Berlin - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network
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Berlin - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network
Maps Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Shopping Events Hotels Berlin August - September 2015 Summer in the city Parks, cafés & Ice cream Galleries & Museums Berlin’s best sights inyourpocket.com N°76 - €1.75 S U I T A B L E F O R I N T E R N A T I O N A L V I S I T O R S Ticket Hotline: +49(0)30 - 588 433 · www.wintergarten-berlin.de · Potsdamer Str. 96, 10785 Berlin The Hit Variety Festival presented by Only till 27 Septembe r! ATEM LOS „Wonderful show... g“ marvellously entere tainin „B Bri B rill illlia ian ntt, really brilliant!“ Bild / Germany THE SOAP AP OPERA Based on motifs of the successful show of the CHAMÄLEON theater Directed by: Markus Pabst and Maximilian Rambaek · Music: Jack Woodhead Wed – Sat 20:00 · Sun 18:00 · Tickets from € 32* bit.ly/wigaweb # wigaoper From 7 October Directed by: Frank Müller Wed – Sat 20:00 Sun 18:00 Tickets from € 32* bit.ly/wigaweb # atemlos presented by *Prices plus advance booking fee and € 2 system fee/ticket Sydney Arts Guid Contents Transport 5 Getting around by S&U Basics 6 Essential travel tips Sports in Berlin 8 All about Berlin’s top teams Culture & Events 10 Roll up for theatre, shows and cinema Galleries & Exhibitions 19 Art special Berlin Mitte 20 © Dreamstime.com The delights of the city centre Berlin Friedrichshain 32 Worker’s paradise, student’s playground Berlin Charlottenburg & The West Berlin Prenzlauer Berg SYMBOL KEY T Child friendly U Facilities for the disabled V Home delivery E Live music N No credit cards M Nearest S/U-Bahn station B Outside seating G Non-smoking room S Take away R Internet 34 Genteel western Berlin 43 The gentrified north Berlin Kreuzberg 48 Immigrants, anarchists and hipsters River Tours 57 Sailing on the Spree and Landwehrkanal City Tours 58 Guided walks, bike rides and drives W Wi-Fi 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. €€€€ Expensive; more than €30 per person. €€€ Not cheap; €20-30 per person. €€ Middling; from €10-20 per person. € Cheap; less than €10 per person. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Directory & Street register 60 Maps & Index City map Public transport map Index 61-63 64-65 66 BERLIN BOXES Scattered throughout the guide you’ll find boxes with more information about these topics: Cold War Berlin Erasmus Student Network West Berlin Revival 38 8 39 August - September 2015 3 Foreword Summer in Berlin brings the best of times and the worst of times. The parks are green and luscious, the cafés and beergardens are all open with plenty of seats available, and with half the city on holiday, the streets are blissfully calm. The increasing influx of summer visitors does bring queues at the main sights and crowds at the Brandenburg Gate – but this is easily avoided by quickly checking off the main attractions and then heading elsewhere in berlin where it’s just you, the locals and a fabulous time. 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 germany@inyourpocket.com 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. As always we’ve included a list of recommended sports and cultural events this late summer season, as well as the usual restaurant, café and bar recommendations for Berlin’s coolest districts. 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 © Vladislav | Dreamstime.com While the Neue Nationalgalerie is closed for thorough renovations, Berlin has on offer a whole lot of other museums and galleries, some of which we feature on p. 19. A very good occasion for a museum tour is the Long Night of Museums on 29 August (see p.16). Sales & Circulation General Manager Stephan Krämer Production Manager Philippe Krüger Accounting Martin Wollenhaupt Advertising Managers Philippe Krüger, CoCoMedia (cj@coco-media.de) Whatever you do this summer, write in to tell us about your experiences, tips and complaints, at berlin@inyourpocket.com. Enjoy Berlin. COVER STORY Copyright notice & Editor’s note Text, photos and maps (unless otherwise stated) copyright In Your Pocket GmbH. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the copyright owner. The brand name In Your Pocket is used under license from UAB In Your Pocket (Bernardinu 9-4, Vilnius, Lithuania tel. (+370-5) 212 29 76). The editorial content of In Your Pocket guides is independent from paid-for advertising. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and assume no responsibility for changes and errors. The statue of an Amazon fighting a hungry panther stands in front of Berlin’s Altes Museum, with the Berlin Dom church in the background. The Unesco-listed group of museums is undergoing major renovations as each building is renovated and connected underground. ABOUT IYP ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA LITHUANIA NORTHERN IRELAND IRELAND BELARUS NETHERLANDS BELGIUM POLAND UKRAINE GERMANY CZECH REPUBLIC AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND ITALY HUNGARY SLOVENIACROATIA BOSNIA SERBIA MONTENEGRO ROMANIA GEORGIA BULGARIA FYR MACEDONIA ALBANIA GREECE DUTCH CARIBBEAN SOUTH AFRICA 4 Berlin In Your Pocket We have been busy these past couple of months. Aside from launching a brand-new guide in Milan, Italy, we have also been applying the finishing touches to our new digital platform at inyourpocket.com. Radically redesigned and restructured to place the visitor at the heart of the cities we cover, our new website puts you in total control of our content on whatever desktop, laptop or mobile device you are using. Give it a go: it‘s the biggest digital leap forward we have ever taken and entrenches our position as a game-changing publisher in all formats. To keep up with all that’s new at In Your Pocket, follow us on Facebook (facebook. com/inyourpocket) or Twitter (twitter. com/inyourpocket). berlin.inyourpocket.com Transport 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 €2,70, ABC €3,30) you can travel one-way for up to two hours with unlimited transfers; it’s cheaper to buy four tickets at once (Vier-Fahrten-Karte, €9). Buy a €1,60 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; €6,90) or the seven-day pass (€29,50). Groups of up to five people are best off with a Kleingruppenkarte (group day ticket, €16,90). 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, info@bvg.de, 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. August - September 2015 5 Basics 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. 6 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 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 20 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec -5 10 0 Rainfall (mm) Min Temp (°C) Max Temp (°C) berlin.inyourpocket.com Berlin Districts Berlin is four times the size of Paris, and even though the city consolidated its 23 districts into 12 in 2001, you’re still left with 23 self contained areas (Kieze) in which Berliners often find everything they need. Public transportation is far-reaching and effective though, and you’ll grow to love it as you shuttle between the four areas with the most sights: Charlottenburg, Tiergarten, Mitte and Kreuzberg. MITTE (MI) Since reunification, Mitte has rightly snatched back the title of most-visited district from Charlottenburg. On and off the boulevard Unter den Linden, whose trees Marlene Dietrich once extolled in song, are baroque and classical monuments to Prussian culture. The proximity of state libraries, the State Opera, Humboldt University, the old Arsenal (now the German History Museum), Gendarmenmarkt, Museum Island, Berliner Dom, and the abandoned East German Parliament building make for more talk, less walk tours. The architecturally humbler area of Mitte is the Scheunenviertel, whose layout looks as if 17th-century planners got interrupted during a game of pick-up sticks. It’s on these streets that the casually chic saunter from courtyard gallery to sidewalk café, pointing out directions to tourists seeking out the latest hotspots or traces of the Jewish community that lived here from the late 17th-century until the mass deportations of the Nazi era. CHARLOTTENBURG (CB) 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. Much of what was here was bombed in the war and built anew in the 1950s. The nexus of activity is the knot where Kufürstendamm, Joachimsthaler Str, Bahnhof Zoo and Tauentzienstr. come together. Follow what becomes an increasingly silken ribbon down Kurfürstendamm (Ku’damm) and the setting becomes more genteel where you can’t see the buildings for the trees. Nearby but isolated from the hoi polloi is Schloss Charlottenburg, the residence of King Friedrich I. TIERGARTEN (TG) Tiergarten is both a district and the name of the 255 hectare park that began as the Great Elector’s hunting grounds in the 1600s and became increasingly more civilised with landscaping in the 1800s. Traffic passes through it, doing a dosey-doe around the Siegessäule (Victory Column). Slicing though the park’s length is Str. des 17. Juni, which leads to the Brandenburg Gate at the eastern end. Just south of it are the museums of the Kulturforum and Potsdamer Pl. KREUZBERG (KB) Thanks to a large Turkish community and more hippies, anarchists and alternative folks than you can shake a didgeridoo at, Kreuzberg feels neither East nor West. It was the black sheep of West Berlin, left alone in its far-off facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket © dreamstime.com room to play loud music and draw on the walls (literally, it was parked in a dead-end, cornered by The Wall). In 1987 social and economic frustration exploded into violence and vandalism during the traditionally political demonstrations of May Day. Every year since, the city prepares for a long night of stone-throwing and burning automobiles. May 1st is essentially Kreuzberg’s way of reliving its 15 minutes of fame. The rest of the days are marked by backgammon at the men’s clubs, café-sitting on the Landwehrkanal, and ambling down the popular drags Oranienstr. and Bergmannstr. Two major museums, the House at Checkpoint Charlie and the Jewish Museum, are planted in the staid parts of the district. PRENZLAUER BERG (PB) 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. The best places to soak up the atmosphere are Kollwitzpl, Helmholzpl. and along Kastanienallee (all near U-Bahn Eberswalderstr.). Prenzlauer Berg’s few attractions include the Vitra Design museum and a 19th-century brewery complex that is now the Kulturbrauerei culture centre. A good time to visit is Saturday when the eco-market is open on Kollwitzplatz, or Sunday when everyone sits outside being cool and eating breakfast all day. FURTHER AFIELD Districts mostly known for their restaurant and nightlife scene are Schöneberg (SB), the centre of gay Berlin, and Friedrichshain (FH), filled with creatively tattered and tattooed students. Berlin has green spots galore, and after Tiergarten the most popular getaways are the Grunewald forest and lake Wannsee, in the southwest district of Zehlendorf (ZD). August - September 2015 7 Sports in Berlin Hertha BSC 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; last season alone 2,4 million tickets were sold for their events. In addition to this, Berlin’s streets regularly host huge sports events such as the public viewing festivals during major sports events abroad, and the city also hosts countless amateur sports matches. Despite being rivals, Berlin’s six professional sports collaborate to improve the circumstances for professional sports in Berlin, promoting Berlin’s image as an international sports event destination. The home matches of Berlin’s pro teams are easy to visit: you don’t need to understand German to be able to follow a match and unlike in other European countries, sports ALBA BERLIN (BASKETBALL) Also known as the Albatrosse, Berlin’s basketball club is Germany’s most successful, and has the largest fanbase; home matches easily attract 10,000 spectators. The current team’s average height is an impressive 1,98m. 