Recommendations

If it was me, I would quickly get out of this district and either head to Friedrichshain on the U5, or take the S-Bahn two stops to Oranienburgerstr. Food options are far better there. If you’re hungry and can’t wait, some manageable options are:  Nante Eck (Slightly over-priced, but does decent German food) Alt-Berliner Wirsthaus (Near the Holocaust Memorial) Teras (Angela Merkel’s Favourite Kebab Shop) Kerb Food Hall (Near Potsdamer Platz) Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt (Near the French & German Cathedrals) Zollpackhof (Near the main train station)

For history fans, I always recommend: Berlin Zeit (The Ephraim Palais) Berlin Global (Humboldt Forum) The Jewish Museum The Topography of Terrors The Stasi Museum Everyday Life in the DDR (Kulturbrauerei) For art fans: The New National Gallery (For your Rothkos & Picassos) The Boros Foundation (pre-booked tickets needed) C/O Berlin The Berlinische Galerie

A big question to ask. My three favourite German restaurants are: Knoedelwirtschaft Trio Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt You could also go anywhere around the Nikolaiviertel and just pick somewhere (Zum Nussbaum is very famous, as is Zur Letzten Instanz) For Schnitzel Schnitzelei Scheers Schnitzel For Currywurst Don’t go out of your way for a currywurst; it’s just curry powder and ketchup on a sausage Ketels Curry Markthalle Neun Butcher’s Curry 61 For Doner Zagros Mustafa’s Best Gemüse Kebap

Explore Friedrichshain & Kreuzberg (Boxhagener Platz, RAW-Gelände, the East Side Gallery) Have a picnic on Tempelhofer Feld Explore Teufelsberg Go to Street Food Thursdays at Markthalle Neun Have a drink on the Maybachufer Explore Haus Schwarzenberg

Prater Biergarten (The oldest in Berlin) James June Biergarten Privatbrauerei (RAW-Gelände) Holzmarkt 25 BRLO Brewhouse

The Medieval Christmas Market (Historischer Weihnachtsmarkt - RAW-Gelände) Gendarmenmarkt Lucia Christmas Market (Kulturbrauerei) Rotes Rathaus Humboldt Forum Rixdorf (Only one weekend)

The Deutschland Museum & Spy Museum (far more immersive and geared towards families) MyJump Mitte (A trampoline park and climbing area) Natural History Museum Disgusting Food Museum Rittersport Chocolate Shop (You can do your own chocolate-making workshops) Anoha (The Jewish Museum Children’s section)

Check Resident Advisor for up-to-date clubnights and events Tresor  Sisyphos OXI (For a younger crowd) Renate For the love of God, go somewhere better than Matrix.