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Sophien Straße off of Rosenthaler Straße. Beautiful little side-street. There's a building that once housed an Association of Handworkers, which has a beautiful, brick facade. Many beautiful old houses along this street.

http://www.bauhaus.de/english/

We took a nice bike tour with Fat Tire - it was an easy way to see the city

Currywurst. Berliners are serious about sliced up sausages with curried ketchup.

You can not leave Berlin without trying one or several.

Best hotel in Berlin, and so very inexpensive. Has an excellent sister hostel across the road at: Weinbergsweg 1a, 10119 Berlin http://www.circus-berlin.de/circus_berlin_hostel.html

Best restaurant in Berlin. Always busy, but somehow you can always get a table.

Circus Hotel is great for a first-timer, inexpensive yet excellent in terms of quality...

Great restaurant with traditional German food and beautiful outdoor garden! Menus in English, French, Italian and Spanish on request.

Nice so called Design-Hotel with spacious appartements where you can listen to jazz and make tea for yourself.

Nice, clean, modern, affordable hotel at 3 minutes walk from Nokia - Gate5 office

A spacious Mexican restaurant at the heart of Berlin. Tourist attractions like Jewish Memorial, Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gates are only minutes away on feet. It can accommodate large group of people and be a great meeting place. The food is good and the price is reasonable.

The best place to eat in the evening in Berlin is Pan Asia. Remember to try out the sorbet/ice cream dessert.

Mercure an der Charite is a really quiet, neutral new business hotel.

Lovely cafe, fantastic for a few morning hours on a lazy weekend. Amazing in the winter with the frozen pond in front, equally as gorgeous in the sun. The salmon bagel breakkie is perfection!

Nice bar, typical Berlin style with 2nd hand furniture

Gutes Korsisches Essen

Wonderful, friendly family-run local restaurant with good, inventive and traditional lunch and dinner menus. Very reasonably priced.

One of the best known Wienerschnitzel in Berlin. You can order a half portion.

Rivals its neighbor Hartmann's. Gourmet, multicourse fine nouvelle cuisine. Expensive but worth it if you can.

Small cafe with limited reasonable menu with one main course daily. Very friendly neighborhood place.

The flowershop of Geer Pouls and Takayuki Tomita feels more like a gallery with a special mix of interesting flowers, plants, vases and ceramics. Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm.

Contemporary Currywurst shop form the Rodeo team. Worth a visit.

" Exhibition The interactive exhibition THE STORY OF BERLIN enables you to experience the development of the city from its beginnings to today in 23 theme rooms, equipped with up-to-date animation technology and walk through sets. The museum is more than just an exhibition - it is an exciting journey through 800 years of Berlin history. Instead of the mere display of dates and facts about historical personalities, the priority is given to the Berliners and their lifestyle at certain points in history. Part of your visit to the exhibition is a guided tour through an original nuclear bomb shelter underneath the busy street Kurfürstendamm. " (website text storyofberlin.de

Wonderful Crêperie Restaurant (Crêpes = thin pancakes either sweet or salty) in the "Graefekiez", Kreuzberg. Beautiful interior with cute details. Makes you feel at home. Strange (french, slow) service, good Crêpes and Galettes Live music occasionally, mostly on mondays and fridays.

Cost-/ Performance ratio: **** out of five

A lovely Café, friendly and well decorated, maintened by two lovely boys. Have a brunch or a coffee there, it's worth it. Gay/lesbian place, but everybody will feel at home equally.

The very best kebabs in Berlin! Soft bread, tasty meat and fried vegetables - beautiful!

This is pure Hansel and Gretel. A neo-Gothic hunting lodge in the middle of Grunewald Park. Magical on crisp winters days and draws its fair share of eccentrics in the evenings. There's also a hotel, but you're better off staying at the nearby Schlosshotel Im Grunewald.

One of the most special places in Berlin, a proper dance hall preserved from decades ago. One night it's tango, another it's swing. You can dance, or just grab a table and enjoy the schnitzel and drinks and soak in the atmosphere. There are also tables outside to cool off in the summer.

I would highly recommend hotel Ambiente. Simple and clean rooms, good location and pleasant service.

schnitzelfinish closed to FJ..

Hotel was comfortable and well maintained. Also, had an excellent restaurant (Italian)

A great bookshop selling books about art, design, architecture, politics and theory, It always makes me want to spend every last Euro I have. They have regular evening events too.

Excellently prepared Sri Lankan food, full of fresh flavours, rich with spices. Great change from wurst & beeer. Gentle service. Big meal for two (appetizer, main & drink) 30 €

Fun, self-serve Italian. Pick up a plastic card as you walk in. Everytime you order from the salad-pasta-pizza-bar counters the staff swipe the card and the charge is added on. Present the card to pay when you leave. Three of us shared a salad, two pizzas, a calzone, beer and a bottle of rose for 42 €, so great value. Good cooking overall; tasty, but the quality of ingredients could be a tad better.

Best curry wurst we tasted in Berlin. They take a little more time with the sauce. Regular will set you back 3.50 €, about par. Fries are very good. They also offer bison & ostrich sausuage in addition to standard weissewurst, but the latter is best with the curry treatment.

Terrific donair etc. Breads are made on the spot. 4 € gets you a sandwich loaded with meat, tomato, onion, herbs and chili & yoghurt, if you like it with some zest. Fresh, clean, friendly

Staggering collection of whiskies at incredible prices (if you're used to buying in Canada). Unusual labels range 40 € to 180 €. Owner Uwë Wagmüller--affable & knowledgeable--is happy to pour samples for serious buyers.

Great pizza, terrible service. Part of the anarchist pizza network that includes Il Casolare in Kreuzberg and Il Ritrovo in Friedrichshain.

Currently on display: "OSTZEIT:Stories from a Vanished Country" an excellent group show of East Geramn photographers from 1972 to just after the wall fell.

Very stylish, brand new Hotel in a conveniently located neighborhood. Incredibly good value, as the rates are surprisingly cheap. Only minor downside is the mini-bar prices, which even by mini-bar standards are quite outrageous (although you do get to drink exquisite Japanese mountain source water if you desire). Very friendly and competent staff, too.

Spanish bar and restaurant. was so good that we had to go there twice on our 4 days trip!!! Great atmosphere and the food is just awesome at fair prices. A must for all our next trips to Berlin

Great affordable food, comfortable atmosphere, indoor and outdoor dining. Service is top notch, and away from the tourist traps. Rock-solid wine selection.

Great affordable food, comfortable atmosphere, indoor and outdoor dining. Service is top notch, and away from the tourist traps. Rock-solid wine selection.

Alsatian (FrenchGerman) food in the middle of Berlin. Was a favorite of mine in the days living in the neighborhood, a favorite of politicians (the Chancellor took Bill Clinton there). Not stuffy, just plain good.

Not high brow but good food that's good value. They have trays of different focaccia that they throw in the oven then slice up to order. Lasagne is good too. Can get quite busy.

I like kreuzberg.

Sorsi&Morsi on Marienburger Str. 10 - italian ;) and Clärchens Ballhaus on Auguststraße 24 - something special :)

If you are looking for a great small Hostel in Prenzlauer Berg/Mitte, then have a lokk at the EastSeven Hostel. Its not a party Hostel and fosters a relaxed atmosphere, nice garden and a fully equipped kitchen. Staff are super friendly and know the city inside out. Find them in Schwedter Str. 7, 10119 Berlin, Tel. 0049 30 93622240, www.eastseven.de