Guidebook for Berlin

Henryk
Guidebook for Berlin

Sightseeing

One of Berlin's nicest parks with the Kreuzberg (rather a hill than a mountain) in its centre: Nice view of the city!
450 locals recommend
Viktoriapark
Katzbachstraße
450 locals recommend
One of Berlin's nicest parks with the Kreuzberg (rather a hill than a mountain) in its centre: Nice view of the city!
Very unusual place: It used to be an airport built back in the 1930s until it was closed and became used as a public park.
1088 locals recommend
Tempelhofer Feld
Tempelhofer Damm
1088 locals recommend
Very unusual place: It used to be an airport built back in the 1930s until it was closed and became used as a public park.
One of the newest parks of the city with enough space for outdoor activities like skating, jogging or laying on the grass drinking beer and spotting subway trains.
313 locals recommend
Park am Gleisdreieck
26 Möckernstraße
313 locals recommend
One of the newest parks of the city with enough space for outdoor activities like skating, jogging or laying on the grass drinking beer and spotting subway trains.
Quite an interesting museum designed by Libeskind. Allow several hours when visiting!
305 locals recommend
Jewish Museum Berlin
9-14 Lindenstraße
305 locals recommend
Quite an interesting museum designed by Libeskind. Allow several hours when visiting!

Shopping

The lower section of Crellestraße on Wednesdays and Saturdays comes as a proper market with a good selection of cheap groceries to buy from Turkish and Arab sellers.
11 locals recommend
Crellestraße
Crellestraße
11 locals recommend
The lower section of Crellestraße on Wednesdays and Saturdays comes as a proper market with a good selection of cheap groceries to buy from Turkish and Arab sellers.
Good selection of Mediterranean foodstuffs, fresh fish and wine...
Mitte Meer Schöneberg
30B Kolonnenstraße
Good selection of Mediterranean foodstuffs, fresh fish and wine...
One of the best ice-creams in town: Try Sicilian pistacchio, a real treat! Open until 11pm in summer and always crowded!
80 locals recommend
Vanille & Marille
1 Hagelberger Str.
80 locals recommend
One of the best ice-creams in town: Try Sicilian pistacchio, a real treat! Open until 11pm in summer and always crowded!

Food Scene

Very recommended 'hole in the wall' like restaurant with excellent Southern German cuisine but made from locally produced ingredients. Mutti rules!
15 locals recommend
Mutti Kreuzberg
67 Gneisenaustraße
15 locals recommend
Very recommended 'hole in the wall' like restaurant with excellent Southern German cuisine but made from locally produced ingredients. Mutti rules!
Great cakes, great coffee!
52 locals recommend
Mr. Minsch
15 Yorckstraße
52 locals recommend
Great cakes, great coffee!
Nice slowfood restaurant with delicious food and wine!
11 locals recommend
Café Aroma
8 Hochkirchstraße
11 locals recommend
Nice slowfood restaurant with delicious food and wine!
The only Norwegian restaurant in Germany. Quite good fish dishes, yet, rather pricey (though not quite as pricey as Norway is:).
Munch's Hus
66 Bülowstraße
The only Norwegian restaurant in Germany. Quite good fish dishes, yet, rather pricey (though not quite as pricey as Norway is:).
The best espresso you can get in Berlin for one Euro per shot directly at the bar!
Caffeine Espresso GmbH
54 Kolonnenstraße
The best espresso you can get in Berlin for one Euro per shot directly at the bar!
Small restaurant with excellent Persian cuisine, more than fair prices!
12 locals recommend
Shayan
23 Goltzstraße
12 locals recommend
Small restaurant with excellent Persian cuisine, more than fair prices!
Very good Ethiopian restaurant, one of my favourites in Berlin
21 locals recommend
Langano
44 Kohlfurter Str.
21 locals recommend
Very good Ethiopian restaurant, one of my favourites in Berlin
One of the best Arab snack points in Berlin.
62 locals recommend
Maroush
93 Adalbertstraße
62 locals recommend
One of the best Arab snack points in Berlin.
Well, the best falafel in town and big enough to be a whole meal ready with rich salad, herbs and spices!
15 locals recommend
Mo’s kleiner Imbiss
9 Graefestraße
15 locals recommend
Well, the best falafel in town and big enough to be a whole meal ready with rich salad, herbs and spices!
Very good food in a special location: Right on the parking area of a Lidl supermarket, below a student dormitory and with karaoke in the evenings...
Mabuhay - Indonesische & philippinische Spezialitäten
6 Hafenplatz
Very good food in a special location: Right on the parking area of a Lidl supermarket, below a student dormitory and with karaoke in the evenings...
Another nice Korean food place, recommended! A little further down Goebenstr. is Da Jia Le, one of my favourite Chinese restaurants in town, serving Dongbei cuisine, which is rather unusual for Berlin, and has a great craft beer menu.
15 locals recommend
Hodori Restaurant
16 Goebenstraße
15 locals recommend
Another nice Korean food place, recommended! A little further down Goebenstr. is Da Jia Le, one of my favourite Chinese restaurants in town, serving Dongbei cuisine, which is rather unusual for Berlin, and has a great craft beer menu.
If you happen to be in Berlin for a longer period of time, a trip to El Reda may be worth it: The best Iranian-style kebaps you can find in a radius of a couple of hundred miles!
34 locals recommend
El Reda
69 - 70 Huttenstraße
34 locals recommend
If you happen to be in Berlin for a longer period of time, a trip to El Reda may be worth it: The best Iranian-style kebaps you can find in a radius of a couple of hundred miles!

