Guidebook for Berlin

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Guidebook for Berlin

Food Scene

very nice italian restaurant
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Osteria N°1
71 Kreuzbergstraße
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very nice italian restaurant
a very sweet guy from Argentinia, Fausto, runs this little place where the wine is excellent, from his menue we like the most his pancakes with dulce the lecce. www.caminito-berlin.de
Caminito
a very sweet guy from Argentinia, Fausto, runs this little place where the wine is excellent, from his menue we like the most his pancakes with dulce the lecce. www.caminito-berlin.de
traditional austrian, very nice garden, gut coffee, very tastefull "Kaiserschmarrn". And don't confuse it with the other Einstein Cafés all over Berlin!
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Café Einstein Stammhaus
58 Kurfürstenstraße
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traditional austrian, very nice garden, gut coffee, very tastefull "Kaiserschmarrn". And don't confuse it with the other Einstein Cafés all over Berlin!
basically the better food in this area often is italian. Mr. Tarantino used to eat there when he was staying in Yorckstraße, we've been told...
22 abantu bendawo batusa
Pizzeria - Fratelli La Bionda
31 Bergmannstraße
22 abantu bendawo batusa
basically the better food in this area often is italian. Mr. Tarantino used to eat there when he was staying in Yorckstraße, we've been told...
an italian place we really love. Has a small piazza there, very nice atmosphere, and it's a spot where very nuce buskers pass by. Menue is a special one...
60 abantu bendawo batusa
Molinari & Ko
13 Riemannstraße
60 abantu bendawo batusa
an italian place we really love. Has a small piazza there, very nice atmosphere, and it's a spot where very nuce buskers pass by. Menue is a special one...
for us and many just the best ice cream in town!!!
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Vanille & Marille
1 Hagelberger Str.
80 abantu bendawo batusa
for us and many just the best ice cream in town!!!
we go there occasionally - two guys who prepare just a few fresh and organic dishes, very modest.
15 abantu bendawo batusa
Mutti Kreuzberg
67 Gneisenaustraße
15 abantu bendawo batusa
we go there occasionally - two guys who prepare just a few fresh and organic dishes, very modest.
when we go there we tell our daughter we'd go to Athens, and she never said it wasn't true; not for dinner, rather fors real souvlaki at noon. very fine patisserie next door
13 abantu bendawo batusa
Berkis
45 Winterfeldtstraße
13 abantu bendawo batusa
when we go there we tell our daughter we'd go to Athens, and she never said it wasn't true; not for dinner, rather fors real souvlaki at noon. very fine patisserie next door
it's run by canadian Cynthia Barcomi who takes roasting the coffees but also cakes and tartes very serious. Very nice. Try the lemon bar.
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DoubleEye
22 Akazienstraße
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it's run by canadian Cynthia Barcomi who takes roasting the coffees but also cakes and tartes very serious. Very nice. Try the lemon bar.
traditional austrian and south german cuisine with a very authentic feeling. Reservation recommended
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Austria
30 Bergmannstraße
44 abantu bendawo batusa
traditional austrian and south german cuisine with a very authentic feeling. Reservation recommended
this guy from south germany makes very nice cakes there, to take away or when the weather is nice in front of his store within that improvised lounge zone on the pavement.
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Mr. Minsch
15 Yorckstraße
52 abantu bendawo batusa
this guy from south germany makes very nice cakes there, to take away or when the weather is nice in front of his store within that improvised lounge zone on the pavement.
we don't know it yet our guests from time to time asked where's the next argentinian steak. It's a 7 minutes walk.
Steakhaus & Pizzeria Angus
11 Kreuzbergstraße
we don't know it yet our guests from time to time asked where's the next argentinian steak. It's a 7 minutes walk.
no words... -
Albrechts Patisserie Inh. Stephanie Albrecht
45 Winterfeldtstraße
no words... -
Restaurant (austrian and mediterranean) - ingredients mostly local, often organic. Breakfast great, too, as well as cakes and strudel. Sunny terrace. Part of Hamburger Bahnhof museum complex.
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Restaurant im Hamburger Bahnhof
50-51 Invalidenstraße
8 abantu bendawo batusa
Restaurant (austrian and mediterranean) - ingredients mostly local, often organic. Breakfast great, too, as well as cakes and strudel. Sunny terrace. Part of Hamburger Bahnhof museum complex.
rather rare case of a greek restaurant even greeks like me like to visit.
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Thalassa
57 Gneisenaustraße
6 abantu bendawo batusa
rather rare case of a greek restaurant even greeks like me like to visit.
Great Slow Food Burgers - also vegan and vegetarian. And suuounded
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Koppenplatz
7 abantu bendawo batusa
Great Slow Food Burgers - also vegan and vegetarian. And suuounded
with an authentic version of what the germans have their nickname "krauts" from... daily changing menue with great german and alsacien food . Cosy inside and outside. www.renger-patysch.de
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Renger-Patzsch
54 Wartburgstr.
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with an authentic version of what the germans have their nickname "krauts" from... daily changing menue with great german and alsacien food . Cosy inside and outside. www.renger-patysch.de
When I am in the West that's the place where I go for brunch!!!
Knesebeckstraße 26
26 Knesebeckstraße
When I am in the West that's the place where I go for brunch!!!

