Guidebook for Berlin
Drinks & Nightlife
Great, hidden place at the water side, very romantic, but also quite full sometimes. The food is in my experience not worth the high prices, but they might have improved...
99 locals recommend
Freischwimmer
2 Vor dem Schlesischen TorGreat, hidden place at the water side, very romantic, but also quite full sometimes. The food is in my experience not worth the high prices, but they might have improved...
Super bar, very relaxed, hip crowd, nice DJs and often late nice dancing in front of the bar....
24 locals recommend
Mysliwska
35 Schlesische Str.Super bar, very relaxed, hip crowd, nice DJs and often late nice dancing in front of the bar....
For live punk music from all over the world, very small, seedy, rloud and with cheap beer, real Kreuzberg!
Cortina Bob Berlin
34 Wiener StraßeFor live punk music from all over the world, very small, seedy, rloud and with cheap beer, real Kreuzberg!
Gay lesbian bar, with lots of nice and interesting people. A bit smoky though, but defenitely a great place especially for later in the night...
92 locals recommend
Mobel Olfe
177 Reichenberger Str.Gay lesbian bar, with lots of nice and interesting people. A bit smoky though, but defenitely a great place especially for later in the night...
Trash No. 54
54 Skalitzer Str.Nice shisha bar with young but relaxed crowd...
Concerts and dance in this local legend club, which recently moved to this new location, but still kept,its relaxed charms...
17 locals recommend
Privatclub
85-86 Skalitzer Str.Concerts and dance in this local legend club, which recently moved to this new location, but still kept,its relaxed charms...
The tourist favorite, but indeed a very nice location above the water under the trees. Hip, nternatinal crowd here and DJs...
384 locals recommend
Club der Visionäre
1 Am FlutgrabenThe tourist favorite, but indeed a very nice location above the water under the trees. Hip, nternatinal crowd here and DJs...
In the former train repair workshops, a hip-hop club / beergarden...and there is also some bulder climbing on the venue....
95 locals recommend
Cassiopeia
99 Revaler Str.In the former train repair workshops, a hip-hop club / beergarden...and there is also some bulder climbing on the venue....
Really nice venue, couched almost into the train tracks, international crowd and lots of dancing and more....
33 locals recommend
ROSI'S
29 Revaler Str.Really nice venue, couched almost into the train tracks, international crowd and lots of dancing and more....
Horst Krzbrg
1 Tempelhofer UferDance club which is a local favorite...
One of the leading electro clubs n Berlin, wit beautiful location at the river Spree...
349 locals recommend
Watergate
49 FalckensteinstraßeOne of the leading electro clubs n Berlin, wit beautiful location at the river Spree...
Great place eto play some music from the jukebox, and if you are lucky you can catch the huge beach chair on the balcony, overlooking the channel and play some chess...
190 locals recommend
Ankerklause
104 Kottbusser DammGreat place eto play some music from the jukebox, and if you are lucky you can catch the huge beach chair on the balcony, overlooking the channel and play some chess...
Chester music Inn is a local hip-hop club, with lots of life music and hip hop battles as well, and with a rather younger crowd. Check out their live act schedule, they are usually very good...
Chesters Music Inn UG
2 Glogauer Str.Chester music Inn is a local hip-hop club, with lots of life music and hip hop battles as well, and with a rather younger crowd. Check out their live act schedule, they are usually very good...
Nice little french place, with life music and the furniture on the ceiling...
44 locals recommend
Madame Claude
19 Lübbener Str.Nice little french place, with life music and the furniture on the ceiling...
Bar with live music or DJs, over looking Kottbusser Tor, very busy and popular...
74 locals recommend
Monarch Berlin
134 Skalitzer Str.Bar with live music or DJs, over looking Kottbusser Tor, very busy and popular...
Nice jazzbar and restaurant with beautiful garden, live music and good local beer and food....
62 locals recommend
Yorckschlösschen
15 YorckstraßeNice jazzbar and restaurant with beautiful garden, live music and good local beer and food....
The place to go when you want to sing.mif you want a separee make sure to reserve it before hand...it is a very popular bar..
48 locals recommend
Monster Ronsons Ichiban Karaoke
34 Warschauer Str.The place to go when you want to sing.mif you want a separee make sure to reserve it before hand...it is a very popular bar..
