North Prenzlauer Berg ‚Skandinavisches Viertel‘ & Berlin Favourites
Food Scene
CAFE KRAFT
23 Schivelbeiner Str.Great Coffee and fantastic banana bread.
One of Berlins oldest backeries (since 1906!!) - all still hand made. The "Pfannkuchen" are legendary.
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Siebert Bakery
12 Schönfließer Str.One of Berlins oldest backeries (since 1906!!) - all still hand made. The "Pfannkuchen" are legendary.
Tbilisi
15 Schönfließer Str.Delicious and super friendly Georgian restaurant.
Natural Wine Bar with great food ....not right around the corner but super special. Just taste your way glas by glas through their selection.
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jaja
7 WeichselstraßeNatural Wine Bar with great food ....not right around the corner but super special. Just taste your way glas by glas through their selection.
100% Vegan & Vegetarian only - yummy and great value for money. Asian kitchen.
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Cat Tuong
89 Kastanienallee100% Vegan & Vegetarian only - yummy and great value for money. Asian kitchen.
Elf cafe
11 Paul-Robeson-StraßeVery family friendly.
Simple but fantastic tiny Thai restaurant. They do not deliver, but you can get take out if you want to eat at home.
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Pattaya
17 GleimstraßeSimple but fantastic tiny Thai restaurant. They do not deliver, but you can get take out if you want to eat at home.
Gorgeous portuguese bakery and cafe with warm home made natas.
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Unser Café
14 DänenstraßeGorgeous portuguese bakery and cafe with warm home made natas.
Be sure to make a reservation in advance! Super friendly french Canadian Cafe with small wine selection and delicious breakfast dishes. They also do some evenings.
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ABC - Allans Breakfast Club & Wine Bar
13 RykestraßeBe sure to make a reservation in advance! Super friendly french Canadian Cafe with small wine selection and delicious breakfast dishes. They also do some evenings.
American style burgers and steaks. Not really suitable for veggies (limited selection). Reservation highly recommended.
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The Bird
5 Am Falkpl.American style burgers and steaks. Not really suitable for veggies (limited selection). Reservation highly recommended.
Very small, super fast and great value for money. Vietnamese cuisine - the two day dishes can always be ordered either with tofu or with meat.
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Van Hoa Cafe
Very small, super fast and great value for money. Vietnamese cuisine - the two day dishes can always be ordered either with tofu or with meat.
This is slightly pricey to be fair and a little bit of a hype...but super yummy ice-cream. Large scoops.
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Eispatisserie Hokey Pokey - Stargarder Straße
73 Stargarder Str.This is slightly pricey to be fair and a little bit of a hype...but super yummy ice-cream. Large scoops.
Great new sushi restaurant with fab bowels as well in walking distance.
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Omoni
14 Kopenhagener Str.Great new sushi restaurant with fab bowels as well in walking distance.
Excellent truly Italian pizza. Very chilled Trattoria style venue - friendly for everyone to join from kids to adults, groups of friends or couples. And if you are lucky, you will get to meet the owner's sweet dog.
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La Lupa e l'Orso
14 Schönfließer Str.Excellent truly Italian pizza. Very chilled Trattoria style venue - friendly for everyone to join from kids to adults, groups of friends or couples. And if you are lucky, you will get to meet the owner's sweet dog.
Drinks & Nightlife
Only 10min by foot. Fab little bar with great vintage vinyl DJs on some nights of the week.
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Rhinoçéros
3 Rhinower Str.Only 10min by foot. Fab little bar with great vintage vinyl DJs on some nights of the week.
ZAZA Cocktail- u. Sushibar
12 KastanienalleeCocktail Happy Hour usually is 18-20.
Very close and relaxed atmosphere, pub with a good beer selection.
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Blaumilchkanal
23 Schivelbeiner Str.Very close and relaxed atmosphere, pub with a good beer selection.
Best Jazz Club in town. International live acts, great sound and intimate setting.