Everything Else

best place to seat when the sun visits Berlin, opposite the Viktoria Park water fall!
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Vereinszimmer
15 Kreuzbergstraße
35 abantu bendawo batusa
best place to seat when the sun visits Berlin, opposite the Viktoria Park water fall!
traditional cinema with original versions.
46 abantu bendawo batusa
Odeon
116 Hauptstraße
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traditional cinema with original versions.
well known conference centre in neo gothic acrhitecture
Schmiedehof
Schmiedehof
well known conference centre in neo gothic acrhitecture
City Bikes / Trekking Bikes 10€/day, 25€ Fr-Mo, 50€/week Tandems available too Großbeerenstraße 53, Kreuzberg
Großbeerenstraße 53, Kreuzberg
53 Großbeerenstraße
City Bikes / Trekking Bikes 10€/day, 25€ Fr-Mo, 50€/week Tandems available too Großbeerenstraße 53, Kreuzberg
the website is also in english. Hosts a very good restaurant and café, too, run by Sarah Wiener. Just opposite Hauptbahnhof / central station.
354 abantu bendawo batusa
Hamburger Bahnhof - Igumbi Lomculo Lwasekhaya - Berlin
50 Invalidenstraße
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the website is also in english. Hosts a very good restaurant and café, too, run by Sarah Wiener. Just opposite Hauptbahnhof / central station.
Great museum building with often very interesting exhibitions (modern art / contemporary art / photography). Part of Berliner Festspiele - english website: http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/
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Gropius Bau
7 Niederkirchnerstraße
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Great museum building with often very interesting exhibitions (modern art / contemporary art / photography). Part of Berliner Festspiele - english website: http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/
the great Philharmony is just 15 minutes away on the bike (or two S-Bahn stops - get out at Potsdamer Platz and walk 10 minutes)
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Berliner Philharmonie
1 Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße
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the great Philharmony is just 15 minutes away on the bike (or two S-Bahn stops - get out at Potsdamer Platz and walk 10 minutes)
club club club in a walking distance with a very good line up www.gretchen-club.de. Check out programm first. Run by those who had the legendary ICON club before.
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Gretchen
19-21 Obentrautstraße
44 abantu bendawo batusa
club club club in a walking distance with a very good line up www.gretchen-club.de. Check out programm first. Run by those who had the legendary ICON club before.

Shopping

very nice designer store for "soul ware", the label means "bloodsisters" - see their style here: http://www.blutsgeschwister.de/
Kreuzberganker
very nice designer store for "soul ware", the label means "bloodsisters" - see their style here: http://www.blutsgeschwister.de/

Essentials

small variety of rural delicatessen from the southern areas of germany - cheese, ham, bacon, butter - and Maultaschen (stuffed pasta squares)
Loginn Internetlounge
small variety of rural delicatessen from the southern areas of germany - cheese, ham, bacon, butter - and Maultaschen (stuffed pasta squares)
very large BIO indoor market, even saturdays open until 8pm. What you find in the fridge we buy there.
47 abantu bendawo batusa
LPG Biomarkt Mehringdamm
20-30 Mehringdamm
47 abantu bendawo batusa
very large BIO indoor market, even saturdays open until 8pm. What you find in the fridge we buy there.
very charming and reliable turkish grocery, with very good selection of fresh herbs and veggies, partly organic. We also like the people a lot.
Schwarze Olive
75 Yorckstraße
very charming and reliable turkish grocery, with very good selection of fresh herbs and veggies, partly organic. We also like the people a lot.
an open market where we regularily go - with a nice variety of snacks - swiss raclettte, alsacian tartes flambées, oriental, african, nice stands with organic bread, veggies, fish, etc
28 abantu bendawo batusa
Winterfeld
58 Winterfeldtstraße
28 abantu bendawo batusa
an open market where we regularily go - with a nice variety of snacks - swiss raclettte, alsacian tartes flambées, oriental, african, nice stands with organic bread, veggies, fish, etc
thursday's here's a very nice open market. with steak rolls. Opposite KaDeWe you'll find currywurst ten times better than the famous Curry36. (and organic)
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Wittenbergplatz
Wittenbergplatz
8 abantu bendawo batusa
thursday's here's a very nice open market. with steak rolls. Opposite KaDeWe you'll find currywurst ten times better than the famous Curry36. (and organic)

Drinks & Nightlife

Bar with live acts (Blues etc.)
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Yorckschlösschen
15 Yorckstraße
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Bar with live acts (Blues etc.)
one of the best bars in town in the middle of that new art district around Potsdamer Str. , it takes 7 minutes on the bike to go there.
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Victoria Bar
102 Potsdamer Str.
68 abantu bendawo batusa
one of the best bars in town in the middle of that new art district around Potsdamer Str. , it takes 7 minutes on the bike to go there.
good coctails, atmosphere is a bit low pro, yet closes late and has section for smokers
23 abantu bendawo batusa
Galander -Haifischbar-
25 Arndtstraße
23 abantu bendawo batusa
good coctails, atmosphere is a bit low pro, yet closes late and has section for smokers
odd name but ok beer garden with hollywood swings and nice barbecue (spicy polish sausages etc.) plus indoors bar, right behind that nice playground.
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Golgatha
Monumentenstraße
47 abantu bendawo batusa
odd name but ok beer garden with hollywood swings and nice barbecue (spicy polish sausages etc.) plus indoors bar, right behind that nice playground.
with snacks. Very nicely located. We're no beer people so we know the place rather from passing by.
Floriansgarten
42B Kreuzbergstraße
with snacks. Very nicely located. We're no beer people so we know the place rather from passing by.

Sightseeing

great park to walk, fairytale like views, and the Kreuzberg monument. great playground, too. For joggers and skaters "Park am Gleisdreieck" and "Tempelhof" are better - more flat.
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Viktoriapark
Katzbachstraße
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great park to walk, fairytale like views, and the Kreuzberg monument. great playground, too. For joggers and skaters "Park am Gleisdreieck" and "Tempelhof" are better - more flat.

Entertainment & Activities

excellent theater for kids, next to wonderfully wild playground / park
Hans Wurst Nachfahren Theater am Winterfeldtplatz
5 Gleditschstraße
excellent theater for kids, next to wonderfully wild playground / park