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Maps Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Shopping Events Hotels Berlin June - July 2014 World Cup Where to watch the Fußball Festival season Parades & Pride, Volksfest & Fête inyourpocket.com N°69 - €1.75 Contents Transport 5 Getting around by S&U Sports in Berlin 6 All about Berlin’s top teams World Cup 2014 7 Where to watch the Fußball Basics 8 Essential travel tips Culture & Events 9 Roll up for theatre, shows and cinema Berlin Mitte 19 The delights of the city centre Berlin Charlottenburg & The West 32 Genteel western Berlin Berlin Prenzlauer Berg 42 The gentrified north Berlin Friedrichshain 46 Worker’s paradise, student’s playground SYMBOL KEY Berlin Kreuzberg T Child friendly Immigrants, anarchists and hipsters U Facilities for the disabled V Home delivery E Live music River Tours N No credit cards M Nearest S/U-Bahn station Sailing down the Spree B Outside seating G Non-smoking room City Tours S Take away R Internet Guided walks, bike rides and drives W Wi-Fi Unterstützt von Additional symbols for hotels P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted L Guarded parking H Conference facilities F Fitness centre K Restaurant D Sauna C Swimming pool Dinner price guide The number of euro symbols in our restaurant, café and nightlife reviews indicates the approximate price level based on a main course with a glass of wine. WWW.11FREUNDE.DE/WM-QUARTIER €€€€ Expensive; more than €30 per person. €€€ Not cheap; €20-30 per person. €€ Middling; from €10-20 per person. Präsentiert von Unterstützt von € Cheap; less than €10 per person. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 49 57 58 Maps & Index Street register City map Public transport map Index 60 61-63 64-65 66 BERLIN BOXES Scattered throughout the guide you’ll find boxes with more information about these topics: Berlin in books Cold War Berlin Erasmus Student Network Hotels in Berlin Third Reich Berlin 23 40 8 31 41 June - July 2014 3 Foreword Transport Eight years ago, in 2006, Germany had the honour of hosting the World Cup football matches, and what a nation-changing spectacle it was. This year the tournament takes place in Brazil, and as the German team has a good chance of making it quite far, there will be little respite from football madness in Berlin this summer. On game nights, expect the bars to be packed with anxious viewers, and the pavement benches in front of the screens at Kreuzberg’s Späti all-night shops to be crowded as well. Publisher In Your Pocket GmbH Axel-Springer-Straße 39 10969 Berlin Tel: +49 30 27 90 79 81 Fax: +49 30 24 04 73 50 [email protected] www.inyourpocket.com ISSN 1611-9037 Printed by Druckteam GbR Berlin. Circulation 20,000 copies bimonthly The public transport map is used under license no. BVG-0079.11. There’s more fun to be had on Berlin’s streets; in June the huge Karneval der Kulturen parade rolls through Kreuzberg, and the Gay Pride festival, Christopher Street Parade and Fête de la Musique also all take place within a few weeks of each other. Editorial Editors Jeroen van Marle, Philippe Krüger, Christina Knight Research Cecilia Engvall, Layout Tomáš Haman, Photos Jeroen van Marle (JvM), Emilie Guilland (EG) Maps Kartographie Eichner, Cover © Christian Draghici | Dreamstime.com Thankfully there are many places to escape the parties, with Berlin’s parks at their best in June and July, and several museums putting on excellent exhibitions this year. Whatever you do this summer, don’t hesitate to email us your comments and suggestions at [email protected]. Enjoy Berlin. COVER STORY Sales & Circulation General Manager Stephan Krämer Production Manager Philippe Krüger Accounting Martin Wollenhaupt Advertising Managers Philippe Krüger, CoCoMedia ([email protected]) The skyscrapers at Potsdamer Platz tower over the train station entrance and the exhibited remains of the Berlin Wall. It was here that the border between East and West Berlin cut right through a formerly legendary nightlife district. 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And there is more to come: make sure you keep up with all that’s new at In Your Pocket by liking us on Facebook (facebook.com/ inyourpocket) or following us on Twitter (twitter.com/inyourpocket). berlin.inyourpocket.com Although Berlin is lodged in the middle of the great empty vastness of northeast Germany, it’s very well connected to the rest of civilisation by bus, train, Autobahn and air. Once in Berlin, you’ll wish that your home town had such good public transport. PUBLIC TRANSPORT Berlin’s integrated network of U-Bahn (Untergrundbahn, underground trains), bus, and Straßenbahn (trams) run by BVG and S-Bahn and RE (Schnellbahn and regional commuter trains run by DB) usually works like a dream. Just remember the number or colour and end station of the line you want to use, and you’ll be navigating the labyrinth-like stations like a local. Most S/U-Bahn trains, buses and trams run every 5-15 minutes during the day. M buses and trams run every half hour at night; U-Bahn trains run every 15 minutes on weekend nights, with N buses following their routes every half hour (starting from Hackescher Markt) on weekday nights. Tickets can be used on all BVG, S-Bahn and local RE train services. Vending machines have instructions in English and accept coins, often bank notes and cards too. Berlin’s AB travel zone contains nearly everything; you’ll only need an ABC-ticket for Potsdam and Schoenefeld airport. With an Einzelfahrschein ticket (AB-zone €2,60, ABC €3,20) you can travel one-way for up to two hours with unlimited transfers; it’s cheaper to buy four tickets at once (VierFahrten-Karte, €8,80). Buy a €1,50 Kurzstrecke (short distance) ticket if you want to travel up to three S/U-Bahn stops, or up to six stops by bus or tram. If you anticipate a lot of travelling, get the Tageskarte (day ticket, valid until 03:00 the next morning; €6,70) or the seven-day pass (€28,80). Groups of up to five people are best off with a Kleingruppenkarte (group day ticket, €16,20). The multi-day Berlin Welcomecard (€18,50-38,50) is valid for transport and some attractions. Before boarding the S- or U-Bahn, always validate your ticket by punching it in the yellow or red machines near the end of the platforms. On buses and trams, the machines are on board. Public transport uses the honour system, and there are regular checks by uniformed and plainclothes inspectors. If you are caught without a valid ticket you’ll be fined €40 on the spot. BVG The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe run the U-Bahn, buses and trams. Their handy trip planner can be found at www. fahrinfo-berlin.de.Qtel. +49 30 194 49, [email protected], www.bvg.de. TAXIS Berlin’s friendly and ubiquitous beige Mercedes taxis can be called or hailed on the street. They can also be found queing at S/U-Bahn stations and near nightlife hotspots. Not all taxis accept credit cards, ask when you book. Prices are the same day and night; flagfall plus the first kilometre is €3,40; then up to 7km it’s €1,79/km, thereafter €1,28/km. Waiting costs €25/ facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket hr. For short hops hail a taxi already driving in the direction you need to go and immediately ask for the Kurzfahrstrecke tarriff; €4 for 2km. By the way, Funk means radio. CITY FUNKQtel. +49 30 21 02 02, www.cityfunk.de. FUNK TAXI BERLINQtel. +49 30 26 10 26, www.taxifunkberlin.de. TAXI FUNKQtel. +49 30 44 33 22, www.taxi443322.de. WBT FUNK TAXI BERLINQtel. +49 30 26 10 26, www.funk-taxi-berlin.de. WÜRFEL-FUNKQtel. +49 30 21 01 01, www.wuerfelfunk.de. CYCLING As long as it’s dry, getting around Berlin is really best done by bicycle. It’s a flat city, there are plenty of cycle paths and wide bus lanes for you to use and you see so much more from the saddle than from the U-Bahn train window. Note that cycling on the pavement is illegal and may get you fined, even though everyone does it. Cycling across town may take a while, though for €1,60 you can take your bike on an S/U-Bahn train too. There are dozens of bike rental places, most charging €10-12 per day. The urban bike trip planner www.bbbike.de can suggest low-traffic and cobblestone-free routes across Berlin. CITY CARDS Discounts are a welcome relief, so if you are planning to travel around town a lot and see more than one museum, get a reduced rate card. Note that students and youths may get better reductions at museums using their student ID cards. BERLIN WELCOMECARD The Berlin WelcomeCard is a combined transport and reduction card (museums, bike tours/rental, boat tours, etc) valid for zone AB or zone ABC (which includes Potsdam and Schönefeld airport). Cards are valid for 48 hours (AB €18,50, ABC €20,50), 72 hours (€25,50/27,50) or 5 days (€32,50/37,50). There’s also a 72-hour variety (€38,50/40,50) that includes free admission to the five Museumsinsel museums. Cards are sold online and from BVG ticket machines, tourist offices, S-Bahn offices, hotels and kiosks. The similar CityTourCard (www.citytourcard. com) is a little cheaper, with restaurant, bar and club discounts geared towards younger travellers: 48 hours (AB €16,90, ABC €18,90), 72 hours (€23,90/25,90) or 5 days (€30,90/35,90).Qwww.berlin-welcomecard.de. MUSEUM PASS BERLIN 50 museums, including the permanent collections of the Staatliche Museen (state museums), can be visited with the Berlin Museum Pass (€24/12, valid three days). It’s for sale at the museums, tourism offices and online. Qwww.berlin-welcomecard.de. June - July 2014 5 Sports in Berlin 6 World Cup 2014 Berlin is without a doubt the German capital of sports – the city has no less than six professional sports teams, playing five exciting spectator sports: Hertha BSC and FC Union play football, the Eisbären is an ace ice hockey team, Alba is Berlin’s renowned basketball club, the Füchse play handball, and volleyball is taken care of by the BR Volleys. Their home matches attract huge numbers of visitors to Berlin’s stadiums. Despite being rivals, the six professional sports collaborate to improve the circumstances for professional sports in Berlin, promoting Berlin’s image as an international sports event destination. This summer there are few home matches until August; keep an eye on the club websites and check the excellent English-language ticket booking site www.eventimsports.de for tickets. ALBA BERLIN (BASKETBALL) The ‘Albatrosse’, Berlin’s basketball club is Germany’s most successful, and has the largest fanbase. Since going pro in 1991, Alba has won the German League 8 times and the German Cup 7 times, and was also the first German team to win an international title. Alba plays home at the O2 World stadium in June; there are 5 remaining possible matches, maybe in Berlin, on 8, 11, 14/15, 18/19 and 21/22 June.QI-4, Mildred-Harnack-Straße (O2 World), Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 1805 57 00 11, www.albaberlin.de. Tickets €8-65. 1 June, 18:30: Artland Dragons 5 June, 19:30 (possible): Artland Dragons FC UNION BERLIN (FOOTBALL) FC Union is the working man’s football team for Berlin, originating in East Berlin in 1966 and a feared counterpart for the GDR’s state-influenced Dynamo club. Union is still fiercely independent, based in their charming An der Alten Försterei stadium. The club has resisted all commercialism, with a club anthem sung by punkrock legend Nina Hagen, and a stadium uniquely partly owned by passionate fans. Nicknamed Eisern Union (iron union), it had a tough time in the 1990s, but has had more success in the national competitions since the early 2000s.QAn der Wuhlheide 263 (Stadion An der Alten Försterei), Köpenick, MS Köpenick, tel. +49 30 656 68 80, www.fc-union-berlin.de. Tickets €14-43. BR VOLLEYS (VOLLEYBALL) Berlin’s professional volleyball team originates in the western district of Charlottenburg, but plays home matches at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Prenzlauer Berg. The BR Volleys have been particularly successful since the late 1990s, winning the German Bundesliga title five times, including in 2013 under trainer Mark Lebedew - during that final over 8,500 spectators were present, breaking the national record for match attendance.QAm Falkplatz (Max-Schmeling-Halle), Prenzlauer Berg, tel. +49 1806 99 11 12, www.berlin-recycling-volleys.de. Tickets €13-16. FÜCHSE BERLIN (HANDBALL) “The foxes’, Berlin’s handball team, is part of an old West Berlin sports club, and now plays home matches in Prenzlauer Berg’s famous Max-Schmeling-Halle, named after the German boxing legend who was world champion heavyweight between 1930-32. The Füchse compete in Germany’s Handball Liga and the European Champions League. QG-1, Am Falkplatz (Max-Schmeling-Halle), Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser Allee, tel. +49 30 44 30 44 30, www.fuechse-berlin.de. Tickets €12-50. EISBÄREN BERLIN (ICE HOCKEY) Originating in 1953 in East Germany’s Dynamo sports club, the ‘polar bears’ is Berlin’s popular professional ice hockey team. They have won the national Deutsche Eishockey Liga 7 times, more than any other team, most recently in 2013 under Canadian coach Jeff Tomlinson. They also bagged the European Trophy in 2010; unfortunately they were not as lucky in the 2013/2014 season. But their home matches at the O2 Stadium are true family fests, with plenty of young fans packing the seats, and a festive, good-humoured atmosphere.QI-4, Mildred-Harnack-Straße (O2 World), Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 97 18 40 40, www.eisbaeren.de. Tickets €18-46. HERTHA BSC (FOOTBALL) Berlin’s main football team plays home matches at the impressive Olympiastadion, Germany’s second largest stadium which was built for the 1936 Olympic Games and renovated for the 2006 World Cup. Hertha competes in the national Bundesliga and internationally in the UEFA Cup and Uefa Championships League. Hertha dates back to 1892 and is know as the ‘Alte Dame’, the old dame, witnessing its glory years between 1926 and 1931 when it reached the German Championship finals 6 times, winning it twice. Nowadays Hertha’s fortunes are mixed, but the fan base remains loyal.QOlympischer Platz 3 (Olympiastadion), Charlottenburg, MS5 Olympiastadion, tel. +49 1805 18 92 00, www.herthabsc.de. Tickets €15-89. Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com For many Germans, the football World Cup, taking place in Brazil from 12 June until 13 July, is the event of the year, and if you're in Berlin during this period it'll be hard to escape the football mania. Most of the 64 Weltmeisterschaft matches kick off between 18:00 and midnight German time, with a few starting at 03:00. besides the screens in the official fan zones, hundreds of restaurants, bars and clubs will be showing the matches - and Berlin may well be the best place in Europe to watch as its liberal licensing policy means that plenty of bars are open late at night. They're so serious about it that the government has even made a legal exemption to allow noisy open-air screenings after 22:00. magazine screens all 64 matches on one large screen and several smaller ones. There's place for 3500 people, and still the view of the screens is excellent as seating is on steep stands, like in a stadium. In between the on-screen action, there are interviews and discussions, mainly in German. But what makes the 11 Freunde event great is the small festival organised alongside, with live performances by bands from Berlin and the competing countries, films, lectures, discussions, exhibitions, street art and light art installations. Admission is free.QPostbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, Straße der Pariser Kommune 3, www.11freunde.de/ wm-quartier. Germany plays against Portugal on 16 June at 18:00, against Ghana on 21 June at 21:00, and against the USA on 26 June at 18:00. Optimistically assuming that Germany comes out as the group winner, further possible match dates are on 30 June and 4, 8 and 13 July. The full schedule can be found at www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches. During the final, on 13 July at 21:00, you can expect Germany to come to a complete standstill if they're still in the game by then. ARENA Large indoor and outdoor screens showing all World Cup matches can be found at the Arena, where there's the additional attraction of a beach bar and a floating swimming pool. Admission to the viewing area is free. QEichenstrasse 4, www.arena-berlin.de. GERMANY’S CHANCES Although it’s clear that every Brazilian on the planet is sure that Brazil will end up holding the copa at the end of the tournament, Germany also stands a reasonable chance of taking it home. Coach Joachim ‘Jogi’ Löw has a good squad lined up, including star players like Miroslav Klose, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mesut Özil and the Berlin-born Jerome Boateng. Germany came close with a second place in the 2002 World Cup, and in recent years local clubs Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund have done well. With some expecting Germany to fly through to the finals, others are convinced that they’ll quickly fly out after being thrashed in the group stage by Team USA. WHERE TO WATCH THE FUßBALL Germans love getting together to watch their team play so much, that they even invented the English term 'PublicViewing' for it. With many wonderful spots to watch the action outside, there's no reason to sit in your hotel room peering at the tiny flatscreen above the bathroom door. FANMEILE BRANDENBURGER TOR The official 'Fanmeile' at Brandenburger Tor is Berlin's biggest football viewing spot; with 7 huge screens, dozens of food and beer stands and live music, it's expected to attract hundreds of thousands of fans. Germany's three group matches will be shown, as well as all games from the second round onwards. The grounds open these days from 13:00 until 01:00 and admission is free. 11 FREUNDE WM-QUARTIER True football fans head to the Postbahnhof, a former station next to Ostbahnhof, where the 11 Freunde facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket LIDO Together with the Kreuzberg radio station FluxFM, the Lido club screens all matches (except 15 June) inside the main hall and in their Biergarten – where there's a barbecue as well as beer. Admission free.QCuvrystraße 7, www. lido-berlin.de. EMMAUSKIRCHE CHURCH Berlin's wackiest football screening takes place in Kreuzberg's Emmaus church, where three matches will be beamed onto the wall behind the altar. The sound is switched off, and instead of commentary, silent film organist Stephan von Bothmer plays the church organ to match the action in Brazil. Admission is free, drinks are available.Q13 June (Spain-Netherlands) 21:00, 28 June & 5 July 22:00. Emmauskirche, Lausitzer Platz, www.emmaus.de. FC MAGNET BAR A legendary football bar in Mitte, the Magnet has several rooms and outdoor seating with half a dozen screens. This world cup, they're serving special country-themed finger food at each match.QVeteranenstraße 26, www.fcmagnetbar.de OTHER PUB SCREENINGS Many pubs across Berlin screen the football matches with English commentary; here are a few central ones. IRISH HARPQGiesebrechtstrasse 15, Charlottenburg, www.harp-pub.de. KILKENNY IRISH PUBQAm Zwirngraben 17-20, Mitte, www.kilkenny-pub.de. THE LIR IRISH BARQFlensburger Strasse, Tiergarten, www.thelir.de June - July 2014 7 Basics Culture & Events BASIC DATA Population: Germany: 81,751,602; Berlin: 3,460,725 Longest river in Germany: Rhine, 1319km. The Spree is 403km. Highest point of Germany: Zugspitze, 2962m Highest point of Berlin: Teufelsberg, 114m Highest natural point of Berlin: Victoriapark Kreuzberg, 66m Berlin’s territory: 900 square kilometers CRIME & SAFETY Berlin is a relatively calm and safe place. Instances of petty crimes are low compared to other Western European capitals, though you shoulds still always keep an eye on your valuables and never leave bags, wallets and mobile phones unattended. Just like anywhere else, be careful when walking in unlit streets late at night. Race-related hassles seldom occur in Berlin’s touristed central areas. ELECTRICITY Electrical current in Germany is 220v AC, 50 Hz via standard European round, two-pin sockets. Converters can be bought at the airport and large electronics shops, and many hotels will have them at the front desk too. ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORK How do international students get to meet locals and the city during an academic exchange? The best way to do it is via the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), one of the biggest interdisciplinary student associations in Europe. It was developed to help internationals during their stay abroad. ESN is present in more than 430 Higher Education Institutions in 36 countries. The closest section to Berlin is the section in Potsdam, where more than 20 volunteers care for you. For information, see potsdam.esngermany.org or www.facebook.com/esn.lei.potsdam. 8 Berlin In Your Pocket MONEY Germany uses the euro (€). Banknotes come in denominations of €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500. Coins, whose design depends on in which country they were minted, come in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and €1 and €2. Credit and debit card payment is possible in a wide range of shops, restaurants and nightlife venues, though always have cash on you for small payments just in case. This guide indicates which places do not accept plastic. ATMs can be found everywhere; those that charge for transactions clearly indicate the fee during the process. Exchange offices can be found at the major train stations. VISAS AND ENTRY FORMALITIES EU citizens can stay in Germany as long as they like, though registration at a Bürgeramt office is officially required for stays more than a few months. Citizens of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Mexico USA and a few others can enter Germany without a visa for a maximum of 90 days in any six month period. All other nationals need to apply for a German visa in advance. Note that there’s no passport control between Germany and the other 14 European ‘Schengen’ countries, and visas to any of these are valid for travel in Germany too. All visitors need a passport that is valid for at least fourth months from the date of arrival; EU citizens can enter with a valid EU identity card too. Check the MFA website for the latest immigration details: www.auswaertiges-amt.de. CLIMATE 30 80 25 70 60 20 50 15 40 10 30 5 0 20 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec -5 10 0 Rainfall (mm) Min Temp (°C) OPERA & CLASSICAL MUSIC DEUTSCHE OPER West Berlin’s 1960s opera building with its excellent acoustics hosts superb musical and theatrical performances. Donald Runnicles is the principal conductor.QB-3, Bismarckstraße 35, Charlottenburg, MU Deutsche Oper, tel. +49 30 34 38 43 43, www.deutscheoperberlin. de. Tickets from €16. KOMISCHE OPER Starting off as the Theater Unter den Linden in 1892, the building’s monumental neo-baroque main hall survived wartime bombing, and reopened in 1947. It shows classic music, ballet and opera pieces. Translations in English are shown on a screen on the seat in front of you.QF-3, Behrenstraße 55, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 20 26 00, www.komische-oper-berlin.de. Tickets €9150. KONZERTHAUS BERLIN Together with the Deutscher and Französischer Dom churches, the Konzerthaus forms Berlin’s most spectacular architectural ensemble. Built by Friedrich Schinkel in 1821, it was badly damaged in the war and only reopened as a concert hall in 1984. The Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester plays at the venue.QF-3, Gendarmenmarkt 2, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 203 09 21 01, www.konzerthaus. de. Tickets €10-99. STAATSOPER IM SCHILLERTHEATER The venue for Daniel Barenboim’s award-winning Staatskapelle orchestra. Temporarily housed in the Schillertheater until renovations of their grand theatre on Unter den Linden are completed.QC-3, Bismarckstraße 110, Charlottenburg, MU Ernst-Reuter-Platz, tel. +49 30 20 35 45 55, www.staatsoper-berlin.org. Tickets €14220. Classical Masterpieces Italy as Prussia‘s guest Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Dinner: 18:00 Concert: 20:30 tel. 030-258 10 35-0 www.concerts-berlin.com SHOWS Rainfall (mm) Germans like their beer, drinking about 107 litres per capita per year (down from 136 litres 15 years ago). Unfortunately Berlin’s local brew, the slightly sour Berliner Weiße, is only really palatable ‘mit Schuss’, with a shot of sweet fruit sirup. Cocktails and long drinks of varying quality and price are available in a multitude of places. Non-alcoholic drinks often sipped in Berlin include Apfelschorle, a refreshing mix of apple juice and sparkling water, and Club-Mate (‘kloob mah-tea’) ice tea, made with extract of the South American maté plant, caffeine and tannins, and is popular with local hipsters as it comes in a screw top bottle so you can hiply tote it around (or drink to just below the top label and top it up with wodka). Temperature °C DRINKS & ALCOHOL Berlin is blessed with a large number of quality theatres and halls, top-quality artists and relatively cheap tickets - and an annual cultural budget of over €900 million to fund it all. Sports lovers can choose from a wide variety of matches played year-round. Max Temp (°C) berlin.inyourpocket.com ADMIRALSPALAST This former army bathhouse was famous for its cabaret, operetta house, spa and brothel in Berlin’s roaring 20s. Hitler cleaned up their acts in the 1930s, installing a private box so that he could watch his favourite operetta ‘The Merry Widow’, and Brecht tried out his new theatre here from the 1950s. With several theatres, it now puts on plays, concerts and musicals.