Guidebook for Berlin
Drinks & Nightlife
Badeschiff – literally ‘bathing ship’ light, clear-blue water of the impressive large dipping pool – a flourescent lozenge embedded audaciously in the natural river for your summer/winter chill.
333 locals recommend
Badeschiff
4 EichenstraßeBadeschiff – literally ‘bathing ship’ light, clear-blue water of the impressive large dipping pool – a flourescent lozenge embedded audaciously in the natural river for your summer/winter chill.
2mins walk across the apartment, you can follow the small canal and pass between two of Berlin’s great open air summer spots: the terrace restaurant/bar the techno-lovers bar Club der Visionäre.
384 locals recommend
Club der Visionäre
1 Am Flutgraben2mins walk across the apartment, you can follow the small canal and pass between two of Berlin’s great open air summer spots: the terrace restaurant/bar the techno-lovers bar Club der Visionäre.
Undiscovered/ easy to miss beer garden that's right next to Club der Visionair & Badeschiff. Super chilled with old couches thrown sparsely along with DIY wooden sculptures. Good for casual catch up.
70 locals recommend
Birgit & Bier
3 SchleusenuferUndiscovered/ easy to miss beer garden that's right next to Club der Visionair & Badeschiff. Super chilled with old couches thrown sparsely along with DIY wooden sculptures. Good for casual catch up.
In this decadent abandoned 150 year-old mansion, you’ll feel like you went back in time to the 19th century. Chalet offers a great line up, playing in two different floors and charming garden.
93 locals recommend
Chalet Berlin
3 Vor dem Schlesischen TorIn this decadent abandoned 150 year-old mansion, you’ll feel like you went back in time to the 19th century. Chalet offers a great line up, playing in two different floors and charming garden.
Watergate hosts house & techno DJs: split-level, two-room club overlooking the River Spree. Located on the river's edge with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, it offers a panoramic view of the Spree.
349 locals recommend
Watergate
49 FalckensteinstraßeWatergate hosts house & techno DJs: split-level, two-room club overlooking the River Spree. Located on the river's edge with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, it offers a panoramic view of the Spree.
The aesthetic is pitched somewhere between John Waters hyper-kitsch and retro-futurism with its gaudy pink walls and shabby furnishings. It’s a mixed LGBT crowd, for drinkers on budget.
24 locals recommend
Barbie Deinhoff’s
16 Schlesische Str.The aesthetic is pitched somewhere between John Waters hyper-kitsch and retro-futurism with its gaudy pink walls and shabby furnishings. It’s a mixed LGBT crowd, for drinkers on budget.
A nice bar by night a good lunch place by day. Various tasty meals for 5 euros and tons of veggie options.
223 locals recommend
Transit
68 Rosenthaler Str.A nice bar by night a good lunch place by day. Various tasty meals for 5 euros and tons of veggie options.
Tresor Berlin
70 Köpenicker Str.The true underground techno club in Berlin.
Ritter Butzke
24-27 RitterstraßeBest underground electronic parties nests here.
Used to be the kitchen for Kraftwerk where meals were prepared for factory workers. Akin a revived slaughterhouse in deep red hue, definite sets a dark visceral club mood.
25 locals recommend
OHM
70 Köpenicker Str.Used to be the kitchen for Kraftwerk where meals were prepared for factory workers. Akin a revived slaughterhouse in deep red hue, definite sets a dark visceral club mood.
Food Scene
Quaint cafe of an old boutique hotel in Berlin. For those quiet mornings or evening wine. Try the cheese plate & Spätzle for lunch.
Die Fabrik Hotel
18 Schlesische Str.Quaint cafe of an old boutique hotel in Berlin. For those quiet mornings or evening wine. Try the cheese plate & Spätzle for lunch.
Café Wendel has blossomed in recent years the most relaxed trendy meeting of Wrangel neighborhood. Inside one sets with painted floors and raw plaster walls entirely on "Tacheles" -Aesthetics.
14 locals recommend
Wendel
42 Schlesische Str.Café Wendel has blossomed in recent years the most relaxed trendy meeting of Wrangel neighborhood. Inside one sets with painted floors and raw plaster walls entirely on "Tacheles" -Aesthetics.
100% Veggie café-restaurant for some good-hearted healthy bites in a small cozy environment. Try the spicy veggie quiche.
Die Rebellion des Zimtsterns
38 Schlesische Str.100% Veggie café-restaurant for some good-hearted healthy bites in a small cozy environment. Try the spicy veggie quiche.
Perhaps the best coffee in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Nice polite ladies bringing you smiles and nice hearts on your delish coffee milk foam.
22 locals recommend
19grams Schlesi
38 Schlesische Str.Perhaps the best coffee in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Nice polite ladies bringing you smiles and nice hearts on your delish coffee milk foam.
A must-visit if you are a street-foodie. The historical market hall has been resettled by small stands of international street-dégustation comes weekly Thursday.
659 locals recommend
Markthalle
34 EisenbahnstraßeA must-visit if you are a street-foodie. The historical market hall has been resettled by small stands of international street-dégustation comes weekly Thursday.
A hideout for Coffee nerds that enjoys good coffee and food while they geek out on their laptop; Nest is perhaps my fav cozy corner. Sunday Brunch buffet has amazing selection & many veggie options.
81 locals recommend
Nest
52 Görlitzer Str.A hideout for Coffee nerds that enjoys good coffee and food while they geek out on their laptop; Nest is perhaps my fav cozy corner. Sunday Brunch buffet has amazing selection & many veggie options.
