Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Amazing Chinese restaurant and tea place. Often full in the evening, so go early (before 7pm) or late (after 9pm) to be sure to get some place. Go on a sunny day to enjoy the terrace.
108 locals recommend
Yumcha Heroes
8 WeinbergswegAmazing Chinese restaurant and tea place. Often full in the evening, so go early (before 7pm) or late (after 9pm) to be sure to get some place. Go on a sunny day to enjoy the terrace.
A bit expensive, but really good bakery / restaurant.
59 locals recommend
Alpenstück Restaurant & Bakery
9 GartenstraßeA bit expensive, but really good bakery / restaurant.
Tommis Burger Joint
160 InvalidenstraßeOne of the best burger place in Berlin!
Great japanese restaurant, slightly more expensive than the average, but completely worth it. The decoration of the restaurant is really nice too.
11 locals recommend
Hashi Izakaya & Japanese Kitchen
63 Rosenthaler Str.Great japanese restaurant, slightly more expensive than the average, but completely worth it. The decoration of the restaurant is really nice too.
One of the best japanese restaurant in Berlin. The decoration is amazing and the staff really friendly. My personal favorite.
17 locals recommend
Aiko
193 BrunnenstraßeOne of the best japanese restaurant in Berlin. The decoration is amazing and the staff really friendly. My personal favorite.
Great sushi place! In the evening, get unlimited sushis for less than 20EUR per person. Completely worth it if you're hungry and you love good sushis!
Sushi Circle
2 Rosenthaler Str.Great sushi place! In the evening, get unlimited sushis for less than 20EUR per person. Completely worth it if you're hungry and you love good sushis!
Vietnamesisches Restaurant Fam. Dang
125 TorstraßeDelicious and really cheap vietnamese restaurant.
Delicious and cheap Syrian restaurant. Really small place, so better go early or late, or to take away. Totally worth a try!
53 locals recommend
Yarok
195 TorstraßeDelicious and cheap Syrian restaurant. Really small place, so better go early or late, or to take away. Totally worth a try!
Papà Pane di Sorrento
23 AckerstraßeDelicious and cheap pizzeria.
Fleamarket at Mauerpark
63-64 Bernauer Str.One of the most typical German restaurant in Berlin. They serve food from south of Germany (Bayern), with live music in the evening.
57 locals recommend
Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin
30 Karl-Liebknecht-Str.One of the most typical German restaurant in Berlin. They serve food from south of Germany (Bayern), with live music in the evening.
The most famous burger place in Berlin. You should definitely reserve before you go, or you will wait a long time to be placed.
266 locals recommend
The Bird
5 Am Falkpl.The most famous burger place in Berlin. You should definitely reserve before you go, or you will wait a long time to be placed.
THE most famous kebab in Berlin. There is always a line, but they are fast to serve and the kebabs are delicious, so it's worth the wait.
217 locals recommend
Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap
32 MehringdammTHE most famous kebab in Berlin. There is always a line, but they are fast to serve and the kebabs are delicious, so it's worth the wait.
For me one of the most delicious German restaurant in Berlin. Small and typical decoration, often full (so booking is advised), great atmosphere, delicious and copious food.
18 locals recommend
Dicke Wirtin
9 CarmerstraßeFor me one of the most delicious German restaurant in Berlin. Small and typical decoration, often full (so booking is advised), great atmosphere, delicious and copious food.
A great German restaurant nearby. Go there to have a taste of the country!
12 locals recommend
Gaststätte Sophieneck
37 Große Hamburger Str.A great German restaurant nearby. Go there to have a taste of the country!
Delicious vietnamese restaurant for a reasonable price. Can be a bit loud when it's full. You can eat outside in a lovely backyard patio when the weather is nice. I love this place!
67 locals recommend
Chen Che
13 Rosenthaler Str.Delicious vietnamese restaurant for a reasonable price. Can be a bit loud when it's full. You can eat outside in a lovely backyard patio when the weather is nice. I love this place!
Lovely little café where you will find organic and veggie / vegan food and drinks for breakfast and lunch. Very nice atmosphere and staff.
70 locals recommend
Distrikt coffee
68 BergstraßeLovely little café where you will find organic and veggie / vegan food and drinks for breakfast and lunch. Very nice atmosphere and staff.
Great little coffee, very charming. Perfect to relax or start the day on a good mood. Treasure for the eye.
