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All you need for a weekend city break in Berlin: it‘s trendy, relaxed and very affordable.Berlin is the third most popular city in Europe after Paris and London, and it is easy to see why. Whether you’re a party animal, bohemian, shopping crazy or interested in history, Berlin has something to offer to everyone: buzzing nightlife, alternative second-hand stores, luxury restaurants and raw history – everything. The best part is that it is also very affordable for visitors.
Classic MitteIf you want the classic sights you can keep around the Mitte district. Here are both the Brandenburg Gate, the cathedral Berliner Dom and the Reichstag with its remarkable glass dome. Wherever you are in town, you get a glimpse of Fernsehturm – TV tower. The view from the 365 m high tower makes it well worth a visit, but queues tend to be very long. It is also in the center of the area with the largest selection of clubs available, such as around Hackesche Höfe and along with Oranienburger Strasse. Berlin‘s dark pastJust south of the Brandenburg Gate, lies the impressive Holocaust memorial in the form of a concrete sea, commemorating Europe’s Jews. There is also a large part of the Berlin wall remains. At Checkpoint Charlie, just a block away there is a museum about the history of the wall and touching stories about people who tried to escape. If you are really history crazed, you can join a guided tour to some of the Third Reich key locations. A more unusual tour, you squeezed in a little Trabant – the car has become a symbol of East Germany.
The Bohemian BerlinNearby Berlin Mitte is the colorful district of Kreuzberg, which is strongly influenced by its large Turkish population. The cozy Oranienstraße is lined up with crowded cafes, kebab places and alternative shops. Another similar area with fun shopping and outdoor cafes is Prenzlauer Berg. If you are in Berlin on a Sunday, the bohemian market in Mauer Park is a must – it’s a great buzz of second hand stuff, handmade jewelry, colorful hippie clothes and more. Fancy Charlottenburg
If you prefer shopping malls and branded stores then the colorful flea markets, you should instead head to Charlottenburg and West Berlin’s main boulevard Kurfürstendamm. There are also ruins of the church Kaiser-Wilhelm. In the old church tower site has built a modern hexagonal tower with a small window that creates a blue glow around the altar inside the church. Eating and drinking in BerlinThe German cuisine is very hearty – expect a lot of sauerkraut, potatoes and a galore of sausages. In Berlin, there is even a museum dedicated to the spicy sausage – curry wurst. Berlin restaurants offers much more than this. As in most other European cities, here you can find food from all over the world. Many of the fine restaurants you can find around Savignyplatz square. On Oranienstraße in Kreuzberg you can find the whole world cuisine on a street. Our favorites are below.
Shabby, but elegant, artsy atmosphere.
The pan-German menu – soup and salad starters, a sausage and sauerkraut platter, plus daily varying meat and fish dishes – is finely prepared by chef Hannes Behrmann.
Florian has been serving fine south German food on this quietly posh street for a couple of decades now, and the standard never seems to slip.
Delicious food, relaxed atmosphere and great staff. Organic burgers, bratwurst and fries are served with delicious home-made ketchup, sauces and dips in this multicultural gourmet shop.
The only thing on the menu in this bistro is half a roast chicken – but organically raised and milk-roasted one. The only two decisions you have to make is whether you want cabbage or potatoes with your bird, and which beer you want to try. Hang on a beachThe German beer is best enjoyed al fresco – in a convivial beer garden or on one of the many beach bars, popping up everywhere in Berlin, just with the spring start. With deckchairs, palm trees, sand and a cold German beer in your hand, who cares that the sea is really far away. If you do not like beer, you should instead try the ‘Berliner Weisse mit Schuss’ – a light wheat beer that is mixed with a dash of sweet juice. Christmas MarketsIf the season is wrong for the beach bars maybe it is good for Christmas markets. From late November, you can drink Glühwein and enjoy the Christmas spirit more than fifty different Christmas markets around Berlin. Best known is the market at the historic Gendarmenmarkt square. Find out more here. The best thing about Berlin is that it’s cheap!It is cheap to live in Berlin. Whether you’re going for a long city getaway or staying at the hostel or luxury hotel, so it’s very affordable to live in Berlin. Here are a few options that are additional budget-friendly.
This is a freshly renovated small apartment in the 3rd floor of an apartment house located in Tiergarten in the district Mitte in the city centre of Berlin, not far away from the Parliament building and Ministry of State. The building is situated in a quiet green court yard.
The owner, Julia’s personal greeting says: “Dear guests, Berlin is a fascinating multicultural metropolis and anyone must visit it once in their life! If you like great young and creative atmosphere you are making the absolutely right decision to live in my apartment, which is located at the scene district Prenzlauer Berg. I also love to call it the “Montmartre” of Berlin, because there is such a great variety of cafés, bars, galleries, theatres, clubs and much more. Public transportation, such as train, U-Bahn (subway), S-Bahn and bus stops are only 5-minutes-walk away. And of course you will get some insider tips from me.”
The apartment is located in the North of the Tiergarten Park in the city centre, close to the inner city airport Tegel and the political city centre around the Reichstag building. There are very good public traffic connections and short distances to the historical and cultural city centre. What’s interesting about the building, says Stephan, the apartment owner, is that the in the late 60′s this building got a lot of publicity because the people of the so called “Kommune 1” who revolted against the establishment stayed in this building. The “Kommune 1” stands for the liberation of sex much like the Hippie movement in the United States. Some of the famous tenants were Fritz Teufel, Dieter Kunzelmann, Rainer Langhans, Uschi Obermeier and Ulrich Enzensberger. “We have gathered some literature related to this historical period”, so the guests can find some interesting facts. The apartment is equipped with a free high-speed internet network, cordless phones, satellite TV, DVD, video, a high class hi-fi system and many other useful electrical appliances.
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