Guidebook for Berlin

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Guidebook for Berlin

Food / Restaurants

Good traditional indian food with friendly service and next to our house.
Swaad Indisches Restaurant
55 Erich-Weinert-Straße
Good traditional indian food with friendly service and next to our house.
Lovely place with super friendly staff. Excellent but a bit more expensive food and good wine. Special neighborhood atmosphere.
52 locals recommend
Frau Mittenmang
37 Rodenbergstraße
52 locals recommend
Lovely place with super friendly staff. Excellent but a bit more expensive food and good wine. Special neighborhood atmosphere.
Very good breakfast! The only cafe I know, where you can get a really big Nutella bread :)
48 locals recommend
Café Suicide Sue
2 Dunckerstraße
48 locals recommend
Very good breakfast! The only cafe I know, where you can get a really big Nutella bread :)
Beer garden near Tiergarten and Berlin Zoo
171 locals recommend
Cafe am Neuen See
2 Lichtensteinallee
171 locals recommend
Beer garden near Tiergarten and Berlin Zoo
For Lonely Planet you'll probably get one of the best burgers in town.
266 locals recommend
The Bird
5 Am Falkpl.
266 locals recommend
For Lonely Planet you'll probably get one of the best burgers in town.
Maybe Berlins' most famous "Currywurst".
171 locals recommend
Konnopke's Imbiss
44b Schönhauser Allee
171 locals recommend
Maybe Berlins' most famous "Currywurst".
Our favourite Currywurst in Berlin (by the way, it's the son of Konnopke's Imbiss)
7 locals recommend
Ziervogel's Kult-Curry
20 Schönhauser Allee
7 locals recommend
Our favourite Currywurst in Berlin (by the way, it's the son of Konnopke's Imbiss)
Yummy pizza slices...you will love them. Try different flavors and pieces but be careful, it's easy to order way too much... If you did so, ask for a take-away bag at the end.
60 locals recommend
da Zia
32A Pappelallee
60 locals recommend
Yummy pizza slices...you will love them. Try different flavors and pieces but be careful, it's easy to order way too much... If you did so, ask for a take-away bag at the end.
Great food and a lovely atmosphere outside for dinner. Don't miss to have a look inside once before you go. On the weekend still a place for tango or other dance events. ..Like Berlin in 1920th
191 locals recommend
Clärchens Ballroom
24/25 Auguststraße
191 locals recommend
Great food and a lovely atmosphere outside for dinner. Don't miss to have a look inside once before you go. On the weekend still a place for tango or other dance events. ..Like Berlin in 1920th
Authentic Chinese food, just around the corner.
Chinarestaurant Mayflower
27 Greifenhagener Straße
Authentic Chinese food, just around the corner.
Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, every Sunday from 12 to 6pm. A 20 minute walk or three stations with M12 to Eberswalder Str./Pappelallee
Street Food auf Achse
38 Schönhauser Allee
Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, every Sunday from 12 to 6pm. A 20 minute walk or three stations with M12 to Eberswalder Str./Pappelallee
If you like Ramen, this is the place. Very small restaurant, 5 minutes walk from us.
22 locals recommend
Takumi NINE
19 Pappelallee
22 locals recommend
If you like Ramen, this is the place. Very small restaurant, 5 minutes walk from us.