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 with the 1995 Korac Cup. Alba slam-dunk their way to victory at their home Mercedes-Benz-Arena from the end of September 2015 again.QI-4, Mercedes-Platz 1 (Mercedes-BenzArena), Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 1805 57 00 11, www.albaberlin.de. Tickets €8-65. 8 Berlin In Your Pocket © Photo: Jan-Philipp Burmann/City-Press GbR matches in Germany are quite peaceful events, meaning it’s no problem to bring the whole family to the stadium for an afternoon or evening of fun. Finding out about which matches are playing where can be problematic for visitors however as the club websites are not all available in English, and some make it difficult to find the upcoming playing dates. In the club details here we have listed all home matches for the following months, though always keep an eye on the club websites for changes or additional matches. Berlin’s official English-language sports website www.berlin-sportmetropole.de has information about all the teams, venues and tickets; ticket booking site www. eventimsports.de sells tickets for all matches. There are two main sports events this season: from 5-10 September the German basketball team plays against Spain, Serbia, Turkey, Italy and Iceland in Eurobasket 2015. Then on 27 September the huge marathon takes place, with runners often setting new world records in Berlin. Enjoy cheering for Berlin! 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. Their upcoming home games start again in late October 2015.QAm Falkplatz (Max-SchmelingHalle), Prenzlauer Berg, tel. +49 1806 99 11 12, www.berlin-recycling-volleys.de. Tickets €13-16. berlin.inyourpocket.com Sports in Berlin 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 recent seasons. But their home matches at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena are true family fests, with plenty of young fans packing the seats, and a festive, goodhumoured atmosphere. Their first home matches of the new season are: 22 Aug, 16:00: ZSC Lions 29 Aug, 16:00: GAP Rapaces 11 Sept, 19:30: Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers 20 Sept, 14:30: Straubing Tigers QI-4, Mercedes-Platz 1 (Mercedes-Benz-Arena), Friedrichshain, MS/U Warschauer Straße, tel. +49 30 97 18 40 40, www.eisbaeren.de. Tickets €18-46. 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. Upcoming home games: 16 Aug, 13:30: 1. FC Kaiserslautern 28 Aug, 18:30: RB Leipzig 20 Sept, 13:30: Greuther Fürth 26 Sept, 13:00: MSV Duisburg 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. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 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, and won the German cup at the end of the very successful 2014 season. Upcoming home games: 15 Aug, 16:30: SG LVB Leipzig 5 Sept, 19:00: SC DHfK Leipzig 20 Sept, 15:00: TVB 1898 Stuttgart 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. 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. Upcoming home matches: 21 Aug, 20:30: SV Werder Bremen 12 Sept, 15:30: VfB Stuttgart 22 Sept, 20:00: 1. FC Köln QOlympischer Platz 3 (Olympiastadion), Charlottenburg, MS5 Olympiastadion, tel. +49 1805 18 92 00, www.herthabsc.de. Tickets €15-89. August - September 2015 9 Culture & Events WHERE TO WATCH SPORTS 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, info@kilkenny-pub.de, www.kilkenny-pub.de. Open from 12:00. EGBW 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. OPERA & CLASSICAL MUSIC DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN 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 €9-150. THE HARP Just one minute off Kurfürstendamm, The Harp 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, info@harp-pub.de, www.harp-pub.de. Mon-Fri from 15:00, Sat, Sun from 10:00. EBW 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 €14-220. SHOWS 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. 10 Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com Culture & Events BERLIN RESIDENCE CONCERTS The Berlin Residence Orchestra consists of well-known musicians, who interpret baroque and classic opera with a keen sense of the compositions from that era. The result is an extraordinary concert event, with musical highlights presented true to the original style and aristocratic sound. Guests can combine the concert with a tour of Charlottenburg castle, and a dinner amidst hundreds of candles.QB-3, Spandauer Damm 22-24, Charlottenburg, MS Westend, tel. +49 30 25 810 350, www. residenzkonzerte.berlin. Dinner 18:00, concert 20:00. Tickets €29-127. 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.QE-4, 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. 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 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. 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. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 20.06. – 20.09. Between Kanzleramt and Haus der Kulturen der Welt Bus 100: Platz der Republik S-Bahn: Hbf, Brandenburger Tor Tickets 030. 39 06 65 50 www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de August - September 2015 11 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. ADRIA The film Berlin, wie es war, black and white footage of old Berlin, in German, screens every Sunday at 11:30. QSchloßstraße 48, Steglitz, MS/U Rathaus Steglitz, tel. +49 180 505 07 11, www.cineplex.de. Tickets €7,40-9,40. 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. 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 €37,20-70,20. 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. 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. SPUTNIK Berlin’s highest cinema screens a lot of indie films, many in English, and sometimes very long ones. In a back courtyard of a large complex, it may seem a bit dicey working your way to the theater, but it’s safe, small, and friendly. Bricks make up part of the furniture.QG-5, Hasenheide 54, Kreuzberg, MU Südstern, tel. +49 30 694 11 47, www.sputnik-kino. com. Tickets €5-6,5. Konzerthaus Berlin 12 Berlin In Your Pocket © Photo: Sebastian Runge berlin.inyourpocket.com Culture & 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. HALLE TANZBÜHNE A monumental school gym, used for excellent modern dance productions by the Toula Limnaios company. QG-1, Eberswalder Straße 10-11, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 44 04 42 92, www.halletanz-berlin.de. Tickets €15. 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. KOOKABURRA COMEDY CLUB Laughing matters at this comedy club, which has alternating English-language stand-up comedy nights every month: Kim Eustace on the first Tuesday, and the interactive ComedySportz show on the second and fourth Tuesday. Also look for Karsten Kaie’s show “How to become a Berliner in one hour”.QG-2, Schönhauser Allee 184, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30 48 62 31 86, www.comedyclub.de. Tickets €5-16. Shows Tue-Sun. QUATSCH COMEDY CLUB “Quatsch” is the delicious German word for nonsense, and there’s plenty of it in the shows held in the Friedrichstadtpalast theatre basement. Most are in German, but look out for special guests and the regular English-language “Strictly Stand Up” nights. Drinks and snacks like nachos and hot dogs are available.QF-3, Friedrichstr. 107, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstrasse, tel. +49 1806 999 00 09 69, www. quatsch-comedy-club.de. Tickets €25-35. Shows Thu-Sun. 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. SCHAUBÜHNE Set inside a quirky former 1920s cinema, the politically and socially engaged repertoire of this venerable ensemble theatre ranges from classics to contemporary plays, and regularly travels abroad, giving famed directors like Thomas Ostermeier, Falk Richter and Katie Mitchell and actors like Lars Eidinger and Nina Hoss the chance to shine abroad. Every month, several shows have English and/or French surtitles. There’s a good theatre café with drinks and simple meals too.QB-4, Kurfürstendamm 153, Charlottenburg, MU Adenauerplatz, tel. +49 30 89 00 23, www.schaubuehne.de. Tickets €7-47. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Mozart’s Masterpieces – the brilliant madness Mozart’s immortal compositions interpreted by the Berliner Residenz Orchestra Dinner & Concert Dinner 18:00 / Concert 20:00 Only until mid-September Now with new menu Tickets 030 25 810 35 0 tickets@residenzkonzerte.berlin www.residenzkonzerte.berlin PREVIEW From 19 September at the Große Orangerie: Bach at court EVENT TICKETS 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. August - September 2015 13 Culture & Events VENUE LIST BERLIN CC – C-CLUB, Columbiadamm 9-11, tel. +49 30 698 09 80, www.columbiaclub.de. CH – COLUMBIA-HALLE, Columbiadamm 13-21, tel. +49 30 698 09 80, www.columbiahalle.de. DH – DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM, Unter den Linden 2, tel. +49 30 20 30 44 44, www.dhm.de. FT – FLUGHAFEN TEMPELHOF, Platz der Luftbrücke. HB – HAMBURGER BAHNHOF MUSEUM, Invalidenstraße 50-51, tel. +49 30 39 78 34 11, www.hamburgerbahnhof.de. HX – HUXLEY’S NEUE WELT, Hasenheide 108-114, tel. +49 30 627 93 20, www.huxleysneuewelt.com. KH – KONZERTHAUS BERLIN, Gendarmenmarkt, tel. +49 30 20 30 90, www.konzerthaus.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. NK – MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE, Invalidenstraße 43, tel. +49 30 20 93 85 91, www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de OS – OLYMPIASTADION, Olympischer Platz 3, tel. +49 30 688100, www.olympiastadion-berlin.de. O2 – O2 WORLD, O2-Platz 1, tel. +49 30 20 60 70 88 99, www.o2world-berlin.de. PB – POSTBAHNHOF, Straße der Pariser Kommune 8, tel. +49 30 69 81 28 20, www.postbahnhof.de. PH – PHILHARMONIE, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, tel. +49 30 25 48 80, www.berliner-philharmoniker.de. SC – SCHLOSS CHARLOTTENBURG, Spandauer Damm 20-24, www.schlosscharlottenburg.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. 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. 