Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Zsa Zsa Burger
28 Motzstraßedelicious homemade burger in a great ambience
great little coffee house with homemade cakes and pies in the old Berlin style
8 locals recommend
Café Kalwil Berlin
30 Motzstraßegreat little coffee house with homemade cakes and pies in the old Berlin style
Phoenix Lounge
14 Kyffhäuserstraßegreat breakfast and Sunday brunch
South American specialties such as empanadas and Argentinian steak in bright rooms with brick decor.
6 locals recommend
Sudaka
36 GoltzstraßeSouth American specialties such as empanadas and Argentinian steak in bright rooms with brick decor.
the best italian trattoria in berlin. very comfortable and familiar.
8 locals recommend
Trattoria a muntagnola
27 Fuggerstraßethe best italian trattoria in berlin. very comfortable and familiar.
Berkis
45 Winterfeldtstraßethe best greek in the neighborhood. always full and you should book
great old German restaurant with Old German cuisine Pea soup, goose leg and sausage in a rustic decor with old sewing machines and advertising signs. very well visited and it must be reserved!
Mutter Hoppe
21 Rathausstraßegreat old German restaurant with Old German cuisine Pea soup, goose leg and sausage in a rustic decor with old sewing machines and advertising signs. very well visited and it must be reserved!
Well-known snack bar, where there are sausage specialties and breaded chips, salad and homemade ketchup. An absolute must for every citizen of Berlin and Berlin the original Berlin Currywurst wants!
182 locals recommend
Curry 36
36 MehringdammWell-known snack bar, where there are sausage specialties and breaded chips, salad and homemade ketchup. An absolute must for every citizen of Berlin and Berlin the original Berlin Currywurst wants!
Modern kitchen, home cooking and cakes on wooden tables with sofas and armchairs, books and live music.
64 locals recommend
Café BilderBuch
28 AkazienstraßeModern kitchen, home cooking and cakes on wooden tables with sofas and armchairs, books and live music.
Lamb or chicken with saffron and barberry rice on red tablecloths on comfortable benches or outdoors.
12 locals recommend
Shayan
23 GoltzstraßeLamb or chicken with saffron and barberry rice on red tablecloths on comfortable benches or outdoors.
Great and cheap Italian food. Pizza from 2.50 € or pasta from 6.00 €. A must for the small purse
7 locals recommend
caramia
32 GoltzstraßeGreat and cheap Italian food. Pizza from 2.50 € or pasta from 6.00 €. A must for the small purse
All-day seasonal cuisine by the fireplace or outside by the water, from breakfast to pizza to cocktails. With a large beer garden. In the summer a must for everyone
171 locals recommend
Cafe am Neuen See
2 LichtensteinalleeAll-day seasonal cuisine by the fireplace or outside by the water, from breakfast to pizza to cocktails. With a large beer garden. In the summer a must for everyone
Restaurant right on the Spree with wooden jetty, cozy rooms and varied menu. for balmy summer nights
99 locals recommend
Freischwimmer
2 Vor dem Schlesischen TorRestaurant right on the Spree with wooden jetty, cozy rooms and varied menu. for balmy summer nights
Drinks & Nightlife
great night bar with great cocktails. For 18 years one of the best gay bars in the neighborhood.
25 locals recommend
Heile Welt
5 Motzstraßegreat night bar with great cocktails. For 18 years one of the best gay bars in the neighborhood.
Nachbar
12 Maaßenstraßegreat cocktails
Smokable with classic to creative cocktails as well as nostalgic Art Deco and Art Nouveau accessories.
44 locals recommend
Salut! Bar
7 GoltzstraßeSmokable with classic to creative cocktails as well as nostalgic Art Deco and Art Nouveau accessories.
long-established bar in the neighborhood. Retro cocktail lounge with leather upholstery, bookshelves & long, polished wood bar.
68 locals recommend
GREENDOOR
50 Winterfeldtstraßelong-established bar in the neighborhood. Retro cocktail lounge with leather upholstery, bookshelves & long, polished wood bar.
The stylish, rustic saloon bar offers cocktails, whiskeys and DJ parties by RnB and Soul. you have to ring if you want to go in!
24 locals recommend
Stagger Lee Cocktailbar
27 NollendorfstraßeThe stylish, rustic saloon bar offers cocktails, whiskeys and DJ parties by RnB and Soul. you have to ring if you want to go in!
The plush and sparkling deco gay bar offers cocktails and dance music for a mixed crowd. Kultbar in the Kreuzberg Multi Kulti neighborhood. Open to everyone.
68 locals recommend
Roses
187 OranienstraßeThe plush and sparkling deco gay bar offers cocktails and dance music for a mixed crowd. Kultbar in the Kreuzberg Multi Kulti neighborhood. Open to everyone.