Drinks & Nightlife

Still one of our favorite places for a late beer or a coffee in the sun. It's like being in grandma's living room with friends. Sit down and enjoy this special neighborhood around Helmholtzplatz
164 locals recommend
Wohnzimmerbar
6 Lettestraße
164 locals recommend
Still one of our favorite places for a late beer or a coffee in the sun. It's like being in grandma's living room with friends. Sit down and enjoy this special neighborhood around Helmholtzplatz
Good place for cocktails with a brillant view over Berlin. Combine it with a visit at Potsdamer Platz and enjoy the view. Good DJs on the weekends.
83 locals recommend
SOLAR Bar Restaurant Lounge
76 Stresemannstraße
83 locals recommend
Good place for cocktails with a brillant view over Berlin. Combine it with a visit at Potsdamer Platz and enjoy the view. Good DJs on the weekends.
(RECOMMENDATION) After a walk along the Kastanienallee and Mauerpark area, stop here for a drink or food. The very nice beer garden is surrounded by chestnut trees and there is also a small playground for the kids. In addition to the garden, they offer traditional German food in the restaurant.
237 locals recommend
Prater Beer Garden Berlin
7-9 Kastanienallee
237 locals recommend
(RECOMMENDATION) After a walk along the Kastanienallee and Mauerpark area, stop here for a drink or food. The very nice beer garden is surrounded by chestnut trees and there is also a small playground for the kids. In addition to the garden, they offer traditional German food in the restaurant.
Lovely place / club on the waterside for a drink, chilling, dancing and listening to music within "this" special Berlin atmosphere. Only for sunny days.
384 locals recommend
Club der Visionäre
1 Am Flutgraben
384 locals recommend
Lovely place / club on the waterside for a drink, chilling, dancing and listening to music within "this" special Berlin atmosphere. Only for sunny days.
Beach Bar/Lounge on the roof top of the shopping mall
62 locals recommend
Deck5 - Die Rooftop-Strandbar
79 Schönhauser Allee
62 locals recommend
Beach Bar/Lounge on the roof top of the shopping mall
(RECOMMENDATION) Roof top bar with alternative atmosphere. It's a bit far but easy to get there by transportation. Go there in the evening and enjoy the sunset over Berlin.
702 locals recommend
Klunkerkranich
66 Karl-Marx-Straße
702 locals recommend
(RECOMMENDATION) Roof top bar with alternative atmosphere. It's a bit far but easy to get there by transportation. Go there in the evening and enjoy the sunset over Berlin.
Nice place for a drink next to the water. But eating is not a recommendation.
99 locals recommend
Freischwimmer
2 Vor dem Schlesischen Tor
99 locals recommend
Nice place for a drink next to the water. But eating is not a recommendation.
(RECOMMENDATION) Great place for having a beer or glass of wine. Sit outside and enjoy the mood of one of Berlin‘s most beautiful street - Stargarder Str. P.S. It's allowed to smoke inside. Just 5 minutes to walk.
38 locals recommend
Marietta Café-Bar
13 Stargarder Str.
38 locals recommend
(RECOMMENDATION) Great place for having a beer or glass of wine. Sit outside and enjoy the mood of one of Berlin‘s most beautiful street - Stargarder Str. P.S. It's allowed to smoke inside. Just 5 minutes to walk.

Arts & Culture

(German) Impro theatre right next to our house. Perfect in combination with Frau Mittenmang.
BühnenRausch e.V.
27 Erich-Weinert-Straße
(German) Impro theatre right next to our house. Perfect in combination with Frau Mittenmang.
If you like photography, this is one of the best places in the world. All of the famous photographers have had their exhibitions here.
175 locals recommend
C/O Berlin
22-24 Hardenbergstraße
175 locals recommend
If you like photography, this is one of the best places in the world. All of the famous photographers have had their exhibitions here.
Great place to see parts of the Berlin Wall and to understand the tragic situation in Berlin. If you are there, visit the museum and walk up on the tower. This place is good for information but if you want to have "a feeling" about the Berlin history and the crime regime, add "Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen" to your list.
520 locals recommend
Berlin Wall Memorial
111 Bernauer Str.
520 locals recommend
Great place to see parts of the Berlin Wall and to understand the tragic situation in Berlin. If you are there, visit the museum and walk up on the tower. This place is good for information but if you want to have "a feeling" about the Berlin history and the crime regime, add "Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen" to your list.
Good museum about the history of the German Wall and maybe the most favorite recommendation in the travel guides. But a bit too expensive, we would recommend to got to Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Bernauer Str.) + Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen.
74 locals recommend
Wall Museum - Checkpoint Charlie
43-45 Friedrichstraße
74 locals recommend
Good museum about the history of the German Wall and maybe the most favorite recommendation in the travel guides. But a bit too expensive, we would recommend to got to Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Bernauer Str.) + Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen.
Berlin Wall, good for a walk in Friedrichshain and next to the Oberbaumbrücke.
444 locals recommend
East Side Gallery (Berlin) station
444 locals recommend
Berlin Wall, good for a walk in Friedrichshain and next to the Oberbaumbrücke.
All information about German history
98 locals recommend
German Historical Museum
2 Unter den Linden
98 locals recommend
All information about German history
(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!) For us this is the best place to get to know more about the crime regime of the DDR / GDR. Daily tours in english at 10.30 am, 12.30 am and 2.30 pm, mostly done by former prisoners. When you plan to know about the history of the Berlin Wall and Berlin, combine Hohenschönhausen with a visit at the Mauergedenkstätte Bernauer Str. - this is much better than the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. More information: http://www.stiftung-hsh.de/homepage-2
55 locals recommend
Berlin-Hohenschonhausen Memorial
66 Genslerstraße
55 locals recommend
(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!) For us this is the best place to get to know more about the crime regime of the DDR / GDR. Daily tours in english at 10.30 am, 12.30 am and 2.30 pm, mostly done by former prisoners. When you plan to know about the history of the Berlin Wall and Berlin, combine Hohenschönhausen with a visit at the Mauergedenkstätte Bernauer Str. - this is much better than the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. More information: http://www.stiftung-hsh.de/homepage-2
Longest original part of the Berlin Wall with a great museum about the dark German history. If they haven't changed it, entrance is free. Definitely worth to go and just a 5 min walk from Potsdamer Platz.
119 locals recommend
Topography of Terror
8 Niederkirchnerstraße
119 locals recommend
Longest original part of the Berlin Wall with a great museum about the dark German history. If they haven't changed it, entrance is free. Definitely worth to go and just a 5 min walk from Potsdamer Platz.