Sightseeing
Soviet War Memorial Treptow
PuschkinalleeA place fallen out of time....
East Side Gallery
3-100 MühlenstraßeThe longest still existing strip of the Berlin Wall....
The former headquarters of the Gestapo, the secret police of the nazis. Here numerous dissidents where incarcerated and tortured and deported. Its a free, very interesting exhibition and a library.
119 locals recommend
Topography of Terror
8 NiederkirchnerstraßeThe former headquarters of the Gestapo, the secret police of the nazis. Here numerous dissidents where incarcerated and tortured and deported. Its a free, very interesting exhibition and a library.
free museum about the lives of Berliners separated by the wall. This was the former check point between east and west berlin, where lots of families parted forever, i.e. the name: palace of tears.
25 locals recommend
Tränenpalast
17 Reichstaguferfree museum about the lives of Berliners separated by the wall. This was the former check point between east and west berlin, where lots of families parted forever, i.e. the name: palace of tears.
Rosa Luxemburgs favorite place in Berlin. Great whileminian garden with huge tropical greenhouses from the 19th century...incredibly beautiful!
124 locals recommend
Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
6-8 Königin-Luise-StraßeRosa Luxemburgs favorite place in Berlin. Great whileminian garden with huge tropical greenhouses from the 19th century...incredibly beautiful!
Food Scene
Great food market to check out local food artisans, like the vegetarian burger and smoothies booth, or the booth with the best BBQ and pulled pork sandwiches in town. Always thursdays and saturdays..
659 locals recommend
Markthalle
34 EisenbahnstraßeGreat food market to check out local food artisans, like the vegetarian burger and smoothies booth, or the booth with the best BBQ and pulled pork sandwiches in town. Always thursdays and saturdays..
Gipfel
68 Görlitzer Str.Great place for breakfast, just down the street from us...
Best pizza n town! Really! Especially their buffallo mozzarella pizza is simple but so delicious! Just down stairs....
49 locals recommend
De Noantri
1 KiefholzstraßeBest pizza n town! Really! Especially their buffallo mozzarella pizza is simple but so delicious! Just down stairs....
An oasis of calm, a former part of the channel now a pond for swans and ducks. Nice relaxed cafe there too and a beautiful church overlooking the scenery...
35 locals recommend
Café am Engelbecken
25 Michaelkirchpl.An oasis of calm, a former part of the channel now a pond for swans and ducks. Nice relaxed cafe there too and a beautiful church overlooking the scenery...
Really, really good burger served out of a former public toilette. Also try the cheese fries...
289 locals recommend
Burgermeister Schlesisches Tor
8 OberbaumstraßeReally, really good burger served out of a former public toilette. Also try the cheese fries...
Great ice cream place with classics and tasty novelties, like the sweet vanilla grits-ice cream (order Gries, or spoken: greeze), which is my favorite...
16 locals recommend
tanne B Eis Berlin
48 EisenbahnstraßeGreat ice cream place with classics and tasty novelties, like the sweet vanilla grits-ice cream (order Gries, or spoken: greeze), which is my favorite...
Authentic turkish food in one of the first turkish restaurants in berlin, very good quality and atmospheric...try their lamb köfte from the grill with fresh turkish style salad and lemon...so good!
22 locals recommend
Hasir Kreuzberg
93 AdalbertstraßeAuthentic turkish food in one of the first turkish restaurants in berlin, very good quality and atmospheric...try their lamb köfte from the grill with fresh turkish style salad and lemon...so good!
Here you can get german noodle specialaties, spätzle! With cheese! Very nice but heavy stuff....
15 locals recommend
Restaurant Spätzleexpress
11 Wiener StraßeHere you can get german noodle specialaties, spätzle! With cheese! Very nice but heavy stuff....
Our favorite tapas place with life flamenco music on some nights! Good prices for high quality (much better then the tapas place at our corner)
Faro
14 Schlesische Str.Our favorite tapas place with life flamenco music on some nights! Good prices for high quality (much better then the tapas place at our corner)
Organic bakery and lunch place with soups, sandwiches etc. best bread around!
