Guidebook for Berlin
Food Scene
Best, most authentic & cheapest sushi place just around a couple of corners. Pop in for lunch if it ain't too busy or book in the evenings.
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Sasaya
50 Lychener Str.Best, most authentic & cheapest sushi place just around a couple of corners. Pop in for lunch if it ain't too busy or book in the evenings.
Best fish shop in Berlin to eat in or take away. It's not a fancy sit-down place. Think top quality fish & chips place.
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Der Fischladen
128 Schönhauser AlleeBest fish shop in Berlin to eat in or take away. It's not a fancy sit-down place. Think top quality fish & chips place.
Great Korean & Sushi place. Lovely & weird Korean teas. Our go-to place if Sasaya is closed.
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Omoni
14 Kopenhagener Str.Great Korean & Sushi place. Lovely & weird Korean teas. Our go-to place if Sasaya is closed.
Bonanza Coffee Heroes
35 Oderberger Str.Best coffee place in Berlin.
Manolo
2 Danziger Str.Decent coffee & a good selection of breakfasty things.
Our cantine. A Canadian & a Sri-Lankan fix up naan-based pizzas, curries & Mexican food at super-duper prices. Excellent selection of off-beat music. What's not to like?
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W - Der Imbiss
49 KastanienalleeOur cantine. A Canadian & a Sri-Lankan fix up naan-based pizzas, curries & Mexican food at super-duper prices. Excellent selection of off-beat music. What's not to like?
Our favourite fancy, but not expensive restaurant. They're Austrian & have an incredible selection of wines. They do 3-course menus for €26.
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Café Restaurant Jolesch
1 Muskauer Str.Our favourite fancy, but not expensive restaurant. They're Austrian & have an incredible selection of wines. They do 3-course menus for €26.
da Zia
32A PappelalleeGood & cheap Pizza. Eat in or take-away.
Best Pizza in Berlin and a bargain too. Get the Pizza Papa Pane!
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Papà Pane di Sorrento
23 AckerstraßeBest Pizza in Berlin and a bargain too. Get the Pizza Papa Pane!
Great Korean food. Gets quite busy these days, but not as crazy as the famed Mr. Vuong just down the road.
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YamYam Berlin
6 Alte Schönhauser Str.Great Korean food. Gets quite busy these days, but not as crazy as the famed Mr. Vuong just down the road.
Great Italian 13-course set meal for €45 including 1/2 bottle of wine. It starts at 19h30 and you need to reserve in advance.
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Lavanderia Vecchia
46 FlughafenstraßeGreat Italian 13-course set meal for €45 including 1/2 bottle of wine. It starts at 19h30 and you need to reserve in advance.
Great little vegan restaurant which ain't boring like the rest of them.
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Lucky Leek
54 KollwitzstraßeGreat little vegan restaurant which ain't boring like the rest of them.
Great Korean-Spanish fusion restaurant. Only open in the evenings these days.
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Kochu Karu
35 Eberswalder Str.Great Korean-Spanish fusion restaurant. Only open in the evenings these days.
PAPPA E CICCIA
18 Schwedter Str.Great Italian brunch. Reserve beforehand!
Vegan restaurant. Especially recommended for brunch on Sundays.
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Kopps
94 LinienstraßeVegan restaurant. Especially recommended for brunch on Sundays.
Shopping
Horrible mall-place. But you might need an emergency phone charger or something. There are all sorts of clothes shops, food stores and electronic stores.
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Schönhauser Allee Arcaden
80 Schönhauser AlleeHorrible mall-place. But you might need an emergency phone charger or something. There are all sorts of clothes shops, food stores and electronic stores.
You like food? Go here for an exquisite selection of foods from around the world, wine, cookbooks & cooking courses.
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Goldhahn und Sampson Prenzlauer Berg
9 DunckerstraßeYou like food? Go here for an exquisite selection of foods from around the world, wine, cookbooks & cooking courses.
Essentials
Our local organic shop. They stock pretty much everything. They're really nice & smiley and play all sorts of music.
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Kiepert & Kutzner GmbH
65 Schönhauser AlleeOur local organic shop. They stock pretty much everything. They're really nice & smiley and play all sorts of music.