Essentials

Bakery, opposite of the house
Vita
24 Stahlheimer Str.
Bakery, opposite of the house
Great traditional bakery with a touch of original Berlin (GDR) courtesy ;-). Good cookies and real "Berlin Schrippen" or "Doppelbrötchen"
9 locals recommend
Bäcker Kroll
65 Kuglerstraße
9 locals recommend
Great traditional bakery with a touch of original Berlin (GDR) courtesy ;-). Good cookies and real "Berlin Schrippen" or "Doppelbrötchen"
Supermarket in the Schönhauser Allee Arkaden
37 locals recommend
Edeka
59 Andreasstraße
37 locals recommend
Supermarket in the Schönhauser Allee Arkaden
Supermarket
417 locals recommend
Lidl
36-38 Rigaer Str.
417 locals recommend
Supermarket
Supermarket
REWE
Supermarket

Sightseeing

Very nice park next to Brandenburger Tor, Potsdamer Platz, Siegessäule. Join the "Cafe am Neuen See" if the weather is fine for beer garden.
152 locals recommend
Großer Tiergarten
Straße des 17. Juni
152 locals recommend
Very nice park next to Brandenburger Tor, Potsdamer Platz, Siegessäule. Join the "Cafe am Neuen See" if the weather is fine for beer garden.
Beautiful architecture, an old brewery which is now a centre of different cultural activities, e.g. dance school, cinema, theatre, club... Visit the street food market every sunday from 11am-7pm.
373 locals recommend
KulturBrauerei
36 Schönhauser Allee
373 locals recommend
Beautiful architecture, an old brewery which is now a centre of different cultural activities, e.g. dance school, cinema, theatre, club... Visit the street food market every sunday from 11am-7pm.
A bit expensive but with a brillant view over Berlin. Recommendation: buy your tickets online, it's cheaper and you get your time slot. Otherwise you have to wait for hours.
569 locals recommend
Berliner Fernsehturm
1A Panoramastraße
569 locals recommend
A bit expensive but with a brillant view over Berlin. Recommendation: buy your tickets online, it's cheaper and you get your time slot. Otherwise you have to wait for hours.
The old airport has become a park for the last years. A HUGE and special place in the heart of Berlin, where lot's of Berliner are spending their days with jogging, biking, barbecue or just a walk.
369 locals recommend
Grillfläche Tempelhofer Feld - Oderstraße
Tempelhofer Damm
369 locals recommend
The old airport has become a park for the last years. A HUGE and special place in the heart of Berlin, where lot's of Berliner are spending their days with jogging, biking, barbecue or just a walk.
Visiting Potsdam and Sanssouci is perfect for a day trip. Just 45 km away from Berlin.
147 locals recommend
Sanssouci Palace
Maulbeerallee
147 locals recommend
Visiting Potsdam and Sanssouci is perfect for a day trip. Just 45 km away from Berlin.
The town's landmark No 1.
681 locals recommend
Brandenburg Gate
Pariser Platz
681 locals recommend
The town's landmark No 1.
German Parliament. If you want to visit the parliament, you have to register first: https://visite.bundestag.de/BAPWeb/pages/createBookingRequest.jsf?lang=en
387 locals recommend
Reichstag Building
1 Platz der Republik
387 locals recommend
German Parliament. If you want to visit the parliament, you have to register first: https://visite.bundestag.de/BAPWeb/pages/createBookingRequest.jsf?lang=en
The unique ensemble in the heart of Berlin became part of the UNESCO World Heritage in 1999. Its magnificent museums were designed by famous architects of their time.
804 locals recommend
Museum Island
804 locals recommend
The unique ensemble in the heart of Berlin became part of the UNESCO World Heritage in 1999. Its magnificent museums were designed by famous architects of their time.
In the heart of the old Jewish Berlin, widely recognizable because of its golden dome
59 locals recommend
Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum
28-30 Oranienburger Str.
59 locals recommend
In the heart of the old Jewish Berlin, widely recognizable because of its golden dome
Nice building
9 locals recommend
French Cathedral
7 Gendarmenmarkt
9 locals recommend
Nice building
Nice building
15 locals recommend
Neue Kirche
1-2 Gendarmenmarkt
15 locals recommend
Nice building
Beautiful courtyards with shops, culture and nice bars and restaurant. Visit also Heckmannhöfe, Sophienhöfe and stroll around the old Jewish Berlin.
105 locals recommend
Hackesche Höfe Kino
40 -41 Rosenthaler Str.
105 locals recommend
Beautiful courtyards with shops, culture and nice bars and restaurant. Visit also Heckmannhöfe, Sophienhöfe and stroll around the old Jewish Berlin.

