Guidebook for Berlin

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Guidebook for Berlin

Parks & Nature

Tempelhof was a functioning airport until the mid-2000s. Now it's a unique park. It's a great place to bike around, grab a beer and chill out. Areas for BBQ-ing, dog runs and also has a beer garden
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Campo de Tempelhof
Tempelhofer Damm
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Tempelhof was a functioning airport until the mid-2000s. Now it's a unique park. It's a great place to bike around, grab a beer and chill out. Areas for BBQ-ing, dog runs and also has a beer garden
286 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Parque Korner
8 Schierker Str.
286 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Berlin is sadly not beach-adjacent, so in summer everyone goes to the lakes! When it’s too hot to be a tourist, follow the locals and head to Schlachtensee. Get the train to either Nikolassee or Schlactensee Sbahn station and find a lakeside spot somewhere! There’s a lawn out the front of the Schlactensee train station, but it’s normally crowded so I recommend walking around to the other side of the lake and finding a little “beach” to set up camp on. There’s also a place to rent boats from if that takes your fancy.
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Schlachtensee
40 Terrassenstraße
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Berlin is sadly not beach-adjacent, so in summer everyone goes to the lakes! When it’s too hot to be a tourist, follow the locals and head to Schlachtensee. Get the train to either Nikolassee or Schlactensee Sbahn station and find a lakeside spot somewhere! There’s a lawn out the front of the Schlactensee train station, but it’s normally crowded so I recommend walking around to the other side of the lake and finding a little “beach” to set up camp on. There’s also a place to rent boats from if that takes your fancy.

Essentials

A load of washing is 3.50 and takes about 30 minutes. To use the machine: Put your laundry in and put detergent or powder in the slot marked 'II' Put money in the machine and select the number of your washing machine On the washing machine select the temperature of the wash and push start.
Schnell&Sauber
149 Sonnenallee
A load of washing is 3.50 and takes about 30 minutes. To use the machine: Put your laundry in and put detergent or powder in the slot marked 'II' Put money in the machine and select the number of your washing machine On the washing machine select the temperature of the wash and push start.
Closest bank/ATM
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Berliner Sparkasse ATM
162 Hermannstraße
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Closest bank/ATM
Cheap supermarket
56 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
ALDI
12 Leipziger Pl.
56 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cheap supermarket
cheap supermarket
203 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Netto Filiale
32 Corinthstraße
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cheap supermarket
Drug store for cleaning and personal hygiene products + bio food
398 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
REWE
2 Revaler Str.
398 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Drug store for cleaning and personal hygiene products + bio food
Turkish supermarket, big fruit and vegetable selection and butchery.
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Bereket Market
166 Hermannstraße
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Turkish supermarket, big fruit and vegetable selection and butchery.
Great english-speaking hairdresser (also has a branch in London). I can vouch for Amy and Miguel!
ESHK Friseur Neukölln
11 Thomasstraße
Great english-speaking hairdresser (also has a branch in London). I can vouch for Amy and Miguel!

Entertainment & Activities

Lots of good films play here. English movies will be marked either OmU (original with subtitles) or OV (original version).
130 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Rollberg Kinos
70 Rollbergstraße
130 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lots of good films play here. English movies will be marked either OmU (original with subtitles) or OV (original version).
Beautiful cinema, usually only plays one film at a time, often in english.
77 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Neues Off cinema
20 Hermannstraße
77 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Beautiful cinema, usually only plays one film at a time, often in english.
Really beautiful swimming pool, has been used in TV shows/films!
102 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Stadtbad Neukolln
3 Ganghoferstraße
102 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Really beautiful swimming pool, has been used in TV shows/films!
Outdoor cinema in the middle of the park, open from June til September. Really cool spot, screenings are often in english, tickets can be bought 30mins before the screening starts. Have a look here for times: https://www.facebook.com/pg/freiluftkinohasenheide/events/?ref=page_internal
188 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hackescher Hof
40 Rosenthaler Str.
188 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Outdoor cinema in the middle of the park, open from June til September. Really cool spot, screenings are often in english, tickets can be bought 30mins before the screening starts. Have a look here for times: https://www.facebook.com/pg/freiluftkinohasenheide/events/?ref=page_internal
Indoor go karting tracks
BERLIN - KART
50 Werbellinstraße
Indoor go karting tracks
Ice skating rink very close to the apartment. Check opening times here: https://www.berlin.de/special/sport-und-fitness/adressen/eisbahn/eisstadion-neukoelln-e0cdc1876dd0f3b06f479c015000497f.html
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ice Stadium at Sportpark Neukölln
80/81 Späthstraße
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ice skating rink very close to the apartment. Check opening times here: https://www.berlin.de/special/sport-und-fitness/adressen/eisbahn/eisstadion-neukoelln-e0cdc1876dd0f3b06f479c015000497f.html

