I'm going to Berlin in October! Woo! This is a city I have really wanted to visit for the last 15 years and it's finally happening. Anyone have any suggestions?(Unfortunately, I missed this, the wrapped Reichstag.)
I'm going to Berlin in October! Woo! This is a city I have really wanted to visit for the last 15 years and it's finally happening. Anyone have any suggestions?
I'm not sure you followed any of my Paris advice but, for what it's worth (I lived in a Berlin a few years ago), here are some suggestions:
ReplyDeleteStay in East Berlin, clearly. Ackselhaus is a well-designed hotel in Mitte.
I due forni is a great punk pizzeria, real atmospheric.
You might like a bar called Wohnzimmer.
The Kollwitzplatz market is worth catching (good wholewheat waffle stand!), in a charming neighbourhood to walk around with cobblestones and old buildings (not so common in Berlin).
All the museums are great -- wonderful old masters in the State museum. Grosse Hamburger Bahnhof and Sammlung Berggruen are neat, smaller galleries. And the Ethnological museum is one of the best in the world, I think, and beautifully presented.
Manufactum is an unmissable store near the Zoologischer Garten. You may be familiar with their website. All kinds of stuff for the home.
For a guide, Stylecity Berlin (although published some time ago) has a number of excellent shops/bars in it.
OMG, I'm staying at Ackselhaus!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the suggestions!
I suggest... you pack me in your suitcase!
ReplyDeleteVisit Bauhaus archiv and Neue Nationalgalerie (beautiful building designed by Mies van der Rohe). Have a lovely trip!!
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