Arts & Culture

Variete-style theatre in good tradition of Berlin!
10 locals recommend
Scheinbar Variete
9 Monumentenstraße
10 locals recommend
Variete-style theatre in good tradition of Berlin!
Along with Columbia-Halle one of the prime locations for concerts. Check out the programme!
26 locals recommend
Columbia Theater
9-11 Columbiadamm
26 locals recommend
Along with Columbia-Halle one of the prime locations for concerts. Check out the programme!

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice beergarden right inside Victoriapark!
47 locals recommend
Golgatha
Monumentenstraße
47 locals recommend
Nice beergarden right inside Victoriapark!
Pleasant beergarden and decent pizza.
20 locals recommend
Kurhaus Ponte Rosa
20 locals recommend
Pleasant beergarden and decent pizza.
Many shops, bars and coffees.
86 locals recommend
Akazienstraße
Akazienstraße
86 locals recommend
Many shops, bars and coffees.
"Esche" is a microbrewery with three permanent brews plus usually one seasonal one on tap. Nice beergarden in summer and you can bring your own food with you!
88 locals recommend
Eschenbräu
67 Triftstraße
88 locals recommend
"Esche" is a microbrewery with three permanent brews plus usually one seasonal one on tap. Nice beergarden in summer and you can bring your own food with you!
One of the nicer new bars in Neukölln.
9 locals recommend
The Great Tannenbaum Forest Festival
27 Sonnenallee
9 locals recommend
One of the nicer new bars in Neukölln.
An institution of a biergarden and quite romantic at times. They grow even their own tomatoes for the pizza they serve...
171 locals recommend
Cafe am Neuen See
2 Lichtensteinallee
171 locals recommend
An institution of a biergarden and quite romantic at times. They grow even their own tomatoes for the pizza they serve...

Everything Else

For an excellent unfiltered, unpasteurised beer experience go for Rollberg-Brauerei: A truly hidden gem!
8 locals recommend
Private brewery On Rollberg
3 Am Sudhaus
8 locals recommend
For an excellent unfiltered, unpasteurised beer experience go for Rollberg-Brauerei: A truly hidden gem!
On "Streetfood Thursdays" this market hall is crowded to the roof with local hipsters, but the local brewer does a good in job in producing outstanding pale ales and ipas.
659 locals recommend
Markthalle
34 Eisenbahnstraße
659 locals recommend
On "Streetfood Thursdays" this market hall is crowded to the roof with local hipsters, but the local brewer does a good in job in producing outstanding pale ales and ipas.
If you are ready to get steamed this is your place!
10 locals recommend
Sultan Hamam Berlin
56-57 Bülowstraße
10 locals recommend
If you are ready to get steamed this is your place!