concept mall’ is Berlin’s shopping
sensation of the year. Inside the renovated landmark
1950s building is a set of boutiques selling everything
from fashion, beauty and electronics to art, plus a
supermarket, restaurants and cafes. On the lower
level there are a dozen cool pop-up box shops - but
perhaps best of all is the huge terrace with great
views across the zoo.QD-4, Budapester Straße 3850, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten,
tel. +49 30 55 49 64 54, www.bikiniberlin.de. Open
09:00 - 22:00, Sat 09:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun Terrace
open 24hrs.
KAUFHAUS DES WESTENS (KADEWE)
Europe’s largest department store, Berlin’s answer to
Harrod’s has 64 escalators linking seven huge ﬂoors, with
two ﬂoors devoted completely to gourmet food. Have
oysters at the champagne bar to take the sting out of
your shopping spree.QD-4, Tauentzienstraße 21-24,
Charlottenburg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 212
10, www.kadewe.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Fri 10:00 21:00, Sat 09:30 - 20:00. Closed Sun.

Hotels
OVER €200
DAS STUE
The luxurious, family-owned ‘living room’ hotel, set
in the 1930s Danish embassy building, attracts an
interesting mix of creatives and business visitors. The
1920s-style bar and many rooms overlook the zoo,
with ostriches and antelopes peering back at you.
The rooms and grand suites are spread across the
old and new wings, adorned with beautiful wooden
and copper details. A small pool can be found in the
spa area, and there’s the first-class Cinco restaurant.
QD-4,
Drakestraße
1,
Tiergarten,
MU
Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 311 72 20, www.dasstue.com. 80 rooms (70 doubles from €200, 20 suites
€290-740). PHUFGKDCW
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INTERCONTINENTAL
Near transport options, the Zoo and Tiergarten park, the
InterContinental oﬀers quiet nights in modern and spacious
rooms, and conference facilities with intelligent business
solutions. After work, there’s gourmet food at Hugos and live
music at the Marlene Bar. Further relaxation options can be
found in the large spa complex, with several saunas and ﬁtness
facilities.QD-4, Budapester Straße 2, Tiergarten, MS/U
Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 260 20, berlin@interconti.
com, www.interconti.com. 558 rooms (498 singles €165 350, 498 doubles €170 - 400, 60 suites €215 - 2500). Breakfast
extra.
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KEMPINSKI BRISTOL
The elite Kempinski and Adlon are sister properties, but
this is where well-travelled regulars feel more at home
- out of the limelight, but still in upmarket lodgings on
a swank corner of Ku’damm.QC-4, Kurfürstendamm
27, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30
88 43 40, [email protected], www.
kempinskiberlin.de. 301 rooms (249 singles €265 - 326,
249 doubles €322 - 447, 52 suites €470 - 1800). Breakfast
extra. PHARUFLGKDC hhhhh
PALACE
Near the Europa Center shops and the zoo, gourmands
feast at the First Floor restaurant and guests schmooze in
the conference rooms that include Tai-Ping carpets, oak
panelling and ﬁreplaces. The staidly furnished rooms are
large.QD-4, Budapester Straße 45, Charlottenburg,
MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 250 20, hotel@
palace.de, www.palace.de. 239 rooms (59 singles €200
- 300, 191 doubles €225 - 325, 32 suites €325 - 2150).
PHARUFLGKDC hhhhh
SAVOY BERLIN
Utterly un-Berlin, this stylish Cuban-ﬂavoured abode once
made Latin-music lover David Byrne a happy guest. Who
knows who you’ll trade smoke rings with in the cigar shop
near the clubby Times Bar.QC-4, Fasanenstraße 9-10,
Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49
30 31 10 30, [email protected], www.hotel-savoy.
com. 125 rooms (45 singles €142 - 222, 62 doubles
€152 - 232, triples €192 - 272, 16 suites €202 - 292).
ARFKD hhhh
SOFITEL BERLIN KURFÜRSTENDAMM
The 11-story, French-style Soﬁtel impresses with sleekly
designed rooms with ﬁne woods, contemporary art and
fantastic views from the upper ﬂoors. The curved corner
suites have sliding walls and elegant free-standing bathtubs.
QC-4, Augsburger Straße 41, Charlottenburg, MU
Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 800 99 90, H9387@sofitel.
com, www.sofitel.com. 311 rooms (singles €230 - 280,
doubles €240 - 300, 44 suites €280 - 950). Breakfast extra.
SWISSÔTEL BERLIN
Every room here has a Lavazza espresso machine and suites
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are cranking with Bang & Olufsen stereos. When you’re done
playing in your room, downtown western Berlin beckons.
You’ll never want to go home.QC-4, Augsburger Straße
44, Charlottenburg, MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 22
01 00, [email protected], www.swissotel-berlin.com.
316 rooms (219 singles €160 - 310, 219 doubles €160
- 310, 14 suites €310 - 480, 11 junior suite €260 - 410).
Breakfast €21. PHARFLGD hhhhh
WALDORF ASTORIA
Berlin’s newest luxury hotel, 118 metres high, occupies
a prime spot near Kurfürstendamm and the Kadewe
department store in western Berlin. Honouring its grand
New York heritage, it’s decorated in lavish Art Deco style,
with artworks and decoration in the spacious rooms,
and a café and bar with a 1920s Berlin theme. The library
on the 15th ﬂoor with its concierge and great views is a
comfortable place to relax. The Les Solistes restaurant run
by star chef Pierre Gagnaire oﬀers ﬁne dining and 650
wines.QC-4, Hardenbergstraße 28, Charlottenburg,
MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 814 00 00, www.
waldorfastoriaberlin.com. 232 rooms (doubles from
€250). PHAUFLGKDCwW

€150-200
BLEIBTREU
It’s hard to tell the hip guests from the hip neighbours that
share the deli and café fronting the boutique-lined street.
The designer rooms operate by remote-control but are
furnished using allergy-friendly, ecological, natural fabrics
and furniture.QC-4, Bleibtreustraße 31, Charlottenburg,
MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 47 40, info@bleibtreu.
com, www.bleibtreu.com. 60 rooms (15 singles €115 157, 45 doubles €125 - 182). ARGK
GRAND HOTEL ESPLANADE
Overlooking the Bauhaus museum between Kurfürstendamm
and Tiergarten park, the modern Esplanade has bright, wellfurnished rooms and impresses with a large glass-covered
atrium, the Harry’s New York Bar and a sizeable spa and
ﬁtness centre.QD-4, Lützowufer 15, Tiergarten, MU
Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 25 47 80, www.esplanade.de.
394 rooms (singles/doubles from €99, 40 suites from €139).
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€75-150
BERLIN, BERLIN
Mostly known for its conference facilities, this large 1958
hotel is in a central but rather bland area just south of
Tiergarten park. The glam period lobby and restaurant give
way to comfortably furnished rooms, in a variety of styles.
There’s live sports action in the bar, while peace can be found
in the summer garden restaurant.QD-4, Lützowplatz 17,
Tiergarten, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 260 50,
[email protected], www.hotel-berlin.de. 701 rooms
(103 singles €100 - 195, 569 doubles €100 - 245, 29 suites
€220 - 900). PHARUFLGKD hhhh
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BERLIN PLAZA
The Plaza has elegantly simple rooms equipped with
all modern conveniences, such as allergy-free bedlinen
and free wi-ﬁ. The in-house Knese restaurant has solid
traditional Berlin cuisine, and an attractive terrace.
QC-4, Knesebeckstraße 63, Charlottenburg, MU
Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 41 30, info@plazahotel.
de, www.plazahotel.de. 131 rooms (singles €80 - 150,
doubles €79 - 180, triples €105 - 200). HLGKW
BEST WESTERN PRESIDENT
Huge leather reclining chairs, cosmetic tables and an oldtime clubby lounge make this a smart choice for business
travellers. Besides the restaurant and bar, there’s also a ﬁtness
centre and multifunctional meeting rooms.QD-4, An der
Urania 16-18, Schöneberg, MS/U Wittenbergplatz,
tel. +49 30 21 90 30, [email protected], www.
president-hotel.de. 178 rooms (25 singles €79 - 155, 153
doubles €96 - 183, 3 suites €189 - 305). Breakfast extra.
PHARFGKD hhhh
ELLINGTON HOTEL
Set in a beautiful 1920s building near Kurfürstendamm and
named after the American jazz legend, the Ellington’s rooms
have clean, understated and elegant design, with the Tower
Suites oﬀering great views. The Duke hotel restaurant serves
up international cuisine in fabulous surroundings, and has
regular jazz brunches.QD-4, Nürnberger Straße 50-55,
Charlottenburg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 68 31
50, [email protected], www.ellington-hotel.
com. 285 rooms (singles €108 - 238, doubles €118 - 248,
suites €168 - 428). PJHARUFLK
SYLTER HOF
Sylt may be a skinny island in the North Sea, but these suites in a
high-rise are fat. For the cost of a normal room in Berlin, you get
a fully equipped kitchen too (a supermarket is across the street)
and rates go down for longer stays.QD-3, Kurfürstenstraße
114-116, Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30
212 00, [email protected], www.sylterhof-berlin.de.
160 rooms (80 singles €69 - 120, 40 doubles €99 - 180, 40
suites €129 - 210). HAG hhh

COLD WAR BERLIN
The physical division of Berlin during 28 years, and
the development of two completely separated cities
on both sides of the Wall that ran between them,
has led to huge diﬀerences that cannot be erased in
a matter of a few years. Key sights relating to this era
are the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer in Prenzlauer
Berg, Checkpoint Charlie in Mitte with the Haus
am Checkpoint Charlie Wall museum, BlackBox
Cold War, Wall Panorama and Stasi exhibition,
and the Tränenpalast, the former border crossing
beside Friedrichstraße station. Get insights into
daily GDR life at the DDR Museum in Mitte and the
Museumswohnung WBS 70 out in the suburbs.
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Prenzlauer Berg
On a low hill northeast
of Mitte, ‘Prenzl’ Berg’ is an
old working-class district
in the former East Berlin
that came through the war
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1989, the cool brigade
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houses that were once
home to East German
punks were renovated
in odes to pastel. The
number of wine shops and
young parents pushing
pricey prams indicates the level of gentriﬁcation here. The
best places to soak up the atmosphere are Kollwitzplatz,
Helmholzplatz and along Kastanienallee. One of Prenzlauer
Berg’s best attractions is the Kulturbrauerei culture centre,
set in a 19th-century brewery complex. This chapter also
covers some places in multicultural Wedding, just to the
west.

