Berlin From Within
Food scene
Friday nights come alive in this old school but funky covered markets where crowded bars and fresh produce stalls sit side by side.
659 locals recommend
Markthalle
34 EisenbahnstraßeFriday nights come alive in this old school but funky covered markets where crowded bars and fresh produce stalls sit side by side.
Excellent Chinese. Unless you're starving hungry, one plate will serve two people.
34 locals recommend
Tangs Kantine
18 DieffenbachstraßeExcellent Chinese. Unless you're starving hungry, one plate will serve two people.
Hearty German meals, huge steins of beer, friendly service, trestle tables, jazz and swing bands and a Sunday night sacred ritual: the linen screen comes down and everybody shuts up for once and watches the long-running detective series Tatort.
62 locals recommend
Yorckschlösschen
15 YorckstraßeHearty German meals, huge steins of beer, friendly service, trestle tables, jazz and swing bands and a Sunday night sacred ritual: the linen screen comes down and everybody shuts up for once and watches the long-running detective series Tatort.
Handmade pasta, pizza, and good coffee. In the summer you can sit outside on a cute tree-lined square and share a check-clothed trestle table. Great breakfasts.
60 locals recommend
Molinari & Ko
13 RiemannstraßeHandmade pasta, pizza, and good coffee. In the summer you can sit outside on a cute tree-lined square and share a check-clothed trestle table. Great breakfasts.
Cosy cavern of Turkish delicacies, shelves lined with wine, paper-wrapped chocolates, fresh salads, hearty platters. Great for people-watching.
66 locals recommend
Knofi Feinkost
98 BergmannstraßeCosy cavern of Turkish delicacies, shelves lined with wine, paper-wrapped chocolates, fresh salads, hearty platters. Great for people-watching.
Sightseeing
Truly splendid collections of treasures from around the world. This courtly assemblage of museums is in the oldest part of Berlin, the original fishing village that started it all.
804 locals recommend
Museum Island
Truly splendid collections of treasures from around the world. This courtly assemblage of museums is in the oldest part of Berlin, the original fishing village that started it all.
A tiny, eccentric collection assembled by artist and writer Roland Albrecht, who just loves curiosities. No other place like this in all the world: not even in the world of Berlin. "The things find me," he says. Opened in 1998.
6 locals recommend
Museum of Unheard of Things
5-6 CrellestraßeA tiny, eccentric collection assembled by artist and writer Roland Albrecht, who just loves curiosities. No other place like this in all the world: not even in the world of Berlin. "The things find me," he says. Opened in 1998.
An engrossing array of quirky clothing, collectables, local artists' work, original prints, records, industrial style furniture and kitschy German decor. Great place for spotting proper East German artefacts and always a pleasant stroll under the trees.
6 locals recommend
Flohmarkt Marheinekeplatz
MarheinekeplatzAn engrossing array of quirky clothing, collectables, local artists' work, original prints, records, industrial style furniture and kitschy German decor. Great place for spotting proper East German artefacts and always a pleasant stroll under the trees.
Jazz. Just jazz, excellent, soul-stretching jazz in a tiny room filled with attentive music lovers who all spill out for a cigarette break between sets. Most nights a local Pakistani man appears with his covered basket of samosas just when you're starting to feel peckish.
21 locals recommend
Donau115
115 DonaustraßeJazz. Just jazz, excellent, soul-stretching jazz in a tiny room filled with attentive music lovers who all spill out for a cigarette break between sets. Most nights a local Pakistani man appears with his covered basket of samosas just when you're starting to feel peckish.
Jazz bar, improv cafe, restaurant, garden and markets on the roof of a multi-storey car park with views around Kreuzberg. Not to be missed.
702 locals recommend
Klunkerkranich
66 Karl-Marx-StraßeJazz bar, improv cafe, restaurant, garden and markets on the roof of a multi-storey car park with views around Kreuzberg. Not to be missed.
A bookshop that acts like a library. You can browse, buy, read, and return. The downstairs section hosts regular Shut Up and Write meet ups to burst through your creative block.
6 locals recommend
Another Country
7 RiemannstraßeA bookshop that acts like a library. You can browse, buy, read, and return. The downstairs section hosts regular Shut Up and Write meet ups to burst through your creative block.
Gorgeous flea market half the weekend, delicious local foods the other half including hand brewed gins, artisanal smoked fish, smelly cheeses and a stall selling only potatoes. This is Germany, after all.
253 locals recommend
Flea market at Boxhagener Platz
1 Boxhagener PlatzGorgeous flea market half the weekend, delicious local foods the other half including hand brewed gins, artisanal smoked fish, smelly cheeses and a stall selling only potatoes. This is Germany, after all.
Hire a kayak or a paddle boat. Stroll among Berliners and their doggoes. Put away a few lazy beers. Enjoy the summer.
40 locals recommend
Insel der Jugend
Hire a kayak or a paddle boat. Stroll among Berliners and their doggoes. Put away a few lazy beers. Enjoy the summer.
Do you need a leather jacket? Repeater have sixty to choose from. Plaid shirt, cowboy boots, denim jeans, vintage t shirts, floral sundresses? They have a whole long rack of each garment.
19 locals recommend
Repeater / Vintage Shop
45 PannierstraßeDo you need a leather jacket? Repeater have sixty to choose from. Plaid shirt, cowboy boots, denim jeans, vintage t shirts, floral sundresses? They have a whole long rack of each garment.
Vintage clothing sold by the kilo (hey have handy scales so you can weigh everything) according to a scale of coloured tags. It's vast.
8 locals recommend
PICKNWEIGHT - VINTAGE KILO STORE (CONCEPT STORE)
102 BergmannstraßeVintage clothing sold by the kilo (hey have handy scales so you can weigh everything) according to a scale of coloured tags. It's vast.
This former brewery is now devoted to cultural events and keeps a busy calendar of cool happenings.
10 locals recommend
Kulturbrauerei
36 Schönhauser AlleeThis former brewery is now devoted to cultural events and keeps a busy calendar of cool happenings.
One of Berlin's most famous squats. This well organised community in decayed but beautiful premises host a restaurant, circus and dance workshops, and in the summer a wonderful outdoor cinema with popcorn, beers, and deckchairs.
41 locals recommend
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
2 Mariannenpl.One of Berlin's most famous squats. This well organised community in decayed but beautiful premises host a restaurant, circus and dance workshops, and in the summer a wonderful outdoor cinema with popcorn, beers, and deckchairs.
The Floating University focuses on water conservation in creative ways and they are a pleasant walk away through the park (maybe 700 metres).
Floating University Berlin
32 LilienthalstraßeThe Floating University focuses on water conservation in creative ways and they are a pleasant walk away through the park (maybe 700 metres).
English Theatre Berlin
40 FidicinstraßeA lively programme of diverse performances and workshops.
Tanzfabrik Berlin
68 MöckernstraßeBeloved for their ground-breaking movement and dance programme.