The Greens Coffee and Plants
2 Am KrögelGreat little coffee, very charming. Perfect to relax or start the day on a good mood. Treasure for the eye.
annelies
68 Görlitzer Str.Perfect little coffee next to the park. Their brunch menu is top-notch.
Mirage Bistrot
110 Reinickendorfer Str.Nice and colorful looking coffee, with delicious food.
Delicious Portuguese breakfast food with their big selections of Pastel de Natas and other typical pastries. They also have other international food, for the non-pastries lovers.
18 locals recommend
Unser Café
14 DänenstraßeDelicious Portuguese breakfast food with their big selections of Pastel de Natas and other typical pastries. They also have other international food, for the non-pastries lovers.
A little jewel in the middle of Wedding. It’s interior gives us some Arabian cosiness with a menu full of fresh vegan dishes. They describe themselves as “Berlin’s first Anti-Café. An epicentre of all things social, entrepreneurial and cultural.”
11 locals recommend
bekech Anti Café
32 Lucy-Lameck-StraßeA little jewel in the middle of Wedding. It’s interior gives us some Arabian cosiness with a menu full of fresh vegan dishes. They describe themselves as “Berlin’s first Anti-Café. An epicentre of all things social, entrepreneurial and cultural.”
Vegetarian restaurant with delicious Israeli cuisine. Slightly too expensive for me.
Shiloh - Vegetarian Cafe Bistro
159 TorstraßeVegetarian restaurant with delicious Israeli cuisine. Slightly too expensive for me.
Great German restaurant. Not the cheapest you'll find in Berlin, but the price is fair compared to the quality of the food.
9 locals recommend
Tucholsky's
189 TorstraßeGreat German restaurant. Not the cheapest you'll find in Berlin, but the price is fair compared to the quality of the food.
If you're in a hurry but you still want to eat good food, this is the place to go. Very friendly staff and the sushis are good, fresh and fast served.
Akito Sushi Express
116 ChausseestraßeIf you're in a hurry but you still want to eat good food, this is the place to go. Very friendly staff and the sushis are good, fresh and fast served.
Mr. Vertigo
17 ChausseestraßeSmall place, but with a very delicious and healthy lunch menu.
Expensive but really good Italian restaurant. A bit too posh for my personal taste, but if you have the money for it, the food is delicious!
Petrocelli in Mitte
171 TorstraßeExpensive but really good Italian restaurant. A bit too posh for my personal taste, but if you have the money for it, the food is delicious!
If you like good wine, that's the place to go. Their selection is just incredible!
20 locals recommend
Rutz
8 ChausseestraßeIf you like good wine, that's the place to go. Their selection is just incredible!
Reinstoff is a modern gourmet restaurant, awarded with two Michelin stars and 18 Gault&Millau points.
They serve molecular dishes as well as a more traditional Haute Cuisine. Expensive place, but if you're a gourmet you'll definitely want to try it.
The restaurant is located in the historic Edison courtyards in Berlin-Mitte, where Germanys first light bulbs were manufactured a few decades ago.
6 locals recommend
reinstoff
26C SchlegelstraßeReinstoff is a modern gourmet restaurant, awarded with two Michelin stars and 18 Gault&Millau points.
They serve molecular dishes as well as a more traditional Haute Cuisine. Expensive place, but if you're a gourmet you'll definitely want to try it.
The restaurant is located in the historic Edison courtyards in Berlin-Mitte, where Germanys first light bulbs were manufactured a few decades ago.
Famous restaurant where celebrities often go. If you're here during the "Berlinale", there is a high probability that you see some actors or directors eating there.
95 locals recommend
Grill Royal
105b FriedrichstraßeFamous restaurant where celebrities often go. If you're here during the "Berlinale", there is a high probability that you see some actors or directors eating there.
Gastronomic restaurant with delicious food from all over the world. Prices are bit high for Berlin's average, but super cheap for a gastronomic restaurant and it's definitely worth it for the quality of the food served. Lovely place to eat outside in summer and cosy inside. Definitely worth the value!
100 locals recommend
Katz Orange
22 BergstraßeGastronomic restaurant with delicious food from all over the world. Prices are bit high for Berlin's average, but super cheap for a gastronomic restaurant and it's definitely worth it for the quality of the food served. Lovely place to eat outside in summer and cosy inside. Definitely worth the value!