POCKET WALK: PRENZLAUER BERG
Start walking uphill along Kollwitzstraße from U-Bahn
station Senefelder Platz. From leafy Kollwitzplatz turn
into beautiful Husemannstraße, which was already
restored in GDR times, and left into Sredzkistraße
where you’ll spot the Kulturbrauerei complex ahead;
enter beside the tall chimney and wander through its
courtyards to the northern exit. Cross Danziger Straße
and amble down Lychenerstraße to pretty, café-lined
Helmholtzplatz. Follow Raumerstraße west, turn left
down Pappelallee and cross underneath the U-Bahn
station to Eberswalder Straße; you’ll soon reach the
popular Mauerpark and the top end of Bernauer Straße
with its excellent Wall Memorial.

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innovation, and casual professionalism. Using mainly
regional products, Zander serves mouth-watering German
and international cuisine and excellent wines in a stylish
and intimate setting. Though zander (pike-perch) is a house
speciality, the perfectly-composed set menus are highly
recommended.QG-2, Kollwitzstraße 50, Prenzlauer Berg,
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FAST FOOD
KONNOPKE’S IMBISS
The Ziervogel family started selling their famous Wursts
in 1930. This simple shack is a convenient stop for those
spilling out of the Eberswalder Straße U-Bahn; the Imbiss
is just south, beneath the tracks. To eat your Currywurst like
a true native, order it ohne darm (without the intestine skin
wrapping).QG-1, Schönhauser Allee 44b, Prenzlauer
Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 442 77 65,
www.konnopke-imbiss.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat
12:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun. €.

FLEISCHLUST
A spot for those with healthy lust for ﬂesh can grill ‘n
chill. Staﬀ in 1930s outﬁts serve excellent steaks, cooked
anything from blue (extremely rare) to well done. For the
undecided, there’s a mixed grill, while the thirsty can delve
into the wine and cocktail menu.QH-1, Pappelallee 36,
Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser Allee, tel. +49 30
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Modern and light German food on Berlin’s prime catwalk.
Kastanienallee, also known as casting alley, is a perfect
place to watch Berlin street style. Die Schule has a terrace
facing the street and the airy interiors belie that these
rooms used to be classrooms (hence the name). You can
have all the German food classics, and even better: you
can have them all at once: try German Kleinigkeiten, small
samples of everything the local cuisine is famous for.QG2, Kastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder
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RESTAURATION 1900
Our Kollwitzplatz favourite, 1900 exhibits some fascinating
photographs of the neighbourhood before (Trabant) and
after (Smart) 1989. It serves excellent Berlin and German
food, as well as some pasta and vegetarian options.
Come on Saturday morning to watch locals shopping at
the weekly market, and on Sundays to ﬁll up at the allyou-can-eat breakfast buﬀet.QH-2, Husemannstraße
1, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49
30 442 24 94, www.restauration1900.de. Open 10:00 23:00. €-€€. TBSW

PRECISE MYER’S
Entered from a quiet courtyard, Myer’s is an upmarket
private hotel with smallish, classically furnished rooms
overlooking the garden. On the ground ﬂoor, a tearoom
has a pleasant summer terrace.QH-2, Metzer Straße
26, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder Platz, tel. +49
30 44 01 40, [email protected], www.myershotel.
de. 51 rooms (8 singles €75 - 135, 33 doubles €85
- 185, 1 suite €195 - 345, 10 Premium €115 - 265).
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GETTING THERE
The U2 from Alexanderplatz feeds crowds onto Senefelderplatz and Eberswalder Straße, close to most attractions.
From Museumsinsel and Friedrichstraße you can use tram
M1 to Eberswalder Straße as well. U-Bahn station Bernauer
Straße and S-Bahn station Nordbahnhof are most convenient for a stroll along the Wall Memorial to Mauerpark.

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GUGELHOF
During the early bloom of Kollwitzplatz’s gentriﬁcation,
the success of little Gugelhof was sealed by heads of state:
Schröder, Fischer, Albright and even Bill Clinton made
surprise visits. German, French, and Swiss dishes share
the menu; this is where to try ﬂammekuchen, a thin-crust
Alsatian pizza. The atmosphere is lively and service is
friendly.QH-2, Knaackstraße 37, Prenzlauer Berg, MU
Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 442 92 29, [email protected], www.gugelhof.com. Open 16:00 - 24:00, Sat,
Sun 10:00 - 24:00. €€. A
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ITALIAN
PIZZERIA I DUE FORNI
Atypical for Berlin, this Italian restaurant is not very chic, the
service is rather cheeky, and the whole place has the feel
of an overcrowded student canteen. But the cheap pizza is
highly praised, and the lively, convivial atmosphere of i Due
Forni is the perfect primer for a night out on the town.QG-2,
Schönhauser Allee 12, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder
Platz, tel. +49 30 44 01 73 33. Open 12:00 - 24:00. UB

Prenzlauer Berg
TOURIST INFORMATION

MUSEUMS

PRENZLAUER BERG
TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE
Prenzlauer Berg’s district tourist information centre
is inside the Kulturbrauerei complex. Staﬀ advise
about events, nightlife, guided tours and sights.QG1/2, Schönhauser Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MU
Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 44 35 21 70, www.
tic-berlin.de. Open 11:00 - 19:00.

ZIMMERMEISTER BRUNZEL’S MIETSHAUS
Gentriﬁcation has transformed many Prenzlauer Berg
apartments into deluxe dream houses; this fascinating
museum shows master carpenter Brunzel’s apartment
in its original state, with extensive information about its
construction, utilities, furnishing and the often squalid living
conditions around 1900 in Prenzlauer Berg and Berlin.QH-1,
Dunckerstraße 77, Prenzlauer Berg, MS Prenzlauer Allee,
tel. +49 30 445 23 21, www.ausstellung-dunckerstrasse.
de. Open 11:00 - 16:30. Closed Wed. Admission €2/1.

JAPANESE
SUSHI IMBISS AM WASSERTURM
Discounts at happy hour (weekdays 13:00 - 16:00) crowd
this ﬁve-table joint, but there’s takeout as well. Sake Maki,
California Make and vegetarian items all run about €3. All
sushi-lovers speak some Japanese, but if you need any
explanations, the Japanese owner/chef and staﬀ speak
English.QH-2, Rykestraße 45, Prenzlauer Berg, MU
Senefelderplatz, tel. +49 30 44 04 57 06. Open 12:00 23:00, Sat, Sun 13:00 - 23:00. Closed Mon. €€.

CAFÉS
ANNA BLUME
Named after a lyrical poem and with a sexy Mucha ﬂower
girl on the wall, this is an excellent, relaxed café. Serving up
coﬀee, cakes, crepes, meals and the usual Berlin breakfasts,
it’s one of the better spots for people-watching or just
reading. Intriguingly, it also sells ﬂowers (Blume) from the
connected shop next door – and the smell of coﬀee and
fresh ﬂowers combines very well.QH-2, Kollwitzstraße 83,
Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder Platz, tel. +49 30 44 04
87 49, www.cafe-anna-blume.de. Open 08:00 - 02:00.
SCHALL UND RAUCH
‘Noise and Smoke’ is a great place to enjoy a breakfast buﬀet
on lazy weekend mornings, or to down specials at the bar
at night together with a variety of artists, students and
young in-crowd. But it’s more than just a café - the adjacent
hotel has modern and aﬀordable double rooms.QG-1,
Gleimstraße 23, Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser
Allee, tel. +49 30 443 39 70, www.schall-und-rauch.de.
Open 08:00 - 02:00.

Nightlife

SANTIAGO
This cocktail lounge overlooking Kollwitzplatz has a
somewhat dodgy interior – leather sofas and glitzy girl
statues that wouldn’t look out of place in a nightclub
– but manages to get the punters in with a range of
attractively priced oﬀers like cocktails during the happy
(before 20:00) and blue hours (from 01:00). There’s an
eat-all-you-can dinner on Wednesday and brunch at
weekends.QH-2, Wörtherstraße 36, Prenzlauer Berg,
MU Eberswalderstraße, tel. +49 30 441 25 55. Open
16:00 - 03:00.
WEINSTEIN
An older crowd savours an evening of conversation
and wine at this cosy wine tavern. Pick a meal to
help anchor the 40 vintages available by the glass.
There are few better places to try the outstanding
German whites that usually don’t make it out of
the country and there’s also a selection of sherries.
QH-1, Lychener Straße 33, Prenzlauer Berg,
MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 441 18 42,
[email protected], www.weinstein.eu. Open
17:00 - 02:00, Sun 18:00 - 02:00.
WOHNZIMMER
If the TV show Friends had to relocate to Berlin, Phoebe
would vote to hang out here. The large ‘living room’ is
ideally set up for meeting people. Stools, chairs and
GDR-era tables are constantly being shuffled to make
room for the rumpled but attractive crowds. There’s
coffee and pastries in the morning.QH-1, Lettestraße
6, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49
30 445 54 58, www.wohnzimmer-bar.de. Open 09:00
- 04:00.