Getting Around

The U8 line stops at this station
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Leinestraße
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The U8 line stops at this station
The U8 Ubahn and S42, S42, S45, S46 & S47 trains stop here.
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
HermannQuartier
158 Hermannstraße
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The U8 Ubahn and S42, S42, S45, S46 & S47 trains stop here.

Drinks & Nightlife

Wine bar and cafe. During the warmer months it opens around 9am and has good coffee, great croissants and pain au chocolat and food. In the colder months it has a great dinner menu and often has pop up events.
32 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lipopette
9 Warthestraße
32 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Wine bar and cafe. During the warmer months it opens around 9am and has good coffee, great croissants and pain au chocolat and food. In the colder months it has a great dinner menu and often has pop up events.
Really cool space, operates as a bar/cafe (serves locally made beers) but also holds events and exhibitions. Big, open area, nice relaxed place, totally non-smoking, pretty classy spot.
52 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Prachtwerk
2 Ganghoferstraße
52 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Really cool space, operates as a bar/cafe (serves locally made beers) but also holds events and exhibitions. Big, open area, nice relaxed place, totally non-smoking, pretty classy spot.
Cool bar, good prices, has a smoking and non-smoking room plus a huge ballroom out the back where they sometimes have events
104 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Villa Neukölln
233 Hermannstraße
104 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cool bar, good prices, has a smoking and non-smoking room plus a huge ballroom out the back where they sometimes have events
Cool rooftop bar at the Neukolln Arcaden. Lots of outdoor art and gardens, best place to get a view of the city, especially at sunset. Costs between 3 - 5 euros to get in, drinks are reasonable and they have food. To get there take the elevators to the fifth floor (a carpark) and then walk up to the sixth floor of the parking building
702 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Klunkerkranich
66 Karl-Marx-Straße
702 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cool rooftop bar at the Neukolln Arcaden. Lots of outdoor art and gardens, best place to get a view of the city, especially at sunset. Costs between 3 - 5 euros to get in, drinks are reasonable and they have food. To get there take the elevators to the fifth floor (a carpark) and then walk up to the sixth floor of the parking building
Cool bar with lots of space, cheap drinks and cool furniture (including a clawfoot bath!)
117 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Frollein Langner
34 Weisestraße
117 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cool bar with lots of space, cheap drinks and cool furniture (including a clawfoot bath!)
Jungle bar, whole place is covered in fake trees and has tanks full of fish and salamaders.
30 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Dschungel
12 Friedelstraße
30 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Jungle bar, whole place is covered in fake trees and has tanks full of fish and salamaders.
Twin Peaks themed bar
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The Black Lodge
6 Sanderstraße
41 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Twin Peaks themed bar
Good bar, lots of space, have some good cocktails as well as beer from the local brewery.
71 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Twinpigs
57A Boddinstraße
71 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good bar, lots of space, have some good cocktails as well as beer from the local brewery.
Great cocktails!
18 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Thelonious Bar
202 Weserstr.
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Great cocktails!
Scottish pub owned by a member of the band Mogwai. Serves pub food (beans on toast, haggis, black pudding, cooked breakfasts on Sundays) and have a wide range of whiskeys as well as cheap beer. Has a pub quiz on Monday nights from about 8:30. Smoking room is the big room at the rear, front room is non smoking, has tables outside in spring/summer until 10 - 10:30
59 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Das Gift
119 Donaustraße
59 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Scottish pub owned by a member of the band Mogwai. Serves pub food (beans on toast, haggis, black pudding, cooked breakfasts on Sundays) and have a wide range of whiskeys as well as cheap beer. Has a pub quiz on Monday nights from about 8:30. Smoking room is the big room at the rear, front room is non smoking, has tables outside in spring/summer until 10 - 10:30
146 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Griessmühle
137 Schnellerstraße
146 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
If Berghain is too much for you, try Sisyphos instead. Sunday (yep, Sunday) in the early afternoon is often the best time to go.
234 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Sisyphos
15 Hauptstraße
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If Berghain is too much for you, try Sisyphos instead. Sunday (yep, Sunday) in the early afternoon is often the best time to go.
Berlin's most famous club — and famously difficult to get into. If you want to get in here's a few tips: Don't bother dressing up nicely like you would in London etc, black jeans are a must. Don't talk loudly in the line, if they get a hint of you being overly drunk or touristy you won't get in. Don't use your phone. Don't say you're with a big group, if the bouncer asks who you're with, just say you're alone, or with 1 other person. Try not to speak English to the bouncer — just nod along to the German if you don't understand!
934 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Panorama Bar
Am Wriezener Bahnhof
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Berlin's most famous club — and famously difficult to get into. If you want to get in here's a few tips: Don't bother dressing up nicely like you would in London etc, black jeans are a must. Don't talk loudly in the line, if they get a hint of you being overly drunk or touristy you won't get in. Don't use your phone. Don't say you're with a big group, if the bouncer asks who you're with, just say you're alone, or with 1 other person. Try not to speak English to the bouncer — just nod along to the German if you don't understand!
Nice bar/brewery selling good beer, plus it's non-smoking
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Berliner Berg Brauerei
39 Treptower Straße
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice bar/brewery selling good beer, plus it's non-smoking
Nice bar/café which also has a small skittles/bowling alley (kegelbahn) downstairs! Ask at the bar if you want to book the alley for a some time, or book on their website: http://www.pyonen.de/tantelisbeth/
11 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Tante Lisbeth
49 Muskauer Str.
11 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice bar/café which also has a small skittles/bowling alley (kegelbahn) downstairs! Ask at the bar if you want to book the alley for a some time, or book on their website: http://www.pyonen.de/tantelisbeth/
Nice bar, lots of room. Smokefree until around 9/10pm
52 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Alter Roter Löwe Rein
Richardstraße
52 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice bar, lots of room. Smokefree until around 9/10pm