Super atmosphere, fair portions and super friendly staff. The dishes are a bit more expensive than other restaurants in the area, but the food is really good.
35 locals recommend
Pantry
120 FriedrichstraßeSuper atmosphere, fair portions and super friendly staff. The dishes are a bit more expensive than other restaurants in the area, but the food is really good.
Drinks & Nightlife
Most famous Winery from Berlin. Pay 2 Euros for a glass and then drink as much as you want. When you leave you pay the amount you want. They also serve a bit of food, but don't go for dinner as the food disappear really fast.
135 locals recommend
Weinerei
57 VeteranenstraßeMost famous Winery from Berlin. Pay 2 Euros for a glass and then drink as much as you want. When you leave you pay the amount you want. They also serve a bit of food, but don't go for dinner as the food disappear really fast.
Botanical Affairs, Gin & Tonic Bar & shop
95 TorstraßeAmazing Gin bar. If you like Gin, you have to go there.
Bar and nightclub. Very cosmopolite!
Entrance free and usually no queue.
248 locals recommend
Neue Odessa Bar
89 TorstraßeBar and nightclub. Very cosmopolite!
Entrance free and usually no queue.
Bar and nightclub from the old USSR part of Berlin. I spent countless nights there! Really good mix of music between remixed 90's pop successes to the latest electro trends. I really love this place!
Be careful, the placement on this map is wrong as it should be Torstraße 58, so near Rosa-Luxemburg Platz.
Old CCCP Bar
58 TorstraßeBar and nightclub from the old USSR part of Berlin. I spent countless nights there! Really good mix of music between remixed 90's pop successes to the latest electro trends. I really love this place!
Be careful, the placement on this map is wrong as it should be Torstraße 58, so near Rosa-Luxemburg Platz.
The real, good, non-touristy winery!
So close from the "famous" one, but yet only true Berliners know about it. The wine is way better than in the other winery, but the place is smaller and less international. I really prefer to go there rather than to the other one, which is always full. Same principle: you pay 2 EUR for a glass, drink as much as you want and pay whatever you want when you leave.
8 locals recommend
Perlin
40/41 Rosenthaler StraßeThe real, good, non-touristy winery!
So close from the "famous" one, but yet only true Berliners know about it. The wine is way better than in the other winery, but the place is smaller and less international. I really prefer to go there rather than to the other one, which is always full. Same principle: you pay 2 EUR for a glass, drink as much as you want and pay whatever you want when you leave.
There specialty: craft beers, shuffleboard and coffee. Great place, where I had the pleasure to learn about this "table curling" sport called "shuffleboard".
23 locals recommend
Kaschk
40 LinienstraßeThere specialty: craft beers, shuffleboard and coffee. Great place, where I had the pleasure to learn about this "table curling" sport called "shuffleboard".
Great bar with a lot of extra activities: darts, kicker (= table soccer) and table-tennis.
25 locals recommend
Schmittz
19 GormannstraßeGreat bar with a lot of extra activities: darts, kicker (= table soccer) and table-tennis.
Zosch
30 TucholskystraßeJazz bar with an amazing ambiance!
YAAM is one of the biggest beach bars just off from the East Side Gallery, and is renowned for its beach games and relaxing atmosphere, with the bar even offering Tai chi classes, while being a little more crazier and party-like at night. Great to chill and have a drink in summer!
92 locals recommend
YAAM
3 An d. SchillingbrückeYAAM is one of the biggest beach bars just off from the East Side Gallery, and is renowned for its beach games and relaxing atmosphere, with the bar even offering Tai chi classes, while being a little more crazier and party-like at night. Great to chill and have a drink in summer!
Parks & Nature
My favorite park in Berlin. On the sunny weekends, there is a flea market, live music and people barbecuing everywhere.
On Sundays starting at 4pm, there is a huge karaoke in an open arena. Amazing ambiance every weekend!
1060 locals recommend
Mauerpark
63 GleimstraßeMy favorite park in Berlin. On the sunny weekends, there is a flea market, live music and people barbecuing everywhere.
On Sundays starting at 4pm, there is a huge karaoke in an open arena. Amazing ambiance every weekend!
Biggest park of Berlin, with its wild parts, forest and English gardens. I love walking / biking there. Don't be surprise if in summer you see naked people walking within it's center: the FKK (Freikörperkultur= culture of the free body) is strong in Berlin.