The Strandbar Mitte is the mother of all beach bars in Berlin and offers with real palm trees and open air tango nights the setting for exciting summer nights. Drinks and pizza under palm trees against an illustrious backdrop on the banks of the Spree, dance with instructions under the open sky. for balmy summer nights in berlin
73 locals recommend
Strandbar Mitte
3B MonbijoustraßeThe Strandbar Mitte is the mother of all beach bars in Berlin and offers with real palm trees and open air tango nights the setting for exciting summer nights. Drinks and pizza under palm trees against an illustrious backdrop on the banks of the Spree, dance with instructions under the open sky. for balmy summer nights in berlin
Directly on the Spree, right next to the East Side Gallery, extends the Pirates Berlin and the associated Captains Beach, with a Caribbean flair. Pirate restaurant with pizza and seafood menu as well as beach bar and cellar club in the old warehouse of 1907. for balmy summer nights in berlin
9 locals recommend
Pirates Berlin
78 - 80 MühlenstraßeDirectly on the Spree, right next to the East Side Gallery, extends the Pirates Berlin and the associated Captains Beach, with a Caribbean flair. Pirate restaurant with pizza and seafood menu as well as beach bar and cellar club in the old warehouse of 1907. for balmy summer nights in berlin
Beach club on the riverbank with basketball and volleyball courts, a bar plus live concerts and music by DJs. More Caribbean feeling than at YAAM Beach does not go in Berlin! By the way, Yaam stands for Young African Art Market. for balmy summer nights in berlin
92 locals recommend
YAAM
3 An d. SchillingbrückeBeach club on the riverbank with basketball and volleyball courts, a bar plus live concerts and music by DJs. More Caribbean feeling than at YAAM Beach does not go in Berlin! By the way, Yaam stands for Young African Art Market. for balmy summer nights in berlin
Beach Bar on the riverside with wooden sundeck & electronic music, famous for parties on Sunday afternoons. for balmy summer nights
384 locals recommend
Club der Visionäre
1 Am FlutgrabenBeach Bar on the riverside with wooden sundeck & electronic music, famous for parties on Sunday afternoons. for balmy summer nights
iconic nightclub with different events. http://musikundfrieden.de/
15 locals recommend
Musik & Frieden
48 Falckensteinstraßeiconic nightclub with different events. http://musikundfrieden.de/
Multi-room club in brick vaults with glitter balls and live acts, in which DJs play dance music.
38 locals recommend
Matrix Club Berlin
18 Warschauer Pl.Multi-room club in brick vaults with glitter balls and live acts, in which DJs play dance music.
The RAW site in the catchment area of the Warschauer Straße in Friedrichshain is space for intercultural projects, exhibitions and markets and home to many clubs and bars.
164 locals recommend
RAW-Gelände
99 Revaler Str.The RAW site in the catchment area of the Warschauer Straße in Friedrichshain is space for intercultural projects, exhibitions and markets and home to many clubs and bars.
Located in the city pool, a trendy summer club with bars, DJs and parties that involve the pool. In the brick buildings of the former Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk (RAW)
is the new oasis for Berlin.
In the midst of old industrial charm hides a cultural hotspot,
in the rough Berlin urbanity meets Mediterranean lightness of the 60s. Pack your bathing suit! A must in the summer! http://haubentaucher.berlin/de/
84 locals recommend
Haubentaucher
99 Revaler Str.Located in the city pool, a trendy summer club with bars, DJs and parties that involve the pool. In the brick buildings of the former Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk (RAW)
is the new oasis for Berlin.
In the midst of old industrial charm hides a cultural hotspot,
in the rough Berlin urbanity meets Mediterranean lightness of the 60s. Pack your bathing suit! A must in the summer! http://haubentaucher.berlin/de/
Big club since 1997 with cocktail bars on several floors plays salsa, black music and reggae. Also with dance instruction. Salsa • Bachata • Merengue • Cumbia • Kizomba Hip Hop • RnB • Soul Reggaeton • Cubaton • Latin Hip Hop
Dance classics • Housetunes • Party tunes
The Havana awaits you with four dancefloors in which our resident DJs heat up the mood to the maximum. And to ensure that everyone gets their money's worth, different music genres are played in the halls. Furthermore, there are seven bars (service zones) at your disposal, where you can recharge your batteries with refreshing drinks.
34 locals recommend
Havanna Club
30 HauptstraßeBig club since 1997 with cocktail bars on several floors plays salsa, black music and reggae. Also with dance instruction. Salsa • Bachata • Merengue • Cumbia • Kizomba Hip Hop • RnB • Soul Reggaeton • Cubaton • Latin Hip Hop
Dance classics • Housetunes • Party tunes
The Havana awaits you with four dancefloors in which our resident DJs heat up the mood to the maximum. And to ensure that everyone gets their money's worth, different music genres are played in the halls. Furthermore, there are seven bars (service zones) at your disposal, where you can recharge your batteries with refreshing drinks.