Food Scene

Ultimate snack restaurant. Great pita-esque sandwiches with lashings of peanut sauce on the fillings of your choice. Menu is in multiple languages, including english, though it's probably not the best place to go if you have a peanut allergy, sorry.
47 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Sahara Imbiss Sudanesische Spezialitäten
5 Herrfurthstraße
47 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ultimate snack restaurant. Great pita-esque sandwiches with lashings of peanut sauce on the fillings of your choice. Menu is in multiple languages, including english, though it's probably not the best place to go if you have a peanut allergy, sorry.
Ultimate brunch place, tiny but worth the wait, especially if you want to make friends jealous with some hot Instagram pictures. When you arrive it's likely you'll have to wait, but give your name to the staff and then order a coffee and wait 'til you're called, doesn't usually take too long, especially on weekdays.
155 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Roamers
64 Pannierstraße
155 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ultimate brunch place, tiny but worth the wait, especially if you want to make friends jealous with some hot Instagram pictures. When you arrive it's likely you'll have to wait, but give your name to the staff and then order a coffee and wait 'til you're called, doesn't usually take too long, especially on weekdays.
Nice cafe and brunch place
75 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hallmann und Klee
13 Böhmische Str.
75 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice cafe and brunch place
Great Italian place, mid-range in price. Menu changes daily and pasta is made onsite. They have a small kitchen so don't go if you're in a rush, but if you have time to sit then order a carafe of wine and enjoy the eats.
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Caligari
110 Kienitzer Str.
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great Italian place, mid-range in price. Menu changes daily and pasta is made onsite. They have a small kitchen so don't go if you're in a rush, but if you have time to sit then order a carafe of wine and enjoy the eats.
Good brunch place, apparently one of the best in Berlin.
44 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Myxa Berlin
22 Lenaustraße
44 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good brunch place, apparently one of the best in Berlin.
Nice bar that also has great brunch on the weekends
94 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Geist im Glas
27 Lenaustraße
94 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice bar that also has great brunch on the weekends
Place to buy some great hot sauce, but also serves food.
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
CRAZY BASTARD SAUCE
168 Weserstr.
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Place to buy some great hot sauce, but also serves food.
Vegan and vegetarian restaurant, makes wraps and beautiful salad bowls. http://www.holy-flat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/holyflat-menu-en.pdf
15 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Holy Taste
10 Lenaustraße
15 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Vegan and vegetarian restaurant, makes wraps and beautiful salad bowls. http://www.holy-flat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/holyflat-menu-en.pdf
Vegan crêperie and burger restaurant! Hot favorite with some of my vegan (and non-vegan) friends
143 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Restaurant Bastard
122 Reichenberger Straße
143 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Vegan crêperie and burger restaurant! Hot favorite with some of my vegan (and non-vegan) friends
Good place to grab a doner kebab
73 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Imren Grill
10 Boppstraße
73 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good place to grab a doner kebab
Good (and quick) Vietnamese food
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from Hanoi with Love
176 Hermannstraße
90 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good (and quick) Vietnamese food
Good Italian place, pasta made onsite, pretty cheap
38 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nudelbude
64 Weichselstraße
38 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good Italian place, pasta made onsite, pretty cheap
Really cool cafe with a ton of surfaces and power outlets if you need to work. All decked out in a cute retro style, china cabinets, comfy couches. Be sure explore the back rooms. Nice cakes in the cabinet and great coffee, staff are lovely as well.
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Restaurant Café Loislane
41 Emser Str.
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Really cool cafe with a ton of surfaces and power outlets if you need to work. All decked out in a cute retro style, china cabinets, comfy couches. Be sure explore the back rooms. Nice cakes in the cabinet and great coffee, staff are lovely as well.
Nice bar/cafe, great spot to hit either before or after going to Tempelhof. Serves some food, both cabinet and menu.
110 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Engels
21 Herrfurthstraße
110 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice bar/cafe, great spot to hit either before or after going to Tempelhof. Serves some food, both cabinet and menu.
Great burgers, bit of an institution in Neukolln
253 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Schiller Burger
253 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great burgers, bit of an institution in Neukolln
Huge food market! They have different types of markets on different days (street food, breakfast market etc), so worth checking their website for more info: https://markthalleneun.de/
659 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Markthalle
34 Eisenbahnstraße
659 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Huge food market! They have different types of markets on different days (street food, breakfast market etc), so worth checking their website for more info: https://markthalleneun.de/
Great brunch place for American-style brunch food. http://www.cabslam.com/
90 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cabslam
47 Innstraße
90 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great brunch place for American-style brunch food. http://www.cabslam.com/
Great vegan breakfast place for fancy toast, smoothies and coffee https://www.facebook.com/twoplanetsberlin/
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Two Planets
230 Hermannstraße
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great vegan breakfast place for fancy toast, smoothies and coffee https://www.facebook.com/twoplanetsberlin/
Great place for a fantastic coffee and croissant, or go for brunch, lunch or dinner! The menu changes all the time and the staff are great.
44 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Les Papilles
25 Flughafenstraße
44 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great place for a fantastic coffee and croissant, or go for brunch, lunch or dinner! The menu changes all the time and the staff are great.