26 locals recommend
Tiergarten station
Biggest park of Berlin, with its wild parts, forest and English gardens. I love walking / biking there. Don't be surprise if in summer you see naked people walking within it's center: the FKK (Freikörperkultur= culture of the free body) is strong in Berlin.
The biggest community garden of Berlin!
Have a look and discover what inhabitants of Berlin can grow when they join forces. Definitely worth a look.
123 locals recommend
Princess Garden
35-38 PrinzenstraßeThe biggest community garden of Berlin!
Have a look and discover what inhabitants of Berlin can grow when they join forces. Definitely worth a look.
Essentials
REWE
23-26 InvalidenstraßeBerliner Sparkasse - PrivatkundenCenter
83 Schönhauser AlleeBank where you can withdraw money 24/7.
Getting Around
Berlin Nordbahnhof station
131 InvalidenstraßeS-Bahn and Tram.
Naturkundemuseum station
U Rosenthaler Platz station
72A Rosenthaler Str.U-bahn and Tram
Berlin Oranienburger Straße station
Arts & Culture
Museum fuer Naturkunde
43 InvalidenstraßeGreat Museum including dinosaur skeleton.
UNESCO World Heritage Site. All the greatest and most famous museums of Berlin are here: Pergamon Museum, Neues Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Bode Museum and Altes Museum.
804 locals recommend
Museum Island
UNESCO World Heritage Site. All the greatest and most famous museums of Berlin are here: Pergamon Museum, Neues Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Bode Museum and Altes Museum.
My personal favorite museum. Immerse yourself in the live of East Berlin before the fall of the wall, in a very interactive way. I highly recommend!
114 locals recommend
DDR Museum
1 Karl-Liebknecht-Str.My personal favorite museum. Immerse yourself in the live of East Berlin before the fall of the wall, in a very interactive way. I highly recommend!
Amazing museum! With real life size cars, boats, trains and planes! Most descriptions are still in German though, so if you don't speak (nor read) the language, it's just for the pleasure of the eyes. Definitely worth the visit if your into technical things.
144 locals recommend
German Museum of Technology
9 Trebbiner Str.Amazing museum! With real life size cars, boats, trains and planes! Most descriptions are still in German though, so if you don't speak (nor read) the language, it's just for the pleasure of the eyes. Definitely worth the visit if your into technical things.
If you're a geek like me, you'll love that museum! Full of vintage videos games and collector items, this place will bring you back a lot of childhood memories.
54 locals recommend
Computerspiel Museum
93A Karl-Marx-AlleeIf you're a geek like me, you'll love that museum! Full of vintage videos games and collector items, this place will bring you back a lot of childhood memories.
Teufelsberg is a man-made hill built from the debris of the war. It's home to a former listening station, used by the US army to listen to the URSS during the cold war. Now open to the public as an evolving "street art gallery", it's definitely worth going, both for the art present there, the incredible and surrealistic scenery, as well as the great view of Berlin.
239 locals recommend
Teufelsberg
10 TeufelsseechausseeTeufelsberg is a man-made hill built from the debris of the war. It's home to a former listening station, used by the US army to listen to the URSS during the cold war. Now open to the public as an evolving "street art gallery", it's definitely worth going, both for the art present there, the incredible and surrealistic scenery, as well as the great view of Berlin.
Sightseeing
Book a (free) visit of the dome and get an audioguide explain you the history of the city and all the building around. Go there instead of on top of the TV tower. It's free, the view is as amazing and the explanations are way better. They also do evenings visits.
387 locals recommend
Reichstag Building
1 Platz der RepublikBook a (free) visit of the dome and get an audioguide explain you the history of the city and all the building around. Go there instead of on top of the TV tower. It's free, the view is as amazing and the explanations are way better. They also do evenings visits.
Former jewish part of Berlin. Walk in those small, partly covered streets and discover the beauty of the mosaics that cover the walls.
105 locals recommend
Hackesche Höfe Kino
40 -41 Rosenthaler Str.Former jewish part of Berlin. Walk in those small, partly covered streets and discover the beauty of the mosaics that cover the walls.
Victory Column
1 Großer SternBrandenburger Tor station
Checkpoint Charlie
43-45 FriedrichstraßeMUJI Berlin Hackescher Markt
1 Hackescher MarktThe Bebelplatz is a public square in the central Mitte district of Berlin. It is bounded to the east by the State Opera building, to the west by buildings of Humboldt University, and to the southeast by St. Hedwig's Cathedral, the first Catholic church built in Prussia after the Reformation.
