To this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War. On 13th of August 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) began to build the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin. The official purpose of the Berlin Wall was to keep Western from entering the GDR, but it primarily served the objective to stop citizens leaving. The Berlin Wall stood until 9th of November 1989, when the head of the Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border.

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Prenzlauer Berg offers some of the cities perfect food and activities. Here you find recommendations arranged in a walks through Berlin’s  neighborhood Prenzlauer Berg. Let me take you on a walk and explore!

To make the choice a little easier for you, I have search for the hidden gems of Berlin Prenzlauer Berg and designed a walk for you. The entire walking tour and even more crafted walking tours through Berlin can be discovered in my BertaWalks App or in my BertaBerlin map for Berlin. If you want to stay up to date, register for my BertaBerlin newsletter! For now I would like to introduce you to five spots of my walking tour through.

To this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War. On the 13th of August 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) began to build the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin. The official purpose of the Berlin Wall was to keep Western from entering the GDR, but its primary objective was to stop citizens leaving. The Berlin Wall stood until the 9th of November 1989, when the head of the Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border. 

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Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie is located on the corner of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße, in the center of Berlin. At this point of the Berlin Wall, guards had to register the crossing of American, British and French before they travelled to East Berlin. Today it is only a reminder of the former border crossing.

To make the choice a little easier for you, we have searched for the hidden gems of Berlin Wedding. in my BertaWalks App I will also design a walking tour through Berlin Wedding for you. If you want to stay up to date, register for my BertaBerlin newsletter! For now I would like to introduce you to my Top 5 awesome spots in Berlin Wedding.

Silent Green Kulturquartier

The Silent Green Kulturquartier is a former crematorium. Although the site is surrounded by an urn cemetery and the former chimney towers visibly from afar, its neoclassical building ensemble with its eight-sided courtyard, its simple gate and the greenery of its lawn in the entrance area remain very inviting to the public. Today, its former mourning hall has become a concert hall very famous throughout Berlin for its acoustics. The venue regularly hosts readings and even hosts the Berlin International Literature Festival. During Corona, late summer picnic concerts were held in collaboration with partner Café MARS. Each visitor received, in addition to his picnic package and a blanket, a pair of headphones, before then began to listen deeply relaxed to the music and to follow the birds dreaming in their flight of fancy...

Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin (Wedding), +49 30 12 08 22 100, mars@silent-green.net, www.mars-berlin.net, Mon–Fr 12:00–18:00, Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00, pic by Elsa Goulko

To make the choice a little easier for you, I have search for the hidden gems of Berlin Neukölln. in my BertaWalks App I also design a walking tour through Berlin Neukölln for you and in my BertaBerlin map about Neukölln you can find even more tips. If you want to stay up to date, register for my BertaBerlin newsletter! For now I would like to introduce you to five spots in Berlin Neukölln.

Körnerpark in Berlin Neukölln

Resembling a palace garden, Körnerpark is often used for free concerts and performances during summer weekends. It looks a little like a Charlottenburg garden in Neukölln. Here you also find the Zitronencafé, which offers picnic baskets to sit down in lawn close by the fountain.

Schierker Straße 8, 12051 Berlin (Neukölln), +49 30 56 82 99 99, www.esskultur-berlin.de, Station: U7, U8, S41, S42, S45, S46, S47 Neukölln, pic by Alina Rudya

Berlin Friedrichshain offers some of the cities best food, nightlife and entertainment. Here you find nine recommendations arranged in a walks (from breakfast til cocktail at night) through Berlin’s most creative neighborhoods. Let me take you on a journey and explore all aspects of daily life in vibrant Friedrichshain!

To make the choice a little easier for you, I have search for the hidden gems of Berlin Friedrichshain and designed a walk for you. The entire walking tour and even more crafted walking tours through Berlin can be explored in my BertaWalks App or in my BertaBerlin map for Berlin. If you want to stay up to date, register for my BertaBerlin newsletter! For now I would like to introduce you to five of the twelve recommendations of my walking tour through Friedrichshain, Berlin.

Even Amazon has heeded to the public’s desire to run their fingers over real paperbacks in real book stores. In Berlin Neukölln, however, I will mainly focus on the smaller, quainter book stores, somewhere you can read away an afternoon surrounded by an ambient buzz while warmed by several cups of tea. Join me as I am hunting down the 'Top 5 book stores in Berlin Neukölln'.