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A-Trane
1 BleibtreustraßeBest Jazz Club in town. International live acts, great sound and intimate setting.
Great live jazz venue, entrance by donation, mostly local acts but with a great variety.
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Zig Zag Jazz Club Berlin
89 HauptstraßeGreat live jazz venue, entrance by donation, mostly local acts but with a great variety.
A former bowling alley - now a very quirky venue with usually live music once a week. Make sure to check in advance when what is on. You are allowed to smoke in here, so if you are really sensitive this may not be your first choice.
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Kugelbahn, Wedding
51 Grüntaler Str.A former bowling alley - now a very quirky venue with usually live music once a week. Make sure to check in advance when what is on. You are allowed to smoke in here, so if you are really sensitive this may not be your first choice.
Essentials
Drugstore (not pharmacy) with also a good selection of vegan products and food supplements.
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DM Drogeriemarkt
2 Revaler Str.Drugstore (not pharmacy) with also a good selection of vegan products and food supplements.
Driesener Apotheke
19 Driesener Str.Pharmacy.
This is the closest traditional laundromat with washers and dryers.
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Waschcenter Waschsalon
9 WichertstraßeThis is the closest traditional laundromat with washers and dryers.
Praxis an der Kulturbrauerei - Dr. med. Ivanka Krznaric, Dr. med. Henning Kolarikal & Dr. med. Jan Klein
Our local doctors office.
Our dentist office. Multiple doctors on site and they speak many languages.
DIE PRAXIS Jan Tasler & Mischa Ommid Steude M.Sc. M.Sc.
Our dentist office. Multiple doctors on site and they speak many languages.
Getting Around
Closest city train station. About a 5min walk.
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S Bornholmer Str. (Berlin) station
Closest city train station. About a 5min walk.
Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station
1-3 BadstraßeClosest national rail station.
Closest coach station with low fares across Europe. About another 25min are needed by public transport to our flat.
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Berlin station
4-6 MasurenalleeClosest coach station with low fares across Europe. About another 25min are needed by public transport to our flat.
Bicycle Hire just around the corner, 5min on foot. You can just rent a bicycle to go on your own or join one of their guided tours.,
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BERLIN BIKE TOUR - Rad - zu Fuß Führungen & Fahrradverleih
75 Bornholmer Str.Bicycle Hire just around the corner, 5min on foot. You can just rent a bicycle to go on your own or join one of their guided tours.,
Closest tube station. But this is further than the city train, it will be about a 15min walk.
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S-Bahnhof Schönhauser Allee
75 Schönhauser AlleeClosest tube station. But this is further than the city train, it will be about a 15min walk.
Arts & Culture
Stylish restaurant and bar with fabulous high-end modern german / international cuisine and free live music.
We provide the live music here every week with solo piano Mon-Wed and bands Thu-Sat. Free of charge! :)
The bar is quite special as well with wonderful cocktails. For Berlin a bit higher prices than usual.
Orania.Restaurant & Orania.Bar
17 Oranienpl.Stylish restaurant and bar with fabulous high-end modern german / international cuisine and free live music.
We provide the live music here every week with solo piano Mon-Wed and bands Thu-Sat. Free of charge! :)
The bar is quite special as well with wonderful cocktails. For Berlin a bit higher prices than usual.
Awesome photography museum and the museum cafe is very much worth a visit afterwards as well.
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C/O Berlin
22-24 HardenbergstraßeAwesome photography museum and the museum cafe is very much worth a visit afterwards as well.
One of the most impressive exhibitions in Berlin with famous architecture by Daniel Libeskind.
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I-Jewish Museum Berlin
9-14 LindenstraßeOne of the most impressive exhibitions in Berlin with famous architecture by Daniel Libeskind.
One of Elisa's top two favourite theatres in town. They usually have one performance per month with English surtitles as well.
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Berliner Ensemble
1 Bertolt-Brecht-PlatzOne of Elisa's top two favourite theatres in town. They usually have one performance per month with English surtitles as well.