BARS

CLUBS

AUGUST FENGLER
A neighbourhood bar if there ever was one, there aren’t just
football tables downstairs, but a Kegelbahn (bowling alley)
too. The team behind the big wooden bar is friendly, and
the seating area is an undulating mass of coats and groups
of friends yakking up a storm. DJs play classics, soul, disco,
and funk in the small back dance room.QG-1, Lychner
Straße 11, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße,
www.augustfengler.de. Open 19:00 - 05:00.

GEBURTSTAGSKLUB
Twenty year-olds fill the two low-ceilinged rooms of
this otherwise spacious cellar. Don’t miss the mad
monthly drag party with Nina Queer. Like at many
clubs in Berlin, you have to brave the walk down a dark
courtyard.QH-2, Am Friedrichshain 33, Prenzlauer
Berg, MU Schillingstraße, tel. +49 30 42 02 14 05,
www.geburtstagsklub.de. Open Fri, Sat, Sun 23:00
- 06:00.

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PARKS AND GARDENS

Raumerstr. 8 [Helmholtzplatz], 40301770, tausche.de

MAUERPARK
The immensely popular ‘Wall Park’ has no greenery to speak
of; this is an intensely used piece of former border strip that’s
especially busy on Sundays when it hosts a ﬂea market and the
immensely popular Bearpit Karaoke (every second Sunday from
15:00), where anyone can grab the microphone and sing for a
crowd of thousands.QG-1, Eberswalder Straße, Prenzlauer
Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, www.mauerpark.info.

Shopping
BOOKS
SODA CLUB
In the courtyard of the Kulturbrauerei complex, Soda is
a fun club with an enthusiastic regular crowd. Salsa is
played on Thursdays and Sundays (€5, starting off with
a lesson hour), and on Fridays and Saturdays there’s five
dancefloors with electro, crossover, black and dance
classics - girls get in for free until 01:00.QSchönhauser
Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße,
tel. +49 30 443 151 55, [email protected], www.
soda-berlin.de. Open , Thu 20:00 - 04:00, Fri, Sat 23:00
- 07:00, Sun 19:00 - 04:00 Open Thu-Sun 19:00 - 04:00.

Sightseeing
LANDMARKS
KULTURBRAUEREI
Follow the yellow brick wall of this 19th-century
brewery and you’ll eventually ﬁnd an entryway into a
nightlife Mecca that resembles an Old Town setting. A
cobblestone pedestrian way courses through the centre
of the complex, whose 25,000 square metres is ﬁlled with
bars, restaurants, clubs, galleries and a cinema. The only
thing you won’t ﬁnd is freshly brewed beer; Schultheiss
shut down production here in 1967. Soda Club is a both
a restaurant and popular nightclub, and Kesselhaus and
Alte Kantine host anything from readings to theater to
live bands.QG-2, Schönhauser Allee 36-39, Prenzlauer
Berg, MU Eberswalderstraße, tel. +49 30 44 31 51 52,
www.kulturbrauerei.de.
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SHAKESPEARE & SONS
An excellent little living-room style bookshop that came to
Berlin from Prague, selling used and new English-language
books as well as coﬀee, tea, cakes and snacks. Leaf through
a classic novel while munching on banana bread.QH-1,
Raumerstraße 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MS Prenzlauer Allee, tel.
+49 30 40 00 36 85. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 11:00 - 19:00.

FASHION & SHOES
TAUSCHE TASCHEN
Bags with exchangeable ﬂaps in over
100 diﬀerent designs. Two ﬂaps are
included and various insets equip the
bag to suit any occasion.QH-1,
Raumerstraße 8, Prenzlauer Berg,
MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49
30 40 30 17 70, [email protected],
www.tausche.de. Open 10:00 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun.

MARKETS
FLOHMARKT AM MAUERPARK
Vegan snacks, bicycles, crafts, clothing, alternative souvenirs
and antiques - it’s all available (though not particularly
cheap) at the weekly Mauerpark ﬂea market. Arrive early
to avoid the crowds.QG-1, Bernauer Straße 63-64,
Prenzlauer Berg, MU Bernauer Straße, tel. 0176 29 25 00
21, www.mauerparkmarkt.de. Open , Sun 08:00 - 18:00.
Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Open Sun 09:00-15:00.
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Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain
Friedrichshain is a lively old workers district that has
completely been taken over by rad nightlife venues, graﬃti
and leftist students moaning about Touri’s encroaching on
their favourite watering holes. Tree-lined Simon-Dach-Straße
is full of cafés and bars, while Boxhagener Platz hosts the
popular Sunday ﬂeamarket. In the former border zone along
the river, the ‘MediaSpree’ development plans for oﬃces,
apartments and skyscrapers is passionately opposed by many
vocal locals who fear they’ll lose public access to the river. This
chapter also includes suburban sights east of Friedrichshain.

Restaurants & Cafés
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KEULE
Keule, pronounced ‘coy-ler’ and berlinerisch for ‘bro’,
is an authentic corner in an increasingly international
district. It serves regional cuisine classics such as
soljanka soup, a hefty farmer’s breakfast, traditional
pork knuckle, cured smoked pork and berry compote
dessert. Later on, there’s cocktails and sports
on the large screen.QSimon-Dach-Straße 22,
Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49
30 22 34 55 01, www.keule-berlin.de. Open from
12:00. €€. AUB

GETTING THERE
From Mitte, hop on a train to S/U-Bahn station Warschauer
Straße, or to U-Bahn station Frankfurter Tor. From
Nordbahnhof or Prenzlauer Berg catch the M10 tram,
known as the party tram at night.

SCHNEEWEISS
Schneeweiß is extremely stylish, very popular, and
very, very white. The delicious Alpine and ‘new German
cuisine’ on the menu here is easily a match for the
chic interior, which has won accolades for its fantastic
design. This is the place to go if you’re looking for a fullon dining experience, not just food.QSimplonstraße
16, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel.
+49 30 29 04 97 04, www.schneeweiss-berlin.
de. Open 18:00 - 01:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 01:00. €€.
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POCKET WALK: FRIEDRICHSHAIN
Get oﬀ the S- or U-Bahn at Warschauer Straße; enjoy the city
panorama from the bridge and glance back at the dainty
red-brick Oberbaumbrücke bridge before heading north into
the district. Turn right on Revaler Straße and left on SimonDach-Straße for Friedrichshain’s most touristy stretch of bars
and cafés. A right on Krossener Straße takes you to Boxi,
Boxhagener Platz, scene of the excellent Sunday ﬂea market.
Walk north along Gärtnerstraße and Mainzer Straße to reach
the grand Stalinist-style Frankfurter Allee. Follow this west (it
becomes Karl-Marx-Allee) and turn right onto Friedenstraße
for a stroll and a beer in Volkspark Friedrichshain.

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GLORY DUCK
Excellent Vietnamese-style Peking duck. This gorgeous new
place serves crispy, freshly grilled duck, served with gingermango sauce, orange sauce, red curry and other toppings.
Or go for Vietnamese standards such as Pho or one of the
vegetarian options. There’s a good selection of drinks and
Asian cocktails too. The design alone is reason to drop by;
the dark Feng Shui interior has interesting perspective
lines, there’s a large harbour scene on one wall and the
toilets are decorated with 13000 psychedelic stickers.QI4, Sonntagstraße 31, Friedrichshain, MS Ostkreuz, tel.
+49 30 63 96 53 31, www.gloryduck.de. Open 12:00 24:00, Sat, Sun 14:00 - 24:00. €€. AUBSW