14 Berlin In Your Pocket CLASSICAL MUSIC 6-23 August Young Euro Classic Festival KH Until 12 Sept Berliner Residenz Konzerte - Mozarts Meisterwerke Dinner 18:00, Concert 20:00 See www.residenzkonzerte.berlin for dates SC From 2 Sept Berliner Residenz Konzerte - Bach at court Dinner 18:00, Concert 20:00 See www.residenzkonzerte.berlin for dates SC 3 Sept, 19:00 Staatskapelle Berlin Conductor: Daniel Barenboim; Works by Schönberg PH 4 Sept, 20:00 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Works by Bach PH 7 Sept, 20:00 Münchner Philharmoniker Conductor: Semyon Bychkov; Works by Strauss PH 8 Sept, 20.00 Musikfest Berlin – special concert Conductor: Donald Runnicles; Works by Debussy and Wagner PH 10 Sept, 20:00 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski; Works by Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Lindberg, Bach, Schönberg and Schnittke PH 11 Sept, 20:00 The Cleveland Orchestra, Joshua Smith (flute) Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst; Works by Widmann PH 12 & 13 Sept, 20:00 Berliner Philharmoniker, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Conductor: Peter Eötvös; Works by Rihm, Eötvös and Brahms PH berlin.inyourpocket.com THE TOURIST TICKET Get it now! free ride around the clock 200 discounts city map + guide Available at the Berlin Tourist Infos, BVG + S-Bahn, in many hotels and online berlin-welcomecard.de Culture & Events DEUTSCHE OPER Berlin’s famous Deutsche Oper orchestra moves back into its home theatre after extensive renovations this winter. All the more reason to visit and watch one of their performances. Several shows have Englishlanguage subtitles so visitors can follow the action; see the website for details. The highlights of Berlin’s famous Deutsche Oper orchestra this season are: 30 Aug, 14:00-21:00 Season’s opening, special events and concerts 8 Sept, 20:00 Special concert, Musikfest Berlin; Debussy, Wagner 9,17,19 Sept, 19:30 Pelleas & Melisande 12,20,25,27 Sept, 19:30 Turandot 13,18, Sept, 19:30 Cavalleria Rusticana / Der Bajazzo 21 Sept, 20:00 Debussy, Milhaud, Ravel, Chausson 26 Sept, 19:30 The Magic Flute 30 Sept, 19:30 Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN, Bismarckstraße 35, tel. +49 30 34 38 43 43, www.deutscheoperberlin.de. WINTERGARTEN: SOAP BOX OPERA 14 Sept, 20:00 London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sir John Elliot Gardiner; Works by Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Schumann PH 16 Sept; 20:00 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, JeanFrédéric Neuburger (piano) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev; Works by Reimann, Schumann and Tchaikovsky PH 18 & 19 Sept, 20:00 Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Works by Schumann and Brahms PH 22 Sept, 20.00 Staatskapelle Berlin, Martha Argerich (piano) Conductor: Daniel Barenboim; Works by Beethoven and Elgar KH 27 Sept, 19:00 Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Truls Mørk (violoncello) Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek; Works by Debussy, Lutoslawski, Sánchez-Verdú and Strauss PH 28 Sept, 20:00 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Steven Isserlis (violoncello) Conductor: Robin Ticciati; Works by Britten and Bruckner PH CONCERTS The Wintergarten Theatre shows are inspired by a legendary century of revue theatre in Berlin, made big by Marlene Dietrich and other stage divas. The original Wintergarten unfortunately didn’t survive the Second World War, but its resurrection here on Potsdamer Strasse keeps the show going on. Until 27 September, the “Seifen Oper” (Soap Opera) show is an adaptation of the successful bathtub-based show first performed in 2007, but with more artists and new music. The story couldn’t be more apt; an investor buys a Berlin apartment building and proceeds to toss out the artists living there until his daughter takes a closer look at the creative tenants. 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. 16 Berlin In Your Pocket 11.08.2015, 20:00 Patti Smith (Rock) TD LONG NIGHT OF MUSEUMS Berlin’s Long Night of Museums, first organised here in 1997 and now copied worldwide, is planned for Saturday 29 August, when from 18:00 till 02:00, 77 museums across Berlin open their doors, with over 700 special events, exhibitions, tours, children’s activities and concerts. You can walk between museums or use shuttle buses. Tickets cost €18 and include access to all museums, the shuttle buses, public transport and the boat to Charlottenburg. For more information and tickets see www.lange-nacht-der-museen.de/en. berlin.inyourpocket.com Culture & Events For more events go to berlin.inyourpocket.com BARENBOIM’S ORCHESTRA & RED BULL 15.08.2015 , 19:00 Marteria (Hip Hop) KI 23.08.2015 , 20:00 UB40 (Reggae/Pop) HX 15.09.2015 , 20:00 Sarah Connor (Pop) AD In 1999 the world-famous conductor Daniel Barenboim and writer Edward Said founded the West-Eastern Diwan Orchestra, bringing together young artists from all sides of the conflict in the Middle East to simply collaborate to make beautiful music together. Their annual summer tour always ends with a grand concert at Berlin’s open-air Waldbühne stadium; this year on 15 August the orchestra will play Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. For a completely different kind of rare combination, visit the Red Bull Flying Bach show from 28-30 August, where breakdancers perform their dancing tricks set to Bach’s classical music. For more information and tickets see www.semmel.de. 17 Sept, 20:00 Sufjan Stevens (Rock/Pop) AD 18 Sept, 20:00 Marc Almond (Pop) CC 25 Sept, 20:00 Bryan Ferry (Rock/Pop) TD 28 & 29 Sept, 19:30 U2 (Rock) MA EXHIBITIONS Until 6 Sept Michael Beutler. Moby Dick. The installations by Michael Beutler (born 1976) occupy and transform spaces through sculptural interventions that open up alternatives of spatial perception and new ways of acting. HB DIE FLYING STEPS TANZEN ZU J. S. BACHS WOHLTEMPERIERTEM KLAVIER IN KOOPERATION MIT STEVE HACKETT presents Genesis Classics & introducing WOLFLIGHT 08/28 - 08/30/2015 Konzerthaus Berlin A Tickets unter: redbullflyingbach.de 08/15/2015 Waldbühne 7:00 pm Berlin production by arrangement with SOLO 09/13/2015 UDK 8:00 pm TICKETS: 030 / 479 974 77 | www.semmel.de facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket August - September 2015 17 Culture & Events HOMOSEXUALITY_IES Kurt in front of the mirror, papercut 2013, Stefan Thiel. Courtesy semjon contemporary, Berlin, Photo: Lukas Heibges, © Stefan Thiel 26 June until 1 December 2015 The Deutsches Historisches Museum and the Schwules Museum (Gay Museum, www.schwulesmuseum. de) present the exhibition “Homosexuality_ies” which documents 150 years of the history, politics and culture of homosexual women and men in Germany. It shows how same-sex sexuality and non-conformist gender identities have been criminalized through legislation, pathologised in medicine and excluded from society. In addition to social repression, the exhibition also addresses the liberation movements of gay men and lesbian women, movements which took on a new dynamic after the legal liberalization in the 1960s and transformed society’s understanding of sex and gender identity. Works by international artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Heather Cassils, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset and Andy Warhol comment on the exhibition’s themes in a variety of ways. Until 1 December Homosexuality_ies Berlin’s Gay Museum and the German Historical Museum present a comprehensive review on the history, politics and culture of homosexuality in the Homosexuality_ies exhibition. DH Until 3 January 2016 Alltag Einheit – Porträt einer Übergangsgesellschaft Zwei über vierzig Jahre getrennte Gesellschaften wachsen seit 1990 zusammen. Die Ausstellung thematisiert den Alltag der Vereinigung und die Erfahrungen der Menschen sowie den in seiner Dimension historisch einmaligen Wandel des gesamten politischen, wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Gefüges. Everyday unification - portrait of a society in transition Two societies that have been strictly seperated for more than forty years have been growing together since 1990. This exhibition focuses on the everyday life of Germany’s union and the people’s experience of it, as well as the historically unprecedented transformation of the entire political, economic, social and cultural fabric. DH TRADE FAIRS 4-9 Sept IFA - Consumer Electronics Fair Information: www.ifa-berlin.de MB DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM, Unter den Linden 2, tel. +49 30 20 30 40, www.dhm.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. KNUTSCHFLECK EVENTS Berlin’s new Burlesque-style cocktail bar, conveniently located near many of the hotels around Alexanderplatz, has a programme of events to keep you entertained. Every Friday and Saturday from 20:00 there’s a 3,5 -hours show with live music, singers, dancers and acrobats. On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 20:00 guests can grab the microphone themselves for a spot of karaoke – with a free drink for singers. Sundays from 20:00 is Open Mic night, when anyone with talent is invited up on stage. KNUTSCHFLECK, Alexanderstr. 3, Mitte, www. knutschfleck-berlin.com. Open 12:00 - 02:00, Fri & Sat 12:00 - 04:00. 18 Berlin In Your Pocket Berlin Philharmonie © Photo: Monika Rittershaus berlin.inyourpocket.com Galleries & Exhibitions Number Num ber e s (6), 6 , 20011; 1; TTrrio, io 220010; 10;; We th the he peop eople le (de (d tai tail), l), 20 2011 11 at Sam Sammlu mlung mlu ngg Bor Boros os © Phot Phot h o: Nos No he Berlin’s museum and gallery world is constantly in flux, and perhaps now more than ever. Several large museums are closed for lengthy renovations that will last until the end of the decade, and the contemporary art scene is on the move, with artists fleeing the rising rents in the Mitte district for atelier space in outlying districts and galleries regrouping in new cultural nodes like Potsdamer Strasse. On this page we highlight a few of Berlin’s many excellent galleries and exhibitions. BERLINISCHE GALERIE After lengthy renovations, the Berlinische Galerie recently reopened, exhibiting the city’s excellent collection of local art from 1880-1980. Until 24 August there’s an exhibition of remarkable works by painter Bernhard Martin (1966); this artist from Hannover paints extravagant pictorial narratives which always seeks visual resources appropriate to the theme, often alluding to artists of the past. QAlte Jakobstraße 124-128, tel. +49 30 78 90 26 00, www.berlinischegalerie.de. C/O BERLIN Recently rehoused in the historical Amerika-Haus near Zoologischer Garten, the C/O gallery presents changing exhibitions of fantastic photography. The current 'Genesis' exhibition of striking nature photos by Sebastião Salgado is not to be missed. QHardenbergstr. 22-24, tel. +49 30 284 44 16 62, www.co-berlin.org. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket SLOW PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN Ukrainian artist Oleg Farynyuk photographs subjects using old techniques, especially the wetplate method which was invented in 1851 and was the first time photos could be shot with short exposure times. At the gallery and shop you can view the resulting high-quality photos, and have one made. QSlow Photography Berlin, Christinenstr. 15, tel. +49 152 17 55 00 74, www.slow-photography-berlin.com. SAMMLUNG BOROS A former bunker holds the private art gallery of advertising executive Christian Boros and his wife, who live on top of the absurd structure. It’s full of wonderful contemporary art, including a tree by Ai Wei Wei and a runaway popcorn machine that is slowly filling up a room. Tours only, book well in advance. QReinhardstraße 20, tel. +49 30 27 59 40 65, www.sammlung-boros.de. KÖNIG GALERIE, ST. AGNES A strikingly brutalist 1967 church in Kreuzberg has been transformed into a modern art gallery for Johann König, the bare concrete walls forming the perfect background for though-provoking art. QSt Agnes, Alexandrinenstraße 118-121, tel. +49 30 26 10 30 80, www.johannkoenig.de. August - September 2015 19 Mitte 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. 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. 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. 