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 101, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 47 99 74 99, www.admiralspalast.de. Shows Tue-Sun 20:00. Tickets €21-79. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket June - July 2014 9 Culture & Events CINEMAS Foreign film offerings in German cinemas are often dubbed so check www.critic.de/ov-movies-berlin or look in listings magazines like Tip and Zitty, for subtitled films; these are marked in with OmU or OmengU (original version with German/English subtitles) and OF or OV (original version); DF means German version. BABYLON MITTE A 1920s filmhouse with a great program, but beware of dubbed films. The building itself is a example of New Objectivity. Occasionaly there are screenings of silent films accompanied by the 1929 organ.QG-2, RosaLuxemburg-Straße 30, Mitte, MU Rosa-LuxemburgPlatz, tel. +49 30 242 59 69, www.babylonberlin.de. Tickets €7. CENTRAL KINO Art-house films and mini film fests take place in this small, but comfy cinema at the very back of a scruffy courtyard.QG-2, Rosenthaler Straße 39, Mitte, MS Hackerscher Markt, tel. +49 30 28 59 99 73, www.kino-central.de. Tickets €6,50, Tue, Wed €5,50. CINESTAR IMAX & ORIGINAL CineStar IMAX has blockbuster films and documentaries in English on the biggest screen in town, featuring IMAX quality of projection and sound. The CineStar Original cinema has Germany’s widest range of Hollywood and arthouse movies in their original English version. QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 4, Tiergarten (Sony Center), MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 26 06 64 00, www.cinestar.de. Tickets €6-13. HACKESCHE HÖFE Mainly shows foreign films in their original language. QG-2, Rosenthaler Straße 40, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 283 46 03, www.hackesche-hoefe. org. Tickets €8; Mon, Tue €6,50. FILM FESTIVALS Apart from the huge Berlinale film festival in February, Berlin has over 40 smaller international film festivals throughout the year, often focused on a country or theme. 3-8 June: Recontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, art-action.org 6-10 June: 48 Hour Film Project, various locations, 48hourfilm.com/en/berlin 8-13 July: Fashion Film Festival, various locations, berlinfashionfilmfestival.net 10 Berlin In Your Pocket Culture & Events BERLINER RESIDENZ KONZERTE The Berliner Residenz Orchestra plays famous Baroque-era works by candlelight, with musicians in period costumes - a unique opportunity to get a good idea of what it was like to attend a party in the 18th century. Guests can combine the concert with a tour of Charlottenburg castle or a trip on the river Spree, and dinner amidst hundreds of candles.QB-3, Spandauer Damm 22-24, Charlottenburg, MS Westend, tel. +49 30 526 81 96 96, www.concertsberlin.com. Dinner 18:00, concert 20:30. Tickets €2979. BLUE MAN GROUP The (quite literally) Blue Man Group has been wowing audiences for years in their Bluemax Theatre. The visually and musically powerful show is suitable for foreigners as it has little spoken German, and now has been thoroughly revamped, with many new sketches and elements.QE4, Marlene Dietrich Platz 4, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 1805 44 44, www.bluemangroup.de. Shows Tue, Fri 21:00; Wed, Thu, Sat 18:00, 21:00; Sun 18:00. Tickets from €69. the free portable translator device (book in advance), international visitors can follow the spoken scenes too. ‘Behind the horizon’ is an East-West love story set in Berlin: a West German rock singer falls for an East Berlin beauty, who spies on him for the Stasi in order to save her brother. Years later, in a reunited Germany, they piece together their history.QE-4, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 (Stage Theater am Potsdamer Platz), MPotsdamer Platz, tel. +49 1805 44 44, www.stage-entertainment. de. Shows 19:00, Fri 20:00, Sat 15:30, 20:00, Sun 14:30. Mon closed. Tickets €38-97. BERLINER RESIDENZ CONCERTS Enjoy classical concerts and a festive dinner in royal surroundings. Baroque-era culinary delicacies and musical masterpieces are combined in the magical surroundings of the extravagant former summer residence of the Hohenzollern dynasty. June 18,25,28; July 2,4,5,9,11,12,16,18,19,23,25,26,30: “Masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries, by Bach, Händel, Mozart, Vivaldi and Frederick the Great and his court composers.” BERLINER RESIDENZ KONZERTE QSpandauer Damm 22-24, Charlottenburg, tel. +49 30 25 81 03 50, www.concerts-berlin.com. berlin.inyourpocket.com IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YOU HAVEN’T SEEN BERLIN. TIPI AM KANZLERAMT Continuing a tradition that started a century ago in Berlin, the Tipi team wine, dine and entertain guests for an evening in their elegant year-round tent in Tiergarten park. Before the show starts, gourmet food is served. Then it’s over to the artists featured that night to entertain the audience.QE-3, Große Querallee, Tiergarten, MU Bundestag, tel. +49 30 39 06 65 50, www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de. Shows 20:00, Sun 19:00. Tickets €15-45. THE BERLIN-MUSICAL WINTERGARTEN: MOZART & MADNESS FRIEDRICHSTADT-PALAST No one does over-the-top better than the producers and long-legged dancers and acrobats of Friedrichstadtpalast. This venue normally puts on the glitziest, biggest revues in town.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 107, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 23 26 23 26, www.showpalace.eu. Tickets €18-106. HINTERM HORIZONT The musical based on the songs of German rock legend Udo Lindenberg is a hit with the locals, and using PR E SEN T ED BY S TAG E EN T ER TA INMEN T IN C OOPER AT ION W I T H S T. PAU L I T HE AT ER © Jonathan F. Kromer Until 9 June, the Wintergarten’s “Breakin’ Mozart” show combines variety performances and classical music, this time adding the unlikely element of breakdancing. Besides whirling dance shows, there’s diabolo wizardry, partner acrobatics, hand-on-hand acrobatics, Chinese poles and human beatboxer Robeat. Mozart’s music is performed live in both orchestra versions and modern hip hop adaptations. From 16 July until 5 October, the new “Sheer Madness” show blends acrobatics, dance and live music to narrate the story of bright imagination and joy of living in dark times. The story is about a glitzy Mr von Röhm who’s put in the madhouse and meets strange characters there, whom he teaches to use their skills for performing in his new revue show. To get a ticket to a new future in America, they must stage their best, freakiest, most colourful and wonderful show ever. WINTERGARTEN VARIÉTÉQPotsdamer Straße 96, Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 58 84 33, www.wintergarten-berlin.de. Shows Wed-Sat 20:00, Sun 18:00. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket WITH HITS BY UDO LINDENBERG. Stage Theater am Potsdamer Platz www.musicals.de WINTERGARTEN VARIÉTÉ One of Berlin’s famed variety theatres was revived here as a dinner theater. Seated around tables, you’ll enjoy a show with acrobats, magicians, clowns, jugglers and more. Before the show, waiters take orders for meals which are served during the break. New shows are put on several times per year.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 96, Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 58 84 33, www. wintergarten-berlin.de. Shows Wed-Sat 20:00, Sun 18:00. Tickets €25-60. THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE Berlin has dozens of venues for performances. There’s lots of great theatre, but most of it is German-language; it’s getting better, with English plays or surtitles in some theatres. Berlin is the world capital of contemporary dance; look for shows by Sasha Waltz, perhaps the best choreographer around. The Staatsballett Berlin is the main classic dance company. Tanzraumberlin magazine (www.tanzraumberlin. de), available at the venues, lists all dance events. ENGLISH THEATRE BERLIN Berlin residents, whether native English speakers or not, come to this theatre for the edgy programming on the little black box’s stage.QF-5, Fidicinstraße 40, Kreuzberg, MU Platz der Luftbrücke, tel. +49 30 691 12 11, tickets@ etberlin.de, www.etberlin.de. Tickets €14-18. June - July 2014 11 Culture & Events FIRST WORLD WAR Culture & Events HALLE TANZBÜHNE A monumental school gym, used for excellent modern dance productions by the Toula Limnaios company.QG1, Eberswalder Straße 10-11, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 44 04 42 92, www.halletanz-berlin.de. Tickets €15. Poker HEBBEL AM UFER (HAU) Three small theatres (the others at Stresemannstraße 29 and Tempelhofer Ufer 10) perform experimental theatre (often in English or mute) and dance.QF-4, Hallesches Ufer 32, Kreuzberg, MU Hallesches Tor, tel. +49 30 259 00 40, www.hebbel-am-ufer.de. Tickets €11-18. English soldiers as prisoners of war, France April 1917 © Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum 19141918: THE FIRST WORLD WAR Until 30 November. Characterised as the “seminal catastrophe” of the 20th century, nine million soldiers and almost six million civilians died in the First World War, the first industrialised, total war in history. It changed not only subsequent armed conflicts, but also influenced political thought and action for many years to come. The German Historical Museum’s special exhibition offers a multifaceted overview of the war as well as its prerequisites and consequences, and approaches this previously unknown escalation of violence from a broad perspective. It takes 14 salient places as points of departure, battlefields such as Verdun, Tannenberg or Gallipoli, but also political-cultural centres like Petrograd and Berlin as well as occupied cities and regions, including Brussels and Galicia. All of the places point to overriding developments: the modernisation of war technology with its disastrous consequences for the people, the worldwide wartime economy, the global escalation of the fighting as well as the totalisation of the war, which not only affected the soldiers on the fronts, but also mobilised the entire population. DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUMQUnter den Linden 2, Mitte, MHackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 20 30 40, www.dhm.de. Open daily 10:00 - 18:00. ASK THE CONCIERGE Berlin’s top hotels all have concierges that are there to make the guest’s lives easier. They can inform you about current events, book tickets, make restaurant reservations and hand out copies of Berlin In Your Pocket, transport maps, and brochures. Concierges can be recognised by the crossed golden keys on the lapels of their jackets. 12 Berlin In Your Pocket Bl ack Jack Spielbank-berlin.de +49-(0)30-255 99 0 Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 10785 Berlin Open daily 11am - 5am Guest must be 18 or over and show a valid ID card.. Please remember to gamble Responsibly. RADIALSYSTEM V A fantastic theatre, dance and music venue in an old pumping station along the Spree river. There’s a restaurant and café too.QH-4, Holzmarktstraße 33, Friedrichshain, MS Ostbahnhof, tel. +49 30 288 78 85 88, www. radialsystem.de. Tickets €5-41. Tickets can be purchased at the venues, via hotel concierges, at ticket offices (also in major department stores) and online. EVENTIM An online booking service with event tickets mailed or available for home printing.Qtel. +49 180 557 00 70, www.eventim.de. HEKTICKET Ticket shops and online sales (for home printing, pick-up or mailing). Reduced same-day tickets for shows and attractions are available after 14:00. Also at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 13, Mitte.QC-4, Hardenbergstraße 29d, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 230 99 30, www.hekticket. de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 14:00 - 18:00. KOKA 36 Kreuzberg’s Konzertkasse has tickets in their shop and online (German only), for mailing and pickup.QH-4, Oranienstraße 29, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 10 13 13, www.koka36. de. Open 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun. PAPAGENA Regular and reduced price tickets for classical music, opera and theatre. Call for English-language service.Qtel. +49 30 47 99 74 44, www.khs. papagena.de. berlin.inyourpocket.com Slotm achines There are many ways to spend a night in Berlin. But spending an Evening at its Casino could be an unforgettable one. KOOKABURRA Laughing matters at Berlin’s premier comedy club, which has English-language stand-up comedy with Kim Eustace every first Tuesday of the month, the interactive ComedySportz show every second Tue & Sat, burlesque with Jack Woodhead every third Tue & Sat and an open mic every first Sat.QG-2, Schönhauser Allee 184, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30 48 62 31 86, www.comedyclub.de. Tickets €8-10. EVENT TICKETS R oulet t e Events CLASSICAL MUSIC 10 June, 20:00 Staatskapelle Berlin Conductor: Lahav Shani; Works by Mahler PH 6 June, 20:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Semyon Bychkov; Works by Strauss and Schubert PH 11 June, 20:00 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Conductor: Marek Janowski; Works by Strauss PH 7 June, 16:00 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt; Works by Mozart and Bruckner PH 12 June, 20:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel; Works by Birtwistle and Mahler PH 8 June, 19:00 Don Giovanni, opera by Mozart DO 9 June, 19:00 Romeo and Juliet, ballet DO 9 June, 20:00 Junges Ensemble Berlin - Sinfonieorchester Conductor: Michael Riedel; Works by Beethoven and Prokofiev PH facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 13 June, 20:00 Guy Braunstein, Zvi Plesser, Sunwook Kim Franz Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 & 2 PH 14 June, 20:00 Neubrandenburger Philharmonie Conductor: S. Malzew; Works by Martucci, Chopin and Beethoven PH 16 June, 20:00 Klassische Konzerte der Deutschen Oper Berlin Conductor: Donald Runnicles; Werther (concertante) PH June - July 2014 13 Culture & Events FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE Culture & Events DALÍ EXHIBITION DISCOUNT KARNEVAL DER KULTUREN The high-quality catalogue of the Dali Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz has 44 pages of text about Dalí’s life and work, and details of the specific artworks in the exhibition, plus 40 detailed large-format illustrations. One of Berlin’s biggest and best street festivals, the ‘carnival of cultures’ celebrates the diversity on people, cultures and lifestyles in Berlin. Held from 6-9 June, it consists of two parts. There’s a festival around Hallesches Tor in Kreuzberg, with stages, live music, dancing and plenty of stands selling food and drinks. The main event however is the huge parade of music associations, cultural groups and clubs through Kreuzberg on Sunday 8 June. This kicks off at 12:30 from Hermannplatz, snaking west towards Mehringdamm where it ends around 21:00. It consists of 82 groups, and a total of 5300 participants; up to 700,000 spectators are expected. Along the route, Turkish stallholders sell traditional food and cheap, potent caipirinha cocktails, and residents hold wild balcony parties. Several clubs participate with trucks piled high with booming loudspeakers – it’s a good tradition to simply join the a moving rave party if you like the music. Families can best stand along Hasenheide where it’s least hectic. For more information see www.karneval-berlin.de. Until 31 July 2014, readers of Berlin In Your Pocket can purchase the book for €14,95 instead of €19,95 on presentation of this guidebook (for ticket-holders of the exhibition only; may not be combined with other offers). 17 June, 20:00 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Conductor: Kurt Masur; Works by Mendelssohn Bartholdy PH Trus’me This annual celebration of midsummer’s night was initiated in Paris in 1982, but meanwhile has spread over the world. On Saturday 21 June 2014, Berlin’s streets, theatres, clubs and churches are the stage for dozens of free contemporary music performances; expect everything from punk rock, accordion orchestras and jazz to Latino and classical choirs. During the day there are open-air stages in all districts, while at night the party continues indoors as the “Fête de la Nuit”. Check the programme for the overwhelming number of shows – or just randomly select some places and be surprised. The famed Tresor club in Mitte opens at 23:00, with DJs Trus’me, Marc Miroir, Magda El Bayoumi and resident DJ Powerhouse Handmade. Downstairs there’s deep house with Esther Duijn, Get Serious and Mareena. The stage at the newly reopened White Trash Fast Food at Am Flutgraben 2 in Treptow kicks off at 17:00 with Rock’n’Roll by the Horny Tunes Ballroom Orchestra, followed by psychedelic rock by Tree, Rock’n’Roll by Wedge, blues rock by Bubba Ho-Tep and more Rock’n’Roll by Flash Future; Stephen Paul Taylor MCs the day with his Dirty Synthipop One-Man-Show. At night, their Pornrocker Party Special features polkarock by A Pony Named Olga and DJ The Shredder. FETE DE LA MUSIQUE Q21 June, various locations, admission free, www. fetedelamusique.de. TRESOR QH-4, Köpenicker Straße 70, www.tresorberlin.com WHITE TRASH FAST FOOD QI-5, Am Flutgraben 2, www.whitetrashfastfood.com 14 Berlin In Your Pocket 18 June, 20:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Works by Ives, Strauss and Brahms PH 20 June, 20:00 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev; Works by Britten, Shostakovitch and Brahms PH It amounted to a minor revolutionary act: over a century ago the Deutsche Oper was founded in Charlottenburg as a clear alternative to the venerable Hofoper on Unter den Linden. With more than 2,000 seats, it was larger than any other theatre in Berlin and it also dispensed with boxes, reflecting the ethos of a “democratic” opera house, in which all visitors had an unimpeded view of the stage. Today as then the excellent visibility and acoustics provide the framework for evening after evening of superb musical and theatrical performances with their principal conductor Donald Runnicles. Now all performances at the Deutsche Oper have German and English surtitles on a screen above the stage, as a third of the audiences are foreigners, many of them Englishspeakers. DEUTSCHE OPER BERLINQBismarckstraße 35, tel. +49 30 34 38 43 43, www.deutscheoperberlin.de. Tickets €10-122. berlin.inyourpocket.com NOW MORE WOW! The new BLUE MAN GROUP in Berlin with even more fun, even more action and simply EVEN MORE WOW: Since their European premiere 10 years ago they have also been astounding and captivating audience of all ages in Berlin. To mark this anniversary the three founders from New York have created a show for Berlin, the likes of which the world has never seen, combining impressive show elements, new songs and the popular classics. The new BLUE MAN GROUP is therefore even more intensive, even more innovative and even more interactive. Discover this indescribable dimension of live entertainment at the Stage BLUEMAX Theater am Potsdamer Platz. An absolute must for every Berliner and tourists from all over the world. BLUE MAN GROUP, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 4, Stage BLUEMAX Theater, Tel. +49 (0) 3871 2115 530, www.bluemangroup.de/international Daily shows except for on Mondays. Tickets from € 55,90. CONCERTS 9 June, 20:00 Aerosmith (Rock) O2 10 June, 20:00 Rolling Stones (Rock) WB ENGLISH TITLES AT THE DEUTSCHE OPER BLUE MAN GROUP DALÍ EXHIBITION 17 June, 19:00 Billy Idol (Rock) ZS 18 June, 19:00 Arcade Fire (Indie Rock) KI 20 June, 19:00 Lana del Rey (Pop) ZS 23 June, 20:00 Blondie (Rock) TD 24 June, 19:30 Rod Steward (Rock) O2 26 June, 19:00 Pearl Jam (Rock) KI facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket © DaliBerlin.de With over 450 exhibits, the new museum and cultural highlight ‘Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz’ offers the most complete overview of Dalí’s virtuous and experimental mastery in almost all art techniques, right here in the heart of Berlin. As Dalí once said: “Come into my brain”. In keeping with this spirit ’Surrealism for all’, visitors to Berlin now have the chance to discover ‘their Dalí’. DALÍ - THE EXHIBITION AT POTSDAMER PLATZQLeipziger Platz 7, Mitte, MPotsdamer Platz, tel. +49 700 32 54 23 75 46, www.daliberlin. de. Open 12:00-20:00, Sun & holidays 10:00-20:00. Admission €11, reduced €9. June - July 2014 15 Culture & Events Culture & Events Gala Concerts in the Marble Hall of the Zwinger Light Classics in perfection Fri, Sat, Sun at 17:00 Until 7 July Ai Weiwei – Evidence Ai Weiwei is a megastar in the western art world. The Martin-Gropius-Bau shows the biggest single exhibition ever by the contemporary Chinese artist, with new works as well as many that have never been exhibited in Germany before. The exhibition includes conceptual art, performance, music, photography and installations. His poetry is often political, but also reveals cultural and historical references. MG Until 10 August David Bowie - Retrospective After living here for several years in the late 1970s, David tel. +49 351 41886230 www.concerts-dresden.com WALTZING DOWN TO DRESDEN 16 July, 20:00 Natalie Cole (Singer/Songwriter) AD 25 July, 19:00 Backstreet Boys (Pop) WB EXHIBITIONS Until 29 June Marsden Hartley: The German paintings 1913–1915 The American avnat garde painter Marsden Hartley (18771943) lived and worked in Europe from 1913 to 1915. Although he stayed in Paris and Munich as well, it was in Berlin where he painted his most impressive works, several of them inspired by the military parades held on Unter den Linden. His work ‘Portrait of a German Officer’ (1914), which refers to Prussian Officer Karl von Freybourg who died just months after the outbreak of war and whom Hartley had a relationship, is at the centre of the exhibition. 16 Berlin In Your Pocket TRADE FAIRS 27-29 June YOU 2014 Youth fair www.you.de MB 8-10 July Bread & Butter Fashion fair www.breadandbutter.com FT SUITABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS sheer bit.ly/wigaweb D E R HE L L E berlinesque W # wigawahnsinn WA HN S INN artistic W revue VENUE LIST BERLIN AD – ADMIRALSPALAST, Friedrichstraße 101-102, tel. +49 30 47 99 74 99, www.admiralspalast.de. DO – DEUTSCHE OPER, Bismarckstraße 35, tel. +49 700 67 37 23 75 46, www.deutscheoperberlin.de. presented by FT – FLUGHAFEN TEMPELHOF, Platz der Luftbrücke. 5 July, 20:00 Massive Attack (Trip Hop) TD 10 July, 20:00 Chicago (Jazz Rock) AD Bowie is back in Berlin. The excellent Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition travels to the Martin-Gropius-Bau for a few months this summer. The multi-media retrospective is a comprehensive audio-visual exhibition experience with plenty of music and 300 objects, including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, set designs and instruments providing insight into the versatility and well as the eventful life of this pop and style icon. MG Dresden, just 2 hours by direct IC train from Berlin, is a grand city to visit for the amazing views of the Elbe river from the Brühlsche Terrasse, for the Semperoper opera house, and the reconstructed Frauenkirche and Neumarkt Square. But it’s at the Zwinger, a magnificent rococo palace, where Violinist Igor Malinovsky and his orchestra will whisk the audience away on an exploration of triple-time waltz classics. Their glamorous ‘Gala concert’ present classic hits, waltz dreams and operetta melodies by Mozart and Johann Strauss. The ‘Italian nights’ concerts feature the most beautiful arias by Verdi and Puccini, while Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is also regularly on the programme – check the website for the latest details. This summer, concerts are held on June 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21*, 22, 27, 28*, 29; July 4*, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13*, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26**, 27. All concerts start at 17:00; * dates have an additional evening concert at 19:30; ** on 26 July the concert is held outside at 20:00. DRESDNER RESIDENZ KONZERTE [email protected], tel. +49 351 41 88 62 30, [email protected], www.concertsdresden.com. Tickets €35. berlin.inyourpocket.com KI – KINDL-BÜHNE WUHLHEIDE, An der Wuhlheide 187, tel. +49 30 530 79 530, www.wuhlheide.de. MB – MESSE BERLIN, Messedamm 22, tel. +49 30 303 80, www.messe-berlin.de. MG – MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, tel. +49 30 25 48 60, www.gropiusbau.de. 16 July – 5 October 2014 Wed – Sat 20:00 · Sun 18:00 · Tickets from € 32 Starring: Jack Woodhead , David Pereira, Sarah Bowden, Rummelsnuff www.apunktmpunkt.de · Foto: ©Robert Pater For more events go to berlin.inyourpocket.com live soul variety show NA – NEUE NATIONALGALERIE, Potsdamer Straße 50, tel. +49 30 266 26 51, www.neue-nationalgalerie.de. O2 – O2 WORLD, Mühlenstraße 12-30, tel. +49 30 20 60 70 80, www.o2world.de. PH – PHILHARMONIE, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, tel. +49 30 25 48 80, www.berliner-philharmoniker.de. TD – TEMPODROM, Möckernstraße 10, tel. +49 30 69 53 38 85, www.tempodrom.de. WB – WALDBÜHNE, Glockenturmstraße 1, www.waldbuehne-berlin.de. ZS – ZITADELLE SPANDAU, Am Juliusturm 64, tel. +49 30 354 94 40, www.zitadelle-spandau.de. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 4 Only on 13 September 201 Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide Tickets 25,00 € including VBB Ticket ABC plus advance booking fee Potsdamer Straße 96, D -10785 Berlin Tiergarten Ticket Hotline: +49(0)30 - 588 433 or just print your tickets at home: www.wintergarten-berlin.de June - July 2014 17 Culture & Events Getting there Arrivals by plane and train usually end up at Hauptbahnhof station, central for the city but not really close to anything. S-Bahn trains from the top level link to the east and west of the city, while the fancy new two-stop U55 U-Bahn line takes sightseers straight to Brandenburger Tor. r rüc k rge Torstr arb bu istin e G r. Pre nzla u . cker umSt str.r. r. e tr. rS f- Torstr. U Schö nh au Rosenthaler Platz str. 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Checkpoint p i t s 0 an 500 1000r. m ndstr Zimmerstr. Pot S Charlie e . A nn rstr.r. hne Marlene-M kirc der e Ni Nie k Str Schief r ba u 18 Berlin In Your Pocket Naturkundemuseum Plat Platz atz vvor orr dem de str. Neeuuen Tor or Ha den i l nn a Inv ove 2 Eichhor DEUTSCH-AMERIKANISCHES VOLKSFEST Q25 July - 17 August. Festplatz Heidestraße 30, www.deutsch-amerikanisches-volksfest.de. Open Mon-Tue 14:00-22:00, Wed-Thu 14:00-23:00, Fri-Sat 14:00-23:30, Sun 12:00-23:00. Admission €2, under 12 free. There’s a free shuttle bus from the northern side of Hauptbahnhof station. er arz chw eg W . tstr ors If that’s not enough, the festival funfair has 100 stands and attractions, with a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, carousel and entertainment for small children. Every Wednesday is Family Day, with halfprice offers on many rides. E zer erit Döb Str. lly-Brandt-Str. The festival is centred around fun, food and sun; there’s a large sandy beach area with a cocktail bar, and stands selling American snacks such as hamburgers, hot dogs, American beer, drinks and Berlin-made Florida Eis ice cream. The stage has live music every day, featuring everything from rock ‘n roll and country to big band swing music and pop, and there’s a dance floor to try out those line-dance moves. Highlight this year is the native American band Clan Destine from Phoenix Arizona, with the Hoop-Dancing world champion Tony Duncan; they perform several times between 25 June and 2 August; check the website for the full programme. tonWashinrg st IRISH HARP Just one minute off Kurfürstendamm, the Irish Harp Pub is a haven for music and sports fans alike. Two bars, a cozy ambience, four large TVs and two big screens provide the setting for a great night out, or an afternoon full of excitement and entertainment while following international football, rugby and other sports, or playing a round of darts.QB-4, Giesebrechtstraße 15, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 22 32 87 35, [email protected], www.harp-pub.de. Open from 10:00. €-€€. EBW r. The Allied Museum has a special exhibition with historical photos of the American presence in Berlin, and the Volksfest over the decades. Since reunification, the old city centre district Mitte (meaning ‘middle’) has rightly snatched back the title of most-visited district from Charlottenburg. On and off the boulevard Unter den Linden are baroque and classical monuments to Prussian culture. The architecturally humbler but more neighbourhood-like Scheunenviertel area allows the casually chic to saunter from courtyard gallery to sidewalk café. Only traces are left of the Jewish community that lived here from the late 17th century, welcomed by the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm. Pots A great West-Berlin tradition may be coming to an end, as the 54th Deutsch-Amerikanisches Volksfest taking place over three weeks between 25 July and 17 August may be the last one. During the Cold War era, the annual festival was a particularly important way for the Americans to present their culture to ordinary Berliners; more recently it attracts up to half a million Berliners every year. Chr © Scantinbental W Pocket Walk Start off at Brandenburger Tor and the Reichstag before heading south past the Holocaust memorial and Potsdamer Platz to the Topographie des Terrors exhibition and the adjacent stretch of Berlin Wall. Follow Zimmerstraße for the Stasi Exhibition and Checkpoint Charlie. Walk north along Friedrichstraße and turn right at Mohrenstraße for Gendarmenmarkt square, before ambling to Unter den Linden via Bebelplatz. Walk east past the Neue Wache and Berliner Dom, turn left into Spandauer Straße, and pass through Hackescher Markt station. Visit the Hackesche Höfe complex before walking down Oranienburger Straße for the Neue Synagoge. You can catch the S-Bahn from here back to Brandenburger Tor. ustr. KILKENNY IRISH PUB Fun & football, a drink or two and a bite to eat go hand in hand. And if that’s what you’re after, the Kilkenny Irish Pub is where you find it. Watch all major sport events, Champions League, Premier League, Formula One etc. on large screens, together with locals and tourists from all over the world.QG-3, Am Zwirngraben 17-20, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 283 20 84, [email protected], www.kilkenny-pub.de. Open from 10:00. EGBW Between Mitte and Charlottenburg, the huge Tiergarten park began as the Great Elector’s hunting grounds in the 1600s. Traffic passes through it, doing a dosey-doe around the Siegessäule victory column. The Straße des 17. Juni leads east to the Brandenburger Tor; just south of it are the state museums of the Kulturforum and the Potsdamer Platz district with its soaring corporate buildings. GERMAN-AMERICAN VOLKSFEST nbijo WHERE TO WATCH SPORTS Mitte June - July 2014 19 Mitte Restaurants & Cafés GERMAN ALPENSTUECK Wiener Schnitzel with Schwabian potato salad, Maultaschen with Bavarian creme are just a few of the dishes available at Alpenstueck, a designer restaurant with a traditional twist. The chef prepares southern German and Austrian home cooking with fresh ingredients, changing the menu every three days. A feast for the eyes and the palate.QF-2, Gartenstraße 9, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof, tel. +49 30 21 75 16 46, www.alpenstueck.de. Open 18:00 - 01:00. €€. TUGBS JOSEPH ROTH DIELE A wonderfully cosy dark brown bar owned by the same people who run the Ave Maria religious shop, right next door to Joseph. It’s named after a prolific Jewish writer whose quotes decorate the walls and who lived nearby in the 1920s when this street was the beating heart of Berlin’s nightlife. A nicely-priced lunch and delicious Flammkuchen pies are served, and it’s a great place for a beer or wine after a show at the Wintergarten Varieté, opposite.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 75, Tiergarten, MU Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 26 36 98 84, www.joseph-roth-diele.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00. Closed Sat, Sun. €. TENGBSW MUTTER HOPPE Head down the winding staircase into this restaurant in the Nikolaiviertel district. You’ll find the space divided into cosy, low-ceilinged nooks with upholstered banquettes and historic photos and drawings on the painted walls. Heavy meat dishes are the meals to order here. The kitchen offers sides not served at other German restaurants, including green beans wrapped in bacon. Make reservations; or try their sister restaurant Julchen Hoppe, a few doors further towards the Spree.QG-3, Rathausstraße 21, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 241 56 25, www. prostmahlzeit.de/mutterhoppe. Open 11:30 - 24:00. €€. TEGB RESTAURATION 1840 Located in a vaulted space under the S-Bahn tracks, this traditional Berlin restaurant designed to recall the golden 1920s serves regionally sourced international cuisine, 1840 creations, including local favourites such as Sülze (cold knuckle), Buletten (meatballs) and Currywurst sausage. There are good seasonal wines, and the bar staff can shake up a great cocktail.QG-3, Am Zwirngraben 8-10, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 24 72 74 01, post@ berlin-1840.de, www.berlin-1840.de. Open 09:00 24:00. EGBW SCHWARZWALDSTUBEN Bambi meets Berlin chic at the trendy Black Forest themed Schwarzwaldstuben, which has a friendly atmosphere, bedraggled animal heads mounted on 20 Berlin In Your Pocket Mitte the walls and heavy mix-matched furniture. Regional treats include Maultaschen (ravioli-like pockets in broth) and Schnitzel.QF-3, Tucholskystraße 48, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Straße, tel. +49 30 28 09 80 84, www. schwarzwaldstuben-berlin.com. Open 09:00 - 24:00. €€. TUNBS ZILLE-STUBE The name is in homage to Berlin artist Heinrich Zille, whose illustrations line the walls above upholstered banquettes and wooden banisters. Dominating the menu are typical Berlin meat dishes like Boulette, Kohlroulade (beaf-stuffed cabbage leaves), Sauerbraten (marinated pot roast) and Rostbratwurst.QG-3, Spreeufer 3, Mitte, MU Klosterstraße, tel. +49 30 242 52 47, www.zillestubenikolaiviertel.de. Open 12:00 - 22:00. €€. E ASIAN KAMALA Respectable Thai cuisine is served in a colonial atmosphere, where heavy, dark wood tables are adorned with woven placements, orchids and tall candles. The Tom Yam Gai soup is crowded with chicken and piping hot, and the curries are rich and buttery.QF-3, Oranienburger Straße 69, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 283 27 97, www. kamala-thaifood.de. Open 12:00 - 23:30, Fri, Sat 12:00 24:00, Sun 11:00 - 23:30. €€. AB MONSIEUR VUONG Hanoi and Saigon have landed in a chic little red Vietnamese restaurant in Mitte. There are only five dishes and two daily specials, but they’re so delicious you’ll be ordering a second bowl of rice to soak up the leftover sauce. After your gói bo, try some jasmin or artichoke tea. You’ll have to fight the über-cool crowds for a table as Mr. Vuong doesn’t take reservations.QG-2, Alte Schönhauser Straße 46, Mitte, MU Weinmeisterstraße, tel. +49 30 99 29 69 24, www. monsieurvuong.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €. S FINE DINING AIGNER One of Berlin’s best places to eat, Aigner is truly international, as its name, concept and all the old furnishings originate from a famous Viennese café that closed in the 1980s. Master chef Herbert Beltle and his team serve awardwinning dishes with ingredients sourced fresh from the market.QF-3, Französische Straße 25, Mitte, MU Französiche Straße, tel. +49 30 203 75 18 50, www. aigner-gendarmenmarkt.de. Open 12:00 - 02:00. €€€. TUGBSW BORCHARDT Borchardt didn’t have to invest much to make a good first impression - the mere height of the ceiling and the building’s original tile floors whisper class and luxury. The money and creative energy goes into the kitchen, which comes up with a different menu each day to keep its berlin.inyourpocket.com TRAUBE BERLIN Reinhardtstr. 33 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 27 87 93 93 Fax: +49 (0)30 27 87 93 95 www.traube-berlin.de [email protected] GOURMET Paris-Moskau regular clientele surprised. Leave the pork to the Germans, the beef dishes here are delectable.QF-3, Französische Straße 47, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 81 88 62 62, www.borchardt-restaurant.de. Open from 11:00. €€€. GB FACIL At the Mandala Hotel’s Michelin-starred gourmet restaurant, chef de cuisine Michael Kempf creates elegantly light fare using only fresh, local products direct from the market. The menu changes daily and has an emphasis on tasty vegetables and exotic herbs. Facil’s design is a post-modern, glass-box Asian pavilion with a large central skylight that retracts.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 3, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 590 05 12 34, www.facil.de. Open . Closed Sat, Sun Open 12:00 - 15:00, 19:00 - 23:00. Closed Sat, Sun. €€€€. UGBW h FISCHERS FRITZ The restaurant’s name comes from a tongue-twister and the light, fish-focused menu is for a very refined palate. Chef Christian Lohse has won several of the Michelin stars that appear none too oft in Germany. The German chef first trained in Dijon and has since pleased gourmands such as those at The Dorchester in London and the Sultan of Brunei (as a private chef ). The dining room has light woods, deep carpets and a fireplace.QF-3, Charlottenstraße 49, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 20 33 63 63, www. fischersfritzberlin.com. Open 12:00-14:00; 18:30-23:00. €€€€. PAG hh PARIS-MOSKAU Many train passengers rolling into Hauptbahnhof station on the line between Paris and Moscow - have wondered about this unusual half-timber house, stubbornly positioned between new government offices and hotels. Inside, a wonderful gourmet restaurant has been serving up up al la carte and set menu meals for 30 years now. Expect dishes such as a rack of lamb in Dijon herb crust, tuna steak and roast duck breast. On weekdays, there’s a lunch menu as well.QE-3, Alt-Moabit 141, Tiergarten, MS/U Hauptbahnhof, tel. +49 30 394 20 81, www. paris-moskau.de. Open 12:00 - 15:00; 18:00-24:00, Sat, Sun 18:00 - 24:00. €€€. A facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Öffnungszeiten/Open from Mo.-Fr. 12:00-15:00 Uhr Mo.-Sa. 18:00-23:00 Uhr CONNECTION www.paris-moskau.de [email protected] PARIS-MOSKAU Alt-Moabit 141 10557 Berlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 394 20 81 Fax: +49 (0)30 394 26 02 Öffnungszeiten/Open from Mo.-Fr. 12:00-15:00 Uhr Mo.-So. ab 18:00 Uhr INDIAN AAPKA Located on a pretty street corner near Zionskirchplatz, Aapka offers healthy vegetarian, curry and grill dishes. You can drop by for the lunch menu and on Sunday join the young Prenzl’ Berg crowd for a relaxed brunch - or drop by later for cocktails.QG-2, Kastanienallee 50, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 44 01 04 94, www.aapka. de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 11:00 - 01:00. €€. B INTERNATIONAL NOLA’S AM WEINBERG This hip restaurant overlooks a sloping park. The predominantly Swiss menu lends itself to the terrace, which is perfect for pretending to be in the mountain air of St. Moritz. Breakfast is served until 16:00 and you can order meals until midnight.QG-2, Veteranenstraße 9, Mitte, MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 44 04 07 66, www. nola.de. Open 10:00 - 01:00. €€. TUGBS REINHARD’S Reinhard’s friendly staff can whisk a coffee to your table in no time, or if you’re here for the food, one of the light meals. The large restaurant is situated in the Nikolaiviertel, and is well-positioned for a break during a city walk.QG-3, Poststraße 28, Mitte, MU Klosterstraße, tel. +49 30 242 52 95, www.reinhards.de. Open 09:00 - 24:00. €€-€€€. TGBS June - July 2014 21 Mitte Mitte Nightlife FOOD WITH A VIEW CAFÉS KÄFER DACHGARTEN When time is money, you may as well spend it on a good meal while visiting the Reichstag dome. Make a reservation to be whisked up to your meal and a 180-degree view of eastern Berlin. German specialities are highlighted and a regional name appears in most main course listings. Last orders are taken at 21:30. Bring ID to get into the buidling.QF-3, Platz der Republik 1,Tiergarten, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 22 62 99 33, www.feinkost-kaefer.de. Open 09:00 - 10:15, 12:00-16:30, 18:30-24:00. €€€. AB BARCOMI’S DELI Barcomi’s is well known for its house-roasted coffee and luscious American hand-made baked goods. In the cake window there are several kinds of cheese cake, lemon meringue cake, devil’s food cake, pecan pie and other heavenly creations. Bagels can be eaten with Philly cream cheese spreads, and at this Mitte outlet there are also salads, sandwiches and soups. The Kreuzberg Kaffeerösterei outlet (Bergmannstraße 21) has fresh coffee. QF-5, Sophienstraße 21, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 28 59 83 63, [email protected], www. barcomis.de. Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 10:00 - 21:00. €. TGBS PANORAMA CAFÉ The 1930s-style café at the top of the popular Potsdamer Platz viewing point has large windows and an open terrace with great views over Berlin, and serves coffee, cakes and other snacks. QE-4, Potsdamer Platz 1, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 25 93 70 80, www. panoramapunkt.de. Open 11:00-19:00, Nov-Mar 11:00-17:00. Tower admission €6,50/5, family ticket €15,50. SPHERE The TV tower’s rotating restaurant at 207 metres gives you a spin around the city in 30 minutes. Soups, salads and light meals accompany your city tour, with attractive daily specials often the best choice. Do make reservations, or wait for a table while circling the observation level.QG-3, Panoramastraße 1a, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 247 57 58 75, www.tv-turm.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00. €€€. E TRAUBE In an elegant building with an interior by Hans Kolhoff, ‘The Grape’ serves gourmet cuisine together with an excellent range of wines. Dishes are often Alpine-inspired: crossover food from southern Germany, Alsace, Switzerland and Austria. Guests can choose from a la carte dishes or compose their own menus, with or without wines. The two-course set lunch menu is great value.QF-2, Reinhardtstraße 33, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 27 87 93 93, www.traube-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 15:00, 18:00-23:45, Sat 18:00 - 23:45. Closed Sun. €€€. TGB More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com 22 Berlin In Your Pocket DIGITAL EATERY Just a click away from Brandenburg Gate, inside the historical 1902 Carlton Hotel building, Microsoft’s very first café showroom worldwide is a relaxing, untouristy spot to recharge. Browse the small but excellent selection of pasta or meat dishes prepared fresh at the counter (€8,90 including drink), or the soup, paninis and cakes. Recharge your electronic devices with the cables provided, or use the free wifi. Best of all are the digital toys that allow you to go online, try out Microsoft products or play Xbox games. There’s no sales, but the staff is happy to demonstrate hardware and software.QF-3, Unter den Linden 17, Mitte, tel. +49 30 39 09 70, www.microsoft-berlin.de. Open 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00. W SANKT OBERHOLZ A large two-floor café overlooking the busy street crossing. Something of a public workspace for IT entrepreneurs from the surrounding Silicon Allee internet startups, it’s the ideal place to crack open a Mac and get some work done using the free wifi and electricity plugs. Or just come for the coffee, bagels, muffins and New York cheesecake.QG-2, Rosenthaler Straße 72a, Mitte, MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 24 08 55 86, www.sanktoberholz.de. Open 08:00 24:00, Fri 08:00 - 03:00, Sat 09:00 - 03:00, Sun 09:00 - 24:00. GW SOPHIENECK A favourite of locals and tourists alike, Sophieneck is one of the most charming cafés in Mitte. Located near Hackescher Markt since the revamp of the district in 1984, it has resisted trendification, staying true to its warm mishmash decor of art nouveau and poster art. The menu offers delicious Central European fare, accompanied by an international wine list. QG-2/3, Große Hamburger Straße 37, Mitte, MU Weinmeisterstraße, tel. +49 30 283 40 65, www. sophieneck-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 02:00. berlin.inyourpocket.com BARS AUFSTURZ The great 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt lived in this building, but nowadays the only expeditions done here are through the long drinks menu, listing dozens of excellent Belgian, German and other beers. Have a Kwak beer to really kick off your night. Prices are reasonable and the place looks good, with changing modern art exhibitions on the walls. Our favourite Oranienburger Straße haunt.QF-3, Oranienburger Straße 67, Mitte, MS Oranienburger Straße, tel. +49 30 28 04 74 07, [email protected], www.aufsturz.de. Open from 12:00. EB ESCHSCHLORAQUE RÜMSCHRÜMP An island of insanity in a sea of overpriced Hackescher Markt pomp: this veritable den of delights and monsters can be found hidden at the dark end of a graffitied courtyard. There are disturbing metal beasts sticking from the crumbling walls, affordable beers and cocktails, a stage, plenty of smoke, and a wonderful set of characters intent on having a good night out. In summer, the outdoor cinema in the back yard shows foreign films in original version.QG-3, Rosenthaler Straße 39, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, [email protected], www. eschschloraque.de. Open 14:00 - open end Open from 14:00. ENBW MEIN HAUS AM SEE It’s all about seeing and being seen at some Mitte bars; the ‘My Lake House’ makes it very easy with its large slope of seating steps overlooking a landscape of granny furniture lit up by discoball sparkles and all draped with nattering locals and backpackers from adjacent hostels. Open 24/7, it’s a cafe, bar and restaurant all at the same time. On the menu are drinks, exotic coffee varieties and chilli hot choc, as well as great breakfasts (till 18:00), tasty burgers, pasta dishes and snacks. At night, DJs spin music.QG- BACK TO SCHOOL The Die Schule restaurant in the Prenzlauer Berg district is not just a place for trying German cuisine. It’s the watering hole for adult students from all around the world who are learning German at the GLS language school, in the same complex. They’re greatly helped by the location of the school in a vibrant neighbourhood with plenty of bars, restaurants and quirky boutiques. DIE SCHULEQKastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg, tel. +49 30 780 08 95 50, www.gls-restaurant.de. GLS LANGUAGE SCHOOLQtel. +49 30 78 00 89 27, www.gls-berlin.de. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket BERLIN IN BOOKS GDR PHOTOGRAPHY It’s increasingly hard to imagine life in the GDR; the country that formally ceased to exist in 1990, as since then its society, landscapes and city streets have often changed beyond recognition. Photography books like Harald Hauswald’s “Ferner Osten – Die letzten Jahre der DDR” (‘Far East – the last years of the GDR’) help us get an idea of what it looked like. Hauswald takes us from Berlin to neglected towns and small villages across the GDR of 1986-1990, showing beautifully composed images of children, workers, Communist parades, streets in Prenzlauer Berg, the Ostsee coast, as well as images from Berlin’s alternative art and punk scene – and just a glimpse of the Berlin Wall. What makes this book special is the use of colour photography, made possible by Hausmann’s semi-legal work for West German magazines, adding to the realism of the photos when most GDR photography is monochrome. Captions are in German. ‘Ferner Osten – Die letzten Jahre der DDR’ (Lehmstedt 2013, ISBN 9783942473507) by Harald Hauswald is for sale for around €30 at Dussmann, and can be ordered at any other bookshop. 