So very big if you look at both the regular and the special exhibitions but very well done up and worth it even just in pieces as well.
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Iziko Lomuzi WaseGermany
2 Unter den LindenSo very big if you look at both the regular and the special exhibitions but very well done up and worth it even just in pieces as well.
Almost all performances have English surtitles. Very modern playhouse.
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Maxim Gorki Theater
2 Am FestungsgrabenAlmost all performances have English surtitles. Very modern playhouse.
Extrordinary (!!) private collection of modern art in a old WWII bunker. For safety reasons you can only visit this gallery with a guided tour and it is 100% worth it. They are usually booked out 1-2 months in advance - so make sure to check on their homepage as early as possible to make a reservation. Sometimes you can get lucky short notice as well by asking on site, if someone cancelled.
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I-Boros Foundation
20 ReinhardtstraßeExtrordinary (!!) private collection of modern art in a old WWII bunker. For safety reasons you can only visit this gallery with a guided tour and it is 100% worth it. They are usually booked out 1-2 months in advance - so make sure to check on their homepage as early as possible to make a reservation. Sometimes you can get lucky short notice as well by asking on site, if someone cancelled.
Sightseeing
You can walk along the whole outdoor path with information provided along the way starting right at our flat to the museum at the end.
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Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Berlin)
You can walk along the whole outdoor path with information provided along the way starting right at our flat to the museum at the end.
Former brewery, now home to a cinema, concert hall and various shops and offices. Beautiful old building and a cute little Scandinavian Christmas market in the winter time.
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KulturBrauerei
36 Schönhauser AlleeFormer brewery, now home to a cinema, concert hall and various shops and offices. Beautiful old building and a cute little Scandinavian Christmas market in the winter time.
Every Sunday in the summer just 10min by foot from your home in Berlin the Mauerpark becomes a muti-cultural hub with a flea market, food stalls, live karaoke and changing acts as well as the general neighbourhood chilling with picnic blankets and BBQ.
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I-Fleamarket kwi-Mauerpark
63-64 Bernauer Str.Every Sunday in the summer just 10min by foot from your home in Berlin the Mauerpark becomes a muti-cultural hub with a flea market, food stalls, live karaoke and changing acts as well as the general neighbourhood chilling with picnic blankets and BBQ.
Parks & Nature
Former inner-city airport, now open for the public. Very suitable for roller-skating (old runways got for miles). Boiling hot when the sun is out (little shade).
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Tempelhofer Feld
Tempelhofer DammFormer inner-city airport, now open for the public. Very suitable for roller-skating (old runways got for miles). Boiling hot when the sun is out (little shade).
You can take the S-Bahn to the large forrest "Grunewald" and walk up to the Teufelsberg or go for a swim or a stroll through the old forrest. There are some cafes as well.
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Teufelsberg
10 TeufelsseechausseeYou can take the S-Bahn to the large forrest "Grunewald" and walk up to the Teufelsberg or go for a swim or a stroll through the old forrest. There are some cafes as well.
Good for a swim on a hot day....people may be skinny dipping! :) You can combine it with a walk in the forrest, if you like.
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i-Teufelssee
Good for a swim on a hot day....people may be skinny dipping! :) You can combine it with a walk in the forrest, if you like.
Great for just a walk along the water or more intense for history lovers whilst visiting old monuments.
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Treptower Park
Great for just a walk along the water or more intense for history lovers whilst visiting old monuments.
Beautiful marshlands just outside of the hustle and bustle of the city center.
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Tegeler Fließ
Beautiful marshlands just outside of the hustle and bustle of the city center.
Nice park with the small river Panke running through it and a beer garden in the middle.
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Bürgerpark Pankow (Berlin)
Nice park with the small river Panke running through it and a beer garden in the middle.
City park with a rose garden and great view birds eye view across the city from the top of the old bunker.
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I-Humboldthain Flak Tower
BrunnenstraßeCity park with a rose garden and great view birds eye view across the city from the top of the old bunker.