Guidebook for Berlin
Parks & Nature
Beautiful park with a hill which is rare for Berlin with summer waterfall, beer garden and cafe. Kreuzberg got it's name from this place: Kreuz meaning cross and berg meaning hill - there's a monument on the top of the hill bearing a cross.
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Viktoriapark
KatzbachstraßeBeautiful park with a hill which is rare for Berlin with summer waterfall, beer garden and cafe. Kreuzberg got it's name from this place: Kreuz meaning cross and berg meaning hill - there's a monument on the top of the hill bearing a cross.
Old airport that's now a giant park, the old runways are still in place. this place is giant (10KM circumference) with designated BBQ areas, toilets, baseball, skatepark, dog parks and impressive terminal building.
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Tempelhofer Feld
Tempelhofer DammOld airport that's now a giant park, the old runways are still in place. this place is giant (10KM circumference) with designated BBQ areas, toilets, baseball, skatepark, dog parks and impressive terminal building.
Interesting urban park with a very different planned feel to it from other Berlin parks, several cafes and a massive craft beer bar with outdoor seating. Skatepark, basketball, beach volleyball. Abandoned railway tracks cut through this park and functioning trains run through on ground and overhead.
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Park am Gleisdreieck
26 MöckernstraßeInteresting urban park with a very different planned feel to it from other Berlin parks, several cafes and a massive craft beer bar with outdoor seating. Skatepark, basketball, beach volleyball. Abandoned railway tracks cut through this park and functioning trains run through on ground and overhead.
Nice park with lots of beautiful trees and a small zoo. There is a cafe, Hindu temple, outdoor cinema and crazy golf.
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Hasenheide Park
160 ColumbiadammNice park with lots of beautiful trees and a small zoo. There is a cafe, Hindu temple, outdoor cinema and crazy golf.
Getting Around
U7 and U6 lines.
Many buses service the neighbourhood too. For great travel information , online ticket purchases and route planning it's worth downloading the BVG app.
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U Mehringdamm station
U7 and U6 lines.
Many buses service the neighbourhood too. For great travel information , online ticket purchases and route planning it's worth downloading the BVG app.
U7 line.
Many buses service the neighbourhood too. For great travel information , online ticket purchases and route planning it's worth downloading the BVG app.
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Gneisenaustr. (U) - Berlin station
U7 line.
Many buses service the neighbourhood too. For great travel information , online ticket purchases and route planning it's worth downloading the BVG app.
Entertainment & Activities
Wonderful spa open until midnight with several saunas, outdoor sitting pool, indoor floating pool with ambient lighting and underwater music. Bar serving drinks and basic food. Even has a smokers area. Robes and towels can be hired there (Please don't take towels from the house).
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Liquidrom
10 MöckernstraßeWonderful spa open until midnight with several saunas, outdoor sitting pool, indoor floating pool with ambient lighting and underwater music. Bar serving drinks and basic food. Even has a smokers area. Robes and towels can be hired there (Please don't take towels from the house).
Very large outdoor swimming pool with cafe and large grass areas.
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Sommerbad Kreuzberg - Berliner Bäder
113-119 PrinzenstraßeVery large outdoor swimming pool with cafe and large grass areas.
English Theatre Berlin
40 FidicinstraßeEnglish language theatre.
Yorck
86 YorckstraßeSmall cinema.
Food Scene
Fantastic Asian fusion restaurant, well worth a visit, booking recommended. Outdoor seating.
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Umami
16-18 KnaackstraßeFantastic Asian fusion restaurant, well worth a visit, booking recommended. Outdoor seating.
High quality coffee and hot chocolate, fantastic staff. Worth a visit for a caffeine hit.
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Chapter One Coffee
30 Mittenwalder Str.High quality coffee and hot chocolate, fantastic staff. Worth a visit for a caffeine hit.
Legendary street stall. Supposedly the best kebab in Berlin - the permanent queue suggests the hype lives on, will your taste buds agree?
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Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap
32 MehringdammLegendary street stall. Supposedly the best kebab in Berlin - the permanent queue suggests the hype lives on, will your taste buds agree?
Great Vietnamese restaurant, half of the menu is vegan. Staff can be a little hit or miss but the food is worth the visit. Outdoor seating.
11 Einheimische empfehlen
Huong Que
96 BergmannstraßeGreat Vietnamese restaurant, half of the menu is vegan. Staff can be a little hit or miss but the food is worth the visit. Outdoor seating.
Great Italian with delicious pizza. They also do breakfast. Outdoor seating.
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Molinari & Ko
13 RiemannstraßeGreat Italian with delicious pizza. They also do breakfast. Outdoor seating.
Large selection of great breakfasts, they do food and hot/cold drinks day and night. Vegetarian options. Outdoor seating.
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Café Atlantic
100 BergmannstraßeLarge selection of great breakfasts, they do food and hot/cold drinks day and night. Vegetarian options. Outdoor seating.
Hip space with cafe/store.
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Hallesches Haus - General Store, Lunchroom & Event Space
1 Tempelhofer UferHip space with cafe/store.
Market hall with good variety of food and restaurants. Vegetarian options.
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Marheineke Markthalle
15 Marheinekepl.Market hall with good variety of food and restaurants. Vegetarian options.
Frau Behrens Torten
3 BergmannstraßeCake, cake, cake. Amazing cakes.
Tutti Island
17 Zossener Str.Vegetarian/vegan Sudanese fod, cheap and great quality.
Tibet Haus
19 Zossener Str.Great Tibetan restaurant. Vegetarian options.
Curry 36
36 MehringdammLegendary curry wurst stall, open late.
Drinks & Nightlife
Limonadier
12 NostitzstraßeStylish bar serving excellent cocktails.
Very strange interior, this bar is an oddity - perhaps not the best cocktails in the world but if hospital beds and chemistry set interiors are your thing then this is your place.
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Zyankali Bar
17 GneisenaustraßeVery strange interior, this bar is an oddity - perhaps not the best cocktails in the world but if hospital beds and chemistry set interiors are your thing then this is your place.
ERNST Bar
29 SolmsstraßeBasic but cute dive bar.
Basic, cheap locals bar but nice for a drink on the way home, especially if you get a seat outside, inside can get a bit smokey.
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turandot bar
93 BergmannstraßeBasic, cheap locals bar but nice for a drink on the way home, especially if you get a seat outside, inside can get a bit smokey.
Clash
2A GneisenaustraßeRock and metal bar with decent sized beer garden and pinball.
Rauschgold
62 MehringdammLively kitsch, friendly gay bar with regular drag shows.
Melitta Sundström
61 MehringdammLovely dark gay/mixed bar with some outdoor seating.
BarbieBar
77 MehringdammSuper kitsch gay bar with, you guessed it, a Barbie theme.
Junction Bar
18 GneisenaustraßeBar with dancefloor, sometimes shows soccer matches.
BKA-Theater
34 MehringdammGerman theatre with varied program.
Arts & Culture
Willy-Brandt-Haus
140 WilhelmstraßeVaried art exhibitions.
Koenig Galerie
118-121 AlexandrinenstraßeFantastic contemporary art gallery
Jewish Museum Berlin
9-14 LindenstraßeThe jewish museum.
Fantastic German film museum featuring among other things Marlene Dietrich's personal items.
9 Einheimische empfehlen
Deutsche Kinemathek
2 Potsdamer Str.Fantastic German film museum featuring among other things Marlene Dietrich's personal items.
Memorial to the Murdered jews of Europe.
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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
1 Cora-Berliner-StraßeMemorial to the Murdered jews of Europe.
Sightseeing
Brandenburger Tor station
The Brandenburg Gate.