Authentic yummy spicy Indian food that comes in large portions good for sharing.
16 locals recommend
Sadhu
41 FalckensteinstraßeAuthentic yummy spicy Indian food that comes in large portions good for sharing.
A converted factory building with innovative rooms, their cafe is a fast favorite for laptop geeks to spend their day work-chilling at.
41 locals recommend
Michelberger Hotel
39-40 Warschauer Str.A converted factory building with innovative rooms, their cafe is a fast favorite for laptop geeks to spend their day work-chilling at.
Amazing quaint café-restaurants that is perfect for those lazy Sunday or Everyday mornings. Their all-day breakfast platter is a beau, and their Roasted Onion Cheese Spätzle is a must-try.
58 locals recommend
Gipfel
68 Görlitzer Str.Amazing quaint café-restaurants that is perfect for those lazy Sunday or Everyday mornings. Their all-day breakfast platter is a beau, and their Roasted Onion Cheese Spätzle is a must-try.
If you haven't been to White Trash, you haven't been to Berlin. Massive burgers for a hearty junk-food night out with rockers screaming over your ears while you pig out. If you like that sorta thing.
97 locals recommend
FESTSAAL KÜCHE
2 Am FlutgrabenIf you haven't been to White Trash, you haven't been to Berlin. Massive burgers for a hearty junk-food night out with rockers screaming over your ears while you pig out. If you like that sorta thing.
Asian Fusion, a dimsum "tapas" place for great array of asian delights to share at a long table with friends.
82 locals recommend
Long March Canteen
20 WrangelstraßeAsian Fusion, a dimsum "tapas" place for great array of asian delights to share at a long table with friends.
The Pit
19 Schlesische StraßeBeers, Burgers, and some hipster gatherings.
Arts & Culture
A true Kreuzberg institution, this indie concert venue was a cinema in the 1950s and retains its curved bar and neon signage. Iggy Pop and David Bowie went on to produce some of their best work then.
99 locals recommend
Lido Kultur- & Veranstaltungs GmbH
7 CuvrystraßeA true Kreuzberg institution, this indie concert venue was a cinema in the 1950s and retains its curved bar and neon signage. Iggy Pop and David Bowie went on to produce some of their best work then.
Just to mention, in case you are a music geek; one of the coolest music software/ hardware maker companies is just right across the street. ;)
Native Instruments GmbH
29/30 Schlesische Str.Just to mention, in case you are a music geek; one of the coolest music software/ hardware maker companies is just right across the street. ;)
Shopping
A softly lit array of fanzines, back-issues, artist’s books, posters, rare print-runs & cult classics are spread in a come-hither way across a long central table; altogether some 3,000 changing titles
26 locals recommend
Motto Berlin
68 Skalitzer Str.A softly lit array of fanzines, back-issues, artist’s books, posters, rare print-runs & cult classics are spread in a come-hither way across a long central table; altogether some 3,000 changing titles
Beautiful organic home-made bakery with a long history in Kreuzberg, has nice bagels, german-bread, and a selection of vegan baked goods.
50 locals recommend
Beumer & Lutum
22 CuvrystraßeBeautiful organic home-made bakery with a long history in Kreuzberg, has nice bagels, german-bread, and a selection of vegan baked goods.
Sightseeing
The East Side Gallery is a 1.3 km section of the Berlin Wall, not far from the center of Berlin. More than 100 paintings by artists from around the world form this monument of freedom.
808 locals recommend
East Side Gallery
3-100 MühlenstraßeThe East Side Gallery is a 1.3 km section of the Berlin Wall, not far from the center of Berlin. More than 100 paintings by artists from around the world form this monument of freedom.
Essentials
Large Supermarket for your all your daily essentials. Opens till late at 23:00.
45 locals recommend
Kaiser's
53 WrangelstraßeLarge Supermarket for your all your daily essentials. Opens till late at 23:00.
Everything Else
Arguably the "Best Burger in Berlin", a "under the bridge" joint for those after-hours binge. Finish your night with a Hausmeister or Tofu burger and some chili fries and you can't ask for more.
289 locals recommend
Burgermeister Schlesisches Tor
8 OberbaumstraßeArguably the "Best Burger in Berlin", a "under the bridge" joint for those after-hours binge. Finish your night with a Hausmeister or Tofu burger and some chili fries and you can't ask for more.
If you haven't been to Berghain, you haven't been to Berlin. Avoid weekend night line madness, enter after your Sunday brunch and go home on Monday noon. *Note: No Posh-lookers & hipsters allowed.
934 locals recommend
Panorama Bar
Am Wriezener BahnhofIf you haven't been to Berghain, you haven't been to Berlin. Avoid weekend night line madness, enter after your Sunday brunch and go home on Monday noon. *Note: No Posh-lookers & hipsters allowed.
If you want to have some peace in the city, here's where you go to. Osho Studio Berlin offers Active and Passive meditation techniques. Some active meditations use breath, sound, movement, dance.
Osho Studio
38 Schlesische Str.If you want to have some peace in the city, here's where you go to. Osho Studio Berlin offers Active and Passive meditation techniques. Some active meditations use breath, sound, movement, dance.
Nearest Post Office within a "Spätkauf" / Mini-Mart, if you would like to send a post card or mails to friends & family abroad!
Hermes PaketShop
19 GerberstraßeNearest Post Office within a "Spätkauf" / Mini-Mart, if you would like to send a post card or mails to friends & family abroad!