Picture Books

This lovely book store offers a first-class selection of new, picture-perfect books on photography, design, art, architecture, Berlin and cooking from around the world. They place a special emphasis on illustrated children's books. Their assortment consists mainly of remainders and returns from international publishers at significantly reduced prices. In addition, there are individual new publications that they consider to be exceptional. 

Friedelstraße 26, 12047 Berlin (Neukölln), +49 30 62 73 25 43, www.picturebooksberlin.com, Station: U8 Schönleinstraße

Discover the culture, museums and culinary highlights of Charlottenburg. From cafés to shops, sights, restaurants, bars and more, you will find boundless options for every budget with my BertaWalks App and in this case the walking tour Berlin Charlottenburg.

To make the choice a little easier for you, I have search for the hidden gems of Berlin Charlottenburg and designed a walk for you. The entire walking tour and even more crafted walking tours through Berlin can be explored in my BertaWalks App or in my BertaBerlin map for Berlin Charlottenburg. If you want to stay up to date, register for my BertaBerlin newsletter! For now I would like to introduce you to five of the twelve recommendations of my walking tour through Charlottenburg, Berlin.

Take a virtual tour of these Berlin museums from home

Stuck inside? You can still experience some of Berlin’s best cultural offerings from your couch! Berliners are spending more time at home than likely ever before, as the novel coronavirus pandemic has led to limitations. But many museums have risen to the challenge, providing virtual tours to their collections. In a challenging time, these virtual tours offer a ways to stay entertained and connected to the city’s incredible cultural offerings. Below, find a list of what’s available from various museums in Berlin.

Virtual tour through the Kupferstichkabinett

The Kupferstichkabinett houses a universe of "art on paper" with masterpieces ranging from Sandro Botticelli to Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Adolph Menzel and Vincent van Gogh, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter.

Berlin is a culinary surprise bag. This is also true for breakfast. Whether hearty, cosy, trendy, or traditional: It has something for every taste and every time of day (or night!). Here are a few of my favorite breakfast cafés: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is also a meal that many Berliners skip. This is a shame because so many cafes in the German capital create and do some amazing things before 11:00. Whether it's with a civilized traditional breakfast, bagels with extraordinary toppings or outrageously good banana pancakes, here's my 'Top 5 places for breakfast in Berlin' - where to start a day off right. Affordable, creative or straightforward. If you want to have more coffee recommendations check out my CoffeeBerlin map.

Moms-to-be can find their center during calming prenatal yoga classes designed just for them at studios throughout the city. Due to Corona I would like to introduce you to my favorite online yoga classes. There's no doubt that Berlin is a lovely place to raise a family, but city life can be a lot to handle when you're expecting. Luckily, future moms looking for a yoga retreat have some incredible prenatal yoga classes to choose from. These yoga studios provide stretching and breathing exercises to prepare women for labor, plus a much-needed dose of relaxation. Affordable, creative or straightforward. If you want to have more yoga studio recommendations check out my YogaBerlin map.

As restaurants in Berlin had to close during the lockdown, they also adapt quickly and offer takeaway and delivery service now. As I want to support local businesses in this case restaurants in Berlin, I wanted to give you five recommendations where to order. In this article I ordered food with WOLT and tried several Berlin restaurants!. Read on for food from awesome delivery restaurants in Berlin during corona.

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There's more to do in Berlin now than there's been since the 'hard' spring lockdown, including leaving the shops open in Berlin open (this time). This article shows you activities in Berlin, which are still possible; including a number of places where you can eat outside and get a coffee to go. Read on for things to do in Berlin during corona.

Britzer Garten in Berlin

The Britzer Garten is a large park in the south of Berlin, named after Britz. Especially now it is very recommendable, as it is a little further of than other parks ;). The park offers nature and garden architecture like rose garden and rhododendron woods, playgrounds, lakes and hills as well as multicolored flower patches, perfekt for a walk to calm yourself from the week. In the garden you will find a "Café am See" and "Britzer Museumsbahn" railroad, which runs on a narrow-gauge track through the garden.

Brunch is a Big Deal in Berlin. On the weekends, cafes in the twelve districts of Berlin contain an endless sea of midday breakfast options, so it’s not easy to tell which ones actually care about the food and the experience, or which are just serving some eggs and other brunch-y stuff to appease the masses. And of course, no one wants to travel far for the (kind of) brunch. With that in mind, here is a guide to excellent coffee and brunch, with options spread across Berlin - here are my 'Top 5 brunch places in Berlin'. Affordable, creative or straightforward. If you want to have more coffee recommendations check out my CoffeeBerlin map.