Category Archives: Berlin

Best food and drinks in Berlin

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Dietmar

Looking back there were a lot of posts in my blog about restaurants and cafés in the recent past. So, time to sit down and write a short little list of the best food and drink places in Berlin that … Continue reading →

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Park pleasures

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Dietmar

I am wondering where all these people were during fall or winter? As a regular visitor to the Volkspark Friedrichshain here in Berlin I very often noticed a vast emptiness during the cold weather period. Apparently all these people were … Continue reading →

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My favorite sandwich in Prenzlauer Berg

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Dietmar

The best sandwich I had so far in Berlin I ate at Cafè Olinda. Since we moved to Prenzlauer Berg we have visited various cafès and restaurants in this part of town. Many places offer a piece of lettuce and … Continue reading →

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The sledding pool

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Dietmar

Snow finally arrived in Berlin. And I am talking about a mentionable amount and not about the few flakes that melted at the ground before.The effect was that a giant group of families with kids used the opportunity took the … Continue reading →

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Sunbathing in the frozen park

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Dietmar

Before a big part of the Berlin population moved out to party on the streets and burn off a giant amount of fireworks we used the nice but cold weather to take an extended walk in the nearby Volkspark Friedrichshain, … Continue reading →

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Berlin in grey

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Dietmar

While Berlin is certainly a very interesting city when it comes to it’s cultural, culinary or sportive offers the weather here at the moment is simply boring. Every day the same tristesse: Greyness, overcast, temperatures hardly above the freezing point … Continue reading →

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An example of perfect symmetry

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Dietmar

The Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate often used to be a very crooked sight. This time the City of Berlin was lucky to get an almost perfect example of symmetry and put up a very nice decorated good looking … Continue reading →

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Berlin’s City Hall Christmas Market: Bigger, Better, Beautiful

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Dietmar

The Christmas market in front of City Hall turned into one of the best in Berlin this season. It used to be pretty small and unimpressive with just a few stands right in front of City Hall and the neighboring … Continue reading →

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Best soup in town

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Dietmar

Probably as many other big cities in the world Berlin has a lot of these little soup stores. They all offer some healthy, freshly made variations and I have already been to many places in this city. There is one … Continue reading →

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the impossible becomes reality – a smokefree bar in Berlin

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Dietmar

When I visited the Cupcake Bakery in Prenzlauer Berg and mentioned that I am always searching for smokefree places in Berlin, a friendly worker there told me about a smokefree bar called “Erdbeer-Bar”. Say what? “Smokefree” and “bar” – I … Continue reading →

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