2, Brunnenstraße 197, Mitte, MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 27 59 08 73, [email protected], www.mein-haus-am-see.blogspot.de. Open 24 hours Open 24/7. €. TUENGBSW REINGOLD A lounge glowing in amber tones recalls the thirties with an oversize drawing of Thomas Mann’s forlorn offspring, Klaus and Erika, and leather and velvet seating. Though it often has a DJ, no one dances here. It’s a setting for making stationary moves on your date, or your tapas.QF2, Novalisstraße 11, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 28 38 76 76, [email protected], www.reingold.de. Open 19:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 19:00 - 04:00. Closed Mon, Sun Open from 19:00. Closed Mon, Sun. UB CLUBS KAFFEE BURGER The patterned wallpaper and wood panelling has withstood decades of the alternative scene’s smoke and its stuck-inthe-Socialist-Sixties-look is perfect for DJ/author Vladimir Kaminer’s wild and sweaty Russendisko nights. Happenings like poetry slams and jams start evenings that end with DJs spinning anything from Balkan and surf rock to samba. QG-2, Torstraße 60, Mitte, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30 28 04 64 95, www.kaffeeburger.de. Open from 21:00. E June - July 2014 23 Mitte CASINO SPIELBANK BERLIN The casino at Potsdamer Platz has French roulette, American roulette, baccarat, poker, blackjack, Sic Bo, bingo roulette and slot machines. Upstairs, the restaurant and Baccara Bar serves drinks and food from the a la carte menu. Newcomers to the game can book a tour including game instructions.QE-4, MarleneDietrich-Platz 1, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 25 59 90, www.spielbank-berlin.de. Open 11:00 - 05:00. Admission €2,50. Minimum age is 18, ID required; dress code is smart casual. WEEK-END CLUB A club, bar, gallery and lounge set on the 12th floor of the beautifully hideous Haus des Reisens (the GDR state travel agency specialising in saying ‘no’) on the corner of OttoBraun-Straße.QG-3, Alexanderplatz 5, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, www.week-end-berlin.de. Open ThuSat 23:00-04:00. DANCING CLÄRCHENS BALLHAUS Dating back to 1913 and exactly 100 years old this autumn, the legendary Clärchens Ballhaus is a proudly old-fashioned kind of place. Originally catering to ordinary working-class Berliners, Clärchens is the last proper dance hall in Berlin, and welcomes people from across the world. Cross the front terrace (the house originally here was bombed) and enter the hall that hasn’t changed much since it opened. On the menu there’s excellent pizza and German comfort food. After dinner, there’s dancing: salsa on Monday, tango on Tuesday, swing on Wednesday, chacha and waltz on Thursday and Sunday afternoon, and a raucous live band on Friday and Saturday. Recommended.QF/G-2, Auguststraße 24, Mitte, MS Oranienburger Straße, tel. +49 30 282 92 95, www.ballhaus.de. Open 11:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 11:00 - 04:00. Admission free, Fri/Sat from 20:00 €5. B Mitte Sightseeing LANDMARKS BRANDENBURGER TOR Berlin’s landmark monument, built by Carl Langhans in 1792, is the last remaining of 14 city gates. Nike, the goddess of victory, drives the four-horsepower chariot atop the gate. German armies used to begin their parades here, the fascists spoiled the gate by staging their torchlit marches through it, the war badly damaged it, and then the Wall essentially bricked the patched-up gate in for decades. Berliners celebrated the Wall’s fall in 1989 by standing on it in front of the gate, and after renovations the gate is the proud focus point of the renewed square again.QF-3, Pariser Platz, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor. GENDARMENMARKT Twin cathedrals-turned-museums (dating to the early 1700s), the Konzerthaus (from 1818, by Carl Langhans) and a row of luxury hotels make up this classic square. The name stems from the mid-1700s when military regiments were stationed here.QF-3, Markgrafenstraße, Mitte, MU Französische Straße. NEUE SYNAGOGE The gilded cupola of the New Synagogue is one of the most eye-catching sights in Mitte. Exhibits strikingly balance the restoration of the Alhambra-inspired synagogue from 1866, with preserved evidence of its destruction, first on Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, and then through Allied bombs. Documents and photographs remember the thriving Jewish community of the neighbourhood, many of whom worshipped here in what was the largest synagogue in Germany. A subtle but effective sound installation adds to the experience.QF-3, Oranienburger Straße 28-30, Mitte, MS Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 88 02 83 00, www.centrumjudaicum.de. Open Sun, Mon 10:0020:00, Tues-Thur 10:00-18:00, Fri 10:00-17:00; Mar & Oct until 14:00 on Fri; Nov-Feb also Sun-Thu until 18:00. Sat closed. Admission €3,50/3. NIKOLAIVIERTEL Berlin’s tiny medieval heart is the Nikolai Quarter, whose only truly medieval-looking building today is the Nikolaikirche. The church dates to 1230 and was rebuilt along with the entire quarter in the 1980s to mark Berlin’s 750th birthday in the area in which the fishermen’s settlement first began. No one was trying to outdo Walt Disney here, and many of the buildings have the simple, concrete facades that the GDR government could afford. The small shops in the area mostly deal in toys and souvenirs and tourists gladly fill the sunny tables at the restaurants that face the river. On Rathausstraße, there’s a row of restaurants that flaunt old-fashioned Berlin cuisine and atmosphere. Other rebuilt historic buildings in the area date to the 1700s, such as the Ephraim-Palais and Knoblauchhaus. Both have changing exhibits related to Berlin.QG-3, Nikolaikirchplatz, Mitte, MU Klosterstraße, www.stadtmuseum.de. POTSDAMER PLATZ Once a busy intersection at the modern heart of a thriving metropolis, Potsdamer Platz was heavily damaged in the war, and suffered again when most remaining buildings were demolished to make way for the Wall’s death strip. Hotel and office skyscrapers now add a cosmopolitan edge to the city, while to the east Leipziger Platz is almost rebuilt. The most popular public space and architectural attraction is the Sony Center, with its huge atrium and tent-like roof, best viewed at night for its impressive lighting. The neighbouring DaimlerChrysler complex holds architecture by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, and the Arkaden shopping mall.QE/F-4, MS/U Potsdamer Platz. REICHSTAG The name together with its monumental size make most people associate Germany’s neoclassical parliamentary building with the Nazis, but they have little history here. After hosting parliamentary sessions since 1894, it was set on fire just one month after Hitler was appointed chancellor in January 1933. It was a conference centre in the years during which it abutted the Wall, while later artist Christo famously wrapped it in cloth. It was used as parliament again after a reunited German government returned to Berlin in 1999. Renovated by Sir Norman Foster, this building is perhaps the most public federal building in the world through its glass dome. On the rooftop, photographs documenting the building’s history circle the rim above the parliament PUBS KILKENNY IRISH PUB The three large rooms within the Hackescher Markt S-Bahn station offer more than enough space for natives and tourists to eat homemade food, meet and mingle, party and follow live sports events. Large TVs and screens make sure that you won’t miss a single goal. Irish and German beer, whiskey and other cold beverages flow freely.QG-3, Am Zwirngraben 17-20, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 283 20 84, mail@ kilkenny-pub.de, www.kilkenny-pub.de. Open from 10:00. EGBW Kilkenny Irish Pub 24 Berlin In Your Pocket Soda Club berlin.inyourpocket.com facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Soda Club House - R´n´B - Soul Danceclassics - electro KulturBrauerei chamber. Two ramps spiral up the side of the dome, an engineering feat even more fascinating than the panoramic view from the top. It’s best to book an entry time to the dome or for the 90-minute guided tour of the building in advance online; otherwise queue up for remaining places at the visitor centre just across the road. Photo ID is required.QF-3, Platz der Republik 1, Tiergarten, MU Bundestag, www.bundestag.de/ htdocs_e/visits. Open 08:00 - 23:00 Prebooked rooftop access every 15 minutes. Guided tours at 09:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:30, 17:00, 18:30, 20:00. Admission free. CHURCHES BERLINER DOM The fourth incarnation of this Protestant church dating from 1905 might not look as massive if the Stadtschloss were still standing across Unter den Linden (the GDR regime demolished the castle in 1951). The royal Hohenzollern dynasty worshipped and was buried here. The climb up to the dome’s rim is forgiving, with broad staircases, side exhibit rooms and good views.QG-3, Am Lustgarten, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 20 26 91 36, www.berlinerdom.de. Open 09:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 20:00 Oct-March open until 19:00. Admission €7/4. www.inyourpocket.com June - July 2014 25 Mitte Mitte DEUTSCHER DOM The baroque ‘German Church’ from 1701 was completed with an impressive domed tower in 1785; badly damaged by fire in the war it was only renovated in the 1980s. Owned by the state, the bare interior now houses an exhibition about the development of parliamentarian democracy in Germany - and how it came to fail so tragically in the last century. Be sure to see the views from the windows and the impressive building models on the top floor. Free tours in English are possible throughout the day; no booking is required for individual visitors.QF-3, Gendarmenmarkt 1, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 22 73 04 31, www. bundestag.de/kulturundgeschichte/ausstellungen/ wege. Open 10:00 - 19:00. Closed Mon. Admission free. FRANZÖSISCHER DOM The northernmost domed tower in the Gendermenmarkt’s grand architectural triptych dates back to 1785, and similarly to its counterpart was badly damaged in the war. It now has regular concerts in the simple baroque Friedrichstadtkirche church to the rear. Enter from the other side for the Huguenot museum (in German and French only), dedicated to the thousands of French protestants who moved to Berlin in the 17th century. Yet another entrance leads to the viewing balcony at 40 metres above street level, with great views all around.QF-3, Gendarmenmarkt 5, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 20 64 99 22, www.franzoesischer-dom.de. Open 12:00-17:00, viewing balcony 10:00-19:00, closed Mon. Admission €2/1, viewing balcony €2.50/1. MEMORIALS FÜHRERBUNKER No educational historic plaques mark the site where Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. For the last month of his life, Hitler lived roughly eight meters below ground in an air-raid shelter topped by a four-metre-thick, reinforced concrete ceiling. The unremarkable spot can be reached by walking to the end of In den Ministergärten, off Ebertstraße. A parking area surrounded by a pre-fabricated apartment complex covers the location, which was entirely sealed off during the complex’s construction in 1988-89. The bunker was once accessed through the Festsaal (ballroom) behind the Reichskanzler-Palais on Wilhelmstraße.QF-3, In den Ministergärten, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz. MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF EUROPE This bluntly named memorial avoids any vagueness surrounding the term Holocaust. Six million Jews are estimated to have been killed by the Nazis and this site serves as Germany’s national memorial to those victims. The design by American architect Peter Eisenmann is a field of 2,700 concrete stelae, or pillars, of varying height, creating an undulating landscape that fills two city blocks. The memorial has an undergound information centre which is not suitable for children.QF-3, Cora-BerlinerStraße 1, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 26 39 43 36, [email protected], www. stiftung-denkmal.de. Information centre open 10:0020:00, Oct-Mar 10:00-19:00. Closed Mon. Admission free. MUSEUMS BLACK BOX COLD WAR The exhibition at Checkpoint Charlie discusses the state of the world during the Cold War, explaining the global links between the Berlin Wall, the Korean War and the Cuban missile crisis. Along the street a free gallery of photos and texts highlights the main events that took place here.QF4, Friedrichstraße 47, Mitte, tel. +49 30 216 35 71, info@ bfgg.de, www.bfgg.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €5/3,50. DEUTSCHES CURRYWURST MUSEUM According to the myth, currywurst is Berlin’s very own fast-food creation. A spicy sausage snack that first became popular in the late 1940s, these days currywurst can be found at train stations and street corners across the city. This quirky museum explains the colourful history of this culinary creation. There’s a shop with sausage accessories and you can taste currywurst too.QF-4, Schützenstraße 70, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 88 71 86 47, www. currywurstmuseum.com. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Admission €11/8,50, Mon 20% less. DAIMLER CONTEMPORARY BERLIN Inside the Haus Huth, the last remaining pre-war building on Potsdamer Platz, selected works from the Daimler company’s art collection is presented in four EXHIBITION BLACKBOX COLD WAR Checkpoint Charlie Friedrichstraße 47 / corner Zimmerstraße | 10117 Berlin-Mitte Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors’ service [email protected] More information www.zentrum-kalter-krieg.de HERE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY COMES ALIVE 26 Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com Schützenstr. 70 | Berlin-Mitte (Nähe Checkpoint Charlie) www.currywurstmuseum.com Anfahrt | Directions U6 (Kochstr. | Checkpoint Charlie) U6 / U2 (Stadtmitte) EINE AUSSTELLUNG ZUM ANFASSEN. (AUS)PROBIEREN. MITMACHEN. TOUCHING. TESTING. TAKE PART. well-curated exhibitions per year. The collection has mainly abstract artworks from the 20th century until now, and a few of the larger sculptures are on permanent display in the streets around the museum.QE-4, Alte Potsdamer Straße 5, Tiergarten, tel. +49 30 25 94 14 20, www.sammlung.daimler.com. Open 11:00 - 18:00. Admission free. for the border defences. Walk on towards Mauerpark for several more open-air exhibitions.QF-2, Bernauer Straße 111 & 119, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof, tel. +49 30 467 98 66 66, infoberliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de, www. berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de. Open 09:30-19:00, Nov-Mar 09:30-18:00. Mon closed (outdoor exhibition open 24hrs). Admission free. DALÍ - THE EXHIBITION AT POTSDAMER PLATZ The Spanish master of surreal, Salvador Dalí, left a rich heritage of amazing artworks when he went to moltenwatch land himself. Over 450 exhibits can be viewed at this permanent exhibition near Postdamer Platz. See true genius and craftsmanship in the many paintings, sketches, books, films, objects, and documents that are on show here. English-language tours can be booked in advance. QF-4, Leipziger Platz 7, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 700 32 54 23 75 46, www.daliberlin.de. Open 12:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 20:00. Admission €11/9, tours €6. GEMÄLDEGALERIE Berlin’s largest art museum has 72 rooms full of works spanning the 13th to 18th centuries. German masters include Dürer, Cranach the Elder, and Holbein; the Italians are represented by Botticelli, Titian, Raphael. The Dutch rooms are especially good with a Vermeer and the world’s largest Rembrandt collection.QE-4, Matthäikirchplatz 8, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, [email protected], www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon. Admission €8/€4. DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM The former imperial arsenal - a pretty, pink, early 18th century building by the Spree - houses the impressive German History Museum. The 7000 objects in the main building give excellent insight into what makes Germany tick, and there are regularly changing exhibitions in the dazzling extension by architect I.M. Pei. You can rent an audio tour set for €3 or join the English-language highlights tour on Saturdays at 13:00.QF-3, Unter den Linden 2, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 20 30 40, www. dhm.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €8/4. Under 18 free. GEDENKSTÄTTE BERLINER MAUER (BERLIN WALL MEMORIAL) The excellent national memorial site for the divided Germany has a documentation centre covering the Berlin Wall’s history in text, slides and dramatic film footage. An unscathed section of Wall runs along the street; walk behind it to peer through a crack in the Hintermauer rear wall to see a preserved section of death strip as it looked in the 1980s, complete with a patrol road, wires and a watchtower. Nearby, the wooden Chapel of Reconciliation is built on the spot of a church demolished to make way facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket MICROSOFT CENTER The very first publicly accessible Microsoft Center in the world was opened on Berlin’s Unter den Linden boulevard last year. The historical 1902 Carlton Hotel building with its great architectural details (try to spot the cats and mice around the side door!) is now the most plugged-in building in the street. The Digital Eatery café on the ground floor (see the review elsewhere in this guide) has more than just good food and drinks – visitors can use the free wifi, recharge their devices and try out a range of Microsoft products, both hardware and software, with staff at hand to answer questions. The atrium behind the café is used for meetings, performances and parties, while upstairs corporate clients are wowed in the meeting room with 360° video walls. Microsoft also has offices and a ‘Microsoft Ventures Accelerator’ for startups in the building. MICROSOFT CENTER BERLIN QUnter den Linden 17, Mitte, tel. +49 30 39 09 70, www.microsoft-berlin.de. Café open 09:00 - 19:00, Thu 12:00 - 18:00, Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00. June - July 2014 27 Mitte The cluster of majestic nineteenth century neoclassic buildings on the tip of the island in the Spree offers the avid or the temperate museum-goer a number of impressive collections of art, history and ethnology, covering many facets of ancient and oriental culture, as well as their cross-overs into modernity. ALTE NATIONALGALERIE Cézanne, Rodin, Monet, Degas and Liebermann are some of the artists whose works hang around this museum of 19th-century art. The temple-like structure itself was built in 1876, and is surrounded by a beautifully battered colonnade.QG-3, Bodestraße 1-3, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon. Admission €10/5. ALTES MUSEUM This neoclassic building by Prussia’s star architect Schinkel was custom-made in 1830 for the art collection of the royal Hohenzollerns. Classical antiquities were the focus, and today the museum uses pottery and sculptures to take you on a well-presented tour through ancient Etruscan, Greek and Roman history.QG-3, Am Lustgarten, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon. Admission €10/5. NEUES MUSEUM Built in 1855, damaged in the war and only restored in 2009, the ‘New Museum’ is new again and is full of ancient art. The excellent Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection are housed here, with spectacular finds such as the famous busts of Queen Nefertiti and King Echnaton. The Pre- and Early History collection has finds from ancient Troy and Lycopolis to medieval Germany. One room exhibits eleven rediscovered statues that were considered to be ‘degenerate art’ by the Nazis. QG-3, Bodestraße 1-3, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Admission €12/6. PERGAMON MUSEUM The Pergamon has the best of Berlin’s classical antiquities: the Greek Pergamon Altar, the market gate of Miletus and the blue-tiled Ishtar Gate and processional way from Babylon. The Pergamon Altar’s enormous frieze depicts the battle between the gods and the giants, with gals like Athena, Aphrodite and Artemis wiping out their opponents like robed Charlie’s Angels. NearEast antiquities, with an emphasis on Assyria and Iran, and Islamic art round out the museum’s treasure chest. The audioguide has an instructive 30-minute highlights tour.QG-3, Am Kupfergraben, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Admission €12/6. 28 Berlin In Your Pocket HAMBURGER BAHNHOF Berlin’s wonderful modern art museum is situated in a converted train station. It’s well worth a visit by those curious about the expressiveness of a sculpture made of animal fat (Joseph Beuys) or urban dwellers fixated by bars of neon lighting (Dan Flavin). Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp are the other familiar stars of this post-1960s collection.QE-2, Invalidenstraße 50-51, Mitte, MS/U Hauptbahnhof, tel. +49 30 39 78 34 11, [email protected], www. hamburgerbahnhof.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 11:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €10/5. MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHEN (FILM AND TV MUSEUM) Hooray for Hollywood, but remember that some of the personalities that gave it glamour and style came from Germany. Actors Marlene Dietrich and Peter Lorre, directors Billy Wilder and Josef von Sternberg came out of a country with a strong film-making tradition. Photo stills, footage, set designs and costumes provide glimpses of the familiar, and exhibits on Leni Riefenstahl’s shooting of Olympia (1936) and Nazi entertainment cq propaganda films will impress ‘seen-that’ film buffs. The museum ends with special effects and science fiction.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 2 (Sony Center), Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 300 90 30, www.deutschekinemathek.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon Admission €6/4,5. MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE (NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM) All the wonders of nature under one roof; a grand collection illustrating the evolution of life as well as the diversity and beauty of nature. The largest mounted dinosaur in the world towers over visitors in the main hall, and elsewhere there’s the aardvarks, the early 20th-century dioramas, meteorites, the most famous fossil of Earth history (the ancient bird Archaeopteryx lithographica), giant shells and the gorilla Bobby from the primates hall.QF-2, Invalidenstraße 43, Mitte, MU Naturkundemuseum, tel. +49 30 20 93 85 91, info@ mfn-berlin.de, www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de. Open 09:30 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €6/3,50. NEUE NATIONALGALERIE You’d think that the art world had gone to minimalist extremes when passing Mies van der Rohe’s empty glass box of a museum; the 20th century treasures are all underground. The marvellous collection includes Otto Dix, George Grosz, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Picasso and Leger and many more modern artists.QE4, Potsdamer Straße 50, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 22:00, Sat, Sun 11:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €8/4. Temporary exhibitions extra. berlin.inyourpocket.com Shopping DEPARTMENT STORES ALEXA CENTRE A mall at the eastern end of Alexanderplatz square, with five floors and 180 shops, restaurants and cafés. There’s a massive kids’ area with a cinema and the LOXX model train exhibition.QG-3, Grunerstraße 20 (Alexanderplatz), Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 269 34 00, www.alexacentre.com. Open Mon-Sat 10:00-21:00, lower level from 08:00. Food court also open Sun 11:0019:00. LOXX open daily 10:00-19:00. GALERIES LAFAYETTE The 1990s rebirth of Friedrichstraße wouldn’t have been possible without this posh French department store. Architect Jean Nouvel’s building has a fabulous gaping glass funnel in the centre.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 76-78, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 20 94 80, www. lafayette-berlin.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun. International museum MARKETS KUNST UND NOSTALGIEMARKT Lining the way to the Pergamon Museum are canal-side stalls carrying crafts and souvenirs including red-and-green Ampelmännchen products.QF-3, Am Kupfergraben, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße. Open Sat, Sun 10:00 16:00 Open Sat, Sun 11:00 - 17:00. open daily: mon - sat 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. sun + holidays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. (24th December closed) Potsdamer Platz Hotels entrance: Leipziger Platz 7 OVER €200 ADLON KEMPINSKI The reconstructed, historic Adlon hotel has views of the Brandenburger Tor and Under den Linden, unfussy 1920s-style rooms with cherry wood, black marble and rich fabrics, and the staff provides impeccable service. Often voted the best hotel in Germany and even Europe, this is in fact the only place to sleep in Berlin. QF-2, Unter den Linden 77, Mitte, MU Unter den Linden, tel. +49 30 226 10, [email protected], www.hotel-adlon.de. 375 rooms (304 singles €240 379, 304 doubles €216 - 478, 78 suites €531 - 7100). PHAUFLGKDCwW hhhhh HILTON Maybe it’s the excellent breakfast and not the privileged view on Gendarmenmarkt that keeps guests coming back. The formal rooms are supplemented by good restaurants and exotic spa treatments.QF-2, Mohrenstraße 30, Mitte, MU Stadtmitte, tel. +49 30 202 30, info.berlin@hilton. com, www.hilton.com. 591 rooms (singles €145 - 345, doubles €145 - 345, suites €220 - 1145). Breakfast extra. PHARUFLEGKDC hhhhh facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Hômmage á S. Dalí by DaVial MUSEUMSINSEL Mitte Infos: 0700 - 325 423 75** (0700DaliBerlin) Tickets: www.DaliBerlin.de (**0,14 € /Min. from a landline, mobile communications vary, max 0,42 € /Min.)