Sightseeing

Large stretch of the Berlin wall painted by different artists.
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East Side Gallery (Berlin) station
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Large stretch of the Berlin wall painted by different artists.
Iconic Berlin site, the Brandenburg Gate marks one of the original city gates of Berlin and is a must see for visitors!
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Brandenburger Tor station
477 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Iconic Berlin site, the Brandenburg Gate marks one of the original city gates of Berlin and is a must see for visitors!
An old US Spy station built on the top of a hill formed by WW2 rubble. These days Teufelsberg has been turned into a sort of outdoor art gallery, you pay about €8 you can go in and wander around. You can even walk to the very top of the spy station for some cool pictures over Berlin.
239 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Teufelsberg
10 Teufelsseechaussee
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An old US Spy station built on the top of a hill formed by WW2 rubble. These days Teufelsberg has been turned into a sort of outdoor art gallery, you pay about €8 you can go in and wander around. You can even walk to the very top of the spy station for some cool pictures over Berlin.
I wouldn't go out of my way to see Checkpoint Charlie, but it's close to many other sites so if you're in the area have a wander past. The guard box is actually a replica, and isn't even sitting where the original guard house was (look for the bricks marking the wall a few meters down the road), but it could be a fun photo op.
474 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Checkpoint Charlie
43-45 Friedrichstraße
474 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
I wouldn't go out of my way to see Checkpoint Charlie, but it's close to many other sites so if you're in the area have a wander past. The guard box is actually a replica, and isn't even sitting where the original guard house was (look for the bricks marking the wall a few meters down the road), but it could be a fun photo op.
Multimedia exhibition on Berlin's division & its infamous wall, plus access to the memorial.
18 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Centro de Visitantes del Memorial del Muro de Berlín
119 Bernauer Str.
18 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Multimedia exhibition on Berlin's division & its infamous wall, plus access to the memorial.