Everything Else

Very good massage. The interior is not a 5* spa but the staff is really friendly and the massage is very good. Take a foot massage after a long day of sightseeing.
Apais Thaimassage
70 Wichertstraße
Very good massage. The interior is not a 5* spa but the staff is really friendly and the massage is very good. Take a foot massage after a long day of sightseeing.
A nice place to walk around the streets with lots of small shops and cafes. Enjoy this special neighborhood that has become to one of the most expensive areas in Berlin over the last years.
106 locals recommend
Helmholtzplatz GmbH & co. OHG
Dunckerstraße
106 locals recommend
A nice place to walk around the streets with lots of small shops and cafes. Enjoy this special neighborhood that has become to one of the most expensive areas in Berlin over the last years.
Lots of cafés, restaurants, small shops. Walk around and combine it with a visit at "Mauerpark" or "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer"
51 locals recommend
Oderberger Straße
Oderberger Straße
51 locals recommend
Lots of cafés, restaurants, small shops. Walk around and combine it with a visit at "Mauerpark" or "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer"
Walk around Husemannstraße, Rykestraße and Kollwitzstraße to Senefelder Platz and enjoy this special neighborhood that has become to one of the most expensive areas in Berlin over the last years.
262 locals recommend
Kollwitzplatz
1 Kollwitzstraße
262 locals recommend
Walk around Husemannstraße, Rykestraße and Kollwitzstraße to Senefelder Platz and enjoy this special neighborhood that has become to one of the most expensive areas in Berlin over the last years.

Shopping

(Small) Shopping mall with ATM, post office, electronic store, book store, different clothing shops, supermarkets, etc.
344 locals recommend
Schönhauser Allee Arcaden
80 Schönhauser Allee
344 locals recommend
(Small) Shopping mall with ATM, post office, electronic store, book store, different clothing shops, supermarkets, etc.
Berlin Handmade Bags with changeable covers.
tausche
34 Paulstraße
Berlin Handmade Bags with changeable covers.
Market with fresh food on Saturdays. Come early before noon and enjoy the atmosphere.
99 locals recommend
Wochenmarkt Kollwitzplatz
35 Wörther Str.
99 locals recommend
Market with fresh food on Saturdays. Come early before noon and enjoy the atmosphere.
Busy street, lot's of shopping places
175 locals recommend
Friedrichstraße
Friedrichstraße
175 locals recommend
Busy street, lot's of shopping places
If you want to buy special food, go there! If you want to visit a cooking class, go there!
26 locals recommend
Goldhahn und Sampson Prenzlauer Berg
9 Dunckerstraße
26 locals recommend
If you want to buy special food, go there! If you want to visit a cooking class, go there!
Get inspired by top favorite recipes. All the ingredients you need to cook the meal are ready for take away. The perfect way to cook a great dinner with friends, even if you are not a pro
35 locals recommend
Viani Prenzlauer Berg
46 Schönhauser Allee
35 locals recommend
Get inspired by top favorite recipes. All the ingredients you need to cook the meal are ready for take away. The perfect way to cook a great dinner with friends, even if you are not a pro
Largest book store in Germany
40 locals recommend
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus
90 Friedrichstraße
40 locals recommend
Largest book store in Germany
346 locals recommend
Mall of Berlin
12 Leipziger Pl.
346 locals recommend