|*only in combination with the entrance fee. Cannot be combinded with other offers. Valid until September, 30th 2014. With over 450 exhibits from private collections this permanent exhibition provides general insight into Dalí’s virtuous mastery in almost all art techniques, in Berlin’s lively city centre. www.DaliBerlin.de June - July 2014 29 Mitte Mitte PANORAMAPUNKT 360° PANORAMIC VIEW EXHIBITION CAFÉ © Landesarchiv Berlin WITH THE FASTEST ELEVATOR IN EUROPE TO THE BEST VIEWS OF BERLIN ition Exhib Views lin of Ber O Opening i h hours:: Platform: 10:00-20:00 Café: 11:00-19:00 Shorter opening hours during winter Potsdamer Platz 1 30 Berlin In Your Pocket www.panoramapunkt.de PANORAMAPUNKT It takes just 20 seconds on Europe’s fastest elevator to get shot up to Berlin’s best viewpoint, on the 24th and 25th floor of this red brick skyscraper. Architect Hans Kollhoff ’s magnificent 1930s-inspired building refers to New York’s skyscraping glory days but also resembles the Berlin bear, complete with a golden crown. On the top floors there’s a short film and an exhibition about the amazing history of Potsdamer Platz square, which went from a world-class entertainment district to a Walldivided wasteland and back again within a generation. The café and rooftop terrace offer great close-up views of Berlin’s highlights: Brandenburger Tor, the Holocaust memorial, Unter den Linden, the former Wall zone and Tiergarten park.QE-4, Potsdamer Platz 1, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 25 93 70 80, www. panoramapunkt.de. Open 10:00-20:00, Nov-Mar 10:00-18:00. Admission €6,50/5, family ticket €15,50. HOTEL DE ROME Overlooking Bebelplatz, this top-class hotel occupies a magnificent former bank building from 1889. Wooden panelling, marble and even shrapnel damage pervade the high-ceilinged lobby and rooms, and the bank’s vault is now a 20-metre pool.QF-3, Behrenstraße 37, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 460 60 90, info. [email protected], www.hotelderome. com. 146 rooms (103 singles €395 - 495, 103 doubles €395 - 495, 43 suites €595 - 4100). RITZ-CARLTON A gilt-edged hotel with superlative services, gourmet dining and fake marble Corinthian columns lining a sweeping staircase in the lobby. The classic dark wooden bar opens with a ceremony every evening at 18:00 and serves over 400 fine fruit brandies.QE/F-4, Potsdamer Platz 3, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 33 77 77, [email protected], www. ritzcarlton.com. 302 rooms (singles €250 - 360, doubles €280 - 440, 40 suites €330 - 5000). Breakfast extra. PTHARUFLGKDC hhhhh WESTIN GRAND Enviably well-located and used in GDR times for Party bigwigs, the Westin is classically furnished, with a copy of the Adlon’s marble staircase situated in the lobby, a round pool, an upmarket restaurant and suites with butler service.QF-3, Friedrichstraße 158-164, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 202 70, info@westin-grand. com, www.westin.com/berlin. 358 rooms (25 singles €136 - 350, 273 doubles €136 - 375, suites €379 - 930, 15 junior suites €279 - 565, 1 presidential suite €986 - 1930). Breakfast extra. PHARUFLGKDC hhhhh €150-200 MANDALA Excellent rooms and apartments for both short and longterm stays. The Potsdamer Platz hotel location has great views over Tiergarten park and hosts the top-notch Facil restaurant and Qiu lounge; the suites at Friedrichstraße 185190 are close to all the action.QE-4, Potsdamer Straße 3, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 59 00 00 00, [email protected], www.themandala. de. 157 rooms (157 suites €130 - 5800). Breakfast extra. PHAUFLKDW hhhhh €75-150 HONIGMOND & GARDEN HOTELS Two meticulously restored buildings with sparsely furnished rooms with original wooded floors makes for a homey feel. The nearby Garden Hotel dependence (Invalidenstraße 122) has a garden with a lawn and HOTELS IN BERLIN Finding accommodation is not such a problem in Berlin; the city has hundreds of hotels and thousands of beds. And in a city this large, every place can call itself ‘central’. The hotel categories in this guide are based on the highest double room rack rate price, but actual prices often depend on the the season and booking method. Prices include VAT and breakfast unless mentioned otherwise. Apartment rentals are booming; renting one for a day or a month is usually much cheaper than checking into a hotel. goldfish pond for frolicking around in summer.QF-2, Tieckstraße 12, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof, tel. +49 30 284 45 50, [email protected], www.honigmond. de. 24 rooms (singles €95 - 155, doubles €125 - 225). AG PARK INN BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ Towering 40 stories over Alexanderplatz, Germany’s third-largest hotel is as central as it gets. Business rooms are all renovated and stocked with a coffeemaker and ironing board. By far the best choice for the directionimpaired.QG-3, Alexanderplatz 7, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 238 90, berlin.hotel@ rezidorparkinn.com, www.parkinn-berlin.com. 1012 rooms (318 singles €89 - 125, 671 doubles €89 - 125, 23 suites €130 - 185). Breakfast extra. POARFGKD hhhh SCANDIC POTSDAMER PLATZ The large hotel between Potsdamer Platz and lovely Gleisdreieck Park straddles the handy U2 metro line. Every floor has a season theme that determines the look of the halls and the furniture in the comfy rooms. The staff treats guests in a fresh, informal way, and the hotel is perfect for disabled travellers, and children. Free wifi.QE-4, Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade 19, Mitte, MU Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park, tel. +49 30 700 77 90, www.scandichotels.com. 561 rooms (doubles from €85, suites from €127). PTHAULKDCW MARRIOTT Ten floors of superb rooms and conference facilities overlooking the Platz. The lobby has a serenely spinning 3-tonne black granite globe, and the copper facade of one wall plays an unearthly light show. That plus a wellness centre and a classic Art Deco New York bar and grill make this one of Berlin’s finest hotels.QE-4, Inge-BeisheimPlatz 1, Mitte, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 22 00 00, www.marriott.com. 379 rooms (350 singles €159 - 219, 350 doubles €159 - 219, 9 suites €350 1200, 80 executive room €199 - 259). Breakfast extra. PHAFLGKDC hhhhh berlin.inyourpocket.com facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket June - July 2014 31 Charlottenburg & the West Charlottenburg & the West Follow what becomes an increasingly silken ribbon down Kurfürstendamm (Ku’damm) and the setting becomes more genteel. West Berliners meet in the bars and cafés branching off Savignyplatz, even if the Szene has moved east. Nearby but isolated from the hoi polloi is Schloss Charlottenburg, the residence of King Friedrich I. This chapter also covers other parts of western Berlin: leafy Wilmersdorf and Schöneberg, the centre of gay Berlin since the days of Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories. We’ve also included some nearby venues in Tiergarten (officially part of Mitte) here. Getting there Charlottenburg’s nerve centre is Zoologischer Bahnhof station, along the main west-east raised city railway and easily reached from Hauptbahnhof or Spandau. From here’s it’s a short walk to many hotels and sights, or else hop on the M29 bus, going east along Tauentzienstraße or west down Kurfürstendamm. Pocket Walk: Charlottenburg Explore Charlottenburg from Zoologischer Garten station. Walk east past the Zoo to Breitscheidplatz for the ruins and modern reincarnation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Stroll further east down Tauentzienstraße for the KaDeWe department store and other upmarket shops, or head west along Kantstraße to leafy Savignyplatz for calm cafés and refined dining, or southwest down grand old Kurfürstendamm for more shopping. Hir ger S tr. Stül er s Eisen cche Eisenacher h Str St . St Martin M artin-Luth a i Luther her-SStr. t U Nollendorf tz Mo ndorf Nolle Bülo w GERMAN APRIL This bistro is great value with a generous appetiser plate for two and various specials. The dining is a bit more formal out back, where tables get the white-linen treatment.QD-5, Winterfeldstraße 56, Schöneberg, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 216 88 69, www.restaurant-april.com. Open 10:00 - 24:00. €-€€. UNGBS BAVARIUM A Bavarian restaurant oddly located in the basement of the Europa-Center mall by the Gedächtniskirche. Where buxom waitresses plonk down hearty German dishes and big glasses of Löwenbräu, Radler and Franziskaner beer, to the merry tune of oompah-music. How much more German can it get?QD-4, Tauentzienstraße 9-12 (Europa-Center), Charlottenburg, MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 261 43 97, www. bavarium-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €€. TUG KNESE Alt-Berliner, traditional ‘Old Berlin’ cuisine, is on offer at rustic Knese. Try the Königsberger Klopse, meatballs with potatoes, the pork knuckle or the calf liver with apples, onions and potatoes for a taste of the Berlin of yesteryear at reasonable prices. There’s also a selection of international meals and desserts for you to tuck in to. Wash it all down with some good South-African wine.QC-4, Knesebeckstraße 63, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 41 34 48, www.restaurant-knese.de. Open 11:00 - 01:00. €€. TB str.r. Gled eddischs i h tr. tr t. Goltz G Goltzlt Str.r 500 Barb rba baarossast sas r. Wartburgstraße 54 Berlin - Schöneberg Open daily from 18:00 Tel. 784 20 59 www.renger-patzsch.com Kle 1000 m berlin.inyourpocket.com ZILLEMARKT It’s easy to imagine Heinrich Zille, a local artist famous for his charming portraits of Berlin’s lower classes, stroll in and order a jellied boiled pork, stuffed cabbage leaves or a Berliner Currywurst. Zillemarkt serves breakfast, home-made cakes. lunch and dinner, and you can down a Zillebräu beer in the glass-ceilinged bar.QC4, Bleibtreustraße 48a, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 881 70 40, [email protected], www.zillemarkt.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. TB Local cuisine He K ldstr sauerkraut, and boiled potatoes), Oma’s Rote Grütze (a vanilla pudding with stewed red berries), and warm apple strudel make up the menu of traditional Alt-Berlin and Brandenburg cuisine.QD-5, Motzstraße 61, Schöneberg, MU ViktoriaLuise-Platz, tel. +49 30 21 96 98 61, schoeneberger_ [email protected], www.schoeneberger-weltlaterne. de. Open 17:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 17:00 - 02:00. €. TEB SCHÖNEBERGER WELTLATERNE Come back to old West Berlin at this wood-panelled tavern on the southwest side of Viktoria-Luise-Platz. Schnitzel variations, Berliner Eisbein (pork knuckle with pea puree, Paalla l s en . Frankenstr Zillemarkt RENGER-PATZSCH Upscale German dining with a difference. 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Zoologischer oolo ogis gisc Garten Ga n Har ard ar rde denb ennbe enb berrgg-platz S pla Zoologischer Garten U tr. 4 lee Fasanens n tr. t. tr Knes e ebbbeecccks kst k ttrr. S hlü Sc h üüte ter t rst strr. L ibn Le ibbnniizstr. tr. Str.r Weim eiim maarer platz pl at atz KKaannttst tstr.r Savigny Savignyavigny vign plat platz la Savignyplatz S uhr uh uhrs hr tr. hrs t. tr tzal e Klingelhöf be Stein-- rgs St Ste Stein Her n PPesta t lloozz zziist strr. rde Ha Goethestr. Goethestr G ethh . ns lma Gro str. str. st C ll e lle Schillerstr. B tr erstr. nen If ‘downtown’ to you means wide, traffic-filled streets, crowds of shoppers, five-star hotels and tall buildings, then Charlottenburg comes closest to fitting the bill in Berlin. The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche church, left as a ruin after the war, is the nexus of activity; between it and Zoologischer Garten station, over a billion euros is being invested in impressive highrises, hotels and offices. Restaurants & Cafés Renger-Patzsch facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket June - July 2014 33 Charlottenburg & the West Charlottenburg & the West AUSTRIAN OTTENTHAL The pleasure in this intimate, classy bistro is that of fresh, seasonal ingredients, often from the owner’s home town, Ottenthal. Daily specials might include foam of goose liver or venison pie with apple-celery salad. The portion of Wiener Schnitzel could feed two. Service is excellent, and you can rely on wine recommendations (the list is extensive). Wines and other products from Ottenthal such as pumpkinseed oil, are available for purchase. This is truly one of our favourite spots.QC-4, Kantstraße 153, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 313 31 62, www.ottenthal. com. Open 17:00 - 01:00. €€€. VGB Suksan ASIAN SUKSAN A short stroll from West Berlin’s shops and sights, Suksan is a cosy Thai restaurant decorated with ample bamboo poles and palmleaf roofs. Drop by for the lunch specials, or dine on spicey Thai dishes accompanied by wine or fresh coconut milk, perhaps followed by a cocktail.QD-4, Ansbacher Straße 4, Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 21 01 86 73, [email protected], www. suksan.de. Open 12:00 - 23:00, Fri 12:00 - 24:00, Sat 16:00 - 24:00, Sun 17:00 - 23:00. JJ Zillemarkt Caféhaus • Restaurant Over 100 years of comfort and quality Traditional German cuisine SCHNITZELEI Nearly as far from central Berlin as Austria, Schnitzelei is well off the beaten track, but well worth looking up. No tacky alpine decorations here, but a light take on the genre, with oak patterns and subdued lighting creating a good vibe. There are delicious schnitzels in different variations, though you may also want to try the German tapas.QB-3, Röntgenstraße 7, Charlottenburg, MU Richard-WagnerPlatz, tel. +49 30 34 70 27 78, www.schnitzelei.de. Open 16:00 - 01:00, Sat, Sun 12:00 - 01:00. €€. TVGBS FINE DINING FIRST FLOOR A Michelin star has been the beacon over Matthias Dieter’s restaurant for years now, and visiting gourmands who can’t move well after a seven-course meal make a point of staying at the Palace. The cuisine has touches of France and the Far East, and turbot with caviar or prawn is often on the menu.QD-4, Budapester Straße 45, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 25 02 10 20, www.palace.de. Open 18:30 - 22:30. Closed Mon, Sun. €€€€. G h HUGOS The InterContinental’s Michelin-starred French restaurant on the 14th floor has stunning views across the park to Potsdamer Platz. Chef Thomas Kammeier’s cuisine is equally dazzling; expect subtle creations blending fine flavours in the lightest of dishes.QD-4, Budapester Straße 2, Tiergarten, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 26 02 12 63, www.hugos-restaurant.de. Open 18:30 - 22:30. Closed Mon, Sun. €€€€. TUGW h INTERNATIONAL Mon-Fri 12:00-24:00 Sat, Sun, Holidays 10:00-24:00 Tel. 030-881 70 40 Bleibtreustr. 48a, Berlin-Charlottenburg www.zillemarkt.de 34 Berlin In Your Pocket DIEKMANN Herr Diekmann was one of the first to grace Berlin’s simple tables with some French finesse, even if it was in what began as a sandwich shop in 1976. Shelves and drawers of an old Kolonialwaren store line the walls, and Diekmann still uses French techniques to primp excellent ingredients. Always on the menu are oysters and a selection of French cheeses.QC-4, Meinekestraße 7, Charlottenburg, MU berlin.inyourpocket.com Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 883 33 21, www.diekmannrestaurants.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 18:00 - 01:00. €€€. UGB DRESSLER A good place to go if you yearn to relive something of Berlin’s roaring 1920s. Expect Art Deco wooden paneling, large mirrors, and good bistro and proper restaurant meals served in a very relaxed atmosphere. The menu changes every week. Also in Mitte, at Unter den Linden 39.QC-4, Kurfürstendamm 207, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 883 35 30, www.restaurantdressler.de. Open 08:00 - 01:00. €€€. UGB SUKSAN Sawatdi Kap – welcome to Suksan. Experience a temple for Thai food and cooking culture in the heart of West Berlin, offering varied dishes with captivating aromas and tasty combinations that will tickle the palate. Quality, freshness, and healthy and original ingredients are central to our dishes, without losing sight of modern cuisine. Under bamboo roofs, Suksan seats over 60 guests in Thai settings. Let us take you on a culinary trip to the land of smiles. DUKE Creative international crossover meals are served in the aptly named Ellington Hotel restaurant, set in a dazzling 1920s building near the Ku’damm. The open kitchen allows you to watch chef cook Florian Glauert create culinary treats.QD-4, Nürnberger Straße 50-55, Charlottenburg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 683 15 40 00, www. duke-restaurant.com. Open 11:30 - 23:00. €€€-€€€€. EINHORN A fabulous vegetarian lunchbar, with standing space only. Every day there’s a completely different menu, with European and Mediterranean as well as Arab and Asian dishes.QC-4, Mommsenstraße 2, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 881 42 41, www.einhorn-catering.de. Open 10:00 - 17:00. Closed Sat, Sun. €. NGS ITALIAN FRANCUCCI’S Francucci’s kitchen churns out fresh, fresh food, with homemade pasta and bread and plenty of regional ingredients in dishes like the veal scallop with herbs, potatoes and black truffles.QB-4, Kurfürstendamm 90, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 323 33 18, www.francucci. com. Open 12:00 - 23:00. €€€. TVGBSW LA FORCHETTA An upmarket restaurant well within the city limits but overlooking lake Halensee. Only fresh Italian food is served here, including a delicious oven baked lamb. In summer, a romantic terrace is available.QA-5, Königsallee 5b, Wilmersdorf, MS Halensee, tel. +49 30 892 85 97, info@ la-forchetta-berlin.de, www.la-forchetta-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. B LOCANDA A tiny restaurant where Gianni can be found welcoming guests, cooking, pouring wine, serving food and washing dishes, all the while singing along to Italian classics. The pasta, fish and meat dishes are simple, and all simply delicious. Ask for the three-course surprise menu. Opposite the Schaubühne theatre.QB-4, Lehniner Platz 2, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 31 80 69 68. Open 10:00 - 23:00. Closed Sun. €. TNGBS facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Ansbacherstrasse 4 (corner of Kurfürstenstrasse) tel. 21 01 86 73, www.suksan.de. 100m to KaDeWe and ZOO Berlin TRAVEL FAR. EAT AT HOME. RESTAURANT & COCKTAIL LOUNGE ORIGINAL THAI FOOD Ansbacher Strasse 4 corner Kurfürstenstrasse U-Bhf Wittenbergplatz Telefon 030.21 01 86 73 Telefax 030.21 01 86 88 www.suksan.de June - July 2014 35 Charlottenburg & the West Charlottenburg & the West ZWÖLF APOSTEL The alley next to the S-Bahn tracks leads to a grand interior with classicist decoration and angels on the walls. The Italian food - including wood-oven pizzas - served here is excellent, and from Monday to Friday the business lunch options offer good value. Also at Georgenstraße 2, under the S-Bahn track in Mitte.QC-4, Bleibtreustraße 49, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 312 14 33, www.12-apostel.de. Open 08:00 - 01:00. €€. TNGBS JAPANESE SACHIKO SUSHI An innovative kaiten sushi restaurant - the oldest in town, dating back to 1995 - has little boats circling the restaurant with some of the best sushi in town. Not afraid to serve classic and new sushi varieties with world wines, here’s your chance to have bonito with Sauvignon Blanc, or tuna rolls with Riesling. Beneath the railway arches.QC3, Jeanne-Mammen-Bogen 584, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 313 22 82, www.sachikosushi. com. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sun 16:00 - 24:00. Closed Mon. €€. TGBS MAROOUSH Refined Egyptian-oriental opulence with a modern twist and gourmet food. The combined restaurant, shisha lounge and cocktail bar has a luxurious and tasteful décor enhancing the equally exotic menu. Puff on a shisha as you await your meal or come on Friday or Saturday for ‘dinner and dance’, with belly-dancers, live music and a party atmosphere. QC-4, Knesebeckstraße 48, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 887 11 83 35, www.marooush.de. Open 15:00 - 01:00. E CAFE KALWIL A cosy and straight-friendly café in gay old Schöneberg. Pink sofas and antique tables are arranged below glittering chandeliers, overlooked by a dozen portraits of strapping moustachioed men. There’s fair trade coffee, quality teas, cakes by Wunderkuchen, sandwiches, light meals and more.QD-4/5, Motzstraße 30, Schöneberg, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 23 63 88 18. Open 09:00 22:00. €€. ABW GRENANDER MORNING GLORY Pastries, muffins, croissants and rolls lie in waiting at the counter of this modern, earth-tone café. Great for breakfast, lunch or indeed something else to glorify your morning.QD-4, Wittenbergplatz 3a, Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 75 52 77 21, www. grenander.de. Open 08:00 - 22:00. €€. TUGBS Nightlife SPANISH BARS EL DORADO Dark woods and coloured tile work make a proper setting for this Spanish restaurant. The various steak cuts can weigh up to a kilo. The non-red meat dishes include Moorish and Catalan specialities and there’s also tapas if you just want to snack while watching the boulevard’s shoppers pass by.QC-4, Kurfürstendamm 203-205, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 92 65 82, www.eldorado-steakhaus.de. Open 11:00 02:00. €€. B GREEN DOOR This dimly-lit, cool bar doesn’t take itself too seriously. An undulating wall with a recessed shelf for drinks leads to an improbable end of Gingham-checked wallpaper. A padded, green leather door protects those prone to bumping into things after a few rounds. Most of the crowd is thirty and up, and quite steady on their feet.QD-5, Winterfeldstraße 50, Schöneberg, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 215 25 15, www.greendoor. de. Open 18:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 18:00 - 04:00. CAFÉS CAFÉ AM NEUEN SEE The perfect Berlin biathlon is riding a bike through Tiergarten park, rehydrating with beer here, and then renting a rowboat on the adjacent lake. This café, restaurant and bar serves a breakfast of champions until 16:00 as well as regional food, coffee, cakes and cocktails. Food served till 22:00. QD-4, Lichtensteinallee 2, Tiergarten, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 254 49 30, www. cafeamneuensee.de. Open 08:00 - 23:00, Sat, Sun 09:00 - 23:00. €€-€€€. TUGB CAFÉ IM LITERATURHAUS Some guests may be sporting three-piece suits, straw hats, polished canes and freshly fluffed pups, but you don’t have to be all that precious about eating at this literary hangout. Food runs from cheap sandwiches for aspiring writers and critics, to lamb. The 19th-century building has airy rooms that are pleasant to dine in on a sunny day.QC-4, 36 Berlin In Your Pocket Fasanenstraße 23, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 887 2860, literaturhaus@literaturhaus-berlin. de, www.literaturhaus-berlin.de. Open 10:00 - 17:00. €€. GB berlin.inyourpocket.com HEFNER The most happening spot on Savignyplatz is this cool cocktail bar on the corner with Kantstraße. Though the lengthy cocktail menu includes all the favourites, Hefner prides itself on having the best selection of Martini cocktails in Berlin.QC-4, Kantstraße 146, Charlottenburg, MU Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 31 01 75 20, www.hefnerberlin.de. Open 16:00 - 03:00, Sat 13:00 - 03:00. NB ZWIEBELFISCH The name Zwiebelfisch is, among other things, the term used by printers to label a single letter that rebels and appears in a font unlike the letters around it. Aging, but still-kicking liberals come here to rest the weight of their youthful ideals and trade wisecracks with long-time owner Hartmut Volmerhaus. Jazz or classic music is piped in, and a selection of papers and magazines helps stretch out the beer or coffee. Hot meals, like goulash and Swabian Maultaschen are served up until 03:00. The tall tables abutting the bar are a brilliantly social arrangement.QC-4, Savignyplatz 7-8, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 312 73 63, www.zwiebelfisch-berlin.de. Open 