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A ha Platz n K rou S . r t n Platz S o c mm hm en U str n- damer e er Dalí Museum Schützenstr. ids and . str el Alt dam tr. tr an Ha Potsdamer Platz . Checkpoint s nns 500 ang 0 1000 .m ndstr Zimmerstr. elo Pot S t. Charlie -E A r. s n rst i hne t T n Marlenekirc e Nieder Str zer erit Döb Str. berlin.inyourpocket.com 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 from 10:00. EGBW ROTISSERIE WEINGRÜN Set inside the only pre-1900 house remaining in what was once Berlin’s old town, Weingrün’s fresh and simple interior is a great place to sample regional grill dishes such as Brandenburg duck and roast Saalow herb pig. The cellar is stocked with wines from the owner’s own vineyards in the facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Pfalz. The restaurant offers good views over the Spree canal. QG-4, Gertraudenstraße 10-12, Mitte, MU Spittelmarkt, tel. +49 30 20 62 19 00, www.rotisserie-weingruen.de. Open 17:00 - 23:00. Closed Sun. €€€. TUGBSW SCHWARZWALDSTUBEN Bambi meets Berlin chic at the trendy Black Forest themed Schwarzwaldstuben, which has a friendly atmosphere, bedraggled animal heads mounted on 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 award-winning 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 August - September 2015 21 Mitte 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. 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 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 More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com 22 Berlin In Your Pocket 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 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 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 berlin.inyourpocket.com Mitte FOOD WITH A VIEW 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 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. CAFÉS 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, info@barcomis.de, www. barcomis.de. Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 10:00 - 21:00. €. TGBS 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. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket THE 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), or the soup, paninis and cakes. Recharge your electronic devices 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.QF-3, Unter den Linden 17, Mitte, tel. +49 30 39 09 70, www.digitaleatery. de. Open 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 20:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00. W Nightlife 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, kontakt@aufsturz.de, www.aufsturz.de. Open from 12:00. EB EASTWOOD BERLIN-MITTE A high-end lounge bar and weekend club nearby Gendarmenmarkt, with a glamorous modern interior by local designer Emell Gök Che, a regularly changing cocktail menu, and champagne. The club part is open on weekend nights, when DJs pump out house, lounge, electro and jazz sounds - use the VIP table service to make the night complete.QRosmarinstr. 8, Mitte, tel. +49 30 20 67 90 54, reservierung@ eastwood-berlin.de, www.eastwood-berlin.de. Open 20:00 - 03:00. Closed Sun. Club open Fri/Sat 23:00-06:00. W 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, post@eschschloraque.de, www.eschschloraque.de. Open 14:00 - open end Open from 14:00. ENBW August - September 2015 23 Mitte Knutschfleck 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.QF-2, Novalisstraße 11, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 28 38 76 76, info@ reingold.de, 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 KNUTSCHFLECK The ‘hickey’ is Berlin’s newest Burlesque-style bar, on Alexanderplatz. Run by a group of local ladies, this is a café, Biergarten, restaurant, cocktail bar and show theatre in one. Every Friday and Saturday there’s live music and stage performances, inspired by Coyote Ugly, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pulp Fiction, Moulin Rouge and more. On Tuesday and Thursday guests are welcome to sing karaoke. There’s also local food, beer and cakes, and a selection of 150 cocktails that fluctuate in price as demand changes.QG-3, Alexanderstr. 3, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, www.knutschfleck-berlin.com. Open 12:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 04:00. 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-2, Brunnenstraße 197, Mitte, MU Rosenthaler Platz, tel. +49 30 27 59 08 73, info@mein-haus-am-see.com, www.mein-haus-am-see.blogspot.de. Open 24 hours Open 24/7. €. TUENGBSW 24 Berlin In Your Pocket GRÜNER SALON Chandeliers dress up this occasional club venue, talk-show stage, and cabaret. Grab your partner for standard evenings like Thursday Tango and Friday Swing.QG-2, Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 2, Mitte, MU Rosa-LuxemburgPlatz, tel. +49 30 24 59 89 36, www.gruener-salon.de. Open Thu 21:00 - 04:00; Fri, Sat 23:00 - 04:00. 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 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. berlin.inyourpocket.com Mitte 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 ROTER SALON This place probably began with a faded elegance, but let’s say it’s just settled in after ten years of clubbers bouncing off its red walls. Most nights feature electro pop, electro lounge, and electroclash - the music Berlin is known for.QG-2, Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 2, Mitte, MU RosaLuxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30 417 175 12, www.rotersalon-berlin.de. Open 22:00 - 04:00. Closed Tue, Sun. 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. Kilkenny Irish Pub 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, info@kilkenny-pub.de, www. kilkenny-pub.de. Open from 12:00. EGBW 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 facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket atop the gate. German armies used to begin their parades here, the fascists spoiled the gate by staging their torch-lit 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. 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 EphraimPalais 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. August - September 2015 25 Mitte 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 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. 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. More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com 26 Berlin In Your Pocket 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 One lonely signpost 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-Berliner-Straße 1, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 26 39 43 36, besucherservice@stiftung-denkmal.de, www.stiftungdenkmal.de. Information centre open 10:00-20:00, OctMar 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. QF-4, Friedrichstraße 47, Mitte, tel. +49 30 216 35 71, info@bfgg.de, www.bfgg.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €5/3,50. berlin.inyourpocket.com Mitte 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. DEUTSCHES CURRYWURST MUSEUM According to the myth, currywurst is Berlin’s very own fastfood 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 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. 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 €12,50/9,50, tours €7. DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM The imperial Zeughaus - a pretty, pink, early 18th century arsenal building by the Spree - houses the impressive German History Museum. The 7000 objects in the main building illustrate the best and worst episodes of Germany’s history, 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. KUNSTHALLE The private collection of the Deutsche Bank contains works by world-renowned contemporary artists; regularly changing temporary exhibitions show selected works in this space on Unter den Linden designed by Richard Gluckman. The annual ‘artist of the year’ exhibition focuses on one young artist. There’s a nice ArtCafé and shop too. There are free tours every day, several on Monday between 11:00-19:00.QF-3, Unter den Linden 13-15, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 202 09 30, www.deutsche-bank-kunsthalle. com. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Admission €4/3, Monday & under 18 free. Free guided tours at 18:00. EXHIBITION BLACKBOX COLD WAR Checkpoint Charlie Friedrichstraße 47 / corner Zimmerstraße | 10117 Berlin-Mitte Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors’ service info@bfgg.de More information www.zentrum-kalter-krieg.de HERE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY COMES ALIVE facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket August - September 2015 27 Mitte MUSEUMSINSEL 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 GEDENKSTÄTTE BERLINER MAUER 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 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. 28 Berlin In Your Pocket 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 museum is undergoing major renovations, with the north wing and the hall with the famous Pergamon Altar closed until 2019. Visitors can still see the market gate of Miletus, the amazing blue-tiled Ishtar Gate and processional way from Babylon, and the museum of Islamic Art.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. 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, service@smb.museum, www.smb.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon. Admission €8/€4. 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 berlin.inyourpocket.com Mitte asisi Panorama Berlin Friedrichstraße 205 10117 Berlin Checkpoint Charlie Tickets and Service +49(0)341.35 55 34 0 service@asisi.de Free Guided Tours Thursdays 11.30 a.m. in English – for Berlin discoverers Opening hours daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Getting there U6 Kochstraße U2 Stadtmitte M29 Kochstraße facebook.com/ asisi.berlin www.asisi.de At Checkpoint Charlie In cooperation with 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, hbf@smb.spk-berlin.de, 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 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.deutsche-kinemathek.de. Open 10:00 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon Admission €6/4,5. MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE 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@mfnberlin.de, www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de. Open 09:30 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €6/3,50. WALL PANORAMA The round structure near Checkpoint Charlie houses an incredibly detailed 60 by 15 metre panoramic painting of the Berlin Wall and its scruffy surroundings as it looked in the mid-1980s. Artist Yadegar Asisi has captured the everyday banality of the Wall with fascinating small scenes of life, on both sides of the divide. English tour Thu 11:30.QF-4, Friedrichstraße 205, Mitte, tel. +49 34 13 55 53 40, www.asisi.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Mid-July to midSept 10:00-19:00, Fri-Sun 10:00-20:00. Admission €10/8. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket VIEWPOINTS FERNSEHTURM (TV TOWER) The skewered disco ball on the tower peering over rooftops certainly brings a level of humour to Berlin’s skyline. The 368-metre television broadcast tower, completed in 1969, 70m higher than the Eiffel tower and the tallest building in Germany, has an observation deck and the Sphere restaurant with a rotating floor. Photos point out the landmarks for you.QG-3, Panoramastraße 1a, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, www.tv-turm.de. Admission €12/8. 