Berlin Travel Guide FAVOURITE PLACES

You love Berlin and know the extraordinary city on the Spree like the back of your hand? You’ll be surprised by how much is still waiting to be discovered! This book will take you to places that may soon become some of your favourites and where you’ll want to return over and over again.

What would a perfect day in Berlin look like? Start off with a panorama view of the city from the ‘Skyline’ canteen on the 20th floor of the Technical University. Afterwards make your way to the teahouse with the thatched roof in the English Garden and snap a selfie, signing it ‘Warm Greetings from Sylt!’ In the cabinet of curiosities that is the antique shop on Winterfeldtstrasse you’ll encounter mysterious things like flying pufferfish and dinosaur teeth. Then head on over to Moabit, which to many of the city’s inhabitants is the new Kreuzberg, or rather, the old Kreuzberg of 30 or 40 years ago, when the makeshift counted for far more than the perfect. Finish off the evening just a stone’s throw from Zoo Station at the Hat Bar, where you’ll find musicians from the whole world jamming the night away.

Monbijou Bridge: Such a Beautiful City
Clärchens Ballhaus: Over a 100 and Still Timeless
Vom Einfachen das Gute: Regional Delicacies
Back to the Future: Museum for Communication Berlin
Kulturforum: Lovely Chaos
Viktoriapark: The Flâneur Traipses off to the Waterfall
Original Unverpackt: The First Supermarket Without Packaging
Prinzessinnengärten: Multi-coloured, Green, and Red Garden Plots
Modulor: A Temple for Creative Types and Artists
Café Eule in Gleisdreieck Park
Kindl: Centre for Contemporary Art and More
Hüttenpalast: An Unusual Alternative to the Sofa Bed
Restlos Glücklich: Tastes Great, and Good for Your Karma Too
Tempelhofer Feld: Flowers, Skaters, and a Lot of Sky
Urban Nation: Street Art Goes Museum
Victoria Bar: The City’s Best Cocktails
Meyan: Turkish Specialties Made with Love
Sissi: A Charming Austrian Restaurant
Antiquariat Winterfeldtstrasse: Wunderkammer Full of Finds
Church Garden of St Matthias: God’s Green Thumb is Called Mike
Atelier Culinário: Brazil Meets Berlin
Cemetery Café Finovo: For Farewells, Arrivals, and Quiet Moments
Grunewaldsee Lake and Chalet Suisse: Wood & Vesper
Botanical Garden: This Trip is Totally Organic
Mutter Fourage am Wannsee: Art, Coffee, and Culture
Skyline: A Public Canteen Above the City’s Rooftops
The Hat Bar: Small Jazz Club Bursting with Mighty Jam Sessions
Lietzensee Lake: Green-Blue Refuge Within the City
Giro Coffee Bar: Probably the Best Coffee in Town
Literaturhaus: A Beautiful Villa Passionate About the Written Word
Pianosalon Christophori: One of the City’s Most Singular Places
Basalt Bar: Drinks Inside the Volcano
Tangoloft: Buenos Aires in the Capital
Fischerpinte at Plötzensee Lake: Boating for Perfect Summer Days
Ergun’s Fischbude: Tarantino's Favourite Restaurant
Freddy Leck: An Unusual Launderette Where Neighbours Meet
Filmrauschpalast: 1990s Alternative Cinema
Kapitel 21: Readings, Drinks, and Table-Football Tournaments
Buchwald Baumkuchen: Berlin’s Oldest Pastry Shop
Grosser Tiergarten: Swath of Green between Schöneberg and Mitte
Teahouse in the English Garden: A Touch of the Baltic in Prussia
Nordic Embassies: Scandinational Representation
House of the World Cultures: Hymn to Architecture
Café am Neuen See: West Berlin’s Oldest Secret
Café Einstein Stammhaus: Vienna’s Love Child
Fiona Bennett: One of Europe’s Finest Hat Shops
Frank und Amanda: An Extremely Unusual Hair Salon
Anna Rakemann: Shoes Made to Measure
California Pops: Ice, Ice Baby (and Oh so Healthy)
Pool & Cigars: When Did You Last Play Billiards?
Bösebrücke on Bornholmer Strasse: Where the Wall First Fell
RAW-Grounds: A Patchwork of Wild Locations
Habermannsee: An Unexpected Idyll Not Far from Concrete Blocks
Biesdorf Palace: Cultural Centre with an Educational Mission and Tasty Cake
Funkhaus Nalepastrasse: Concerts, Fairs, and GDR History
Horses, Fields, Fresh Air
Dr Fish: Trout-Whisperer
Flea Markets: When Finders Become Keepers
Boat Tour: The Gentlest Way to Glide through Berlin