Everything Else
Go here on a Sunday for the flea market, souvenirs & fun food. And if it's warm, there'll be a karaoke session and guaranteed festival vibe.
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I-Fleamarket kwi-Mauerpark
63-64 Bernauer Str.Go here on a Sunday for the flea market, souvenirs & fun food. And if it's warm, there'll be a karaoke session and guaranteed festival vibe.
Better & smaller selection of cool stuff at this flea market if the Mauer park gets too much.
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Flohmarkt Arkonaplatz
ArkonaplatzBetter & smaller selection of cool stuff at this flea market if the Mauer park gets too much.
You've got money to spend and want fine foods from the market? Go here to see what's on offer. Lovely place to walk around.
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Kollwitzplatz
1 KollwitzstraßeYou've got money to spend and want fine foods from the market? Go here to see what's on offer. Lovely place to walk around.
Going to town? Want a good cross-section of Berlin with upmarket stores, cheap food joints, squats & a park? Walk down the "Casting Allee".
Apartment Kastanienallee
Going to town? Want a good cross-section of Berlin with upmarket stores, cheap food joints, squats & a park? Walk down the "Casting Allee".
Small club space: "The place you have all been waiting for, a club, a cabaret, a piano and jazz bar, a circus."
Horns & Hooves
1 Danziger StraßeSmall club space: "The place you have all been waiting for, a club, a cabaret, a piano and jazz bar, a circus."
Sightseeing
One of the coolest architectural pieces and most moving memorials I've ever come across. Go see it, it's just a stone's throw away from the Brandenburger Tor.
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I-Memorial ye-Murdered Jews of Europe
1 Cora-Berliner-StraßeOne of the coolest architectural pieces and most moving memorials I've ever come across. Go see it, it's just a stone's throw away from the Brandenburger Tor.
Along the Bernauer Straße from the Mauerpark onwards to the Berliner Nordbahnhof you'll find several memorials to the happenings of the Berlin wall. It's all outside and free. Go by bike if you can.
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Berlin Wall Memorial
111 Bernauer Str.Along the Bernauer Straße from the Mauerpark onwards to the Berliner Nordbahnhof you'll find several memorials to the happenings of the Berlin wall. It's all outside and free. Go by bike if you can.
A tower. In the middle of Berlin. Wait in queues to go to the top and check out the city from above and how it was divided.
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I-Berliner Fernsehturm
1A PanoramastraßeA tower. In the middle of Berlin. Wait in queues to go to the top and check out the city from above and how it was divided.
Fantastic architecture and harrowing experience. The exhibition is not to everyone's taste and a bit on the long side. Take a good 3 hours to get around this place.
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I-Jewish Museum Berlin
9-14 LindenstraßeFantastic architecture and harrowing experience. The exhibition is not to everyone's taste and a bit on the long side. Take a good 3 hours to get around this place.
Arts & Culture
Linienstraße
LinienstraßeWalk down here & August Straße for galeries and such.
This place has a lot of great exhibitions on. Walk to Topography of Terror next door for some more World War stuff.
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Gropius Bau
7 NiederkirchnerstraßeThis place has a lot of great exhibitions on. Walk to Topography of Terror next door for some more World War stuff.
Drinks & Nightlife
Excellent selection of Italian wines. Good prices too. They do an antipasti to die for. You can smoke inside, so it's not so great for non-smokers. Reservations are recommended.
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Sorsi e Morsi
10 Marienburger Str.Excellent selection of Italian wines. Good prices too. They do an antipasti to die for. You can smoke inside, so it's not so great for non-smokers. Reservations are recommended.
Lovely bar with Berlin livingroom feeling in the evening. Cosy café in the afternoon.
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Wohnzimmerbar
6 LettestraßeLovely bar with Berlin livingroom feeling in the evening. Cosy café in the afternoon.
Some of the best cocktails are to be had here. Look out for Samuel Beckett's head.
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Bar Becketts Kopf
64 PappelalleeSome of the best cocktails are to be had here. Look out for Samuel Beckett's head.