23 locals recommend
Bebelplatz
Unter den LindenThe Bebelplatz is a public square in the central Mitte district of Berlin. It is bounded to the east by the State Opera building, to the west by buildings of Humboldt University, and to the southeast by St. Hedwig's Cathedral, the first Catholic church built in Prussia after the Reformation.
Unter den Linden
Unter den LindenThe Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble including the Konzerthaus (concert hall) and 2 twins buildings: the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of Germany's renowned poet Friedrich Schiller.
272 locals recommend
Gendarmenmarkt
GendarmenmarktThe Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble including the Konzerthaus (concert hall) and 2 twins buildings: the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of Germany's renowned poet Friedrich Schiller.
I love this castle and its park. If you stay longer than 2 days but you don't have the time to go to Potsdam to see the Schloss Sanssouci, you should definitely go see this one!
34 locals recommend
Charlottenburg Palace (Berlin) station
10-22 Spandauer DammI love this castle and its park. If you stay longer than 2 days but you don't have the time to go to Potsdam to see the Schloss Sanssouci, you should definitely go see this one!
East Side Gallery (Berlin) station
A must-go when you come to Berlin.
Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer PlatzMemorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
1 Cora-Berliner-StraßeA must-see.
If you want to learn more about the wall and see it as it was before, you should go there on top of going to the East Side Gallery.
520 locals recommend
Berlin Wall Memorial
111 Bernauer Str.If you want to learn more about the wall and see it as it was before, you should go there on top of going to the East Side Gallery.
Alexanderplatz
Berlin TV Tower
1A PanoramastraßeFounded about 1200, the Nikolaiviertel (Nicholas' Quarter) of Alt-Berlin, is the reconstructed historical heart of the German capital Berlin. In its center, the Nikolaikirche (church) is worth the visit.
29 locals recommend
Nikolaiviertel
Founded about 1200, the Nikolaiviertel (Nicholas' Quarter) of Alt-Berlin, is the reconstructed historical heart of the German capital Berlin. In its center, the Nikolaikirche (church) is worth the visit.
Foundation New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum
28-30 Oranienburger Str.The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) was built in the 1890s. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943. The damaged spire of the old church has been retained and its ground floor has been made into a memorial hall.
The Memorial Church today is a famous landmark of western Berlin, and is nicknamed by Berliners "der hohle Zahn", meaning "the hollow tooth".
230 locals recommend
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
BreitscheidplatzThe Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) was built in the 1890s. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943. The damaged spire of the old church has been retained and its ground floor has been made into a memorial hall.
The Memorial Church today is a famous landmark of western Berlin, and is nicknamed by Berliners "der hohle Zahn", meaning "the hollow tooth".
Potsdam, on the Havel River just 25km southwest of central Berlin, is the capital and crown jewel of the federal state of Brandenburg. Easily reached by S-Bahn, the former Prussian royal seat is the most popular day trip from Berlin, luring visitors with its splendid gardens and palaces, which garnered Unesco World Heritage status in 1990.
123 locals recommend
Potsdam
Potsdam, on the Havel River just 25km southwest of central Berlin, is the capital and crown jewel of the federal state of Brandenburg. Easily reached by S-Bahn, the former Prussian royal seat is the most popular day trip from Berlin, luring visitors with its splendid gardens and palaces, which garnered Unesco World Heritage status in 1990.
Sanssoucis is the most famous palace around Potsdam (there are many of them).
I never visited the palace itself, but I heard it's disappointing. But you have to see the gardens around. There are very diverse, from vine-draped terraces, the Orangerie, the botanical gardens... They are so diverse and beautiful.
Plus there are many other buildings that are disseminated around the gardens: the chinese house, the new palace and many others.
Definitely a must see!
147 locals recommend
Sanssouci Palace
MaulbeeralleeSanssoucis is the most famous palace around Potsdam (there are many of them).
I never visited the palace itself, but I heard it's disappointing. But you have to see the gardens around. There are very diverse, from vine-draped terraces, the Orangerie, the botanical gardens... They are so diverse and beautiful.
Plus there are many other buildings that are disseminated around the gardens: the chinese house, the new palace and many others.
Definitely a must see!