INTERNATIONAL
SAN DIEGO STEAKHOUSE
Great steaks and drinks at low prices with friendly service
– what more does a meat-lover want? There’s a good
choice of beef and other meats, even a few vegetarian
options.QI-3, Karl-Marx-Allee 141, Friedrichshain, MU
Frankfurter Tor, tel. +49 30 42 02 37 77. Open 11:00 24:00. €. TUNGBS
CUPCAKE BERLIN
The very ﬁrst thing that we learnt to bake together with our
mothers is now a fashionable little dessert snack with its
own café dedicated to it. Try ‘The King’ cupcake (with Elvis’
favourite ingredients), the sweet ‘Pretty in Pink’ or any of
the other 20-odd creations. There’s a good breakfast and
coﬀee served at Cup Cake too.QJ-4, Krossener Straße 12,
Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 25
76 86 87, www.cupcakeberlin.de. Open 12:00 - 19:00.
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KAUFBAR
At this homey café you can wash down your chocolate croissant
with either a coﬀee or carafe of red wine. Excepting the wine,
you can buy everything here to-go: the lampshades, art work,
chairs and even the ashtrays. The only thing not for sale in
the “Buy Bar” are their board games.QJ-4, Gärtnerstraße 4,
Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 29
77 88 25, www.kaufbar-berlin.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00, Tue,
Wed 15:00 - 24:00. TUNGBSW
MACONDO
Macondo was the setting of García Márquez’ novel 100
Years of Solitude, and you could say that its languid tropical
atmosphere perseveres in this wonderful ‘reading café’. There’s
old furniture to sink in to, views over the Sunday market, good
coﬀee and original South American mate tea, sipped through
a silver straw. Bring a book, and time.QI-4, Gärtnerstraße 14,
Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 54 73
59 43, [email protected], www.macondo-berlin.
de. Open 15:00 - 02:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 02:00. BW
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Sightseeing
MUSEUMS
COMPUTERSPIELEMUSEUM
Stroll through decades of computer game history, from
the 1951 Nimrod calculating robot, the legendary Pong
machine and other 1980s gaming machines to 3D
simulators. There’s a total of 300 exhibits, including rare
originals and working classics. You can try out about 24
games yourself, and have a go at Atari’s huge 1977 Jumbo
Joystick.QI-3, Karl-Marx-Allee 93a, Friedrichshain,
MU Weberwiese, tel. +49 30 60 98 85 77, www.
computerspielemuseum.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Closed
Tue. Admission €8/5.
MUSEUMSWOHNUNG WBS 70
Travel back to 1986 and visit a GDR worker’s dream property;
this mundane but much-coveted prefab Plattenbau
museum home is the last of 42,000 such apartments with all
its original ﬁttings (drab wallpapered ceilings), appliances
(yoghurt machine, Albanian chairs) and decorations (lurid
ﬂoral patterns). The rent was 109 Marks, about 10% of the
average wage, but the colour TV cost 4,500 Marks. From the
station exit left and follow the street around the block. No
English spoken or captions; bring a local.QHellersdorfer
Straße 179, Hellersdorf, MU Cottbusser Platz, tel. +49
151 16 11 44 40. Open Sun 14:00-16:00, other days by
appointment. Admission free.
STASI MUSEUM
East Germany’s State Security Service or Stasi was
responsible for intelligence gathering both at home and
abroad. It spied on its own citizens, sometimes employing
the friends, colleagues, and family of those they wished to
keep an eye on. Today, this humble museum shows the
oﬃce of Erich Mielke, the feared Stasi minister for 32 years,
in its original dull state. There’s a video of him testifying
before a panel in 1989, symbols of Communist kitsch, and
many documents in German.QRuschestraße 103, Haus 1,
Friedrichshain, MU Magdalenenstraße, tel. +49 30 553
68 54, www.stasimuseum.de. Open 11:00 - 18:00, Sat,
Sun 14:00 - 18:00. Admission €5/4. Closed until 17 Jan.
STASI PRISON
The most hard-hitting of all GDR-related museums, the Stasi
Prison shows the sheer brutality of this dictatorship. Used by
the Soviets and the GDR’s secret service to extract confessions
in advance of (show) trials, the Hohenschönhausen prison
swallowed thousands of people who underwent horriﬁc
physical and psychological torture in the chilling ‘submarine’
cell block and the interrogation rooms. A short ﬁlm is followed
by an excellent 90-minute guided tour, vividly explaining how
eﬃciently the prison system worked, and how nobody ever
escaped. Take tram M5 from Alexanderplatz to Freienwalder
Straße and walk 600 metres.QGenslerstraße 66, tel. +49 30
98 60 82 30, www.stiftung-hsh.de. English tours on Wed,
Sat, Sun at 14:30. Admission €5.
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Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg
Thanks to a large Turkish
community and more
hippies, anarchists and
alternative folks than
you can shake a bong at,
Kreuzberg feels neither east
nor west. It was the black
sheep of West Berlin, literally
cornered up against the
death strip and left alone
to play loud music and
draw on the walls. By now,
the protesting students
of 1968 have grown grey
alongside the Turkish immigrants. Every year since 1987,
Kreuzberg relives its 15 minutes of fame during the traditional
May Day political demonstrations, which invariably turn into
a long night of stone-throwing and burning cars. Otherwise,
Kreuzberg is a perfectly safe district to wander through, and
it’s all about backgammon at the men’s clubs, café-sitting
along Landwehrkanal, and ambling down the popular
Oranienstraße and Bergmannstraße drags.
This chapter also covers areas south of Kreuzberg: leafy
Treptow west along the river Spree, the Tempelhof
airport-turned-park which attracts thousands of visitors
in summer, and the upcoming Neukölln district. Here,
the Kreuzkölln area around Reuterstraße is increasingly
attracting hipsters, artists, artsy boutiques and weird
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Though this is not Berlin’s ﬁrst Korean restaurant, Kimchi
Princess is being hailed by the capital’s gourmets as the
ﬁrst one to serve authentic dishes – that is, not drowned
in cream and sauce like most Asian food here. It’s indeed
excellent and spicy, and as a result it can be diﬃcult to
ﬁnd a free table in the evening.QH-4, Skalitzer Straße 36,
Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 163 458 02
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A sleek eatery with large pastel paintings of faces, cleancut design, and a surprising menu consisting of typical
Asian street food. There’s everything from Thai spring
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Vietnamese banana dessert. Fresh juices and smoothies
too.QH-5, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 42, Kreuzberg, MU
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A bit of countryside in the city - the beautiful old customs
house along an idyllic stretch of the Landwehrkanal has a
calm, rustic atmosphere in which to try regional specialities
featuring things such as goat’s cheese, dumplings, mustard
sauce and compotes.QG-5, Carl-Herz-Ufer 30, Kreuzberg,
MU Prinzenstraße, tel. +49 30 692 33 00, www.alteszollhaus.com. Open 18:00 - 23:00. Closed Mon, Sun. €€€.
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Simply one of the best
Thai restaurants in town.
It feels crowded, steamy
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part of the authentic selfservice atmosphere; wait
till you sink your teeth in the fantastic food. The open
kitchen uses fresh vegetables and herbs that are ﬂown
in from Bangkok; all the Thai classics are present. There’s
seating indoors and in the basement room, as well as
outside. Ask if you like it hot.QF-5, Bergmannstraße
88, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30
691 26 40, www.pagode-thaifood.de. Open 12:00 24:00. €. VBS

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Kreuzberg is best explored in two parts. From Platz der
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Kreuzberg for views north over the city. Descend eastwards
and walk along genteel Bergmannstraße, perhaps
visiting a café or the market hall, before walking south to
Columbiadamm for access to the the former Tempelhof
airport, now a wonderful park.
Start a tour of the fascinating eastern end of Kreuzberg
at Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station; wander north through
‘little Istanbul’ to Oranienplatz and follow the park to
the Engelbecken pond where you can follow the former
Wall along Bethaniendamm to Mariannenplatz, a centre
of Berlin subculture. Stroll down Waldemarstraße to
café-lined Lausitzerplatz and cross under the U-Bahn
line to lively Görlitzer Park. From here, go north into
Falckensteinstraße to discover more of Kreuzberg’s street
art, or head south along Ohlauer Straße and across
Landwehrkanal into the trendy ‘Kreuzkölln’ district for
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or at Platz der Luftbrücke for the Viktoriapark. For the gritty
end of Kreuzberg hop on the U8 from Alexanderplatz
and pop up at Kottbusser Tor. The Kreuzkölln bars are
within pubcrawling distance of Schönleinstraße and
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SAROD’S
Kreuzberg’s friendliest Thai restaurant. The food is excellent,
healthy, fresh and gluten-free, with some unusual options
on the extensive menu such as the Lab (minced meat
with roast rice, coriander and spices). There’s a good
selection of wines too.QFriesenstraße 22, Kreuzberg,
MU Gneisenaustraße, tel. +49 30 69 50 73 33, www.
sarods.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sun 14:00 - 24:00. €€.
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AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIA
Have your Wiener Schnitzel and Salzburger Fritattatorte
where they do it right, here in Austria. This corner
restaurant is known for its huge portions, so indulge in
the full experience or go for the half portion. The setting
is appropriatly alpine with heavy wooden furnishings and
antlers on the wall.QF-5, Bergmannstraße 30, Kreuzberg,
MU Gneisenaustraße, tel. +49 30 694 44 40, www.
austria-berlin.de. Open 18:00 - 24:00. €€. TUBS

Kreuzberg
RIEHMERS
The elegant and understated Riehmers restaurant serves
a fantastic Wiener Schnitzel (breaded veal escalope),
amongst seasonal dishes like roast pike perch and crepes
with roast apricots. The dining room is kept bare and
simple, while the calm summer terrace in the garden
overlooks a historic apartment complex for Prussian
oﬃcers.QF-5, Hagelbergerstraße 9, Kreuzberg, MU
Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 78 89 19 80, www.riehmersrestaurant.de. Open 18:00 - 01:00. Closed Mon. €€-€€€.
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FAST FOOD
BERGMANN CURRY
A friendly fast food joint with quality organic Currywurst, fries, meat
balls and more. The menus include
the upmarket ‘Rockefella’ dish
(served on porcelain, with a glass
of champagne), and there’s vegan
wurst and burgers, and sweet
potato chips too. If you dare, ask for a drop of searing hot
chilli sauce from the bottles on the ‘board of pain’.QBergmannstraße 88, tel. +49 50 56 51 54, www.bergmanncurry.com. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 21:00.
CURRY 36
If you want to eat Currywurst the proper Berlin way, you’ll
order yours here boiled and naked. It looks a little pale in
comparison to the ones with their pink skins on, but you
might earn an iota of respect from the hard-boiled Fraus

JOLESCH
Excellent Austrian cuisine and wines in a quirky corner of
Kreuzberg. Jolesh, a classy yet good-value restaurant, is
named after ‘Tante Jolesch’, a Viennese auntie who loved to
cook. It serves a great Wiener Schnitzel as well as dishes like
goulash and Kaiserschmarrn, chopped-up pancakes with
sugar and fruit jam. Breakfast is served until 17:00, so take
your time for brunch. Reservations recommended.QH-4,
Muskauer Straße 1, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof,
tel. +49 30 612 35 81, www.jolesch.de. Open 11:00 24:00, Sat, Sun 09:30 - 24:00. €€. GB

Friesenstraße 22
tel. 69 50 73 33
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FINE DINING
SPINDLER
Several upmarket restaurants have made their
home along this lovely stretch of canal in Kreuzberg.
Spindler fits right in, serving gourmet cuisine by star
chef Nicolas Gemin in the casual, classy interior of a
former industrial building. The seasonal mains include
dishes like Parmesan polenta, haunch of venison
and pork belly.QPaul-Lincke-Ufer 43, Kreuzberg,
MU Schönleinstraße, tel. +49 30 69 59 88 80, eat@
spindler-berlin.com, www.spindler-berlin.com. Open
18:00 - 23:00. Closed Mon.

