Guidebook for Berlin
Essentials
Lidl
36-38 Rigaer Str.Cut-price German supermarket chain, good for lo-budget
Large and brilliantly stocked, classic Berlin "bio-supermarkt", ie. organic and green-sourced food products, expensive but good quality.
48 locals recommend
BIO COMPANY Greifswalder Straße
212 Greifswalder Str.Large and brilliantly stocked, classic Berlin "bio-supermarkt", ie. organic and green-sourced food products, expensive but good quality.
Rossman is a big German chain of chemist / drugstores, bit like Boots in the UK, if you have babies / toddlers, you can get everything you need - food, milk, nappies, etc - here. Also at Rewe.
60 locals recommend
Rossmann Drogeriemarkt
49 TorstraßeRossman is a big German chain of chemist / drugstores, bit like Boots in the UK, if you have babies / toddlers, you can get everything you need - food, milk, nappies, etc - here. Also at Rewe.
Great Bakery and Cafe, German / Turkish, lovely friendly owners, open 7 days from 5am!
Bötzowstraße 31
31 BötzowstraßeGreat Bakery and Cafe, German / Turkish, lovely friendly owners, open 7 days from 5am!
Open 8am - 8pm Mon - Fri, until 6pm Sat and Sun. They have everything you could possibly need, stacked in a crazy way...
18 locals recommend
Lekr Lebensmittel GmbH
23 BötzowstraßeOpen 8am - 8pm Mon - Fri, until 6pm Sat and Sun. They have everything you could possibly need, stacked in a crazy way...
Sightseeing
Wonderful space - just go explore - ponds, fountains, woods, formal gardens, grassy chill out areas, tennis courts, Polish War Memorial, Spanish Civil War Memorial, amazing playgrounds...
913 locals recommend
Volkspark Friedrichshain
Wonderful space - just go explore - ponds, fountains, woods, formal gardens, grassy chill out areas, tennis courts, Polish War Memorial, Spanish Civil War Memorial, amazing playgrounds...
Walk across the Volkspark, or get the M10 tram, and you'll be transported back to the DDR walking along this classic "representative architecture" of the 1950s, originally named "Stalinallee"...
60 locals recommend
Karl-Marx-Allee
Karl-Marx-AlleeWalk across the Volkspark, or get the M10 tram, and you'll be transported back to the DDR walking along this classic "representative architecture" of the 1950s, originally named "Stalinallee"...
Arts & Culture
Visit the famous TV Tower, visual icon of Berlin, have cocktails at the bar at the top of it, look out over the city, experience this classic DDR architecture. Lots more shops etc. 3 tram stops away!
823 locals recommend
Alexanderplatz
Visit the famous TV Tower, visual icon of Berlin, have cocktails at the bar at the top of it, look out over the city, experience this classic DDR architecture. Lots more shops etc. 3 tram stops away!
Shopping
Chemist. In case you are in need of pharmaceutical help... also stocks all over the counter basics and kiddies stuff - but you can get this cheaper at Rewe supermarket, or Rossman
Esmarch-Apotheke
15 HufelandstraßeChemist. In case you are in need of pharmaceutical help... also stocks all over the counter basics and kiddies stuff - but you can get this cheaper at Rewe supermarket, or Rossman
Hufeland Str. is our local little "high street" one block from the apartment, and it's full of small independent shops and cafes - a lovely place to stroll and browse...
34 locals recommend
Hufelandstraße
HufelandstraßeHufeland Str. is our local little "high street" one block from the apartment, and it's full of small independent shops and cafes - a lovely place to stroll and browse...