12:00 - 06:00. €-€€. NBSW JAZZ CLUBS A-TRANE Concerts at 22:00.QBleibtreustraße 1, Charlottenburg, MU Ernst-Reuter-Platz, tel. +49 30 313 25 50, [email protected], www.a-trane.de. Open 21:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 21:00 - 04:00. E Café im Literaturhaus facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com June - July 2014 37 Charlottenburg & the West Charlottenburg & the West UNION JACK A corner of Scottish highland in the heart of Berlin, this whisky pub is one of Berlin’s first true pubs and continues to draw the punters in with a collection of 401 whiskys (from the best Scottish and Irish brands to Canadian and Japanese bourbon) and various English and Irish beers. Solid food is available too – home made snacks and and Walkers crisps.QC-4, Schlüterstraße 15, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 312 55 57, www. unionjack-berlin.de. Open 19:00 - open end. Closed Sun Open from 19:00. Sun closed. WHISKIES Ŷ %H %HUOLQ %HUO UOLQ LQµV µV V¿UVW(QJOLVKSXEVLQFH ¿UV UVWW (Q (QJO JOLV LVVK SX SXE E VL VLQF QFH H Ŷ %ULWLVKDQG,ULVKEHHURQWDS Ż 'ULQNIURPWKH<$5'2)$/(OLWUH PRXWKEORZQH[FOXVLYHO\IRU8QLRQ-DFN Ŷ /LYH0XVLFGXULQJZLQWHUPRQWKV Schlüterstr.15, 10625 Berlin - Charlottenburg, Tel. 312 55 57, www.unionjack-berlin.de, Monday to Saturday from 19:00 Irish Harp PUBS IRISH HARP A well-established Irish pub serving all the usual pub grub favourites as well as soups, salads and a range of homemade burgers. On tap there’s Guinness, Kilkenny, and a choice of German beers. You can expect major sports events to be beamed on screens, and there’s quiz nights and live music too. The pub can be booked for special occasions.QB-4, Giesebrechtstraße 15, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 22 32 87 35, mail@ harp-pub.de, www.harp-pub.de. Open from 10:00. €-€€. EBW Union Jack Sightseeing LANDMARKS German, Irish and international cuisine Thursdays fun-quiz in German & English Fridays and Saturdays live music from 21:00 Live sports events on big screens! See our website for the event calendar Open daily from 10 am Giesebrechtstraße 15 // Berlin-Charlottenburg [email protected] • www.harp-pub.de 38 Berlin In Your Pocket OLYMPIC STADIUM The Olympic Stadium was originally built under the direction of architect Werner March to host the 1936 Olympic Games. A good example of bombastic fascist architecture, its size never fails to impress. The most striking changes are the blue track and the seemingly floating roof whose translucent skin offers shelter for almost all of the 75,000 seats. On non-event days you can visit the stadium using a multi-language audioguide, or on an hour-long guided tour.QOlympischer Platz 3, Charlottenburg, MS/U Olympiastadion, tel. +49 30 25 00 23 22, [email protected], www. olympiastadion-berlin.de. Open 09:00 - 19:00 June mid-Sep open until 20:00, Nov - mid-Mar 10:00-16:00. Admission €7/5. SCHLOSS CHARLOTTENBURG (CHARLOTTENBURG PALACE) The largest royal residence in Berlin, named for Prussia’s first queen. Though it began as a modest summer palace in 1695, today’s version, distinguished by its 505-meter facade and central tower, took its final form in 1790. You can take a guided or audiotour of the luxurious and largely Rococo and Baroque apartments where an eye-glazing number of royal Friedrichs and Wilhelms resided. Also here is the largest collection of 18th century French painting outside France, plus a beautiful Baroque garden, mausoleum, and Belvedere teahouse with a porcelain exhibition. Take bus M45 from Wagner-Platz or berlin.inyourpocket.com Zoologischer Bahnhof.QA-3, Spandauer Damm 20-24, Charlottenburg, MU Richard-Wagner-Platz, tel. +49 30 32 09 14 40, www.spsg.de. Open 10:00-18:00; Nov-Mar 10:00-17:00; Mon closed. New Wing 10:00-18:00, Tues closed. Admission €12/8, New Wing €6/5. Photo permit €3. Chinese and Japanese painting and calligraphy are of special interest, as well as Japanese woodcuts. QTakustraße 40, Zehlendorf, MU Dahlem-Dorf, tel. +49 30 266 42 42 42, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 11:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €6/3. CHURCHES PARKS AND GARDENS GEDÄCHTNISKIRCHE The ruined Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, a stark reminder of wartime destruction, is West Berlin’s landmark attraction. Kept as an open wound, the severe acknowledgement of Germany’s culpability is declared on a plaque: ‘The tower of the old church serves as a remembrance of God’s judgement, which befell our people during the war years.’ The 1895 church was once a symbol of national pride: even synagogues contributed to its funding. Inside is a gilded mosaic of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The modern chapel and bell tower beside it were completed in 1961, and are worth entering on sunny days for the amazing blue stained glass windows. Concerts take place every week, many of them free.QD-4, Breitscheidplatz, Charlottenburg, MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 218 50 23, www.gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de. Open 09:0019:00. TIERGARTEN This 255 hectare park full of paths, meadows, and waterways is the most genteel of Berlin’s parks, but it’s still a fine place for jogging, football, a picnic barbecue, or nude sunbathing (weather permitting). The Siegessäule (Victory Column) that stood in front of the Reichstag from 1873 until 1938 now serves as a roundabout and lookout point in the middle of the park. The park’s café and beer garden, Café am Neuensee, is at the southwestern end. QC/D/E-3/4. MUSEUMS ALLIIERTENMUSEUM (ALLIED MUSEUM) The Allied Museum covers 50 years of West German Allied (US, British, French) relations in the US Army movie house Outpost. The prize exhibit is the original sentry box from the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing.QClayallee 135, Zehlendorf, MU Oskar-Helene-Heim, tel. +49 30 818 19 90, www.alliiertenmuseum.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Wed. Admission free. MUSEUM FÜR ASIATISCHE KUNST Alongside special exhibitions dealing with everything from Qing-dynasty painting to architecture, the Asian Art museum has an impressive permanent collection of Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean art and archaeology. Each tradition has its own gallery, and in the centre, a room dedicated to Buddhist art. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Shopping BOOKS BOOKS IN BERLIN A lovely nook devotedly entirely to English-language books.QC-4, Goethestraße 69, Charlottenburg, MU Ernst-Reuter-Platz, tel. +49 30 313 12 33, berlinbook@ aol.com, www.booksinberlin.de. Open 12:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun. SHOPPING CENTRES BIKINI BERLIN Opening in early April, the Bikini Berlin ‘concept mall’ promises to be the shopping sensation of the year. Inside the renovated landmark 1950s building is a set of boutiques selling everything from fashion, beauty and electronics to art, plus a supermarket, restaurants and cafes. On the lower level there are 19 cool pop-up box shops - but perhaps best of all is the huge terrace with great views across the zoo. QD-4, Budapester Straße 38-50, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 55 49 64 54, www. bikiniberlin.de. Open 09:00 - 22:00, Sat 09:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun Terrace open 24hrs. June - July 2014 39 Charlottenburg & the West COLD WAR BERLIN The physical division of Berlin during 28 years, and the development of two completely separated cities on both sides of the Wall that ran between them, has led to huge differences that cannot be erased in a matter of a few years. Key sights relating to this era are the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer in Prenzlauer Berg, Checkpoint Charlie in Mitte with the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Wall museum, BlackBox Cold War, Wall Panorama and Stasi exhibition, and the Tränenpalast, the former border crossing beside Friedrichstraße station. Get insights into daily GDR life at the DDR Museum in Mitte and the Museumswohnung WBS 70 out in the suburbs. KAUFHAUS DES WESTENS (KADEWE) Europe’s largest department store, Berlin’s answer to Harrod’s has 64 escalators linking seven huge floors, with two floors devoted completely to gourmet food. Have oysters at the champagne bar to take the sting out of your shopping spree.QD-4, Tauentzienstraße 21-24, Charlottenburg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 212 10, www.kadewe.de. Open 10:00 20:00, Fri 10:00 - 21:00, Sat 09:30 - 20:00. Closed Sun. Hotels OVER €200 DAS STUE The luxurious, family-owned ‘living room’ hotel, set in the 1930s Danish embassy building, attracts an interesting mix of creatives and business visitors. The 1920s-style bar and many rooms overlook the zoo, with ostriches and antelopes peering back at you. The rooms and grand suites are spread across the old and new wings, adorned with beautiful wooden and copper details. A small pool can be found in the spa area, and there’s the first-class Cinco restaurant.QD4, Drakestraße 1, Tiergarten, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 311 72 20, www.das-stue.com. 80 rooms (70 doubles from €200, 20 suites €290-740). PHUFGKDCW HÔTEL CONCORDE BERLIN The French-run, 11-story Concorde impresses with sleekly designed rooms with fine woods, contemporary art and fantastic views from the upper floors. The curved corner suites have sliding walls and elegant free-standing bathtubs.QC-4, Augsburger Straße 41, Charlottenburg, MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 800 99 90, [email protected], www.concordehotels.com/concordeberlin. 311 rooms (singles €230 280, doubles €240 - 300, 44 suites €280 - 950). Breakfast extra. 40 Berlin In Your Pocket Charlottenburg & the West INTERCONTINENTAL Near transport options, the Zoo and Tiergarten park, the InterContinental offers quiet nights in modern and spacious rooms, and conference facilities with intelligent business solutions. After work, there’s gourmet food at Hugos and live music at the Marlene Bar. Further relaxation options can be found in the large spa complex, with several saunas and fitness facilities.QD-4, Budapester Straße 2, Tiergarten, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 260 20, [email protected], www. interconti.com. 558 rooms (498 singles €165 - 350, 498 doubles €170 - 400, 60 suites €215 - 2500). Breakfast extra. PTHAUFLEGBKDCW hhhhh WALDORF ASTORIA Berlin’s newest luxury hotel, 118 metres high, occupies a prime spot near Kurfürstendamm and the Kadewe department store in western Berlin. Honouring its grand New York heritage, it’s decorated in lavish Art Deco style, with artworks and decoration in the spacious rooms, and a café and bar with a 1920s Berlin theme. The library on the 15th floor with its concierge and great views is a comfortable place to relax. The Les Solistes restaurant run by star chef Pierre Gagnaire offers fine dining and 650 wines.QC-4, Hardenbergstraße 28, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 814 00 00, www. waldorfastoriaberlin.com. 232 rooms (doubles from €250). PHAUFLGKDCwW KEMPINSKI BRISTOL The elite Kempinski and Adlon are sister properties, but this is where well-travelled regulars feel more at home - out of the limelight, but still in upmarket lodgings on a swank corner of Ku’damm.QC-4, Kurfürstendamm 27, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 43 40, [email protected], www. kempinskiberlin.de. 301 rooms (249 singles €265 - 326, 249 doubles €322 - 447, 52 suites €470 - 1800). Breakfast extra. PHARUFLGKDC hhhhh €150-200 PALACE Near the Europa Center shops and the zoo, gourmands feast at the First Floor restaurant and guests schmooze in the conference rooms that include Tai-Ping carpets, oak panelling and fireplaces. The staidly furnished rooms are large.QD-4, Budapester Straße 45, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 250 20, hotel@ palace.de, www.palace.de. 239 rooms (59 singles €200 - 300, 191 doubles €225 - 325, 32 suites €325 - 2150). PHARUFLGKDC hhhhh SAVOY BERLIN Utterly un-Berlin, this stylish Cuban-flavoured abode once made Latin-music lover David Byrne a happy guest. Who knows who you’ll trade smoke rings with in the cigar shop near the clubby Times Bar.QC-4, Fasanenstraße 9-10, Charlottenburg, MS/U Zoologischer Garten, tel. +49 30 31 10 30, [email protected], www.hotel-savoy. com. 125 rooms (45 singles €142 - 222, 62 doubles €152 - 232, triples €192 - 272, 16 suites €202 - 292). ARFKD hhhh SWISSÔTEL BERLIN Every room here has a Lavazza espresso machine and suites are cranking with Bang & Olufsen stereos. When you’re done playing in your room, downtown western Berlin beckons. You’ll never want to go home.QC-4, Augsburger Straße 44, Charlottenburg, MU Kurfürstendamm, tel. +49 30 22 01 00, [email protected], www.swissotelberlin.com. 316 rooms (219 singles €160 - 310, 219 doubles €160 - 310, 14 suites €310 - 480, 11 junior suite €260 - 410). Breakfast €21. PHARFLGD hhhhh berlin.inyourpocket.com BLEIBTREU It’s hard to tell the hip guests from the hip neighbours that share the deli and café fronting the boutique-lined street. The designer rooms operate by remote-control but are furnished using allergy-friendly, ecological, natural fabrics and furniture.QC-4, Bleibtreustraße 31, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 47 40, info@bleibtreu. com, www.bleibtreu.com. 60 rooms (15 singles €115 157, 45 doubles €125 - 182). ARGK GRAND HOTEL ESPLANADE Overlooking the Bauhaus museum between Kurfürstendamm and Tiergarten park, the modern Esplanade has bright, well-furnished rooms and impresses with a large glass-covered atrium, the Harry’s New York Bar and a sizeable spa and fitness centre.QD4, Lützowufer 15, Tiergarten, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 25 47 80, www.esplanade.de. 394 rooms (singles/doubles from €99, 40 suites from €139). PTHAUFLGKDCW hhhhh €75-150 BERLIN, BERLIN Mostly known for its conference facilities, this large 1958 hotel is in a central but rather bland area just south of Tiergarten park. The glam period lobby and restaurant give way to comfortably furnished rooms, in a variety of styles. There’s live sports action in the bar, while peace can be found in the summer garden restaurant.QD-4, Lützowplatz 17, Tiergarten, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 260 50, [email protected], www.hotel-berlin.de. 701 rooms (103 singles €100 - 195, 569 doubles €100 - 245, 29 suites €220 - 900). PHARUFLGKD hhhh BERLIN PLAZA The Plaza has elegantly simple rooms equipped with all modern conveniences, such as allergy-free bedlinen and free wi-fi. The in-house Knese restaurant has solid traditional Berlin cuisine, and an attractive terrace. QC-4, Knesebeckstraße 63, Charlottenburg, MU facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket THIRD REICH BERLIN Wilhelmstraße, the centre of government in Prussia, continued to be so under Nazi rule. Between Unter den Linden and today’s Niederkirchnerstraße, the only nonReich structure in 1936 was the British Embassy, which still holds its ground today in a modern building. The sole remaining example of fascist architecture is the former Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Air Force Ministry) built in 1935 by Ernst Sagebiehl. The grey building that once struck fear into the heart of Londoners is now the Finance Ministry. Hitler’s New Reichs Chancellory stood on Voßstraße but was demolished after the war. Not to let the red marble of its obnoxiously long hallway go to waste, the Russians lined the nearby Mohrenstraße U-Bahn station with it. The center of Nazi terror was on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße, today’s Niederkirchnerstraße. The Topography of Terror exhibit explains the functions of the various offices – including the SS and Gestapo - that once occupied the site. Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 88 41 30, info@plazahotel. de, www.plazahotel.de. 131 rooms (singles €80 - 150, doubles €79 - 180, triples €105 - 200). HLGKW BEST WESTERN PRESIDENT Huge leather reclining chairs, cosmetic tables and an oldtime clubby lounge make this a smart choice for business travellers. Besides the restaurant and bar, there’s also a fitness centre and multifunctional meeting rooms.QD-4, An der Urania 16-18, Schöneberg, MS/U Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 21 90 30, [email protected], www. president-hotel.de. 178 rooms (25 singles €79 - 155, 153 doubles €96 - 183, 3 suites €189 - 305). Breakfast extra. PHARFGKD hhhh ELLINGTON HOTEL Set in a beautiful 1920s building near Kurfürstendamm and named after the American jazz legend, the Ellington’s rooms have clean, understated and elegant design, with the Tower Suites offering great views. The Duke hotel restaurant serves up international cuisine in fabulous surroundings, and has regular jazz brunches.QD-4, Nürnberger Straße 50-55, Charlottenburg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 68 31 50, [email protected], www.ellington-hotel. com. 285 rooms (singles €108 - 238, doubles €118 - 248, suites €168 - 428). PJHARUFLK SYLTER HOF Sylt may be a skinny island in the North Sea, but these suites in a high-rise are fat. For the cost of a normal room in Berlin, you get a fully equipped kitchen too (a supermarket is across the street) and rates go down for longer stays. QD-3, Kurfürstenstraße 114-116, Schöneberg, MU Wittenbergplatz, tel. +49 30 212 00, [email protected], www.sylterhof-berlin.de. 160 rooms (80 singles €69 - 120, 40 doubles €99 - 180, 40 suites €129 - 210). HAG hhh June - July 2014 41 Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg On a low hill northeast of Mitte, ‘Prenzl’ Berg’ is an old working-class district in the former East Berlin that came through the war relatively unscathed. After 1989, the cool brigade pounced on the area, and houses that were once home to East German punks were renovated in odes to pastel. The number of wine shops and young parents pushing pricey prams indicates the level of gentrification here. The best places to soak up the atmosphere are Kollwitzplatz, Helmholzplatz and along Kastanienallee. One of Prenzlauer Berg’s best attractions is the Kulturbrauerei culture centre, set in a 19th-century brewery complex. This chapter also covers some places in multicultural Wedding, just to the west. Pocket Walk: Prenzlauer Berg Start walking uphill along Kollwitzstraße from U-Bahn station Senefelder Platz. From leafy Kollwitzplatz turn into beautiful Husemannstraße, which was already restored in GDR times, and left into Sredzkistraße where you’ll spot the Kulturbrauerei complex ahead; enter beside the tall chimney and wander through its courtyards to the northern exit. Cross Danziger Straße and amble down Lychenerstraße to pretty, café-lined Helmholtzplatz. Follow Raumerstraße west, turn left down Pappelallee and cross underneath the U-Bahn station to Eberswalder Straße; you’ll soon reach the popular Mauerpark and the top end of Bernauer Straße with its excellent Wall Memorial. HOTEL Dun cke rstr . H Kü Ah Prenzlauer Allee lbe Gre cke S l ls Str rS . tr. Danzig er Str. Frö K bel str Ella ber ber ger Str . tr. KASTANIENALLEE 82 | 10435 BERLIN FON: (030) 78 00 89 5 -50 [email protected] www.restaurant-die-schule.de U2 Eberswalder Str. 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T Mula ersc St er Fr ck V Linie h U R L b Pl t Ac berlin.inyourpocket.com ZANDER This award-winning restaurant is a fine blend of tradition, innovation, and casual professionalism. Using mainly regional products, Zander serves mouth-watering German and international cuisine and excellent wines in a stylish and intimate setting. Though zander (pike-perch) is a house speciality, the perfectly-composed set menus are highly recommended.QG-2, Kollwitzstraße 50, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder Platz, tel. +49 30 44 05 76 78, www. zander-restaurant.de. Open 18:00 - 01:00. Closed Mon. B FAST FOOD KONNOPKE’S IMBISS The Ziervogel family started selling their famous Wursts in 1930. This simple shack is a convenient stop for those spilling out of the Eberswalder Straße U-Bahn; the Imbiss is just south, beneath the tracks. To eat your Currywurst like a true native, order it ohne darm (without the intestine skin wrapping).QG-1, Schönhauser Allee 44b, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 442 77 65, www.konnopke-imbiss.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 12:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun. €. FLEISCHLUST A spot for those with healthy lust for flesh can grill ‘n chill. Staff in 1930s outfits serve excellent steaks, cooked anything from blue (extremely rare) to well done. For the undecided, there’s a mixed grill, while the thirsty can delve into the wine and cocktail menu.QH-1, Pappelallee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser Allee, tel. +49 30 44 67 54 14, www.fleischlust-berlin.de. Open 17:00 open end. - PRENZLAUER PRE LAUER AUE E BERG BE G O Die Schule INTERNATIONAL gst U Eberswalder Str. DAILY 11.00 – 24.00 r. Sene f ldde fe rrstrr. Heelm elm mhholtzho Ra Helm plat atz um platz ers tr. tr. s Tops str . Die ste r we rS tr. ne Lyc he Pap pel alle rga rde r DIE SCHULE Modern and light German food on Berlin’s prime catwalk. Kastanienallee, also known as casting alley, is a perfect place to watch Berlin street style. Die Schule has a terrace facing the street and the airy interiors belie that these rooms used to be classrooms (hence the name). You can have all the German food classics, and even better: you can have them all at once: try German Kleinigkeiten, small samples of everything the local cuisine is famous for.QG2, Kastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 780 08 95 50, www.restaurant-dieschule.de. Open 11:00 - 24:00. BW Du ener Sta e r Alle ert Greifenhag Schönhause str . ch tz str. Str.r. ten Ma x -U Str rich. alkkpla Am F . anstr Cantti str. Gaudy er swald Str. Eber tr.r. r S aue Bern r. r St nde Gleimstr. G MauuerM p rk park r lline Wo Str. er min Dem tr. er S dom Use str.r. ssi str. ta Vol Str. nder U Voltastr. Hu g- emü tr. er S uss G Falkalkpl platz n Grau Putb e Alle str. yer- Me nen vusta r. r St ene Rüg Gleimstr.r. str. Gleeim Swin Brun 1 ttr. ader S tr. tr. rstr mlers R mle Ram Volkspark olks Humboldthain old oldthain weedter tr Str. F GERMAN RESTAURATION 1900 Our Kollwitzplatz favourite, 1900 exhibits some fascinating photographs of the neighbourhood before (Trabant) and after (Smart) 1989. It serves excellent Berlin and German food, as well as some pasta and vegetarian options. Come on Saturday morning to watch locals shopping at the weekly market, and on Sundays to fill up at the allyou-can-eat breakfast buffet.QH-2, Husemannstraße 1, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 442 24 94, www.restauration1900.de. Open 10:00 23:00. €-€€. TBSW PRECISE MYER’S Entered from a quiet courtyard, Myer’s is an upmarket private hotel with smallish, classically furnished rooms overlooking the garden. On the ground floor, a tearoom has a pleasant summer terrace.QH-2, Metzer Straße 26, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder Platz, tel. +49 30 44 01 40, [email protected], www.myershotel. de. 51 rooms (8 singles €75 - 135, 33 doubles €85 - 185, 1 suite €195 - 345, 10 Premium €115 - 265). HARG Getting there The U2 from Alexanderplatz feeds crowds onto Senefelderplatz and Eberswalder Straße, close to most attractions. From Museumsinsel and Friedrichstraße you can use tram M1 to Eberswalder Straße as well. U-Bahn station Bernauer Straße and S-Bahn station Nordbahnhof are most convenient for a stroll along the Wall Memorial to Mauerpark. Restaurants & Cafés facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket GUGELHOF During the early bloom of Kollwitzplatz’s gentrification, the success of little Gugelhof was sealed by heads of state: Schröder, Fischer, Albright and even Bill Clinton made surprise visits. German, French, and Swiss dishes share the menu; this is where to try flammekuchen, a thin-crust Alsatian pizza. The atmosphere is lively and service is friendly.QH-2, Knaackstraße 37, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 442 92 29, [email protected], www.gugelhof.com. Open 16:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. €€. A June - July 2014 43 Prenzlauer Berg ITALIAN PIZZERIA I DUE FORNI Atypical for Berlin, this Italian restaurant is not very chic, the service is rather cheeky, and the whole place has the feel of an overcrowded student canteen. But the cheap pizza is highly praised, and the lively, convivial atmosphere of i Due Forni is the perfect primer for a night out on the town.QG-2, Schönhauser Allee 12, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder Platz, tel. +49 30 44 01 73 33. Open 12:00 - 24:00. UB Prenzlauer Berg TOURIST INFORMATION MUSEUMS PRENZLAUER BERG TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE Prenzlauer Berg’s district tourist