ITALIAN
CICCIOLINA
Dedicated to divas such as Jeff Koon’s porn star
ex-wife La Cicciolina and a host of other beauties
(whose portraits adorn the hallway by the toilets),
this unpretentious Italian restaurant has wellpriced and very tasty food, and a great terrace. For
something out of the ordinary, try the Strasburgo
flammkuchen pizza with cream, mustard and
Tirol bacon.QH-4, Spreewaldplatz 5, Kreuzberg,
MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 65 71 60,
www.cicciolina-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €-€€.
TUNGBSW

INTERNATIONAL
HOPPETOSSE
An elegant white ship moored along Treptow’s Arena
complex serves a small range of excellent-value regional
and international meals to go with good sunset views
towards Oberbaumbrücke bridge, just upstream. For
daytime visitors there’s drinks, lunch and cakes too. Sit
up on deck to catch the sea breeze.QI-5, Eichenstraße
4, Treptow, MU Schlesisches Tor, tel. +49 30 53 32 03
40, www.arena-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 23:00. €-€€.
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who work the stand. Other proletarian Berlin specialities
you can take to the stand-up outdoor tables are the fried
burgers, Boulette.QF-5, Mehringdamm 36, Kreuzberg,
MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 251 73 68, www.
curry36.de. Open 09:00 - 05:00. €. S

Open daily 12:00-24:00
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SAGE RESTAURANT
If there’s such a thing as industrial charm, this is
where to find it; a fantastically designed restaurant
with starkly modern and white furnishings
contrasting with raw factory bricks, peeling paint and
chains. The food served is imaginative gastronomy;
in summer, Sage opens earlier to serve lunch on its
riverside terrace with deckchairs and a beach bar.
QH-4, Köpenicker Straße 18-20, Kreuzberg, MU
Schlesisches Tor, tel. +49 30 755 49 40 71, www.
sage-restaurant.de. Open from 18:00. Closed Mon.
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Kreuzberg
OSTERIA N°1
Next to Viktoriapark, this neighbourhood ﬁxture has a fantastic
Biergarten bordered by lemon, cherry and olive trees. Classic
regional cuisine is prepared by cooks from diﬀerent parts of
Italy, and everything is made fresh to order. Order a pasta
with Toscan hare ragout or salmon in orange sauce. Perhaps
the most child-friendly place in town, too. Choose from six
diﬀerent lunch menus from €7.QF-5, Kreuzbergstraße 71,
Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 786 91 62,
www.osteria-uno.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00. €€. B

Trentasei

GORGONZOLA CLUB
An In Your Pocket favourite, serving the best and biggest
carpaccio we’ve had, and with lovely seating in the green
outdoor courtyard. The prices for the fresh pastas, pizzas
and other dishes are by all means reasonable, and there are
additional changing dinner options too. For after-dinner
cocktails simply go next door to the Würgeengel bar.QH4, Dresdener Straße 121, Kreuzberg, MU Kottbusser Tor,
tel. +49 30 615 64 73, www.gorgonzolaclub.de. Open
18:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 18:00 - 02:00. €. B

SALE E TABACCHI
This attractive restaurant with a nice garden and real Italian
waiters is a good option near Checkpoint Charlie, and is
not far from the Jewish Museum either. There’s a goodvalue lunch on weekdays, plus a wide range of imaginative
pasta, meat and ﬁsh dishes.QF-4, Rudi-Dutschke-Str.
25, Kreuzberg, MU Kochstraße, tel. +49 30 252 11 55,
[email protected], www.sale-e-tabacchi.
de. Open 10:00 - 23:30. €€-€€€. TGBSW
TRENTASEI
Try home-made tortellini, regional ingredients, Italian
wines and fresh ﬁsh specialities at Trentasei, referring to
the ‘36’ nickname for this part of the district. The warmly-lit
interior has a cabin feel, with plenty of brick and wood, plus
old-fashioned chairs around the tables.QSkalitzer Str. 34,
Kreuzberg, tel. +49 30 69 50 69 30, [email protected],
www.trentasei.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 16:00 - 01:00.

Spindler

VICOLO BERGMANN
Tasty Sicilian food is served at this rustic restaurant on the
sunny side of the street. Fresh quality meat, seafood and
vegetables are used to make the authentic pastas, pizzas
or the meat and ﬁsh dishes, and there’s home-made bread
too. The small uncluttered space with randomly exposed
bricks is decorated with newspaper cuttings. Don’t miss the
sinfully sweet Sicilian desserts.QF-5, Bergmannstraße 88,
Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 69 00 44 88,
[email protected], www.vicolo-bergmann.de.
Open 12:00 - 24:00. €€.

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BEER GARDENS

Mon–Sat 12:00–01:00 | Sun 16:00–01:00
Tel. +49 30 - 69 50 69 30
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LUFTGARTEN
The large Biergarten around the former US oﬃcer’s casino
in Tempelhofer Freiheit park has Bavarian beer, tables
beneath the chestnut trees and deckchairs in the sun.
Drop by for the American barbeque, large hamburgers
and other international food.QTempelhofer Freiheit
Park, Columbiadamm entrance, tel. +49 152 22 55 91
75, www.luftgarten-berlin.de. Open from 12:00 until
around sunset. €. UENGBS
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NEW: FINE DINING
AT SPINDLER
A converted industrial building along Kreuzberg’s
canal recently became the home of Spindler, the
newest gourmet experience in Berlin. Owned by
the successful local gastronomer Frank Spindler and
interior designer Karolina Preis, the restaurant oﬀers
ﬁne dining in a relaxed, bohemian atmosphere. French
chef Nicolas Gemin commands the kitchen with
years of experience in renowned restaurants across
the world, and his seasonal creations - many of them
regional, all of them fresh and home-made - have the
critics raving. The interior design is simply gorgeous
and worth a visit alone; Karolina mixed antiques and
modern elements, raw steel with wood and leather.
A promising gourmet destination in Berlin’s most
legendary district.
SPINDLER, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 42, Kreuzberg, tel. +49
30 69 59 88 80, www.spindler-berlin.com. Open
18:00 - 23:00, closed Mon.
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fantastic home-made juice – just make your own selection
of fruit. Come evening and there are cocktails and DJs, and
even the occasional living room concert.QI-4, Skalitzer
Straße 80, Kreuzberg, MU Schlesisches Tor, tel. +49
30 69 00 47 75, www.salon-schmueck.de. Open 09:00 02:00, Fri, Sat 09:00 - 05:00. €. TNGBSW

BARS

SO36
Live bands perform nearly every night at this institution
that’s home to any alternative lifestyle, from gay Turks and
metal heads to hardcore punks and goth vegans. On popular
club nights, like the Ugly X Bad Taste Party or Gayhane, show
up before 01:00 or face a long wait with the friendly door
staﬀ.QH-4, Oranienstraße 190, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer
Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 40 13 06, www.so36.de. Check
their website for opening times. UENG

GALANDER
A wonderfully classic bar, furnished with 1920s-style
fauteuils and woodwork. Apart from beer, Galander
has an excellent selection of wine and can mix some
quite unusual cocktails for you. Occasionally the piano is
played too. Recommended for a quality night out.QF-4,
Grossbeerenstraße 54, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm,
tel. +49 30 28 50 90 30, www.galander-berlin.de. Open
18:00 - 02:00. Closed Mon. E

WILD AT HEART
Rock on. One of Berlin’s rare live-music venues brings in
hardcore and punk bands touring the planet. There’s an
occasional DJ night as well. Booths and seating in the front
rooms make conversation manageable. Bring earplugs
for the stage area.QH-5, Wiener Straße 20, Kreuzberg,
MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 610 74 701, www.
wildatheartberlin.de. Open 20:00 - 04:00. ENB

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CAFÉS
CAFÉ AM ENGELBECKEN
Opposite the impressive, partially-restored St. Michael’s church
is a pond, sunk into a depressed parkway that was once a canal.
Hidden away at the reedy edge of the pond is a sunny terrace
café. View of the water and the rustling tall green reeds makes
this a peaceful respite from all things city while still being near
the heart of Kreuzberg (and can you believe this area was once
ﬁlled with rubble, and part of the Wall’s death strip?). Pizza and
snacks are served and they oﬀer a choice of cocktails.QH-4,
Michaelkirchplatz, Mitte, MU Heinrich-Heine-Straße, tel.
+49 157 88 94 70 91, www.cafe-am-engelbecken.de. Open
10:00 - 24:00. €. TUNGBSW