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. Hotels 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, adlon@kempinski.com, www.hotel-adlon.de. 375 rooms (304 singles €240 - 379, 304 doubles €216 - 478, 78 suites €531 - 7100). PHAUFLGKDCwW hhhhh August - September 2015 29 Mitte 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 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.derome@roccofortecollection.com, www.hotelderome.com. 146 rooms (103 singles €395 - 495, 103 doubles €395 - 495, 43 suites €595 - 4100). PANORAMAPUNKT Radisson BLU Hotel © Landesarchiv Berlin 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 Wall-divided 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 10:0020:00, Nov-Mar 10:00-18:00. Admission €6,50/5, family ticket €15,50. 30 Berlin In Your Pocket 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-Beisheim-Platz 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 RADISSON BLU HOTEL Overlooking the river Spree and the Berliner Dom right in the city centre, the dazzling highlight of the Radisson Blu is the towering million-litre aquarium in the hotel lobby, with 2,500 tropical fish. The rooms and conference facilities are modern and bright, and there’s a good spa and swimming pool, and the HEat restaurant with its rotisserie, pizza and tandoori ovens. QG-3, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 3, Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 23 82 80, info.berlin@radissonblu. com, www.radissonblu.com/hotel-berlin. 427 rooms (405 doubles €155 - 380, 21 suites €375 - 675, 1 Nikolai suite €700 - 1200). PHUFVGK DCW berlin.inyourpocket.com Mitte 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, berlin@ritzcarlton.com, 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 360° PANORAMIC VIEW EXHIBITION CAFÉ WITH THE FASTEST ELEVATOR IN EUROPE TO THE BEST VIEWS OF BERLIN €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, welcome@madison-berlin.de, 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 goldfish pond for frolicking around in summer.QF-2, Tieckstraße 12, Mitte, MS Nordbahnhof, tel. +49 30 284 45 50, info@honigmond.de, www.honigmond.de. 24 rooms (singles €95 - 155, doubles €125 - 225). AG PARK INN BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ Towering 40 stories over Alexanderplatz, Germany’s thirdlargest 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 direction-impaired. 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 facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 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 www.panoramapunkt.de August - September 2015 31 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-Dach-Straße 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. 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 A str. r. rst tels t r. sne Gür Sch str. Spitta str reib e Neu Ostkreuz S er S tr. Kas kel- rhau e Bah strn. hof- tr. teis entw eg Haupts tr. he inth Hann 500 lang 1000 m str. selo Rummelsburger Ei st Cor T Kynast str. r A 0 llee Persiu ss rkgra fendam tr. m tr. ths n-S tr. ohns Mode rs Jes We ic hse Jun lstr . gst r. Colbe Hol Lenbachplatz tr. r. erst neck Lehm Voigts tr. Prosk a Kre u Str.tziger Gärtn erstr. Simo n-Dac h-Str. St r. str. kstr. berg Voigts tsttr. t uer S tr. str. Liebig Str. uer Warsc ha er au Lib Pla tz hau er Wa rs cha uer Wa rsc Da n m- tr. ins Str. tr. k-S rna c -Ha M. uer Str . eln er Str . Str . ner bbe Ehre n tr. 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U Bo Sp ang ska St.r Mu tr. skis Str. r rse or de r Wr r 4 ene ker fo ng nic ahn FRIEDRICHSHAIN J Rigae Frankfurte Boxhagener Platz Kope Krosse rniku ner sstr. lew atz me rb lsi He pe stb n hle Mü Kö r Pl Gub r Am St Wed r. Ba Wri hn eze h n of er Wr i Grünb erg Str. er rch Ma Fo r tr. ds ekin rfe Eldenaer Dolzig er Sttr r. Bänsc hstr. Bänsc Schre hstr. inerstr . Str. do istr. 3 f ers Ostbahnhof Am Os S ez tba An Karreener Str hn ala der e ue hof O tr. arst r. wsk ngestr. le rch Rü d tr. We Frankfurter Tor K H.-Jadam arl-Marx-A llee U owitz-Str. Ma 3 Str. eg idenw We Bersarineg platz Rigaer S idenw ofer Weidenw eg U Weberwiese tr. str. sam Müh enk str. arl-Marx -Allee Singers I Pett Strausberger Platz U K Str. aden . estr Palis Löw H . str en n POCKET WALK: FRIEDRICHSHAIN Get off the S- or U-Bahn at Warschauer Straße; enjoy the city panorama from the bridge and glance back at the dainty red-brick Oberbaumbrücke bridge before heading north into the district. Turn right on Revaler Straße and left on SimonDach-Straße for Friedrichshain’s most touristy stretch of bars and cafés. 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. S berlin.inyourpocket.com Friedrichshain ASIAN MUSEUMS GLORY DUCK Excellent Vietnamese-style Peking duck. This gorgeous new place serves crispy, freshly grilled duck, served with gingermango 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 COMPUTERSPIELEMUSEUM Stroll through decades of computer game history, from the 1951 Nimrod calculating robot, the legendary Pong machine and other 1980s gaming machines to 3D simulators. There’s a total of 300 exhibits, including rare originals and working classics. You can try out about 24 games yourself, and have a go at Atari’s huge 1977 Jumbo Joystick.QI-3, Karl-Marx-Allee 93a, Friedrichshain, MU Weberwiese, tel. +49 30 60 98 85 77, www. computerspielemuseum.de. Open 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Tue. Admission €8/5. INTERNATIONAL 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 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 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.QI-4, 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 facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket MUSEUMSWOHNUNG WBS 70 Travel back to 1986 and visit a GDR worker’s dream property; this mundane but much-coveted prefab Plattenbau museum home is the last of 42,000 such apartments with all its original fittings (drab wallpapered ceilings), appliances (yoghurt machine, Albanian chairs) and decorations (lurid floral patterns). The rent was 109 Marks, about 10% of the average wage, but the colour TV cost 4,500 Marks. From the station exit left and follow the street around the block. No English spoken or captions; bring a local.QHellersdorfer Straße 179, Hellersdorf, MU Cottbusser Platz, tel. +49 151 16 11 44 40. Open Sun 14:00-16:00, other days by appointment. Admission free. STASI MUSEUM East Germany’s State Security Service or Stasi was responsible for intelligence gathering both at home and abroad. It spied on its own citizens, sometimes employing the friends, colleagues, and family of those they wished to keep an eye on. Today, this humble museum shows the office of Erich Mielke, the feared Stasi minister for 32 years, in its original dull state. There’s a video of him testifying before a panel in 1989, symbols of Communist kitsch, and many documents in German.QRuschestraße 103, Haus 1, Friedrichshain, MU Magdalenenstraße, tel. +49 30 553 68 54, www.stasimuseum.de. Open 11:00 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 14:00 - 18:00. Admission €5/4. Closed until 17 Jan. STASI PRISON The most hard-hitting of all GDR-related museums, the Stasi Prison shows the sheer brutality of this dictatorship. Used by the Soviets and the GDR’s secret service to extract confessions in advance of (show) trials, the Hohenschönhausen prison swallowed thousands of people who underwent horrific physical and psychological torture in the chilling ‘submarine’ cell block and the interrogation rooms. A short film is followed by an excellent 90-minute guided tour, vividly explaining how efficiently the prison system worked, and how nobody ever escaped. Take tram M5 from Alexanderplatz to Freienwalder Straße and walk 600 metres.QGenslerstraße 66, tel. +49 30 98 60 82 30, www.stiftung-hsh.de. English tours on Wed, Sat, Sun at 14:30. Admission €5. August - September 2015 33 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. Lich ten ste i na lle Stül er s nss Jebe Drakestr. Co rne Lüt liuss zow tr. ufe r V.-d.- Str. tHeyd fe owu Lütz Martin-Luther-Str. Eisenacher Str. str. Eisenacher Str. Barbarossastr. i Derffl Gledischstr. Str. n-S tr. 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Klingelhöfe platz Kantstr. Savignyplatz 4 Her n be Stein- rgs nst r. 5 lma Pestalozzistr. Gro str. Goethestr. C rde B Ha erstr. ee n 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. 1000 m ldstr berlin.inyourpocket.com Charlottenburg & the West Restaurants & Cafés 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 Zillemarkt 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 Viktoria-Luise-Platz, tel. +49 30 21 96 98 61, schoeneberger_weltlaterne@yahoo. de, www.schoeneberger-weltlaterne.de. Open 17:00 24:00, Fri, Sat 17:00 - 02:00. €. TEB 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. QC-4, Bleibtreustraße 48a, Charlottenburg, MS Savignyplatz, tel. +49 30 881 70 40, info@zillemarkt.de, www.zillemarkt.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. TB RENGER-PATZSCH Upscale German dining with a difference. The interior is kept casual and simple, with all focus on the people and the food. Serving regional cooking, you can order dishes such as sauteed mushrooms in chervil sauce, pan-seared pike-perch and a selection of tasty Alsatian flammekuchen.QD-5, Wartburgstraße 54, Schöneberg, MU Eisenacher Straße, tel. +49 30 784 20 59, www.renger-patzsch.com. Open 18:00 - 23:30. €€. 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, sauerkraut, and Local cuisine Wartburgstraße 54 Berlin - Schöneberg Open daily from 18:00 Tel. 784 20 59 www.renger-patzsch.com Renger-Patzsch facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket August - September 2015 35 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, kontakt@suksan.de, 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 36 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 Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 883 33 21, www.diekmann-restaurants.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 18:00 - 01:00. €€€. UGB berlin.inyourpocket.com Charlottenburg & the West 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.restaurant-dressler.de. Open 08:00 01:00. €€€. UGB 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.einhorncatering.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 SUKSAN TRAVEL FAR. EAT AT HOME Sawatdi Kap – welcome to Suksan. Experience a temple for Thai food and cooking culture in the heart of West Berlin, RƚHULQJ YDULHG GLVKHV ZLWK FDSWLYDWLQJ DURPDV DQG WDVW\ FRPELQDWLRQVWKDWZLOOWLFNOHWKHSDODWH4XDOLW\IUHVKQHVV DQGKHDOWK\DQGRULJLQDOLQJUHGLHQWVDUHFHQWUDOWRRXUGLVhes, without losing sight of modern cuisine. Under bamboo URRIV6XNVDQVHDWVRYHUJXHVWVLQ7KDLVHWWLQJV/HWXV WDNH\RXRQDFXOLQDU\WULSWRWKHODQGRIVPLOHV 100m to KaDeWe and ZOO Berlin THAI RESTAURANT & COCKTAIL LOUNGE ORIGINA L THAI FOO D SUKSAN Ansbacher Strasse 4 corner Kurfürstenstrasse U - Wittenbergplatz www.suksan.de TEL 030.21 01 86 73 August - September 2015 37 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. 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.QC-3, 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 ORIENTAL MAROOUSH Egyptian-Oriental opulence with a modern twist. This restaurant, shisha lounge and cocktail bar has decent meze starters and Middel Eastern mains; on Friday and Saturday the belly-dancers perform to live music. QC-4, Knesebeckstraße 48, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 887 11 83 35, www.marooush. de. Open 15:00 - 01:00. E Samowar serves Chicken Kiev, Beef Stroganoff, Odessa fish soup and many more Russian classics in a wonderful setting with dark wood, paintings, busts and antiques. For an extra memorable experience book the 3-course Czar menu with borscht soup, shashlik, salmon, veal and bliny desserts - or enjoy a tea ceremony with Russian sweets. QLuisenplatz 3, Charlottenburg, tel. +49 30 341 41 54, www.restaurant-samowar.de. Open From 11:00. SPANISH 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 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, Fasanenstraße 23, Charlottenburg, MU Uhlandstraße, tel. +49 30 887 2860, literaturhaus@literaturhaus-berlin. de, www.literaturhaus-berlin.de. Open 10:00 - 17:00. €€. GB RUSSIAN 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 SAMOWAR Berlin’s oldest Russian restaurant can fittingly be found in Charlottenburg, the district that has been popular with Russian visitors and immigrants for over a century. GRENANDER MORNING GLORY Pastries, muffins, croissants and rolls lie in waiting at the counter of this modern, earth-tone café. Great for 38 Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com Charlottenburg & the West 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 BARS 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. 