50 locals recommend
Beumer & Lutum
22 CuvrystraßeOrganic bakery and lunch place with soups, sandwiches etc. best bread around!
Local legendary ice cream shop, with lots of different and very good quality ice creams, like for example apple pie, or choko-chillie
24 locals recommend
Aldemir Eis
7 FalckensteinstraßeLocal legendary ice cream shop, with lots of different and very good quality ice creams, like for example apple pie, or choko-chillie
Great turkish place for breakfast, turkish style, with fresh orange-ginger juice, tea, and most delicious Kajmak (light turkish cream cheese)
Kumru Rösterei und Feinkost
Great turkish place for breakfast, turkish style, with fresh orange-ginger juice, tea, and most delicious Kajmak (light turkish cream cheese)
Great, very small and cosy breakfast place, where you can try all kinds of turkish pastes, like aubergine paste, humus, etc. also they have great soups on the menue
9 locals recommend
Knofi
179 OranienstraßeGreat, very small and cosy breakfast place, where you can try all kinds of turkish pastes, like aubergine paste, humus, etc. also they have great soups on the menue
Arts & Culture
Most beautiful open air cinema in town, behind the former bethanien hospital under huge trees. They often play original with subtitles and also german movies with english subtitles....
56 locals recommend
Freiluftkino Kreuzberg im Kunstquartier Bethanien
2 Mariannenpl.Most beautiful open air cinema in town, behind the former bethanien hospital under huge trees. They often play original with subtitles and also german movies with english subtitles....
Great local kreuzberg/turkish theater and culture house, lots of interesting people from the art scene...most stuff in german /turkish though
10 locals recommend
Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
27 NaunynstraßeGreat local kreuzberg/turkish theater and culture house, lots of interesting people from the art scene...most stuff in german /turkish though
New but unknown international acts play here in this beautiful concert hall. They also have lots of dance parties...
99 locals recommend
Lido Kultur- & Veranstaltungs GmbH
7 CuvrystraßeNew but unknown international acts play here in this beautiful concert hall. They also have lots of dance parties...
Small underground cinema which shows the weirdest films from the most obscure places, and lots of political documentaries, ...great, hidden venue.
22 locals recommend
EISZEIT-Kino
20 ZeughofstraßeSmall underground cinema which shows the weirdest films from the most obscure places, and lots of political documentaries, ...great, hidden venue.
The best museum in town, with changing exhibitions, mostly photos, but also about Aztecs, sioux, Ai Wei Wei, archeology, and just about everything, but always in very high quality....
236 locals recommend
Gropius Bau
7 NiederkirchnerstraßeThe best museum in town, with changing exhibitions, mostly photos, but also about Aztecs, sioux, Ai Wei Wei, archeology, and just about everything, but always in very high quality....
Berthold Brechts Theater, still a leading theater in town, mostly in german though.
38 locals recommend
Berliner Ensemble
1 Bertolt-Brecht-PlatzBerthold Brechts Theater, still a leading theater in town, mostly in german though.
Nice little independent cinema, with a great bar right next to it and a huge frog in front!
24 locals recommend
Kino Central
39 Rosenthaler Str.Nice little independent cinema, with a great bar right next to it and a huge frog in front!
Entertainment & Activities
Little beautiful animal farm in the middle,of Kreuzberg. Sometimes you can hear the rooster in the morning. They have the most enormous pig there too. It's the favorite kids place around...
27 locals recommend
Children's Farm on the Görlitz e.V.
59B Wiener StraßeLittle beautiful animal farm in the middle,of Kreuzberg. Sometimes you can hear the rooster in the morning. They have the most enormous pig there too. It's the favorite kids place around...
To get away, one of the most beautiful lakes around berlin, for swimming and walking around in beautiful nature
31 locals recommend
Liepnitzsee
11 Am LiepnitzseeTo get away, one of the most beautiful lakes around berlin, for swimming and walking around in beautiful nature
Nice, inner city lake for a quick swim, very well accessible with S-Bahn...
49 locals recommend
Krumme Lanke
Nice, inner city lake for a quick swim, very well accessible with S-Bahn...
Te real kreuzberg place in summer. Public pool, cheap and great also to get n touch with real kreuzbergers...
56 locals recommend
Sommerbad Kreuzberg - Berliner Bäder
113-119 PrinzenstraßeTe real kreuzberg place in summer. Public pool, cheap and great also to get n touch with real kreuzbergers...