CLUBS

MILCHBAR
It is the foam of beer that lines the upper lip of patrons of
Milchbar, home to punks, students, and aging alternative
types still loyal to the sounds of punk, ska, thrash, and
hard rock. The crowd is not so anarchic as to not want to
cheer on their teams when football games are screened.
The murals and dark décor can heighten your wooziness if
you’ve had one round too many.QH-4, Manteuﬀelstraße
41, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 611
70 06, www.milchbar-berlin.de. Open 17:00 - 04:00.
NBW
WÜRGEENGEL
Pronounced woor-ge-en-gel and named after Bunuel’s
ﬁlm El Ángel Exterminador, this dark brown bar is a
great place for a drink and a snack. The tapas list has a
dozen tasty options, while the cocktail menu has over 50
reasons to delay your departure. To round it all oﬀ, there
are Cuban and other cigars to enjoy.QH-4, Dresdener
Straße 122, Kreuzberg, MU Kottbusser Tor, tel. +49 30
615 55 60, www.wuergeengel.de. Open from 19:00.
€€. B

Sightseeing
MUSEUMS
DEUTSCHES TECHNIKMUSEUM
One of Berlin’s best museums is unmistakably recognisable by
the Douglas C-47 plane suspended above the main building.
The huge complex set in and around an old freight station rail
depot has planes, trains, cars, bikes, computers, phones, radios
and much more. Outside there are windmills and a brewery.
There’s a hands-on Spectrum science centre for children too.
QF-4, Trebbiner Straße 9, Kreuzberg, MU Gleisdreieck,
tel. +49 30 90 25 40, www.sdtb.de. Open 09:00 - 17:30, Sat,
Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €6/3,5.
HAUS AM CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
A homespun Great Escape museum of false trunks, tools,
videos, even a submarine, and stills of tunnel-digging attest to
necessity and desire being the mother of invention. Visit this
museum for dramatic stories of separated lovers, freedomseeking families, and fed-up senior citizens in the GDR who
breached the Wall. The museum also has art interpreting the

WELTRESTAURANT MARKTHALLE
Within a historic market hall
building, the rustic Markthalle
restaurant is long and tall, with
wainscoting, simple wooden
furniture and a bar that locals belly
up to. It’s a restaurant that doesn’t
let its looks carry it: the kitchen
takes pride in its nouvelle takes
on German and Austrian standards. The menu changes
weekly, but count on Spätzle, Schweinebraten (braised
pork), and apple strudel. Breakfasts run from Russian to
American-style, and as late as 16:00. After dinner, check
if anything is going down in the Auster Club in the cellar.
QH-4, Pücklerstraße 34, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer
Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 617 55 02, www.weltrestaurantmarkthalle.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00. €€. B
concrete division of the city, and an exhibit on human rights
movements.QF-4, Friedrichstraße 43-45, Kreuzberg, MU
Kochstraße, tel. +49 30 251 20 75, www.mauermuseum.
de. Open 09:00 - 22:00. Admission €12,50/9,50.
JÜDISCHES MUSEUM BERLIN
The famous zinc-plated fortress designed by Daniel
Libeskind contains a moving perspective on the many
ways in which German life and Jewish history are
intricately interwoven. The interior contains dark ‘voids’ for
contemplation, but the exhibits cover much more than
the Holocaust chapter of Jewish history in Germany.QF4, Lindenstraße 9-14, Kreuzberg, MU Hallesches Tor,
tel. +49 30 25 99 33 00, www.jmberlin.de. Open 10:00
- 20:00, Mon 10:00 - 22:00. Admission €5/2,50, special
exhibitions €4/2, combined ticket €7/3,50.
MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU
Dusty pink brick, gilded mosaics, stucco work run riot - this is
the work of Great Uncle Gropius, not Walter ‘Bauhaus’ Gropius.
Completed in 1881, the beauty once held an arts and crafts museum. Today the Martin-Gropius-Bau hosts excellent touring exhibitions. Until 10 August: David Bowie.QF-4, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, Kreuzberg, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 25
48 60, www.gropiusbau.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Tue.

KUCHENKAISER
A melting pot for Berliners, their friends and visitors since 1866,
the “cake emperor” is famous for its cakes and tarts, which were
sent exclusively by the Hindenburg to New York in the 1920s.
The restaurant also has a wide variety of German specialities
and international dishes. There’s a great choice of breakfasts,
a low-cost lunch, and a huge brunch on Sundays. A mustsee in Berlin.QG/H-4, Oranienplatz 11-13, Kreuzberg, MU
Moritzplatz, tel. +49 30 61 40 26 97, www.kuchenkaiser.de.
Open 09:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 09:00 - 01:00. €€. B
SALON SCHMÜCK
A crash-pad style neighbourhood café that looks like a
time-warp from the 1970s with its funky furniture. The food
is fresh however, and you can dig into breakfast, lunch and
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BERLIN IN BOOKS
Tens of thousands of new
residents arrive in Berlin every
year, many seduced by the
gritty charms of the city. The
192-page ‘Finding Your Feet in
Berlin’ by the American expat
writer Giulia Pines is an excellent
guide to settling in the city,
telling newcomers where to
register, what paperwork to take
care of, how to ﬁnd a ﬂat and in
which district, how to get a job, choose insurance,
pay taxes, and where to learn German in order to
make sense of it all. With the basics taken care of, next
Pines advises what to do after work, where to shop,
how to entertain the kids, what to see, where to eat
and drink, and how to connect with other expats
and Germans. A handy weapon against the mindnumbing bureaucracy sometimes required to get
very simple things done, the book does a great job
of taking away many insecurities when arriving in this
strange but wonderful city.
‘Finding Your Feet in Berlin - A Guide to
Making a Home in the Hauptstadt’ (2014, ISBN
9783957230003) by Giulia Pines is for sale for around
€17 (ebook €13) at the Berlin Story bookshop or
via their website www.berlinstory-verlag.de, at
Dussmann or other major bookshops.

TOPOGRAPHIE DES TERRORS
Beside a souvenir-ravaged stretch of Wall, the cellars are
all that remain of the palace housing the Reich Security
(SS) Oﬃce. The fascinating exhibition in the trench and the
adjacent pavilion and park uses models, texts and photos to
highlight the topography of the Third Reich police, military
and security groups that were headquartered in this area, and
discusses their organisation and the terror they cast across
Europe. The most important lesson to take home is perhaps
that these organisation only managed to thrive thanks to the
continuous cooperation of many institutes and citizens. Set
aside 2-3 hours to do it justice.QF-4, Niederkirchnerstraße
8, Kreuzberg, MU Kochstraße, tel. +49 30 25 45 09 50,
www.topographie.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Admission free.

PARKS & GARDENS
TEMPELHOFER FREIHEIT
Where else can you run for ﬁve minutes with your eyes
closed? Berlin’s most amazing space is this historic and wide
open airport just south of Kreuzberg, which closed in 2008
and was opened as a park in 2010. Now the runways and
taxi lanes are used by bikers, inline skaters and kiteboarders;
the ﬁelds around them are used by rare breeding skylarks
(from April-July), picnickers, barbecuers, artists, kite-ﬂyers,
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gardeners and dog-walkers. There’s even a Biergarten at
the northern end. Note that turnstiles allow exit from
the park after closing time as well. Also easily accessed
from U-Bahn stations Tempelhof and Boddinstrasse.
QF/G-6, Columbiadamm, MS/U Tempelhof, www.
tempelhoferfreiheit.de. Open March 06:00-19:00, April
& Sept 06:00-20:30, May & Aug 06:00-21:30, June & July
06:00-22:30, Oct 07:00-19:00, Dec, Jan 07:30-17:00, Feb
& Nov 07:00-18:00. Admission free.
VIKTORIAPARK
Before heading up the hill, crowned with Karl Friedrich
Schinkel’s memorial to the Napoleonic Wars, go to the corner
of Kreuzbergstraße and Großbeerenstraße for an eyeful of
the park’s waterfall, constructed in the late 19th century.
Kids stripped to their knickers wade in between the shallow,
tiered levels. 65 metres above, people lean back against the
graﬃti-laden monument to take in the panoramic view.
Towards the back of the park, past a playground and oﬀ the
Bacci ﬁeld, is the Golgotha beer garden. Running parallel
to Kreuzbergstraße is a small petting zoo where children
and goats get to meet and bleat.QF-5, Kreuzbergstraße,
Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm.

Shopping
MARKETS
MARHEINEKEHALLE
The old Markthalle XI from 1892 is now an upmarket and
slightly sterile venue for the organic market with about 50
stalls selling everything from bread to cheese and fruit, much
of it from the region.QF-5, Marheinekeplatz, Kreuzberg,
MU Gneisenaustraße, www.meine-markthalle.de. Open
08:00 - 20:00, Sat 08:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun.
MARKTHALLE IX
Everything you need for a picnic in Görlitzer Park. A historical
market hall from 1891 has been revived with a weekly
market (Fri, Sat), selling organic fruit and vegetables, cheese,
bread, meat and smoked ﬁsh. There are snack stands with
picnic tables, a children’s corner and a restaurant that
serves a delicious organic lunch menu every day. The busy
Streetfood Thursday has hipsters showing up in droves, and
there’s breakfast on Sunday and occasional crafts and deli
market days too.QH-4, Eisenbahnstraße 42, Kreuzberg,
MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 577 09 46 61, www.
markthalle9.de. Open Fri, Sat 10:00-18:00. Admission free.