Sightseeing
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
BreitscheidplatzAlexanderplatz
Museum Island
Victory Column
1 Großer SternPotsdamer Platz
Potsdamer PlatzReichstag Building
1 Platz der RepublikGendarmenmarkt
GendarmenmarktBrandenburg Gate
Pariser PlatzBerlin Cathedral Church
Am LustgartenNikolaiviertel
Charlottenburg Palace - Old Palace
10-22 Spandauer DammParks & Nature
the largest park in the city. warmly called "green lung" by locals. with a great beer garden at the lake "Cafe on the new lake"
528 locals recommend
Tiergarten
Straße des 17. Junithe largest park in the city. warmly called "green lung" by locals. with a great beer garden at the lake "Cafe on the new lake"
great park with some kaffes and national monument for the liberation wars
450 locals recommend
Viktoriapark
Katzbachstraßegreat park with some kaffes and national monument for the liberation wars
newly landscaped park with many opportunities for sports and chilling
313 locals recommend
Park am Gleisdreieck
26 Möckernstraßenewly landscaped park with many opportunities for sports and chilling
great park and very diverse. Sundays with many artists, flea market and great karaoke. a must in the summer
1060 locals recommend
Mauerpark
63 Gleimstraßegreat park and very diverse. Sundays with many artists, flea market and great karaoke. a must in the summer
Arts & Culture
Mauermusuem
111 Bernauer Str.Memorial to the Berlin Wall with original piece of the Berlin Wall.
The East Side Gallery monument in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in the mill street between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree.
444 locals recommend
East Side Gallery (Berlin) station
The East Side Gallery monument in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in the mill street between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree.
The DDR Museum is a museum in Berlin-Mitte. It treats the life and everyday culture of the GDR in its permanent exhibition. The DDR Museum is located in DomAquarée. In 2012, it was one of the most visited museums and memorials in Berlin with 504,564 visitors
114 locals recommend
DDR Museum
1 Karl-Liebknecht-Str.The DDR Museum is a museum in Berlin-Mitte. It treats the life and everyday culture of the GDR in its permanent exhibition. The DDR Museum is located in DomAquarée. In 2012, it was one of the most visited museums and memorials in Berlin with 504,564 visitors
The Topography of Terror is a project existing since 1987 in Berlin for the documentation and processing of terror during the period of National Socialism in Germany, especially during the reign of 1933-1945..
119 locals recommend
Topography of Terror
8 NiederkirchnerstraßeThe Topography of Terror is a project existing since 1987 in Berlin for the documentation and processing of terror during the period of National Socialism in Germany, especially during the reign of 1933-1945..
Checkpoint Charlie
43-45 FriedrichstraßeThe Bode Museum, opened in 1904 as the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, is part of the ensemble of the Museum Island in Berlin and thus a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It houses the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art and the Coin Cabinet. On October 17, 2006, it was reopened after nearly six years of renovation and handed over to the public on October 19 of the same year.
80 locals recommend
Bode Museum
Am KupfergrabenThe Bode Museum, opened in 1904 as the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, is part of the ensemble of the Museum Island in Berlin and thus a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It houses the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art and the Coin Cabinet. On October 17, 2006, it was reopened after nearly six years of renovation and handed over to the public on October 19 of the same year.
Today, the Pergamon Museum houses parts of the Antiquities Collection, the Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Museum of Islamic Art. The Pergamonmuseum was the most visited Berlin museum and the best visited German art museum in 2007 with about 1,135,000 visitors. Apart from 2004, since 1999 it has been the most visited museum in Berlin.
Due to extensive renovation work, the hall with the Pergamon Altar was closed on September 29, 2014, probably in 2023, but parts of the museum remain open
180 locals recommend
Pergamonmuseum
1-3 BodestraßeToday, the Pergamon Museum houses parts of the Antiquities Collection, the Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Museum of Islamic Art. The Pergamonmuseum was the most visited Berlin museum and the best visited German art museum in 2007 with about 1,135,000 visitors. Apart from 2004, since 1999 it has been the most visited museum in Berlin.
Due to extensive renovation work, the hall with the Pergamon Altar was closed on September 29, 2014, probably in 2023, but parts of the museum remain open
Our museum is located directly at the East Side Gallery in the former Mühlenspeicher in Mühlenstr. 78-80, Berlin-Friedrichshain. You can easily reach us by public transport or by car. The nearest S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations are Warschauer Straße and Silesian Tor underground station. There are only limited parking possibilities at Mühlenstraße.
16 locals recommend
The Wall Museum
78-80 MühlenstraßeOur museum is located directly at the East Side Gallery in the former Mühlenspeicher in Mühlenstr. 78-80, Berlin-Friedrichshain. You can easily reach us by public transport or by car. The nearest S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations are Warschauer Straße and Silesian Tor underground station. There are only limited parking possibilities at Mühlenstraße.
Shopping
Mall of Berlin
12 Leipziger Pl.Tauentzienstraße
Tauentzienstraßelong shopping street with many shops and the famous KADEWE
Street with many small shops and restaurants in a multicultural neighborhood. very alternative
164 locals recommend
Oranienstraße
OranienstraßeStreet with many small shops and restaurants in a multicultural neighborhood. very alternative
Shoe City Alexa
big shopping center
Kurfurstendamm
Kurfürstendammshopping mile with many upscale shops. Cucci and co
Bergmannkiez
Great neighborhood with many small shops
Great weekly market with many fresh things, art and flowers. is a must on saturday morning
66 locals recommend
Winterfeldt Market
Great weekly market with many fresh things, art and flowers. is a must on saturday morning
Essentials
EDEKA Schrader
69 BarbarossastraßeEDEKA
8-9 Nollendorfpl.