The place to enjoy a afternoon beer and watch whats going on in kreuzbergs most popular park....also on mondays in the afternoon a play-mobile comes around with lots of toys and games for kids
Pamukkale
The place to enjoy a afternoon beer and watch whats going on in kreuzbergs most popular park....also on mondays in the afternoon a play-mobile comes around with lots of toys and games for kids
An intersting take on minature golf, very artsy and psychedelic...fun for the family!
32 locals recommend
Black Light Mini Golf Berlin
1 Görlitzer Str.An intersting take on minature golf, very artsy and psychedelic...fun for the family!
Local public bath, opened during autumn-spring...especially nice in early mornings, but you could also get a massage there and they also have kids play hours, etc.
31 locals recommend
Wellenbad am Spreewaldplatz - Berliner Bäder
59H Wiener StraßeLocal public bath, opened during autumn-spring...especially nice in early mornings, but you could also get a massage there and they also have kids play hours, etc.
Big beergarden, with lots of food and a huge playground. Also they offer bike tours through berlin... Best is to order a berliner weisse beer (with green or red syrup) and sit by the water side
17 locals recommend
Jockel Biergarten
14c RatiborstraßeBig beergarden, with lots of food and a huge playground. Also they offer bike tours through berlin... Best is to order a berliner weisse beer (with green or red syrup) and sit by the water side
The classic place to go swimming in the lake. The public beach exists since the 19th century, songs are written about it
36 locals recommend
Strandbad Wannsee
25 WannseebadwegThe classic place to go swimming in the lake. The public beach exists since the 19th century, songs are written about it
Everything Else
Home of FcKreuzberg. If you want to see the next Jerome boateng, you have to go here on a weekend morning and watch some football...
Sportplatz Wiener Straße
59 A-G Wiener StraßeHome of FcKreuzberg. If you want to see the next Jerome boateng, you have to go here on a weekend morning and watch some football...
Great view over the city and always life music by street musicians...
174 locals recommend
Oberbaumeck
5 BevernstraßeGreat view over the city and always life music by street musicians...
If you want to work out, go here, bring your ID and say you want to try out for a week....i think it should work!
36 locals recommend
JOHN REED Fitness
248-251 Prenzlauer AlleeIf you want to work out, go here, bring your ID and say you want to try out for a week....i think it should work!
This is a great place to enjoy sundown in summer, with lots of locals and just everyone being relaxed and enjoying the last beams of sun with a beer or wine...
31 locals recommend
Planufer
PlanuferThis is a great place to enjoy sundown in summer, with lots of locals and just everyone being relaxed and enjoying the last beams of sun with a beer or wine...
Here you can find one of the last wagon towns, where people live an alternative life in old trucks and busses. They also have concerts and celebrations sometimes and a little exhibition wagon
8 locals recommend
Lohmühlenbrücke
LohmühlenbrückeHere you can find one of the last wagon towns, where people live an alternative life in old trucks and busses. They also have concerts and celebrations sometimes and a little exhibition wagon
Great place in summer, a very big field where you see kites, skaters, joggers, picknicker, urban gardeners and just about every sport you can play outside..really nice to get away without leaving town
369 locals recommend
Grillfläche Tempelhofer Feld - Oderstraße
Tempelhofer DammGreat place in summer, a very big field where you see kites, skaters, joggers, picknicker, urban gardeners and just about every sport you can play outside..really nice to get away without leaving town
Great place for walking around. I think there is still a coffee house in the island, and around there you will also find boats to rent. There was also a club but it might not exist anymore....
48 locals recommend
Insel Berlin
6 Alt-TreptowGreat place for walking around. I think there is still a coffee house in the island, and around there you will also find boats to rent. There was also a club but it might not exist anymore....
Essentials
Very atmospheric and lots of fresh vegetables and fruit and specialities. Always tuesdays and fridays (i believe, better double-check)...
300 locals recommend
Turkish Market (Tuesday/Friday)
Very atmospheric and lots of fresh vegetables and fruit and specialities. Always tuesdays and fridays (i believe, better double-check)...
The local super market, very crowded but you will find most things in good quality there...and get a look into who lives around here....
45 locals recommend
Kaiser's
53 WrangelstraßeThe local super market, very crowded but you will find most things in good quality there...and get a look into who lives around here....