SOUVENIRS & GIFTS
HERRLICH
Set the ladies loose in the mall; men will ﬁnd what they
really need at Herrlich, a quirky men’s gift shop stocking
body care products, clothing accessories, barbecue
gear and essential gadgets.QF-5, Bergmannstraße 2,
Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 784 53 95,
www.herrlich-online.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun.
berlin.inyourpocket.com

B ERLINER U NTERWELTEN E.V.
Society for the Exploration and Documentation of Subterranean Architecture

Berlin from below
Cold War and WW II bunker tours

Different tours every day • see: www.berliner-unterwelten.de
Subway: Gesundbrunnen (U8), southern entrance-hall • Brunnenstraße 105
There’s a story on every corner in Berlin, though you’ll need
a guide to hear it. It’s a huge, fascinating city, but lacks a real
Old Town-type area. Attractions are fairly far-ﬂung, so plan
your itinerary and get acquainted with the excellent public
transportation. If you’re here for a limited amount of time,
we highly recommend you join one of the walking or
cycling tours to get your bearings and see the main sights.

BUS, CAR & PLANE TOURS
BERLIN CITY TOUR
Open-top doubledecker buses circle the main sights in about
two hours; the green ones have live English commentary;
red ones have audioguides. Board at Kurfürstendamm 14,
the Town Hall or Brandenburger Tor and hop-on or hop-oﬀ
as you like. There’s also a narrated ‘Wall & Lifestyle’ tour taking
in the main Wall sights and some trendy districts.Qtel. +49
30 68 30 26 41, www.berlin-city-tour.de. Tickets €15/12/5.

BERLIN UNDERWORLDS

The Berlin Underworlds Association allows you to
experience Berlin´s history from an unusual perspective,
through its underground installations dating back to the
Cold War, World War II, or earlier. Though predominantly
in the spaces below Berlin´s Gesundbrunnen station,
tours are also oﬀered in several other complexes that
are usually not accessible to the public. With prior
notiﬁcation, tours can be arranged for groups of
minimum 20 people at other times.
The following tours are held in English; they also take
place in German and Spanish at other times, and various
tours are held in Dutch, French, Italian and Danish.
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CITY CIRCLE BUSES
Several tour bus companies operate hop-on hop-oﬀ
double-decker bus City Circle tours lasting 2.5 hours.
Buses run every 10 minutes, with narration in a dozen
languages. Kurfürstendamm 220 and Alexanderplatz are
the two main starting points, but you can get on and oﬀ at
some 20 stops. Besides Berolina, the operators are Berliner
Bären Stadtrundfahrt (www.bbsberlin.de), BEX Sightseeing
(www.berlinerstadtrundfahrten.de) and Bus Verkehr
Berlin (www.bvb.net).Qtel. +49 30 88 56 80 30, www.
berolina-berlin.com. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Tickets €22/11.
Afternoon ticket (from 13:30) €16,50/11.

WALKING & CYCLING TOURS
ALTERNATIVE BERLIN TOURS
After the 4-hour Real Berlin tour (daily at 12:00, €12)
you’ll know all about Berlin’s subcultures, the graﬃti and

Tour 1: Dark Worlds – A bunker from the Nazi era. MarNov Mon 11:00 and 13:00, Wed-Sun 11:00; Dec-Feb Mon
11:00 and 13:00, Thu-Sun 11:00.
Tour 2: From Flak Towers to Mountains of Debris.
Enter a devastated albeit fascinating underground world.
Apr 1 - Oct 31, Thu-Sun 16:00.
Tour 3: Subways, Bunkers, Cold War – a political history of Berlin from an unusual perspective. Mar-Nov Tues
11:00 and 13:00, Wed-Sun 13:00; Dec-Feb Thu-Sun 13:00.
Tour M – Breaching the Berlin Wall: Subterranean
escapes from East to West Berlin. Mar-Nov, Sun 10:30.
For further information see www.berliner-unterwelten.
de. Tickets €10/8, Tour M €13/10 (no reservation
required); the meeting point is at the southern entrance
of the Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station at Brunnenstraße
105, tel. +49 30 49 91 05 17.

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City tours
stencil art, street artists like Thierry Noir and Mr.6, the
gay scene, and the squatter and anti-fascist movements.
Knowledgeable resident artists poke at Berlin’s dark,
fuzzy underbelly on a variety of walks; there are also
free short walks (daily at 11:00 and 13:00), twilight
tours, a street art workshop and an ‘anti-pubcrawl’.
QMS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 162 819 82 64, www.
alternativeberlin.com. Tickets €10-20.
ANITA SIKORA’S BERLIN WALKS
The walking tours by guide and artist Anita Sikora oﬀer a
wide choice of topics, ranging from David Bowie and Walter
Benjamin themed tours, walks around the Pankow district,
to the Wall’s course through the industrial ‘Fireland’ district.
Join a regular group walk or book a private tour.Qtel. +49
176 68 60 16 63, [email protected], www.anitasikora.com. Tours €9.
BERLIN LOCALS
Tailor-made private city tours on foot, by minibus or by
limo, lead by local German historians who can often relate
historical events to their family’s personal experience. Tour
themes range from The 1920s, Cold War and Third Reich
to street art, railways and architecture. The guides are also
licenced for Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Tours are
in English or German.Qtel. +49 177 238 00 02, info@
berlinlocals.com, www.berlinlocals.com. Tours €40 per
hour, €250 per day.
BREWER’S BERLIN
The 6-hour Best of Berlin (10:30) and the 3-hour Express
(13:00, tip only) tours are great introductions to the
city. Potsdam tours take place on Wed and Sat (09:20).
The meeting point for all tours is the Bandy Brooks ice
cream shop near Friedrichstraße station; no bookings
are required.QF-3, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49
177 388 15 37, www.brewersberlintours.com. Tickets
€15/12.
CITY SEGWAY TOURS
Hop on a self-balancing Segway scooter and - after
a short driving lesson - zip around Berlin on the fourhour general tours (10:00 and 15:00, €67), or the shorter
afternoon tour (15:00, €43). Drivers license required.QG-3,
Panoramastraße 1a, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel.
+49 30 24 04 79 91, [email protected], www.
citysegwaytours.com.
FAT TIRE BIKE TOURS
Grab a bike at the base of the TV Tower and spin
through town on the relaxed 4,5 hour daily city tour
(11:00, from May also 16:00), the Wall tour (Mon, Thu,
Sat at 10:30), the Third Reich tour (Wed, Fri, Sun at
10:30) and the Raw tour (counter culture; Tue, Fri, Sun
at 10:30); these tours cost €24/22 and no booking is
required. Call or email ahead for the Potsdam tour.QG3, Panoramastraße 1a (Fernsehturm), Mitte, MS/U
Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 24 04 79 91, www.
fattirebiketoursberlin.com.
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INBERLIN TOURS
Specialised walking tours for small groups: along the Wall
in Mitte or Treptow, or through the Kreuzberg, Prenzlauer
Berg, or Friedrichshain districts. Tours take place at ﬁxed
times and days, or made to suit your needs; reservations
required.Qtel. +49 174 157 48 36, [email protected],
www.inberlin.de. Tickets €10-16.
INSIDER TOURS
Insider’s enthusiastic guides go a long way to make you feel
like an insider on the daily 4-hour tours; starting from AMT
Coﬀee at Hackescher Markt (10:30 and 15:00, €12/10). Other
tours are the Wall, Third Reich, Sachsenhausen, Potsdam,
Jewish Berlin and a pub crawl.QG-3, MS Hackescher
Markt, tel. +49 30 692 31 49, www.insidertour.com.
ISHERWOOD’S NEIGHBOURHOOD TOUR
In the 1920s Berlin was a veritable ‘Sodom on the Spree’
with 85,000 lesbians, open prostitution and an outrageous
club and revue theatre scene. The young gay British writer
Christopher Isherwood wove his experiences in Goodbye
To Berlin (of Cabaret fame). This excellent one-hour tour
through Isherwood’s Berlin around Nollendorfplatz is
spiced up with quotes and references to notorious 1920s
party-goers like Anita Berber and Marlene Dietrich.QD4/5, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 151 25 22 03 42,
[email protected], www.cabaret-berlin.com.
Tours Sat at 11:00, and on demand. Book ahead. Tickets
€12.
NEW BERLIN TOURS
Free 3,5-hour city centre tours, popular with young
visitors who are just as interested in each other as in the
sights along the route (daily 11:00 and 13:00 from the
Brandenburger Tor Starbucks). They additionally oﬀer
various themed tours and pub crawls.QF-3, Pariser Platz,
Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 51 05 00 30,
www.newberlintours.com. Tickets free/€12.
ORIGINAL BERLIN WALKS
The daily 3,5-hour Discover Berlin tour starts at the
Weihenstephaner restaurant on Hackescher Markt at 10.30
and 14:00. Check online for themed tours like Third Reich,
Cold War, Queer Berlin, Jewish Berlin and Potsdam.Qtel. +49
30 301 91 94, www.berlinwalks.de. Tickets €12/10.
SLOW TRAVEL BERLIN TOURS
The Berlin blog dedicated to ‘slow travel’ oﬀers quirky
cultural-historical tours. In small groups you explore Berlin’s
most fascinating districts. Join a literary stroll in West
Berlin, a walk on Kreuzberg’s wild west side, a trip along
the Wall, down lively Potsdamer Strasse, or march through
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Berlin.Qwww.slowtravelberlin.com/
tours. Tickets €15.

More reviews online:
berlin.inyourpocket.com
berlin.inyourpocket.com

ACCOUNTANTS
ERNST & YOUNG QFriedrichstraße 140, Mitte,
MS+U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 25 47 10, www.
ey.com.
KPMG QKlingelhöferstraße 18, Tiergarten, MU
Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 206 80, www.kpmg.de.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Emergencies, ambulance, ﬁre tel. +49 30 112;
Emergency doctor service tel. +49 30 31 00 31;
Police tel. +49 30 110;
Non-urgent police matters tel. +49 30 46 64 46 64.