information centre is inside the Kulturbrauerei complex. Staff advise about events, nightlife, guided tours and sights.QG1/2, Schönhauser Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 44 35 21 70, www. tic-berlin.de. Open 11:00 - 19:00. ZIMMERMEISTER BRUNZEL’S MIETSHAUS Gentrification has transformed many Prenzlauer Berg apartments into deluxe dream houses; this fascinating museum shows master carpenter Brunzel’s apartment in its original state, with extensive information about its construction, utilities, furnishing and the often squalid living conditions around 1900 in Prenzlauer Berg and Berlin.QH-1, Dunckerstraße 77, Prenzlauer Berg, MS Prenzlauer Allee, tel. +49 30 445 23 21, www.ausstellung-dunckerstrasse. de. Open 11:00 - 16:30. Closed Wed. Admission €2/1. JAPANESE SUSHI IMBISS AM WASSERTURM Discounts at happy hour (weekdays 13:00 - 16:00) crowd this five-table joint, but there’s takeout as well. Sake Maki, California Make and vegetarian items all run about €3. All sushi-lovers speak some Japanese, but if you need any explanations, the Japanese owner/chef and staff speak English.QH-2, Rykestraße 45, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelderplatz, tel. +49 30 44 04 57 06. Open 12:00 23:00, Sat, Sun 13:00 - 23:00. Closed Mon. €€. CAFÉS ANNA BLUME Named after a lyrical poem and with a sexy Mucha flower girl on the wall, this is an excellent, relaxed café. Serving up coffee, cakes, crepes, meals and the usual Berlin breakfasts, it’s one of the better spots for people-watching or just reading. Intriguingly, it also sells flowers (Blume) from the connected shop next door – and the smell of coffee and fresh flowers combines very well.QH-2, Kollwitzstraße 83, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Senefelder Platz, tel. +49 30 44 04 87 49, www.cafe-anna-blume.de. Open 08:00 - 02:00. SCHALL UND RAUCH ‘Noise and Smoke’ is a great place to enjoy a breakfast buffet on lazy weekend mornings, or to down specials at the bar at night together with a variety of artists, students and young in-crowd. But it’s more than just a café - the adjacent hotel has modern and affordable double rooms.QG-1, Gleimstraße 23, Prenzlauer Berg, MS/U Schönhauser Allee, tel. +49 30 443 39 70, www.schall-und-rauch.de. Open 08:00 - 02:00. Nightlife SANTIAGO This cocktail lounge overlooking Kollwitzplatz has a somewhat dodgy interior – leather sofas and glitzy girl statues that wouldn’t look out of place in a nightclub – but manages to get the punters in with a range of attractively priced offers like cocktails during the happy (before 20:00) and blue hours (from 01:00). There’s an eat-all-you-can dinner on Wednesday and brunch at weekends.QH-2, Wörtherstraße 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalderstraße, tel. +49 30 441 25 55. Open 16:00 - 03:00. WEINSTEIN An older crowd savours an evening of conversation and wine at this cosy wine tavern. Pick a meal to help anchor the 40 vintages available by the glass. There are few better places to try the outstanding German whites that usually don’t make it out of the country and there’s also a selection of sherries. QH-1, Lychener Straße 33, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 441 18 42, [email protected], www.weinstein.eu. Open 17:00 - 02:00, Sun 18:00 - 02:00. WOHNZIMMER If the TV show Friends had to relocate to Berlin, Phoebe would vote to hang out here. The large ‘living room’ is ideally set up for meeting people. Stools, chairs and GDR-era tables are constantly being shuffled to make room for the rumpled but attractive crowds. There’s coffee and pastries in the morning.QH-1, Lettestraße 6, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 445 54 58, www.wohnzimmer-bar.de. Open 09:00 - 04:00. BARS CLUBS AUGUST FENGLER A neighbourhood bar if there ever was one, there aren’t just football tables downstairs, but a Kegelbahn (bowling alley) too. The team behind the big wooden bar is friendly, and the seating area is an undulating mass of coats and groups of friends yakking up a storm. DJs play classics, soul, disco, and funk in the small back dance room.QG-1, Lychner Straße 11, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, www.augustfengler.de. Open 19:00 - 05:00. GEBURTSTAGSKLUB Twenty year-olds fill the two low-ceilinged rooms of this otherwise spacious cellar. Don’t miss the mad monthly drag party with Nina Queer. Like at many clubs in Berlin, you have to brave the walk down a dark courtyard.QH-2, Am Friedrichshain 33, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Schillingstraße, tel. +49 30 42 02 14 05, www.geburtstagsklub.de. Open Fri, Sat, Sun 23:00 - 06:00. 44 Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com PARKS AND GARDENS Berlin Helmholtzplatz Raumerstr. 8, 40301770 www.tausche.de Berlin Boxhagener Platz Krossener Str. 19, 34711150 SODA CLUB In the courtyard of the Kulturbrauerei complex, Soda is a fun club with an enthusiastic regular crowd. Salsa is played on Thursdays and Sundays (€5, starting off with a lesson hour), and on Fridays and Saturdays there’s five dancefloors with electro, crossover, black and dance classics - girls get in for free until 01:00.QSchönhauser Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 443 151 55, [email protected], www. soda-berlin.de. Open , Thu 20:00 - 04:00, Fri, Sat 23:00 - 07:00, Sun 19:00 - 04:00 Open Thu-Sun 19:00 - 04:00. Sightseeing LANDMARKS KULTURBRAUEREI Follow the yellow brick wall of this 19th-century brewery and you’ll eventually find an entryway into a nightlife Mecca that resembles an Old Town setting. A cobblestone pedestrian way courses through the centre of the complex, whose 25,000 square metres is filled with bars, restaurants, clubs, galleries and a cinema. The only thing you won’t find is freshly brewed beer; Schultheiss shut down production here in 1967. Soda Club is a both a restaurant and popular nightclub, and Kesselhaus and Alte Kantine host anything from readings to theater to live bands.QG-2, Schönhauser Allee 36-39, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalderstraße, tel. +49 30 44 31 51 52, www.kulturbrauerei.de. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket MAUERPARK The immensely popular ‘Wall Park’ has no greenery to speak of; this is an intensely used piece of former border strip that’s especially busy on Sundays when it hosts a flea market and the immensely popular Bearpit Karaoke (every second Sunday from 15:00), where anyone can grab the microphone and sing for a crowd of thousands.QG-1, Eberswalder Straße, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, www.mauerpark.info. Shopping BOOKS SHAKESPEARE & SONS An excellent little living-room style bookshop that came to Berlin from Prague, selling used and new English-language books as well as coffee, tea, cakes and snacks. Leaf through a classic novel while munching on banana bread.QH-1, Raumerstraße 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MS Prenzlauer Allee, tel. +49 30 40 00 36 85. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 11:00 - 19:00. FASHION & SHOES TAUSCHE TASCHEN Bags with exchangeable flaps in over 100 different designs. Two flaps are included and various insets equip the bag to suit any occasion.QH-1, Raumerstraße 8, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 40 30 17 70, [email protected], www.tausche.de. Open 10:00 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun. MARKETS FLOHMARKT AM MAUERPARK Vegan snacks, bicycles, crafts, clothing, alternative souvenirs and antiques - it’s all available (though not particularly cheap) at the weekly Mauerpark flea market. Arrive early to avoid the crowds.QG-1, Bernauer Straße 63-64, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Bernauer Straße, tel. 0176 29 25 00 21, www.mauerparkmarkt.de. Open , Sun 08:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Open Sun 09:00-15:00. June - July 2014 45 Friedrichshain Friedrichshain Friedrichshain is a lively old workers district that has completely been taken over by rad nightlife venues, graffiti and leftist students moaning about Touri’s encroaching on their favourite watering holes. Tree-lined Simon-Dach-Straße is full of cafés and bars, while Boxhagener Platz hosts the popular Sunday fleamarket. In the former border zone along the river, the ‘MediaSpree’ development plans for offices, apartments and skyscrapers is passionately opposed by many vocal locals who fear they’ll lose public access to the river. This chapter also includes suburban sights east of Friedrichshain. Restaurants & Cafés GERMAN KEULE Keule, pronounced ‘coy-ler’ and berlinerisch for ‘bro’, is an authentic corner in an increasingly international district. It serves regional cuisine classics such as soljanka soup, a hefty farmer’s breakfast, traditional pork knuckle, cured smoked pork and berry compote dessert. Later on, there’s cocktails and sports on the large screen.QSimon-DachStraße 22, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 22 34 55 01, www.keule-berlin.de. Open from 12:00. €€. AUB Getting there From Mitte, hop on a train to S/U-Bahn station Warschauer Straße, or to U-Bahn station Frankfurter Tor. From Nordbahnhof or Prenzlauer Berg catch the M10 tram, known as the party tram at night. 46 Berlin In Your Pocket s A r A llee Voigts tr. 0 SAN DIEGO STEAKHOUSE Great steaks and drinks at low prices with friendly service – what more does a meat-lover want? There’s a good choice of beef and other meats, even a few vegetarian options.QI-3, Karl-Marx-Allee 141, Friedrichshain, MU Frankfurter Tor, tel. +49 30 42 02 37 77. Open 11:00 24:00. €. TUNGBS Gür tels tr. CUPCAKE BERLIN The very first thing that we learnt to bake together with our mothers is now a fashionable little dessert snack with its own café dedicated to it. Try ‘The King’ cupcake (with Elvis’ favourite ingredients), the sweet ‘Pretty in Pink’ or any of the other 20-odd creations. There’s a good breakfast and coffee served at Cup reib erha uer Str. Spitta str. Wie i sen tweg Kas kel- str.r. Hauptss t. tr rin ths tr. Jes sne rst r. Bah strn. hofNeu e tr. teis Hol Ostkreuz S GLORY DUCK Excellent Vietnamese-style Peking duck. This gorgeous new place serves crispy, freshly grilled duck, served with ginger-mango sauce, orange sauce, red curry and other toppings. Or go for Vietnamese standards such as Pho or one of the vegetarian options. There’s a good selection of drinks and Asian cocktails too. The design alone is reason to drop by; the dark Feng Shui interior has interesting perspective lines, there’s a large harbour scene on one wall and the toilets are decorated with 13000 psychedelic stickers.QI-4, Sonntagstraße 31, Friedrichshain, MS Ostkreuz, tel. +49 30 63 96 53 31, www.gloryduck. de. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 14:00 - 24:00. €€. AUBSW Sch nber gstr. Lehm bruc kstr.r. Dan neck erst r.r. Mode rssohn str t. laue We ich sel str. Jun gst r. Kre u Str.tziger r- s t. tr Gärtn e Voiggtstr. Str t. Prosk auer Liebig gstr tr. n-D Dach -SStr tr. Colbbe str t. er Tha er h uer auer Pla tz S Co Stra Len Lenbachenbachenb en nbac achach platz plat platz Od ers tr. Persiu ss tr. Cor inth st 500 ynastst r. hle Rud olfs tr. str.r. rafend amm tr. cha Wa rs Sc Str . Wa rsc Tam ara -Da m- sttr er r Str. Str. r Str Kadin e Str. Str . ck-Ha rna M. be nu fe Roth er- Wüh lisch str.r. Sim plo ns ale tr. r S tr. 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A right on Krossener Straße takes you to Boxi, Boxhagener Platz, scene of the excellent Sunday flea market. Walk north along Gärtnerstraße and Mainzer Straße to reach the grand Stalinist-style Frankfurter Allee. Follow this west (it becomes Karl-Marx-Allee) and turn right onto Friedenstraße for a stroll and a beer in Volkspark Friedrichshain. SCHNEEWEISS Schneeweiß is extremely stylish, very popular, and very, very white. The delicious Alpine and ‘new German cuisine’ on the menu here is easily a match for the chic interior, which has won accolades for its fantastic design. This is the place to go if you’re looking for a fullon dining experience, not just food.QSimplonstraße 16, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 29 04 97 04, www.schneeweiss-berlin. de. Open 18:00 - 01:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 01:00. €€. TGBS 1000 m Rummelsburger berlin.inyourpocket.com Glory Duck facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket THE NEW DUCK IN TOWN SONNTAGSTR. 31 // BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAIN 030 / 63 96 53 31 // gloryduck.de MON-FRI 12-24 / SAT+SUN 14-24 Cake too.QJ-4, Krossener Straße 12, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 25 76 86 87, www.cupcakeberlin.de. Open 12:00 - 19:00. TUVNGBSW CAFÉS KAUFBAR At this homey café you can wash down your chocolate croissant with either a coffee or carafe of red wine. Excepting the wine, you can buy everything here to-go: the lampshades, art work, chairs and even the ashtrays. The only thing not for sale in the “Buy Bar” are their board games.QJ-4, Gärtnerstraße 4, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 29 77 88 25, www. kaufbar-berlin.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00, Tue, Wed 15:00 24:00. TUNGBSW MACONDO Macondo was the setting of García Márquez’ novel 100 Years of Solitude, and you could say that its languid tropical atmosphere perseveres in this wonderful ‘reading café’. There’s old furniture to sink in to, views over the Sunday market, good coffee and original South American mate tea, sipped through a silver straw. Bring a book, and time.QI4, Gärtnerstraße 14, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 54 73 59 43, info@mancondo-berlin. de, www.macondo-berlin.de. Open 15:00 - 02:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 02:00. BW June - July 2014 47 Friedrichshain Kreuzberg facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Püc kler str.r enb ahn str. ke l be Schlesisches Tor O U ner Str . pel Str . Wie ner C Str. tr Str. Lo hm üh Rat ib ors Lie Glo gau er gni tze r Str . cke Op Str . ste r Ga Grö nst ein Ze ug ho fst r. rS tr. Reic che nbe rge r Sc Pfl W eig es tr. fer Elb So nn en all ee au st du 1000 m ild 500 Do n rze an W es ers tr. Ha W üg ers tr. e nse nst r. Na rxStr . 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There’s everything from 1970s tape recorders to Polish art posters and second-hand clothing.QJ-4, Boxhagener Platz, Friedrichshain, MU Frankfurter Tor, tel. +49 162 292 30 66. Open , Sun 10:00 - 18:00 Open Sun 10:00 - 18:00. enau st Str. Str k Blücherstr.r. erst Pocket Walk: Kreuzberg Kreuzberg is best explored in two parts. From Platz der Luftbrücke station walk west to Viktoriapark and climb the Kreuzberg for views north over the city. Descend eastwards and walk along genteel Bergmannstraße, perhaps visiting a café or the market hall, before walking south to Columbiadamm for access to the the former Tempelhof airport, now a wonderful park. Start a tour of the fascinating eastern end of Kreuzberg at Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station; wander north through ‘little Istanbul’ to Oranienplatz and follow the park to the Engelbecken pond where you can follow the former Wall along Bethaniendamm to Mariannenplatz, a centre of Berlin subculture. Stroll down Waldemarstraße to café-lined Lausitzerplatz and cross under the U-Bahn line to lively Görlitzer Park. From here, go north into Falckensteinstraße to discover more of Kreuzberg’s street art, or head south along Ohlauer Straße and across Landwehrkanal into the trendy ‘Kreuzkölln’ district for cupcakes and cocktails. Moritzplatz U Wa sse U Prinzenstr. Getting there The Bergmannstraße area is best reached from Friedrichstraße station on the U6; get off at Mehringdamm, or at Platz der Luftbrücke for the Viktoriapark. For the gritty end of Kreuzberg hop on the U8 from Alexanderplatz and pop up at Kottbusser Tor. The Kreuzkölln bars are within pubcrawling distance of Schönleinstraße and Hermannplatz stations, on the same line. str . Gitschiner h Str. Str Johan it h MARKETS 5 oo Waterlr Ufe Str.. therr Str uth uthe B ut Bar Gneis r Str . nstr. MehringM ehringhri hr pplatz at Mehring- U damm rckstr t. Ora nien str.r. Neu enb urge Linde ühs-SSttrr.r. Klüh F anzz-Klü Fra Hallesches Tor U str.r. n Berlinische ische sche Ritte rstr.r Galeriie ie Jew Jewis ewish ew wish w Museum M Mu sseum ler-Str. ü n st Fr.-K 4 ckernbrücke TAUSCHE TASCHEN Bags with exchangeable flaps in over 100 different designs. Two flaps are included and various insets equip the bag to suit any occasion.QKrossener Straße 19, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 34 71 11 50, www.tausche. de. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun. nda G st ten er Bahnhof r rafenstr. Markg 48 Berlin In Your Pocket i hsttr.r. Frieeddric FRITZCLUB Popular with students and others in their 20s/30s, this well-run club set inside the former mail station next to Ostbahnhof has three dancefloors and an outdoor bar. The music varies nightly depending on the party theme; everything from 90s, RnB and rock to house and electro. Unlike other clubs in the area, this is no overhyped favourite - you can simply expect to have a good time here. Also known for concerts and other events.QStraße der Pariser Kommune 8, Friedrichshain, MS Ostbahnhof, tel. +49 30 698 12 80, www.fritzclub.com. Open Fri, Sat 23:0004:00. Admission €4-7,50. Kochstr. U ter Str. es U fer FASHION & SHOES tr t. Ch rlottenssttr. Cha CLUBS Shopping tr. K chhsstr Ko tr. ns an em es CRACK BELLMER A barn of a bar amidst all the clubs in the formerly industrial RAW compound. Crack Bellmer is not just a place for drinking however; there’s film screenings, and a good-sized space for dancing to DJs at 80s or swing nights. Find the entrance at the southern end of Simon-Dach-Straße.QI-4, Revaler Straße 99, Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, www.crackbellmer.de. Open 19:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon. UNB er Zimmerstr. - tr. schhke-S sc Rudi-Duutsc tr. elms BARS Checkpoint p t Charliee Wilh Nightlife SISYPHOS A legendary electro, techno and house club in an industrial setting, far away from the rest of the club scene. Wear mad clothes, plan to stay the night and just undergo it all. Tram N°21 from Ostkreuz to the Gustav-Holzmann-Straße stop. QHauptstraße 15, Lichtenberg, MS Ostkreuz, www. sisyphos-berlin.net. str.r. BERGHAIN A legendary techno club. Pretty much anything goes on the main dance floor, in the Panorama Bar and in the dark rooms of this huge old power plant. The doorman picks from the queue of hopefuls to create the right mix, so parties are always varied and exciting. Arrive early Sunday morning for the best atmosphere. There are concerts and events on weekdays too, and in summer an outdoor Diskogarten. QI-3/4, Am Wriezener Bahnhof, Friedrichshain, MS Ostbahnhof, tel. +49 30 29 36 02 10, www. berghain.de. Open Fri 24:00 - Sat 12:00, Sat 24:00 Mon 09:00. UNGBW Solm msstr. tr. © Ella Privorozki SSoollm msstr t. Fritzclub Thanks to a large Turkish community and more hippies, anarchists and alternative folks than you can shake a bong at, Kreuzberg feels neither east nor west. It was the black sheep of West Berlin, literally cornered up against the death strip and left alone to play loud music and draw on the walls. By now, the protesting students of 1968 have grown grey alongside the Turkish immigrants. Every year since 1987, Kreuzberg relives its 15 minutes of fame during the traditional May Day political demonstrations, which invariably turn into a long night of stone-throwing and burning cars. Otherwise, Kreuzberg is a perfectly safe district to wander through, and it’s all about backgammon at the men’s clubs, café-sitting along Landwehrkanal, and ambling down the popular Oranienstraße and Bergmannstraße drags. This chapter also covers areas south of Kreuzberg: leafy Treptow west along the river Spree, the Tempelhof airport-turned-park which attracts thousands of visitors in summer, and the upcoming Neukölln district. Here, the Kreuzkölln area around Reuterstraße is increasingly attracting hipsters, artists, artsy boutiques and weird nightlife spots. W June - July 2014 49 Kreuzberg Restaurants & Cafés ASIAN KIMCHI PRINCESS Though this is not Berlin’s first Korean restaurant, Kimchi Princess is being hailed by the capital’s gourmets as the first one to serve authentic dishes – that is, not drowned in cream and sauce like most Asian food here. It’s indeed excellent and spicy, and as a result it can be difficult to find a free table in the evening.QH-4, Skalitzer Straße 36, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 163 458 02 03, www.kimchiprincess.com. Open 18:00 - 01:00. €€. TUGBSW SAROD’S Kreuzberg’s friendliest Thai restaurant. The food is excellent, healthy, fresh and gluten-free, with some unusual options on the extensive menu such as the Lab (minced meat with roast rice, coriander and spices). There’s a good selection of wines too.QFriesenstraße 22, Kreuzberg, MU Gneisenaustraße, tel. +49 30 69 50 73 33, www. sarods.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sun 14:00 - 24:00. €€. TGBSW Kreuzberg PAGODE Simply one of the best Thai restaurants in town. It feels crowded, steamy and noisy, but that’s just part of the authentic selfservice atmosphere; wait till you sink your teeth in the fantastic food. The open kitchen uses fresh vegetables and herbs that are flown in from Bangkok; all the Thai classics are present. There’s seating indoors and in the basement room, as well as outside. Ask if you like it hot.QF-5, Bergmannstraße 88, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 691 26 40, www.pagode-thaifood.de. Open 12:00 24:00. €. VBS sugar and fruit jam. Breakfast is served until 17:00, so take your time for brunch. Reservations recommended.QH-4, Muskauer Straße 1, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 612 35 81, www.jolesch.de. Open 11:00 24:00, Sat, Sun 09:30 - 24:00. €€. GB JOLESCH Excellent Austrian cuisine and wines in a quirky corner of Kreuzberg. Jolesh, a classy yet good-value restaurant, is named after ‘Tante Jolesch’, a Viennese auntie who loved to cook. It serves a great Wiener Schnitzel as well as dishes like goulash and Kaiserschmarrn, chopped-up pancakes with RIEHMERS The elegant and understated Riehmers restaurant serves a fantastic Wiener Schnitzel (breaded veal escalope), amongst seasonal dishes like roast pike perch and crepes with roast apricots. The dining room is kept bare and simple, while the calm summer terrace in the garden overlooks a historic apartment complex for Prussian officers.QF-5, Hagelbergerstraße 9, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 78 89 19 80, www.riehmers-restaurant.de. Open 18:00 - 01:00. Closed Mon. €€-€€€. TGBSW Sarod’s Jolesch AUSTRIAN Thai restaurant Friesenstraße 22 tel. 69 50 73 33 www.sarods.de 50 Berlin In Your Pocket FAST FOOD BERGMANN CURRY A friendly fast food joint with quality organic Currywurst, fries, meat balls and more. The menus include the upmarket ‘Rockefella’ dish (served on porcelain, with a glass of champagne), and there’s vegan wurst and burgers, and sweet potato chips too. If you dare, ask for a drop of searing hot chilli sauce from the bottles on the ‘board of pain’.QBergmannstraße 88, tel. +49 50 56 51 54, www.bergmanncurry.com. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 21:00. Glück To Go GLÜCK TO GO This unusual fast-food restaurant was inspired by a trip to India’s Gujarat province and serves happiness to go: delicious protein-rich vegetarian/vegan burgers, fries with ayurvedic spices, and healthy juice concoctions; all home-made with organic and regionally sourced ingredients. The delicious Orient Express burger has beet root, spices and special date chutney, and there’s three other burgers to choose from. Finish off with a low-fat Shrikhand yoghurt. Set menus from €6-8,50.QF-5, Friesenstraße 26, Kreuzberg, MU Gneisenaustraße, tel. +49 30 623 10 04, www.glueck-togo.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat, Sun 12:00 - 20:00. €. B ITALIAN GORGONZOLA CLUB An In Your Pocket favourite, serving the best and biggest carpaccio we’ve had, and with lovely seating in the green outdoor courtyard. The prices for the fresh pastas, pizzas and other dishes are by all means reasonable, and there are additional changing dinner options too. For after-dinner cocktails simply go next door to the Würgeengel bar.QH4, Dresdener Straße 121, Kreuzberg, MU Kottbusser Tor, tel. +49 30 615 64 73, www.gorgonzolaclub.de. Open 18:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 18:00 - 02:00. €. B Open daily 12:00-24:00 Sundays from 14:00 traditional healthy Thai cuisine fresh and dainty berlin.inyourpocket.com facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket June - July 2014 51 Kreuzberg Kreuzberg CAFÉS Osteria N°1 OSTERIA N°1 Next to Viktoriapark, this neighbourhood fixture has a fantastic Biergarten bordered by lemon, cherry and olive trees. Classic regional cuisine is prepared by cooks from different parts of Italy, and everything is made fresh to order. Order a pasta with Toscan hare ragout or salmon in orange sauce. Perhaps the most child-friendly place in town, too. Choose from six different lunch menus from €7.QF-5, Kreuzbergstraße 71, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 786 91 62, www.osteria-uno.