Guidebook for Berlin
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Kollwitzplatz
1 Kollwitzstraßelively square surrounded by restaurants, cafes, local market
One of Berlin's most famous flea markets. Shopping, live music, food, entertainment.
1060 locals recommend
Mauerpark
63 GleimstraßeOne of Berlin's most famous flea markets. Shopping, live music, food, entertainment.
Food Scene
1900 Cafe Bistro
76 KnesebeckstraßeLike drinking coffee in Vienna at the turn of the century
CK Café
49 Marienburger Str.great coffee
Zefiro Ristorante
27A Prenzlauer Alleeamazing homemade pasta
Trattoria Felice Restaurant Bar Café
41 Lychener Str.homemade pasta
Fast Rabbit
1 Eberswalder Str.vegan
Pizza Nostra
2 Lychener Str.delicious Napoli pizza
Massai Restaurant
12 Lychener Str.Crazy delicious upscale African cuisine.
The Bird
5 Am Falkpl.Best hamburger in Berlin
No Fire No Glory
45 RykestraßeCafé Suicide Sue
2 DunckerstraßeCafé Anna Blume
83 KollwitzstraßeSightseeing
Alexanderplatz
Major shopping, events area
Drinks & Nightlife
One of the newest bars to hit the cocktail scene, Le Croco Bleu is the baby of Berlin drinks royalty, Housed in the old machine rooms of the 19th century Bötzow Brewery, its name derives from a semi-apocryphal story about a pair of Berlin Zoo crocodiles who were given shelter in a basement pool at the end of the Second World War. They’ve cleverly built around the original machinery and piping, installing a beautiful tiled floor, high chairs upholstered in emerald green leather, glass tables and an assortment of stuffed animals.
8 locals recommend
Le Croco Bleu
242 Prenzlauer AlleeOne of the newest bars to hit the cocktail scene, Le Croco Bleu is the baby of Berlin drinks royalty, Housed in the old machine rooms of the 19th century Bötzow Brewery, its name derives from a semi-apocryphal story about a pair of Berlin Zoo crocodiles who were given shelter in a basement pool at the end of the Second World War. They’ve cleverly built around the original machinery and piping, installing a beautiful tiled floor, high chairs upholstered in emerald green leather, glass tables and an assortment of stuffed animals.
Operating in the classic speak-easy model, it has become something of a local institution: enter via an unmarked door and you’ll find yourself in rooms draped with red velvet. And you can breathe deeply on their chesterfield sofas, as one of the two rooms caters for non-smokers, a relative rarity in Berlin’s bar scene. Their cocktails hark back to another era: try the Aviation, a paean to the classier days of air travel, a florid mix of gin, violet, maraschino and lemon. The windowpane features a grizzled portrait of playwright Samuel Beckett (himself not averse to a drink) to keep watch over proceedings. Occasional DJs play avant-jazz.
67 locals recommend
Bar Becketts Kopf
64 PappelalleeOperating in the classic speak-easy model, it has become something of a local institution: enter via an unmarked door and you’ll find yourself in rooms draped with red velvet. And you can breathe deeply on their chesterfield sofas, as one of the two rooms caters for non-smokers, a relative rarity in Berlin’s bar scene. Their cocktails hark back to another era: try the Aviation, a paean to the classier days of air travel, a florid mix of gin, violet, maraschino and lemon. The windowpane features a grizzled portrait of playwright Samuel Beckett (himself not averse to a drink) to keep watch over proceedings. Occasional DJs play avant-jazz.
This lively and unusual bar calls itself home to the more bourgeois members of Berlin’s cross-dressing community. As a queer art space, there are often outrageous performances which question gender and the transgressive, as well as more practical events, like an in-house hairdresser. 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, with statuesque drag queens rubbing shoulders with butch, tattooed girls. Tuesdays is an all-night happy hour for drinkers on a budget.
24 locals recommend
Barbie Deinhoff’s
16 Schlesische Str.This lively and unusual bar calls itself home to the more bourgeois members of Berlin’s cross-dressing community. As a queer art space, there are often outrageous performances which question gender and the transgressive, as well as more practical events, like an in-house hairdresser. 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, with statuesque drag queens rubbing shoulders with butch, tattooed girls. Tuesdays is an all-night happy hour for drinkers on a budget.
Monster Ronsons Ichiban Karaoke
34 Warschauer Str.Here iconoclastic fashion photographer Helmut Newton is immortalized. An entire wall of this large bar is dedicated to a series of his black and white nudes – for those unfamiliar with his pictures of statuesque models, they put today’s waifish examples to shame. The rich red leather chairs and heavy oak tables are geared towards a well heeled crowd, and there’s even a private cigar lounge upstairs. Stick to the classics here – martinis or a good single malt whisky – and watch the world go by from their heated terrace with a view onto Gendarmenmarkt.
22 locals recommend
Newton Bar
57 CharlottenstraßeHere iconoclastic fashion photographer Helmut Newton is immortalized. An entire wall of this large bar is dedicated to a series of his black and white nudes – for those unfamiliar with his pictures of statuesque models, they put today’s waifish examples to shame. The rich red leather chairs and heavy oak tables are geared towards a well heeled crowd, and there’s even a private cigar lounge upstairs. Stick to the classics here – martinis or a good single malt whisky – and watch the world go by from their heated terrace with a view onto Gendarmenmarkt.
This 20s-era cocktail lounge has live music, a swanky outdoor patio, and an extensive list of classic cocktails and classy bar food.
50 locals recommend
Reingold Cocktailbar
11 NovalisstraßeThis 20s-era cocktail lounge has live music, a swanky outdoor patio, and an extensive list of classic cocktails and classy bar food.
Prater Beer Garden Berlin
7-9 KastanienalleeOldest beer garden in Berlin!
Arts & Culture
If you have a sense of humor and like recycled art installation projects imbued with Freudian slips, don't miss this 30 minute show! You've never seen anything like it.
Monsterkabinett
39 Rosenthaler Str.If you have a sense of humor and like recycled art installation projects imbued with Freudian slips, don't miss this 30 minute show! You've never seen anything like it.