NÖRR STIEFENHOFER LUTZ QCharlottenstraße 57,
Mitte, MU Französiche Straße, tel. +49 30 20 94 20 00,
www.noerr.de.

IRELAND QF-3, Jägerstraße 51, Mitte, MU
Hausvogteiplatz, tel. +49 30 22 07 20, www.
embassyofireland.de.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS QLeise-MeitnerStraße 1, Charlottenburg, MU Mierendorﬀplatz, tel.
+49 30 263 60, www.pwc.com.

NEW ZEALAND QF-3, Friedrichstraße 60, Mitte, MU
Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 206 210, www.nzembassy.com.

BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

UNITED KINGDOM QF-3, Wilhelmstraße 70-71,
Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 20 45 70,
www.britischebotschaft.de.

AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
QCharlottenstraße 42, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße,
tel. +49 30 28 87 89 20, www.amcham.de.

HOSPITALS

DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIE-UND HANDELSKAMMER
(CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) QBreite Straße 29,
Mitte, MU Märkisches Museum, tel. +49 30 20 30 80,
www.dihk.de.

DENTISTS

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLINICAL CENTRE
QKlingsorstraße, Steglitz, MS/U Rathaus Steglitz, tel.
+49 30 84 45 30 15, www.medizin.fu-berlin.de.
CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM QF-3,
Schumannstraße 20-21, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor,
tel. +49 30 45 050, www.charite.de.

DR. SUSANNE MÜNCHBERG QFasanen Straße 72,
Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 883 63 85.

LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

DR. WOLF-ULRICH KLOTZ QBayreuther Straße 8,
Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 213 10 10.

BERLITZ MITTE QF-3, Friedrichstraße 95, Mitte,
MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 204 21 24, www.
berlitz.de/de/berlin_mitte.

DOCTORS
DR. ALEXANDRA HEISER QKurfürstendamm 139,
Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 89 00
91 01.
DR. KARIN WROBEL QSchönhauser Allee 126 A,
Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser Allee, tel. +49 30
448 57 67.
DR. MICHAEL OPPEL QDerﬄingerstraße 14,
Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 44 72 81
28, www.integrative-medizin.com.

EMBASSIES
AUSTRALIA QG-3, Wallstraße 76-79, Mitte, MU
Märkisches Museum, tel. +49 30 880 08 80, www.
australian-embassy.de.
FRANCE QF-3, Pariser Platz 5, Mitte, MS/U
Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 590 03 90 00, www.
botschaft-frankreich.de.
facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket

GLS QG-2, Kastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg, MU
Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 78 00 89 16, www.glsgerman-courses.de.

MOVING TO BERLIN
The following companies can help with every aspect of
relocation, including moving, permits, accommodation,
language courses and getting to know the local
community.
ANKE FREUDE RELOCATION SERVICES
QMesselstraße 23, MU Podbielskiallee, tel. +49 30 39
79 38 16, [email protected], www.first-relocating.de.
ARRIVA RELOCATION QLeibnizstraße 60, MS
Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 32 77 43 11, [email protected], www.arriva-relocation.de.
FIRST RELOCATING QKissinger Str. 67, MS
Hohenzollerndamm, tel. +49 30 826 14 51, [email protected], www.first-relocating.de/.
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Index
Aapka
23
Adlon Kempinski
30
Admiralspalast
10
Adria
15
Aigner
22
Alexa Centre
30
Alliiertenmuseum
39
Alpenstueck
21
Alte Nationalgalerie
28
Alternative Berlin Tours
57
Altes Museum
28
Altes Zollhaus
49
Anita Sikora's Berlin Walks 58
Anna Blume
44
April
33
A-Trane
37
Aufsturz
24
August Fengler
44
Austria
50
Babylon Mitte
15
Barcomi's Deli
23
Bavarium
33
Bergmann Curry
50
Berlin, Berlin
41
Berlin City Tour
57
Berliner Dom
27
Berlinische Galerie
55
Berlin Locals
58
Berlin Plaza
41
Best Western President
41
Bikini Berlin
40
Black Box Cold War
28
Bleibtreu
41
Blue Man Group
11
Borchardt
22
Brandenburger Tor
26
Brewer's Berlin
58
Café am Engelbecken
54
Café am Neuen See
36
Café im Literaturhaus
36
Cafe Kalwil
36
Central Kino
15
Chan
49
Cicciolina
51
CineStar IMAX & Original
15
City Circle Buses
57
City Segway Tours
58
C/O Berlin
39
Computerspielemuseum
47
Cupcake Berlin
47
Curry 36
50
Daimler Contemporary Berlin 28
Dalí - The Exhibition at
Potsdamer Platz
28
Das Stue
40
Deutsche Oper Berlin
10, 14
Deutscher Dom
27
Deutsches Currywurst Museum
28
Deutsches Historisches
Museum
12, 28
Deutsches Technikmuseum 55
Diekmann
34

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Die Schule
43
Dressler
35
Duke
35
Eastwood
25
Einhorn
35
El Dorado
36
Ellington Hotel
41
English Theatre Berlin
13
Eschschloraque Rümschrümp
24
Eventim
10
Facil
22
Fat Tire Bike Tours
58
Fernsehturm
30
First Floor
34
Fischers Fritz
22
Fleischlust
43
Flohmarkt am Mauerpark
45
Francucci's
35
Französischer Dom
27
Friedrichstadt-Palast
11
Führerbunker
27
Galander
54
Geburtstagsklub
44
Gedächtniskirche
39
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer 29
Gemäldegalerie
29
Glory Duck
47
Gorgonzola Club
52
Grand Hotel Esplanade
41
Green Door
37
Grenander Morning Glory 36
Gugelhof
43
Hackesche Höfe
15
Halle Tanzbühne
13
Hamburger Bahnhof
29
Haus am Checkpoint Charlie 55
Hebbel am Ufer
13
Hefner
37
Hekticket
10
Herrlich
56
Hilton
30
Hinterm Horizont
12
Honigmond & Garden Hotels 31
Hoppetosse
51
Hotel de Rome
31
Hugos
34
InBerlin Tours
58
Insider Tours
58
InterContinental
40
Isherwood's Neighbourhood
Tour
58
Jolesch
50
Jolly
22
Joseph Roth Diele
21
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
55
Kaffee Burger
25
Kamala
22
Kaufbar
47
Kaufhaus des Westens
40
Kempinski Bristol
40
Keule
46
Kilkenny Irish Pub
19, 26

Kimchi Princess
49
Knese
33
Knutschfleck
24
Koka 36
10
Komische Oper
10
Konnopke's Imbiß
43
Konzerthaus Berlin
10
Kookaburra Comedy Club 14
Kuchenkaiser
54
Kulturbrauerei
45
La Forchetta
35
Locanda
35
Luftgarten
53
Macondo
47
Mall of Berlin
30
Mandala
31
Marheinekehalle
56
Markthalle IX
56
Marriott
31
Martin-Gropius-Bau
55
Mauerpark
45
Mein Haus am See
25
Memorial to the Murdered Jews
of Europe
27
Microsoft Berlin
30
Milchbar
54
Monsieur Vuong
22
Museum für Asiatische Kunst 39
Museum für Film und
Fernsehen
29
Museum für Naturkunde
30
Museumswohnung WBS 70 47
Mutter Hoppe
21
Neues Museum
28
Neue Synagoge
26
New Berlin Tours
58
Nikolaiviertel
26
Nola’s am Weinberg
23
Olympic Stadium
38
Original Berlin Walks
58
Osteria N°1
52
Ottenthal
34
Pagode
49
Palace
40
Papagena
10
Paris-Moskau
22
Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz 31
Pergamon Museum
28
Pizzeria i Due Forni
44
Potsdamer Platz
26
Precise Myer's
42
Prenzlauer Berg Tourist
Information Centre
44
Quatsch Comedy Club
14
Radialsystem V
14
Reichstag
26
Reingold
25
Reinhard's
23
Renger-Patzsch
33
Restauration 1840
21
Restauration 1900
43
Riehmers
50
Ritz-Carlton
31

Rotisserie Weingrün
21
Sachiko Sushi
36
Sage Restaurant
51
Sale e Tabacchi
52
Salon Schmück
54
San Diego Steakhouse
47
Sankt Oberholz
23
Santiago
44
Sarod's
50
Savoy Berlin
40
Schall und Rauch
44
Schaubühne
14
Schloss Charlottenburg
38
Schneeweiß
46
Schnitzelei
34
Schöneberger Weltlaterne 33
Schwarzwaldstuben
21
Shakespeare & Sons
45
Slow Travel Berlin Tours
58
SO36
55
Soda Club
45
Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm 40
Sophieneck
23
Spielbank Berlin
26
Spindler
51
Sputnik
15
Staatsoper im Schillertheater 10
Stasi Museum
47
Stasi Prison
47
Suksan
34
Sushi Imbiss am Wasserturm 44
Swissôtel Berlin
40
Sylter Hof
41
tausche Taschen
45
Tempelhofer Freiheit
56
The Digital Eatery
23
The Harp
19, 38
Tiergarten
40
Tipi am Kanzleramt
12
Topographie des Terrors
56
Traube
23
Trentasei
52
Union Jack
38
Vicolo Bergmann
53
Viktoriapark
56
Waldorf Astoria
41
Week-End Club
25
Weinstein
44
Weltrestaurant Markthalle 55
Westin Grand
31
Wild at Heart
55
Wintergarten Variété
12
Wohnzimmer
44
Würgeengel
54
Zander
43
Zillemarkt
33
Zille-Stube
21
Zimmermeister Brunzel's
Mietshaus
45
Zwiebelfisch
37
Zwölf Apostel
36

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