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00. €€. B VICOLO BERGMANN Tasty Sicilian food is served at this rustic restaurant on the sunny side of the street. Fresh quality meat, seafood and vegetables are used to make the authentic pastas, pizzas or the meat and fish dishes, and there’s home-made bread too. The small uncluttered space with randomly exposed bricks is decorated with newspaper cuttings. Don’t miss the sinfully sweet Sicilian desserts.QF-5, Bergmannstraße 88, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 69 00 44 88, [email protected], www.vicolo-bergmann.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €€. CAFÉ AM ENGELBECKEN Opposite the impressive, partially-restored St. Michael’s church is a pond, sunk into a depressed parkway that was once a canal. Hidden away at the reedy edge of the pond is a sunny terrace café. View of the water and the rustling tall green reeds makes this a peaceful respite from all things city while still being near the heart of Kreuzberg (and can you believe this area was once filled with rubble, and part of the Wall’s death strip?). Pizza and snacks are served and they offer a choice of cocktails.QH-4, Michaelkirchplatz, Mitte, MU Heinrich-Heine-Straße, tel. +49 157 88 94 70 91, www.cafe-am-engelbecken.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00. €. TUNGBSW KUCHENKAISER A melting pot for Berliners, their friends and visitors since 1866, the “cake emperor” is famous for its cakes and tarts, which were sent exclusively by the Hindenburg to New York in the 1920s. The restaurant also has a wide variety of German specialities and international dishes. There’s a great choice of breakfasts, a low-cost lunch, and a huge brunch on Sundays. A mustsee in Berlin.QG/H-4, Oranienplatz 11-13, Kreuzberg, MU Moritzplatz, tel. +49 30 61 40 26 97, www.kuchenkaiser.de. Open 09:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 09:00 - 01:00. €€. B Fantastic Berliner ner e Currywurst, Curryw quality organic g c and a vega vegan g snacks,, and nd a ranggee of hoto chili c sauces. ssauces Open daily ily 122:0 2:00-24:00 Sunday 12:000-21:00 Vicolo Bergmann 52 Berlin In Your Pocket Bergmannstrraße 88 Berlin-Kreuzbberg www.bergmann-currry.com berlin.inyourpocket.com WELTRESTAURANT MARKTHALLE Within a historic market hall building, the rustic Markthalle restaurant is long and tall, with wainscoting, simple wooden furniture and a bar that locals belly up to. It’s a restaurant that doesn’t let its looks carry it: the kitchen takes pride in its nouvelle takes on German and Austrian standards. The menu changes weekly, but count on Spätzle, Schweinebraten (braised pork), and apple strudel. Breakfasts run from Russian to American-style, and as late as 16:00. After dinner, check if anything is going down in the Auster Club in the cellar. QH-4, Pücklerstraße 34, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 617 55 02, www.weltrestaurant -markthalle.de. Open 10:00 till late. €€. B facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Nightlife BARS GALANDER A wonderfully classic bar, furnished with 1920s-style fauteuils and woodwork. Apart from beer, Galander has an excellent selection of wine and can mix some quite unusual cocktails for you. Occasionally the piano is played too. Recommended for a quality night out.QF-4, Grossbeerenstraße 54, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 28 50 90 30, www.galander-berlin.de. Open 18:00 - 02:00. Closed Mon. E MILCHBAR It is the foam of beer that lines the upper lip of patrons of Milchbar, home to punks, students, and aging alternative types still loyal to the sounds of punk, ska, thrash, and hard rock. The crowd is not so anarchic as to not want to cheer on their teams when football games are screened. The murals and dark décor can heighten your wooziness if you’ve had one round too many.QH-4, Manteuffelstraße 41, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 611 70 06, www.milchbar-berlin.de. Open 17:00 - 04:00. NBW WÜRGEENGEL Pronounced woor-ge-en-gel and named after Bunuel’s film El Ángel Exterminador, this dark brown bar is a great place for a drink and a snack. The tapas list has a dozen tasty June - July 2014 53 Kreuzberg Kreuzberg Friesenstraße 26 Berlin-Kreuzberg tel. 896 202 52 Der Wellfood-Imbiss options, while the cocktail menu has over 50 reasons to delay your departure. To round it all off, there are Cuban and other cigars to enjoy.QH-4, Dresdener Straße 122, Kreuzberg, MU Kottbusser Tor, tel. +49 30 615 55 60, www.wuergeengel.de. Open from 19:00. €€. B CLUBS SO36 Live bands perform nearly every night at this institution that’s home to any alternative lifestyle, from gay Turks and metal heads to hardcore punks and goth vegans. On popular club nights, like the Ugly X Bad Taste Party or Gayhane, show up before 01:00 or face a long wait with the friendly door staff.QH-4, Oranienstraße 190, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 40 13 06, www.so36.de. Check their website for opening times. UENG MUSEUMS BERLINISCHE GALERIE This museum for modern art, photography, architecture, and artist archives concentrates 120 years worth of creativity forged in Berlin. Artists represent the Secession, Expressionist, Dada, New Objectivity movements, and those representing the divided Berlin. Giants of German art include Heinrich Zille, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Hannah Höch and Wolf Vostell.QG-4, Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, Kreuzberg, MU Hallesches Tor, tel. +49 30 78 90 26 00, www. berlinischegalerie.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Tue. Admission €8/5, first Mon €4. Free for visitors under 18. www.glueck-to-go.de www.facebook.com/GluckToGo Sightseeing JÜDISCHES MUSEUM BERLIN (JEWISH MUSEUM) The famous zinc-plated fortress designed by Daniel Libeskind contains a moving perspective on the many ways in which German life and Jewish history are intricately interwoven. The interior contains dark ‘voids’ for contemplation, but the exhibits cover much more than the Holocaust chapter of Jewish history in Germany. QF-4, Lindenstraße 9-14, Kreuzberg, MU Hallesches Tor, tel. +49 30 25 99 33 00, www.jmberlin.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Mon 10:00 - 22:00. Admission €5/2,50, special exhibitions €4/2, combined ticket €7/3,50. LANDMARKS TEMPELHOF AIRPORT TERMINAL (ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN) The Tempelhof Airport terminal, now used for events, was constructed in the 1930s, but the interior of the massive 1300-metre-long complex was never finished. The history is impressive: the Prussian army paraded here, in 1909 Orville Wright broke records by flying higher and longer than ever before, and in 1948 the first round of the Cold War was won when the Allied airlift beat the Soviet blockade. Two-hour English-language tours take you from the apron and the main hall, down into the air raid bunkers and onto the roof.QPlatz der Luftbrücke, MU Platz der Luftbrücke, tel. +49 30 200 03 74 41, www. tempelhoferfreiheit.de. Guided tours in English on Sat at 15:00, Sun at 10:30. Tickets €12/9, children €6. www.inyourpocket.com berlin.inyourpocket.com TOPOGRAPHIE DES TERRORS (TOPOGRAPHY OF TERROR) Beside a souvenir-ravaged stretch of Wall, the cellars are all that remain of the palace housing the Reich Security (SS) Office. The fascinating exhibition in the trench and the adjacent pavilion and park uses models, texts and photos to highlight the topography of the Third Reich police, military and security groups that were headquartered in this area, and discusses their organisation and the terror they cast across Europe. The most important lesson to take home is perhaps that these organisation only managed to thrive thanks to the continuous cooperation of many institutes and citizens. Set aside 2-3 hours to do it justice.QF-4, Niederkirchnerstraße 8, Kreuzberg, MU Kochstraße, tel. +49 30 25 45 09 50, www.topographie.de. Open 10:00 20:00. Admission free. PARKS & GARDENS DEUTSCHES TECHNIKMUSEUM (TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM) One of Berlin’s best museums is unmistakably recognisable by the Douglas C-47 plane suspended above the main building. The huge complex set in and around an old freight station rail depot has planes, trains, cars, bikes, computers, phones, radios and much more. Outside there are windmills and a brewery. There’s a hands-on Spectrum science centre for children too.QF-4, Trebbiner Straße 9, Kreuzberg, MU Gleisdreieck, tel. +49 30 90 25 40, www.sdtb.de. Open 09:00 - 17:30, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €6/3,5. WILD AT HEART Rock on. One of Berlin’s rare live-music venues brings in hardcore and punk bands touring the planet. There’s an occasional DJ night as well. Booths and seating in the front rooms make conversation manageable. Bring earplugs for the stage area.QH-5, Wiener Straße 20, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 610 74 701, www. wildatheartberlin.de. Open 20:00 - 04:00. ENB 54 Berlin In Your Pocket Mon - Sat: 11 - 21 • Sun: 12 - 19 MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU Dusty pink brick, gilded mosaics, stucco work run riot - this is the work of Great Uncle Gropius, not Walter ‘Bauhaus’ Gropius. Completed in 1881, the beauty once held an arts and crafts museum. Today the Martin-Gropius-Bau hosts excellent touring exhibitions. Until 10 August: David Bowie.QF-4, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, Kreuzberg, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 25 48 60, www.gropiusbau. de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Tue. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket TEMPELHOFER FREIHEIT Where else can you run for five minutes with your eyes closed? Berlin’s most amazing space is this historic and wide open airport just south of Kreuzberg, which closed in 2008 and was opened as a park in 2010. Now the runways and taxi lanes are used by bikers, inline skaters and kiteboarders; the fields around them are used by rare breeding skylarks (from April-July), picnickers, barbecuers, artists, kite-flyers, gardeners and dog-walkers. There’s even a Biergarten at the northern end. Note that turnstiles allow exit from the park after closing time as well. Also easily accessed from U-Bahn stations Tempelhof and Boddinstrasse. QF/G-6, Columbiadamm, MS/U Tempelhof, www. tempelhoferfreiheit.de. Open March 06:00-19:00, April & Sept 06:00-20:30, May & Aug 06:00-21:30, June & July 06:00-22:30, Oct 07:00-19:00, Dec, Jan 07:30-17:00, Feb & Nov 07:00-18:00. Admission free. VIKTORIAPARK Before heading up the hill, crowned with Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s memorial to the Napoleonic Wars, go to the corner of Kreuzbergstraße and Großbeerenstraße for an eyeful of the park’s waterfall, constructed in the late 19th century. Kids stripped to their knickers wade in between the shallow, tiered levels. 65 metres above, people lean back against the graffiti-laden monument to take in the panoramic view. Towards the back of the park, past a playground and off the Bacci field, is the Golgotha beer garden. Running parallel to Kreuzbergstraße is a small petting zoo where children and goats get to meet and bleat. June - July 2014 55 Kreuzberg River tours After flowing a bucolic 400km from the Czech border region to Berlin, the river Spree goes out with a bang before disappearing into the Havel near Spandau. Cutting a curvy passage through Berlin, it provides tremendous views of the Dom cathedral, the Reichstag and the government district and the Berlin Wall near Ostbahnhof. Some of the Spree is diverted along park-lined canals, and Berlin has more bridges than Venice or Amsterdam. Short city centre cruise tours depart regularly from the boat landings near the Museumsinsel, Friedrichstraße, Hauptbahnhof station and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in the park. The 3.5-hour Brücke (bridges) tours cruise past all the city centre sights, down Landwehrkanal and past the beautiful Oberbaumbrücke. Here we list your options with English narration. Sail away. BERLIN’S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Alte Jakobstraße 124–128 10969 Berlin Wed–Mon 10am–6pm www.berlinischegalerie.de www.facebook.com/berlinischegalerie Foto: Nina Straßgütl Y ARIL POR M TEM ED FRO S CLO 07.2014 01. BERLINISCHE GALERIE The Berlinische Galerie is one of the newest museums in the German capital and collects art from Berlin dating from 1870 to the present day – with both a local and international focus. Its outstanding collections include Dada Berlin, the Neue SachliRainer Fetting, chkeit (New Objectivity) Portrait Martin Kippenberger, and the Eastern European 1978, © Rainer Fetting avant-garde. The art of the divided and reunified city of Berlin provides another focus. The current presentation of the collection shows works from the end of the Second World War to the present day. The collection is on show until 23rd June. RENOVATIONS From 01 July The Berlinische Galerie will close temporarily for renovations from 1 July 2014. The website and newsletter keep you posted for temporary projects, explain the work the museum is doing, offer a podium for experts, and present works from the collection. In spring 2015 the Berlinische Galerie will re-open. 56 Berlin In Your Pocket NIK NOWAK Echo. GASAG Art Prize 2014 Until 30 June Nik Nowak has been awarded the GASAG Art Prize 2014. His projects investigate strategies for filling space acoustically. At Berlinische Galerie Nowak has continued his work with sound objects and experimental compositions. MARKUS DRAPER From the Collection Until 23 June The monumental installation Windsor Tower (2007) by Markus Draper joins recently acquired paintings and a video-installation. IGNACIO URIARTE Counting (for) Eight Hours Until 30 June In the acoustic installation especially designed for the lobby of the Berlinische Galerie, the monotonous voice of a man is heard steadily counting away for eight hours. GARDEN PARADE Gardens for the Berlinische Galerie – atelier le balto In creating their gardens for the Berlinische Galerie, landscape architects atelier le balto draw on a familiar urban theme in Berlin: the building site. berlin.inyourpocket.com MS SCHIFFSKONTOR Rent an antique boat and sail just about anywhere on Berlin’s waterways. There’s the rustic open-top Oskar from 1930, or rent the elegant Italian Afrodite, a pink beauty from 1950 in which you’ll look dashing with dark sunglasses and a flowing scarf.Qtel. +49 30 246 47 99 60, www. schiffskontor.de. REEDEREI BWSG Besides the regular, short City Spreefahrt tour between the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the Mühlendammschleuse locks, BWSG has a daily 2,5-hour East Side Tour that takes in the remains of the Wall and new developments in Eastern Berlin.QG-3, Spreepromenade, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 651 34 15, www.bwsg-berlin.de. Tickets €10,50/5,25; East Side tour €21/10,50. CHARTERTRIPS ON HISTORICAL BOATS ... e.g. Moonlight-Trips with Aphrodite or Oskar 10245 Berlin-Stralau, near Tunnelstrasse 36 Tel. (030) 246 47 99 60 www.schiffskontor.de APP REEDEREI RIEDEL Riedel’s panorama ships offer 1-2 hour Stadtkernfahrt city centre tours up to 20 times per day, departing from near Hauptbahnhof, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Märkisches Ufer. The 1-3 hour Spreefahrt tour goes around all the main sights. The 2-3.5 hour Brückenfahrt tour sails several times daily from Märkisches Ufer. There’s an additional evening cruise.QE-3, Willy-Brandt-Straße (Ludwig-ErhardUfer jetty), Mitte, MS/U Hauptbahnhof, tel. +49 30 693 46 46, www.reederei-riedel.de. Tickets €10-20/5-10. REEDEREI WINKLER Winkler’s one-hour Stadtrundfahrt tours depart up to 10 times daily from beside Friedrichstraße station. The 3-3.5 hour Spreefahrt river tours from Schlossbrücke in Charlottenburg take in the river beyond the city centre sights. There are evening departures too, and check the website for the special culinary and party cruises.QF-3, Reichstagufer jetty, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 349 95 95, www.reedereiwinkler.de. Tickets: Stadtrundfahrt €12/10, Spreefahrt €19-21/17-19. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket June - July 2014 57 City tours City tours B ERLINER U NTERWELTEN E.V. ANITA SIKORA’S BERLIN WALKS The walking tours by guide and artist Anita Sikora offer a wide choice of topics, ranging from David Bowie and Walter Benjamin themed tours, walks around the Pankow district, to the Wall’s course through the industrial ‘Fireland’ district. Join a regular group walk or book a private tour.Qtel. +49 176 68 60 16 63, [email protected], www.anitasikora.com. Tours €9. Society for the Exploration and Documentation of Subterranean Architecture Berlin from below Cold War and WW II bunker tours Different tours every day • see: www.berliner-unterwelten.de Subway: Gesundbrunnen (U8), southern entrance-hall • Brunnenstraße 105 There’s a story on every corner in Berlin, though you’ll need a guide to hear it. It’s a huge, fascinating city, but lacks a real Old Town-type area. Attractions are fairly far-flung, so plan your itinerary and get acquainted with the excellent public transportation. If you’re here for a limited amount of time, we highly recommend you join one of the walking or cycling tours to get your bearings and see the main sights. BUS, CAR & PLANE TOURS BERLIN CITY TOUR Open-top doubledecker buses circle the main sights in about two hours; the green ones have live English commentary; red ones have audioguides. Board at Kurfürstendamm 14, the Town Hall or Brandenburger Tor and hop-on or hop-off as you like. There’s also a narrated ‘Wall & Lifestyle’ tour taking in the main Wall sights and some trendy districts.Qtel. +49 30 68 30 26 41, www. berlin-city-tour.de. Tickets €15/12/5. BERLIN UNDERWORLDS The Berlin Underworlds Association allows you to experience Berlin´s history from an unusual perspective, through its underground installations dating back to the Cold War, World War II, or earlier. Though predominantly in the spaces below Berlin´s Gesundbrunnen station, tours are also offered in several other complexes that are usually not accessible to the public. With prior notification, tours can be arranged for groups of minimum 20 people at other times. The following tours are held in English; they also take place in German and Spanish at other times, and various tours are held in Dutch, French, Italian and Danish. 58 Berlin In Your Pocket CITY CIRCLE BUSES Several tour bus companies operate hop-on hop-off double-decker bus City Circle tours lasting 2.5 hours. Buses run every 10 minutes, with narration in a dozen languages. Kurfürstendamm 220 and Alexanderplatz are the two main starting points, but you can get on and off at some 20 stops.Qtel. +49 30 88 56 80 30, www.berolina-berlin. com. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Tickets €22/11. Afternoon ticket (from 13:30) €16,50/11. WALKING & CYCLING TOURS Several companies offer free or affordable city centre highlight tours, lasting about 4 hours and lead by enthusiastic English-speaking expats, hoping you’ll tip generously and sign up for more of their specialised tours. Booking is usually not required, just show up at the meeting points (usually at Hackescher Markt, and 30 minutes beforehand at Zoo Bahnhof). We’ve also included several fun specialised tours. Tour 1: Dark Worlds – A bunker from the Nazi era. MarNov Mon 11:00 and 13:00, Wed-Sun 11:00; Dec-Feb Mon 11:00 and 13:00, Thu-Sun 11:00. Tour 2: From Flak Towers to Mountains of Debris. Enter a devastated albeit fascinating underground world. Apr 1 - Oct 31, Thu-Sun 16:00. Tour 3: Subways, Bunkers, Cold War – a political history of Berlin from an unusual perspective. Mar-Nov Tues 11:00 and 13:00, Wed-Sun 13:00; Dec-Feb Thu-Sun 13:00. Tour M – Breaching the Berlin Wall: Subterranean escapes from East to West Berlin. Mar-Nov, Sun 10:30. For further information see www.berliner-unterwelten. de. Tickets €10/8, Tour M €13/10 (no reservation required); the meeting point is at the southern entrance of the Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station at Brunnenstraße 105, tel. +49 30 49 91 05 17. BERLINER UNTERWELTEN (UNDERWORLDS) The Berlin Underworlds Association allows you to experience Berlin’s history from an unusual perspective, through its underground installations dating back to the Cold War, World War II, or earlier. Visit a bunker from the Nazi era on the Dark Worlds tour, the rubble-filled Flak Tower Humboldthain, a large bunker complex on the ‘Subways, bunkers and Cold War’ tour, or the ‘Breaching the Wall’ escape tunnel tour. The meeting point is at the southern entrance of the Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station.QF-1, Brunnenstraße 105, Wedding, MS/U Gesundbrunnen, tel. +49 30 49 91 05 17, www.berliner-unterwelten.de. Admission €10-13/8-10. BERLIN LOCALS Tailor-made private city tours on foot, by minibus or by limo, lead by local German historians who can often relate historical events to their family’s personal experience. Tour themes range from The 1920s, Cold War and Third Reich to street art, railways and architecture. The guides are also licenced for Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Tours are in English or German.Qtel. +49 177 238 00 02, info@ berlinlocals.com, www.berlinlocals.com. Tours €40 per hour, €250 per day. BOWIE WALK World-famous musician David Bowie had nearly succumbed to fame, drugs and paranoia when he moved to Berlin in 1976. He recovered well, partied hard with Iggy Pop and made three albums before his departure in 1980, including the epic Heroes. Every month the ‘Feeling Gloomy’ collective conducts a fun two-hour walking tour past Bowies house in Schöneberg and the studios where he recorded, highlighting the Berlin adventures of the White [email protected], www. feelinggloomy.com. Tickets €5. BREWER’S BERLIN The 6-hour Best of Berlin (10:30) and the 3-hour Express (13:00, tip only) tours are great introductions to the city. Potsdam tours take place on Wed and Sat (09:20). The meeting point for all tours is the Bandy Brooks ice cream shop near Friedrichstraße station; no bookings are required. QF-3, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 177 388 15 37, www.brewersberlintours.com. Tickets €15/12. More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com berlin.inyourpocket.com facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Berlin Walks with Anita Sikora Trace the footsteps of David Bowie and Walter Benjamin and discover Berlin. Feel the buzz of 1970s Berlin and the charm of Charlottenburg around 1900. Sense the terror of the Wall in the ‘Fireland’ district. For more information and further themed walks see here: www.anita-sikora.com E-mail: [email protected] Tel. +49 (0)176 68601663 INSIDER TOURS Insider’s enthusiastic guides go a long way to make you feel like an insider on the daily 4-hour tours; starting from AMT Coffee at Hackescher Markt (10:30 and 15:00, €12/10). Other tours are the Wall, Third Reich, Sachsenhausen, Potsdam, Jewish Berlin and a pub crawl.QG-3, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 692 31 49, www.insidertour.com. ISHERWOOD’S NEIGHBOURHOOD TOUR In the 1920s Berlin was a veritable ‘Sodom on the Spree’ with 85,000 lesbians, open prostitution and an outrageous club and revue theatre scene. The young gay British writer Christopher Isherwood wove his experiences in Goodbye To Berlin (of Cabaret fame). This excellent one-hour tour through Isherwood’s Berlin around Nollendorfplatz is spiced up with quotes and references to notorious 1920s party-goers like Anita Berber and Marlene Dietrich.QD4/5, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 151 25 22 03 42, [email protected], www.cabaret-berlin.com. Tours Sat at 11:00, and on demand. Book ahead. Tickets €12. ORIGINAL BERLIN WALKS The daily 3,5-hour Discover Berlin tour starts at the Weihenstephaner restaurant on Hackescher Markt at 10.30 and 14:00. Check online for themed tours like Third Reich, Cold War, Queer Berlin, Jewish Berlin and Potsdam.Qtel. +49 30 301 91 94, www.berlinwalks.de. Tickets €12/10. June - July 2014 59 te Tha rs P eg Grenzw Str.r. Str. Emdener Oldenburg er Waldstr. Ottto O t sttr tos tr.. f er feld Str. Jagowstr. Elberer elstr. ystr. str . So li Str nger . Sc Hans hle au f s Uf wig er w- go Ja Ba c hs tr. Str. he lisc r. Jebe nsstr . enst Fasa n Fasanenstr. Ma rb Nü Str.urger rn Joachimstaler Str. 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