Living here since April 2007 (Kreuzberg, Mitte) I finally know some really nice places to go and to show to my friends and Berlin visitors. This here is a list of must seen places and favorites, but also a list with things I haven't seen yet and need to v
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Bar Man Ray
Ray of light
Mitte foodies now have one more option to satisfy their jaded palates. Bar Man Ray's menu offers a selection of crowd-pleasers ...
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Dr. Pong
Ping Pong Bar
Rugged little dingy bar in the heart of Prenzlauerberg. Looks like a teenage clubhouse with its minimal decor. Stick to what...
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103 Bar
Orange County
This busy and popular restaurant-cafe screams touristy, as it sits on a hip corner directly where Mitte meets Prenzlauerberg. B...
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Schwerbelastungskoerper
Heavy Weight Champion
The Schwerbelastungskoerper (German: "heavy load-bearing body") is a large cylinder made of concrete in Berlin, Germany. It was...
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C/O Berlin
Visual Dialogues
Since its conception in 2000, C/O Berlin, International Forum for Visual Dialogues, has firmly established itself within the cu...
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Golden Gate
Blurred Bridges
Berlin's back yard battleground hide-out. Candles leading to the front yard indicate close proximity. Decked out in second h...
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LUMAS Editions Gallery
Make art affordable
Struggle through ever packed Hackesche Höfe and pay a visit to the LUMAS Editions Gallery in the second court – the place where...
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Greenwich
Thank you for the fish
Poised as Mitte's intimate darling bar. Window-shutters block inside activity to the street passerby, and Frank keeps the door ...
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Barcomi's Kaffeerösterei
Holy roasters
This American-style cafe roasts its own coffee beans, serves up strong cups and concocts great deli sandwiches. Hailing from th...
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Monsieur Vuong
Saigon, mon amour
Constantly abuzz, this trendy Mitte restaurant serves simple, fresh Vietnamese cuisine. The print menu is supplemented with cha...
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Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
Go Postal (In a Good Way)
Got an interest in communications that extends well beyond a stamp collection? This museum covers all things postal (excluding ...
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032c Museum Store
Show me what's on your mind
The 032c Museum Store is located right next to the German Foreign Office, in the heart of Berlin-Mitte. Situated in the former ...
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Neurotitan Gallery & Shop
Multi-national networks
Neurotitan could possibly reside in the last remaining building yet untouched by renovation in touristy Hackescher Markt, and a...
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40seconds
Blast Off in T-minus 40
Spacy disco dancing darlings bop around to themed parties. Has its mellow time, too. The elevator takes 40 seconds to bring ...
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Berghain
Walking into Bedlam
A repulsive, sweaty mass of leather-clad gays swinging their bodies around to ear-bleedingly loud techno pounding out of massiv...
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Flea Market Arkona Platz
Second Hand Goodies
Small but one of the nicest flea markets in Berlin. There are a lot of 50s and 60s design pieces, many vintage objects and a lo...
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Mädchenitaliener
Keep it in the Family
Traditional Italian style dining. Comfortable, familiar atmosphere and proportions that would make your grandma proud. Food ...
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Bar Tausend
Shooting Star
This bar has lined up to be the number one in town. Following the growing international trend of unmarked night spots, this new...
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American Apparel
Hooters for hipsters
Solid standards are tried and true across the globe. Cotton tees, thermals, hoodies, sweats, socks, underwear, baby onesies, do...
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Kauf dich glücklich
And they shopped happily ever after
What happens when two product design students and self-confessed flea market junkies open a shop? You get a perfect symbiosis o...
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Sankt Oberholz
Coding in Style
A wi-fi hub on the busy corner of Rosenthaler and Torstrasse. The two-story, white-walled space acts like a giant living room f...
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Helmut Newton Stiftung
Guns for hire and the shots they fired
Open since 2004, a rotating collection of photography situated in a former military casino in Berlin's Charlottenburg neighborh...
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Watergate
Now would you look at that!
A Kreuzberg instant classic with its downstairs wide glassfront view of the Spree riverside and the architecture across the sho...
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Deutsche Guggenheim
Bank on It
Berlin's own Guggenheim is located on the ground floor of the Deutsche Bank premises, a sandstone building constructed in 1920....
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Chi Sing
Huê Inspired Kitchen
New Vietnamese Place in Mitte-Eco-Driven competition to Monsieur Vuong. Fresh and healthy dishes, decorated with love and peace...
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California Select
First hand second hand
American Apparel's new vintage shops, provide selected second-hand wear under the auspices of their already successful storefro...
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Neue Akademie der Kuenste
Replanning of Germania
The Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as an academic institution where m...
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The Corner
Class & Style: Cornerstones
Located along Berlin's most beautiful square, the Gendarmenmarkt, The Corner exudes style. Slick, fancy, well conceptualized...
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DZ Bank/Axica
Biomorphing Building
Rather unimpressive from the outside, the full impact of this Frank Gehry biomorphic masterpiece emerges only when setting foot...
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Galao A Pastelaria
Where summertime never ends ...
Oodles of people swamp this coffee shop in Mitte during the warm season—ostensibly not for its fresh sandwiches, soups, e...
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Flea Market Mauerpark
Tourists welcome!
This massive and packed flea market runs for a near kilometer in a deserted park in Prenzlauerberg, where you can find fancy an...
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Cookies
From Mobile to Central
Cookies began as a weekly party held in a different location every week, organized by the host himself: Cookie. After a spik...
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van Laack
125 years van history
Quality and elegance through 125 years is what made van Laack famous. In the Berlin flagship-store you can acquire the lates...
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Hamburger Bhf Museum für Gegenwart
Neon Lights the Way
Berlin's main museum for contemporary art opened in the former railway station of Hamburger Bahnhof in November 1996, giving th...
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Herr von Eden
Glamor in the window
A stunning haberdashery's boutique on one of Berlin-Mitte's main thoroughfares, the Hamburg-based Herr von Eden defines classic...