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 Café im Literaturhaus facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket WEST BERLIN REVIVAL After the Second World War, the western half of Berlin found itself in a very curious situation. This group of city suburbs, which included the chic shopping and theatre district of Charlottenburg, was suddenly declared a separate entity from the eastern part of the city, which included the entire city centre district. After the fall of the Wall, West Berlin went through a tough decade of reorientation, as investment and visitors headed east to the original city centre. Now however, the West is undergoing something of a revival. Next to the newly renovated Gedächtniskirche stands the gleaming new Waldorf Astoria, overlooking the revolutionary Bikini Berlin concept mall and the linked 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin. Just across the tracks, the C/O Berlin photo gallery opened last autumn. August - September 2015 39 Charlottenburg & the West WHISKIES Ŷ %H %HUOLQ %HUO UOLQ LQµV µVV¿UVW(QJOLVKSXEVLQFH ¿UV UVWW (Q (QJO JOLV LV VK 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 PUBS THE 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, info@harp-pub.de, www.harp-pub. de. Mon-Fri from 15:00, Sat, Sun from 10:00. €-€€. EBW Irish Harp 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 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. Open Monday – Friday from 31 pm Saturday & Sunday from 10 am Giesebrechtstraße 15 // Berlin-Charlottenburg info@harp-pub.de 1 www.harp-pub.de Union Jack 40 Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com Charlottenburg & the West Sightseeing LANDMARKS 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, tour@olympiastadion-berlin.de, 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 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 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; NovMar 10:00-17:00; Mon closed. New Wing 10:00-18:00, Tues closed. Admission €12/8, New Wing €6/5. Photo permit €3. CHURCHES 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 09:00-19:00. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket PARKS AND GARDENS 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. 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. QD-4, 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). PHUF GKDCW 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, berlin@interconti.com, www.interconti.com. 558 rooms (498 singles €165 350, 498 doubles €170 - 400, 60 suites €215 - 2500). Breakfast extra. PTHAUFLEGBK DCW hhhhh 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, reservations.bristol@kempinski.com, www. kempinskiberlin.de. 301 rooms (249 singles €265 326, 249 doubles €322 - 447, 52 suites €470 - 1800). Breakfast extra. PHARUFLGKDC hhhhh August - September 2015 41 Charlottenburg & the West 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, info@hotel-savoy.com, www.hotel-savoy.com. 125 rooms (45 singles €142 - 222, 62 doubles €152 - 232, triples €192 - 272, 16 suites €202 - 292). ARFK D hhhh SOFITEL BERLIN KURFÜRSTENDAMM The 11-story, French-style Sofitel 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, H9387@ sofitel.com, www.sofitel.com. 311 rooms (singles €230 280, doubles €240 - 300, 44 suites €280 - 950). Breakfast extra. 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, berlin@swissotel.com, 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 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 42 Berlin In Your Pocket €150-200 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.QD-4, Lützowufer 15, Tiergarten, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 25 47 80, www.esplanade.de. 394 rooms (singles/doubles from €99, 40 suites from €139). PTHAUFL GKDCW 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. Peace can be found in the summer garden restaurant.QD-4, Lützowplatz 17, Tiergarten, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 30 260 50, info@hotel-berlin. de, 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 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 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, contact@ellington-hotel.com, 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, info@sylterhofberlin.de, www.sylterhof-berlin.de. 160 rooms (80 singles €69 - 120, 40 doubles €99 - 180, 40 suites €129 - 210). HAG hhh berlin.inyourpocket.com 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 tr. cke Dun K Ah Prenzlauer Allee lbe Gre cke S l Str rS . tr. rde ker str. r Die ste rwe Danzig gst r. Sene U Eberswalder Str. Sredzkistr. Da r Al lee Str . Frö tr. kstr. Knaac d Schwe r. r St lline der Wo münStr. neSwi r Str. pine Rup Ob erb erg er nzi bel s Ella - ers H str . felde um rga itzs str . ch ert Dun c . anstr tz alkpla Greifenhage ner Str. Pap pel Lyc alle he e ne rS tr. 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U-Bahn station Bernauer Straße and S-Bahn station Nordbahnhof are most convenient for a stroll along the Wall Memorial to Mauerpark. rs 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, info@myershotel.de, www.myershotel. de. 51 rooms (8 singles €75 - 135, 33 doubles €85 - 185, 1 suite €195 - 345, 10 Premium €115 - 265). HARG ifs wa lde rS tr. Wi nss tr. Pren Gre uer Allee P r. renzl a n-S t ßb urg er Str . nh au ser Str a Schö zlau e llw r. Ko llw it Di zstr. ho eden f S er Co tr. lm a Str rer . Allee Ko Tem Str plin er . str. ück e r. rser str. Ros Ros str c Joas e sse tr. rS Chr istin en- Wei nb est Ryk Husemannstr. Str. rine r tan ien al Cho Grieben str. o gs . -w e g ch- str. Berg rstr. Acke au r. nst rte Ga tr. igs Bors lis Novsatr. 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U Rosenthaler Platz kstr. h Torstr. e Tiec Ha lan Linienst Linienstr. n 0 500 1000 r. ns- r Bergge Am mFri Ha los Prenzlaue Tors Ei mb Kl Koppenr. t T t l t Torst Ac August - September 2015 43 Prenzlauer Berg Restaurants & Cafés GERMAN 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.QG-2, Kastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 780 08 95 50, www.restaurant-dieschule.de. Open 11:00 - 24:00. BW 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 DAILY 11.00 – 24.00 Die Schule 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. €. INTERNATIONAL 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. Modern and light German food on Berlin‘s catwalk no.1 KASTANIENALLEE 82 | 10435 BERLIN FON: (030) 78 00 89 5-50 info@restaurant-die-schule.de www.restaurant-die-schule.de U2 Eberswalder Str. 44 Berlin In Your Pocket U8 Rosenthaler Platz 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, gugelhof@tonline.de, www.gugelhof.com. Open 16:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. €€. A berlin.inyourpocket.com 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 TOURIST INFORMATION 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.QG-1/2, Schönhauser Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 44 35 21 70, www. tic-berlin.de. Open 11:00 - 19:00. 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, weinsten@weinstein.eu, 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. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket August - September 2015 45 Prenzlauer Berg MUSEUMS 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. PARKS AND GARDENS Raumerstr. 8 [Helmholtzplatz], 40301770, tausche.de 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 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, info@sodaberlin.de, 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. 46 Berlin In Your Pocket 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, info@tausche.de, 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. berlin.inyourpocket.com no adverts just buy our glasses Kreuzberg 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. tr. str. fst r. ho ug Str . r Str . ste str. ibo r Str. nst r. Rat Glo gau Lie g er nitz er For St nse üg tr. W eig an d lda W es str . tr. W eic hs els tr. Rüt Tel ls e ers list r. nie rst r. 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U Platz der Luftbrücke Schwiebusser Str. Wa sse Bergmannstr. Arndtst Oranienplatz Urban rst annstr. Str. ers tr. r. he U ener erst Moritzplatz U H Melc hior str. tr. Enge Dresd Johan it üc Bergm U Prinzenstr. o Blü c An ne ns r. r Str. str. Gneisenaustr. W.-Alexi s- Platz der Luftbrücke urge er-Str. Bl enau rst Gneis Str. be Baruther Str. rei Blücherstr. ch rckstr r. enb nstl r. Gitschiner Str. o Waterlr Ufe str. erst ü Fr.-K h Mehring- U damm str. Ritt nstr. str. Linde tr. ns Hallesches Tor U tian an Mehringplatz lls em ckernbrücke Neu 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. s eba nien es s-Str. Franz-Klüh es U fer . Ora Sta Friedrichstr. tr. 4 Markgrafenstr. Charlottenstr. Kochstr. Kochstr. U er Bahnhof 5 n G tr. tr. elms Wilh lter Str. Zimmerstr. Rudi-Du.tschke-S s ten p Charlie er 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. t berlin.inyourpocket.com Kreuzberg Restaurants & Cafés GERMAN ALTES ZOLLHAUS A bit of countryside in the city - the beautiful old customs house along an idyllic stretch of the Landwehrkanal has a calm, rustic atmosphere in which to try regional specialities featuring things such as goat’s cheese, dumplings, mustard sauce and compotes.QG-5, Carl-Herz-Ufer 30, Kreuzberg, MU Prinzenstraße, tel. +49 30 692 33 00, www.alteszollhaus.com. Open 18:00 - 23:00. Closed Mon, Sun. €€€. TUGBW ASIAN CHAN A sleek eatery with large pastel paintings of faces, cleancut design, and a surprising menu consisting of typical Asian street food. There’s everything from Thai spring rolls, Indonesian sate, and Cambodian noodle soup to a Vietnamese banana dessert. Fresh juices and smoothies too.QH-5, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 42, Kreuzberg, MU Kottbusser Tor, tel. +49 30 69 53 33 22, www.chanberlin.com. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 13:00 - 24:00. €€. UNGBSW facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 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 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 August - September 2015 49 Kreuzberg 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 AUSTRIAN AUSTRIA Have your Wiener Schnitzel and Salzburger Fritattatorte where they do it right, here in Austria. This corner restaurant is known for its huge portions, so indulge in the full experience or go for the half portion. The setting is appropriatly alpine with heavy wooden furnishings and antlers on the wall.QF-5, Bergmannstraße 30, Kreuzberg, MU Gneisenaustraße, tel. +49 30 694 44 40, www.austria-berlin.de. Open 18:00 - 24:00. €€. TUBS 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 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 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 Admiralsbrücke 50 Berlin In Your Pocket officers.QF-5, Hagelbergerstraße 9, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 78 89 19 80, www.riehmersrestaurant.de. Open 18:00 - 01:00. Closed Mon. €€-€€€. TGBSW 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. CURRY 36 If you want to eat Currywurst the proper Berlin way, you’ll order yours here boiled and naked. It looks a little pale in comparison to the ones with their pink skins on, but you might earn an iota of respect from the hard-boiled Fraus who work the stand. Other proletarian Berlin specialities you can take to the stand-up outdoor tables are the fried burgers, Boulette.QF-5, Mehringdamm 36, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 251 73 68, www. curry36.de. Open 09:00 - 05:00. €. S FINE DINING SPINDLER Several upmarket restaurants have made their home along this lovely stretch of canal in Kreuzberg. Spindler fits right in, serving gourmet cuisine by star chef Nicolas Gemin in the casual, classy interior of a former industrial building. The seasonal mains include dishes like Parmesan polenta, haunch of venison and pork belly. During the week there’s ‘Coffeehouse-style’ lunch, and at weekends © Photo: Martin Künzel berlin.inyourpocket.com Kreuzberg RESTAURANT.COCKTAILBAR.LOUNGE Authentic indian restaurant Swera an excellent brunch too.QPaul-Lincke-Ufer 42, Kreuzberg, MU Schönleinstraße, tel. +49 30 69 59 88 80, eat@spindler-berlin.com, www.spindler-berlin.com. Open 09:00 - 23:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 23:00. Cocktails from €4,50 INDIAN SWERA Right on Kreuzberg’s popular Bergmannstrasse, Swera is an authentic Indian restaurant with a range of dishes from the subcontinent, including many vegetarian and vegan options. On weekdays, there’s a filling business lunch offer from €4,50 including a wide range of curries. Swera also doubles as a cocktail bar, serving exotic drinks till late at night; arrive in time for happy hour for good deals.QBergmannstr. 103, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm, tel. +49 30 61 20 33 01, res.swera@gmx.de, www.swera.de. Open 11:00 - 01:00. Open 365 days from 11:00-01:00 BERGMANNSTRASSE 103 TEL. +49 30 6120 3301 INFO@SWERA.DE ITALIAN CICCIOLINA Dedicated to divas such as Jeff Koon’s porn star ex-wife La Cicciolina and a host of other beauties (whose portraits adorn the hallway by the toilets), this unpretentious Italian restaurant has well-priced and very tasty food, and a great terrace. For something out of the ordinary, try the Strasburgo flammkuchen pizza with cream, mustard and Tirol bacon. QH-4, Spreewaldplatz 5, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 61 65 71 60, www.cicciolina-berlin. de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €-€€. TUNGBSW 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.QH-4, 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 More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket 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 Bergmannstrraße 88 Berlin-Kreuzbberg www.bergmann-currry.com August - September 2015 51 Kreuzberg not far from the Jewish Museum either. There’s a goodvalue lunch on weekdays, plus a wide range of imaginative pasta, meat and fish dishes.QF-4, Rudi-Dutschke-Str. 25, Kreuzberg, MU Kochstraße, tel. +49 30 252 11 55, reservierung@sale-e-tabacchi.de, www.sale-e-tabacchi. de. Open 10:00 - 23:30. €€-€€€. TGBSW 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 SALE E TABACCHI This attractive restaurant with a nice garden and real Italian waiters is a good option near Checkpoint Charlie, and is TRENTASEI Try home-made tortellini, regional ingredients, Italian wines and fresh fish specialities at Trentasei, referring to the ‘36’ nickname for this part of the district. The warmly-lit interior has a cabin feel, with plenty of brick and wood, plus old-fashioned chairs around the tables.QSkalitzer Str. 34, Kreuzberg, tel. +49 30 69 50 69 30, info@ trentasei.de, www.trentasei.de. Open 12:00 - 01:00, Sun 16:00 - 01:00. 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 homemade 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, info@vicolobergmann.de, www.vicolo-bergmann.de. Open 12:00 - 24:00. €€. CAFÉ RISTORANTE BAR Mon–Sat 12:00–01:00 | Sun 16:00–01:00 Tel. +49 30 - 69 50 69 30 52 Berlin In Your Pocket Skalitzer Straße 34, Berlin-Kreuzberg Email: info@trentasei.de berlin.inyourpocket.com Kreuzberg Trentasei BEER GARDENS GOLGATHA The most gruesome end you’ll meet at this Biergarten at the southwest end of Viktoriapark is the sunrise. Those watching their melanoma sit under the red umbrellas near the tablefootball and grill, while sunbathers go to the rooftop for a view of the playground and football field. DJ music begins most nights at 22:00 inside on the small dance floor.QF-5, Katzbachstraße (Viktoriapark), Kreuzberg, MU Platz der Luftbrücke, tel. +49 30 785 24 53, www.golgatha-berlin. de. Open from 10:00. €. TUBSW LUFTGARTEN The large Biergarten around the former US officer’s casino in Tempelhofer Freiheit park has Bavarian beer, tables beneath the chestnut trees and deckchairs in the sun. Drop by for the American barbeque, large hamburgers and other international food.QTempelhofer Freiheit Park, Columbiadamm entrance, tel. +49 152 22 55 91 75, www.luftgarten-berlin.de. Open from 12:00 until around sunset. €. UENGBS CAFÉS 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 Explore Kreuzberg online: berlin.inyourpocket.com facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket CAFÉ RIX A fabulous café that’s completely worth the trek out to Berlin’s shabbiest and most multicultural neighbourhood. Many entertainment halls were built in this part of town, attracting thousands of Berliners at weekends. Rix is one of the last remaining entertainment halls in the area, dating from 1880 and all gold twirls, high ceilings and big mirrors. It’s just perfect for sipping coffee and munching on cake, or for a well-prepared meal. Combine it with a concert at the adjacent Heimathafen or a visit to Rixdorf’s old village square and the lush Körnerpark. QKarl-Marx-Straße 141, Neukölln, MU Karl-MarxStraße, tel. +49 30 686 90 20, www.caferix.de. Open 09:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 09:00 - 01:00, Sun 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 must-see 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 August - September 2015 53 Kreuzberg 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.weltrestaurantmarkthalle.de. Open 10:00 - 24:00. €€. B Nightlife BARS 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 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 FREISCHWIMMER After a five-minute walk south of Schlesisches Tor, follow the bush-lined pathway left after the petrol station to this peaceful bar that hovers over a side canal. In summer use the comfy deck lounges; in cooler weather heat lamps help keep away the chill.QI-5, Vor dem Schlesischen Tor 2a, Kreuzberg, MU Schlesisches Tor, tel. +49 30 61 07 43 09, www.freischwimmer-berlin.de. Open Mo-Fri from 12:00, Sat, Sun from 10:00. TUENGBW 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 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 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 berlin.inyourpocket.com Kreuzberg BERLIN’S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Alte Jakobstraße 124–128 10969 Berlin Wed–Mon 10am–6pm ART LIN ER IN B M 1870 O R F HE TO T ENT S E PR 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. ART IN BERLIN 18801980 From the Collection The presentation from our collection is a multi-facetted tour, ranging from paintings of the late 19th century, when the Kaiser reigned to post-war modern architecture and the “wild” works of the 1970s. RADICALLY MODERN Urban Planning and Architecture in 1960s Berlin Until 26 October 2015 The first ever comprehensive overview of an architectural heritage that evolved in both East and West Berlin in the 1960s and still sets Josef Kaiser, Großhügelhaus. its stamp on the Berlin Montage: Dieter Urbach, 1971. © Dieter Urbach, Berlinische Galerie townscape. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Foto: Nina Straßgütl www.berlinischegalerie.de www.facebook.com/berlinischegalerie BERNHARD MARTIN Fred Thieler Prize for Painting 2015 Until 24 August 2015 The exhibition honours Bernhard Martin for an approach to the medium of painting that is both conceptual and narrative. BJÖRN DAHLEM Mare Lunaris Until 24 August 2015 Björn Dahlem is designing a contextual piece for the entrance hall that responds poetically to astrophysical phenomena. BRANDLHUBER+ HERTWECK, MAYFRIED The Dialogic City : Berlin wird Berlin From 16 September 2015 Arno Brandlhuber, together with Thomas Mayfried and Florian Hertweck, produces an architecture that critically reflects the “museum” as an institution, its exhibition conventions and constraints. ICH KENNE KEIN WEEKEND. The Archive and Collection of René Block From 16 September 2015 Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), in partnership with Berlinische Galerie and Lentos Kunstmuseum in Linz, is dedicating a show to the manifold and interdisciplinary work of gallery owner, publisher and exhibition organizer René Block. August - September 2015 55 Kreuzberg Sightseeing MUSEUMS DEUTSCHES TECHNIKMUSEUM 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. HAUS AM CHECKPOINT CHARLIE A homespun Great Escape museum of false trunks, tools, videos, even a submarine, and stills of tunnel-digging attest to necessity and desire being the mother of invention. Visit this museum for dramatic stories of separated lovers, freedomseeking families, and fed-up senior citizens in the GDR who breached the Wall. The museum also has art interpreting the concrete division of the city, and an exhibit on human rights movements.QF-4, Friedrichstraße 43-45, Kreuzberg, MU Kochstraße, tel. +49 30 251 20 75, www.mauermuseum. de. Open 09:00 - 22:00. Admission €12,50/9,50. JÜDISCHES MUSEUM BERLIN 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. 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. TOPOGRAPHIE DES TERRORS 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 56 Berlin In Your Pocket 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 TEMPELHOFER FREIHEIT 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. 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. QF-5, Kreuzbergstraße, Kreuzberg, MU Mehringdamm. Shopping MARKTHALLE IX When Berlin’s rapid growth and new hygiene measures made the street markets redundant in the late 19th century, the city built a series of grand brick market halls in all districts, ensuring a supply of quality products to all corners of the city. Markthalle IX, or market hall number 9, is one of just two such halls that survived war and city planners, saved by several shops that rented space inside. A few years ago some young entrepreneurs restarted the weekly markets in the building, adding events like cake, crafts and Christmas markets. It’s been a resounding success, with the streetfood markets on Thursday evenings attracting hipsters from all over town. Arrive early to beat the beardy crowds! MARKTHALLE IX QH-4, Eisenbahnstraße 42, Kreuzberg, MU Görlitzer Bahnhof, tel. +49 30 577 09 46 61, www.markthalle9. de. Open Fri, Sat 10:00-18:00. Admission free. berlin.inyourpocket.com 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. 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 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. 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 €12,50/10-11,50, Spreefahrt €19-21,50/17-19,50. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket August - September 2015 57 City tours B ERLINER U NTERWELTEN E.V. Society for the Exploration and Documentation of Subterranean Architecture Berlin from below Cold War and WW II bunker tours Different underground tours • Mar – Nov daily • Dec – Feb Thur – Mon • Subway Gesundbrunnen (U8), Brunnenstr. 105 • www.berliner-unterwelten.de 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 offreed in several other complexes that are usually not accessible to the public. The following tours are held in English; check the website for tours in German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian and Danish. Tour 1: Dark Worlds – A bunker from the Nazi era. Yearround Thu-Mon 11:00, Mon also 13:00. Mar-Nov also Wed 11:00, Apr-Oct also Mon 15:00, Wed-Sun 13:00 & 15:00. 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. Besides Berolina, the operators are Berliner Bären Stadtrundfahrt (www.bbsberlin.de), BEX Sightseeing (www.berlinerstadtrundfahrten.de) and Bus Verkehr Berlin (www.bvb.net).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 ALTERNATIVE BERLIN TOURS After the 4-hour Real Berlin tour (daily at 12:00, €12) you’ll know all about Berlin’s subcultures, the graffiti and Tour 2: From Flak Towers to Mountains of Debris. Enter a devastated albeit fascinating underground world. Apr-Oct, Thu-Tue 13:00. Tour 3: Subways, Bunkers, Cold War – a political history of Berlin from an unusual perspective. Year-round Thu-Sun 13:00. Mar-Nov also Tue 11:00 & 13:00, Wed 13:00. Apr-Oct also Tue 15:00. Tour M: Breaching the Berlin Wall: subterranean escapes from East to West Berlin. Year-round: Thu-Mon 15:30. Apr-Oct also Tue & Wed 15:30. Tickets €11/9, Tour M €14/11. No reservation is 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. For further information see www. berliner-unterwelten.de. berlin.inyourpocket.com City tours stencil art, street artists like Thierry Noir and Mr.6, the gay scene, and the squatter and anti-fascist movements. Knowledgeable resident artists poke at Berlin’s dark, fuzzy underbelly on a variety of walks; there are also free short walks (daily at 11:00 and 13:00), twilight tours, a street art workshop and an ‘anti-pubcrawl’. QMS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 162 819 82 64, www. alternativeberlin.com. Tickets €10-20. 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, anitaeva75@gmail.com, www.anitasikora.com. Tours €9. 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. 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. CITY SEGWAY TOURS Hop on a self-balancing Segway scooter and - after a short driving lesson - zip around Berlin on the fourhour general tours (10:00 and 15:00, €67), or the shorter afternoon tour (15:00, €43). Drivers license required.QG-3, Panoramastraße 1a, Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 24 04 79 91, berlin@citysegwaytours.com, www. citysegwaytours.com. FAT TIRE BIKE TOURS Grab a bike at the base of the TV Tower and spin through town on the relaxed 4,5 hour daily city tour (11:00, from May also 16:00), the Wall tour (Mon, Thu, Sat at 10:30), the Third Reich tour (Wed, Fri, Sun at 10:30) and the Raw tour (counter culture; Tue, Fri, Sun at 10:30); these tours cost €24/22 and no booking is required. Call or email ahead for the Potsdam tour. QG-3, Panoramastraße 1a (Fernsehturm), Mitte, MS/U Alexanderplatz, tel. +49 30 24 04 79 91, www.fattirebiketoursberlin.com. facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket INBERLIN TOURS Specialised walking tours for small groups: along the Wall in Mitte or Treptow, or through the Kreuzberg, Prenzlauer Berg, or Friedrichshain districts. Tours take place at fixed times and days, or made to suit your needs; reservations required.Qtel. +49 174 157 48 36, info@inberlin.de, www.inberlin.de. Tickets €10-16. 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. QD-4/5, MU Nollendorfplatz, tel. +49 151 25 22 03 42, brendan@10777tours.com, www.cabaret-berlin.com. Tours Sat at 11:00, and on demand. Book ahead. Tickets €12. NEW BERLIN TOURS Free 3,5-hour city centre tours, popular with young visitors who are just as interested in each other as in the sights along the route (daily 11:00 and 13:00 from the Brandenburger Tor Starbucks). They additionally offer various themed tours and pub crawls.QF-3, Pariser Platz, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 51 05 00 30, www.newberlintours.com. Tickets free/€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. SLOW TRAVEL BERLIN TOURS The Berlin blog dedicated to ‘slow travel’ offers quirky cultural-historical tours. In small groups you explore Berlin’s most fascinating districts. Join a literary stroll in West Berlin, a walk on Kreuzberg’s wild west side, a trip along the Wall, down lively Potsdamer Strasse, or march through Kaiser Wilhelm’s Berlin.Qwww.slowtravelberlin.com/ tours. Tickets €15. More reviews online: berlin.inyourpocket.com August - September 2015 59 Directory & Street Register BUSINESS CONNECTIONS EMERGENCY NUMBERS AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE QCharlottenstraße 42, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 28 87 89 20, www.amcham.de. DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIE-UND HANDELSKAMMER (CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) QBreite Straße 29, Mitte, MU Märkisches Museum, tel. +49 30 20 30 80, www.dihk.de. EMBASSIES AUSTRALIA QG-3, Wallstraße 76-79, Mitte, MU Märkisches Museum, tel. +49 30 880 08 80, www. australian-embassy.de. IRELAND QF-3, Jägerstraße 51, Mitte, MU Hausvogteiplatz, tel. +49 30 22 07 20, www. embassyofireland.de. Emergencies, ambulance, fire tel. +49 30 112; Emergency doctor service tel. +49 30 31 00 31; Police tel. +49 30 110; Non-urgent police matters tel. +49 30 46 64 46 64. HOSPITALS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLINICAL CENTRE QKlingsorstraße, Steglitz, MS/U Rathaus Steglitz, tel. +49 30 84 45 30 15, www.medizin.fu-berlin.de. CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM QF-3, Schumannstraße 20-21, Mitte, MU Oranienburger Tor, tel. +49 30 45 050, www.charite.de. LANGUAGE SCHOOLS UNITED KINGDOM QF-3, Wilhelmstraße 70-71, Mitte, MU Französische Straße, tel. +49 30 20 45 70, www.britischebotschaft.de. BERLITZ MITTE QF-3, Friedrichstraße 95, Mitte, MS/U Friedrichstraße, tel. +49 30 204 21 24, www. berlitz.de/de/berlin_mitte. USA American Citizen Services: tel. 832 92 33.QF-3, Pariser Platz 2, Mitte, MS/U Brandenburger Tor, tel. +49 30 830 50, www.usembassy.de. GLS QG-2, Kastanienallee 82, Prenzlauer Berg, MU Eberswalder Straße, tel. +49 30 78 00 89 16, www.glsgerman-courses.de. 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Ha tr Str. er rnau Index Aapka 22 Adlon Kempinski 29 Admiralspalast 10 Adria 12 Aigner 21 Alexa Centre 29 Alpenstueck 21 Alte Nationalgalerie 28 Alternative Berlin Tours 58 Altes Museum 28 Altes Zollhaus 49 Anita Sikora's Berlin Walks 59 Anna Blume 45 April 35 Aufsturz 23 August Fengler 45 Austria 50 Babylon Mitte 12 Barcomi's Deli 23 Bavarium 35 Bergmann Curry 50 Berlin, Berlin 42 Berlin City Tour 58 Berliner Dom 26 Berlinische Galerie 56 Berlin Locals 59 Berlin Plaza 42 Black Box Cold War 26 Blue Man Group 11 Borchardt 22 Brandenburger Tor 25 Brewer's Berlin 59 Café am Engelbecken 53 Café am Neuen See 38 Café im Literaturhaus 38 Cafe Kalwil 38 Café Rix 53 Central Kino 12 Chan 49 Cicciolina 51 CineStar IMAX & Original 12 City Circle Buses 58 City Segway Tours 59 Computerspielemuseum 33 Cupcake Berlin 33 Curry 36 50 Daimler Contemporary Berlin 27 Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz 27 Das Stue 41 Deutsche Oper Berlin 10, 16 Deutscher Dom 26 Deutsches Currywurst Museum 27 Deutsches Historisches Museum 27 Deutsches Technikmuseum 56 Diekmann 36 Die Schule 44 Dressler 37 Duke 37 Eastwood Berlin-Mitte 23 Einhorn 37 El Dorado 38 66 Berlin In Your Pocket Ellington Hotel 42 English Theatre Berlin 13 Eschschloraque Rümschrümp 23 Eventim 13 Facil 22 Fat Tire Bike Tours 59 Fernsehturm 29 First Floor 36 Fischers Fritz 22 Fleischlust 44 Flohmarkt am Mauerpark 46 Francucci's 37 Französischer Dom 26 Freischwimmer 54 Friedrichstadt-Palast 11 Führerbunker 26 Galander 54 Geburtstagsklub 45 Gedächtniskirche 41 Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer 28 Gemäldegalerie 28 Glory Duck 33 Golgatha 53 Gorgonzola Club 51 Grand Hotel Esplanade 42 Green Door 39 Grenander Morning Glory 38 Grüner Salon 24 Gugelhof 44 Hackesche Höfe 12 Halle Tanzbühne 13 Hamburger Bahnhof 28 Haus am Checkpoint Charlie 56 Hebbel am Ufer 13 Hefner 39 Hekticket 13 Hilton 30 Hinterm Horizont 11 Honigmond & Garden Hotels 31 Hotel de Rome 30 Hugos 36 InBerlin Tours 59 Insider Tours 59 InterContinental 41 Isherwood's Neighbourhood Tour 59 Jolesch 50 Jolly 21 Joseph Roth Diele 21 Jüdisches Museum Berlin 56 Käfer Dachgarten 23 Kaffee Burger 24 Kamala 21 Kaufbar 33 Kempinski Bristol 41 Keule 32 Kilkenny Irish Pub 10, 25 Kimchi Princess 49 Knese 35 Knutschfleck 24 Koka 36 13 Komische Oper 10 Konnopke's Imbiß 44 Konzerthaus Berlin 10 Kookaburra Comedy Club 13 Kuchenkaiser 53 Kulturbrauerei 46 KunstHalle 27 La Forchetta 37 Locanda 37 Luftgarten 53 Macondo 33 Mandala 31 Markthalle IX 56 Marooush 38 Marriott 30 Martin-Gropius-Bau 56 Mauerpark 46 Mein Haus am See 24 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe 26 Milchbar 54 Monsieur Vuong 21 MS Schiffskontor 57 Museum für Film und Fernsehen 29 Museum für Naturkunde 29 Museumswohnung WBS 70 33 Mutter Hoppe 21 Neues Museum 28 Neue Synagoge 25 New Berlin Tours 59 Nikolaiviertel 25 Nola’s am Weinberg 22 Olympic Stadium 41 Original Berlin Walks 59 Osteria N°1 52 Ottenthal 36 Pagode 49 Palace 42 Panorama Café 23 Panoramapunkt 30 Papagena 13 Paris-Moskau 22 Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz 31 Pergamon Museum 28 Pizzeria i Due Forni 45 Potsdamer Platz 25 Precise Myer's 43 Prenzlauer Berg Tourist Information Centre 45 Quatsch Comedy Club 13 Radialsystem V 13 Radisson Blu Hotel 30 Reederei Riedel 57 Reederei Winkler 57 Reichstag 26 Reingold 24 Reinhard's 22 Renger-Patzsch 35 Restauration 1840 21 Restauration 1900 44 Riehmers 50 Ritz-Carlton 31 Roter Salon 25 Rotisserie Weingrün 21 Sachiko Sushi 38 Sale e Tabacchi 52 Samowar 38 San Diego Steakhouse 33 Santiago 45 Sarod's 50 Savoy Berlin 42 Schall und Rauch 45 Schaubühne 13 Schloss Charlottenburg 41 Schneeweiß 32 Schnitzelei 36 Schöneberger Weltlaterne 35 Schwarzwaldstuben 21 Shakespeare & Sons 46 Slow Travel Berlin Tours 59 SO36 54 Soda Club 46 Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm 42 Sophieneck 23 Spielbank Berlin 24 Spindler 50 Sputnik 12 Staatsoper im Schillertheater 10 Stasi Museum 33 Stasi Prison 33 Suksan 36 Sushi Imbiss am Wasserturm 45 Swera 51 Swissôtel Berlin 42 Sylter Hof 42 tausche Taschen 46 Tempelhofer Freiheit 56 The Digital Eatery 23 The Harp 10, 40 Tiergarten 41 Tipi am Kanzleramt 11 Topographie des Terrors 56 Traube 22 Trentasei 52 Union Jack 40 Vicolo Bergmann 52 Viktoriapark 56 Waldorf Astoria 42 Wall Panorama 29 Week-End Club 25 Weinstein 45 Weltrestaurant Markthalle 54 Westin Grand 31 Wild at Heart 54 Wintergarten Variété 12 Wohnzimmer 45 Würgeengel 54 Zander 44 Zillemarkt 35 Zille-Stube 21 Zimmermeister Brunzel's Mietshaus 46 Zwiebelfisch 39 Zwölf Apostel 38 berlin.inyourpocket.com All day long Germany’s widest range of undubbed blockbusters and Arthouse films under one roof at Sony Center: Explore nothing but brand-new English originals at CineStar Original and dive into both English and German 3D-feature films and 3D-documentaries at CineStar IMAX on Berlin’s largest screen! 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