Bite Club is a fortnightly summer street food event at a location next to the Spree near Badeschiff that includes the Hoppetosse, a former pleasure boat named after the boat in the Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Langstrumpf) stories. Street food has revolutionised and galvanised the Berlin food scene and recognising this new market Tommy Tannock and […]
Vanille & Marille – (Ice) Cream de la Crème
There are 4 Vanille & Marille shops in Berlin, all serving ice cream made fresh daily from 100% natural ingredients in the backyard of their location in Kreuzberg, including one in the part of city I call home, Steglitz. There is an extensive range of ice cream and Lactose-free sorbets on offer, including a selected […]
Piri’s Chicken Burgers – Spicing Up Berlin’s Burger Scene
One of the most common complaints amongst newcomers to Berlin is a lack of spicy food options. With the opening of Piri’s Chicken Burgers on Wiener Strasse in Kreuzberg, chilli-lovers now have one more go to destination to feel the burn. Piri Piri (or Peri Peri) is a spicy sauce, Portuguese in origin, and a […]
Schiller Burger Berlin
I’m certainly not the only one, but since I arrived here I’ve been trying to find Berlin’s Best Burger and, for me, Schiller Burger is one of the best. As they recently opened a third Berlin location, I’m obviously not the only one who thinks so. A common theme runs through the décor at the […]
JR – Wrinkles of the City in Berlin – Part 2
Wrinkles of the City by French street artist, JR is undoubtedly one of the most exciting street art projects to hit Berlin. Since I first saw his crew pasting one of the artworks at Warschauer Strasse a few weeks ago, photos of JR’s pieces have been regularly appearing in my Instagram and Twitter feeds. Since […]
Berlin Street Art Vol 10 – Various Artists
New pieces appear year round on the streets of Berlin but it has been noticeable that since the weather has improved more artists have been hitting the city. With lots of great Street Art from ALANIZ, ALIAS, CAZ.L and El Bocho to name a few, the problem with compiling this post wasn’t finding good work […]
Big Stuff Smoked BBQ at Markthalle IX Berlin
Big Stuff Smoked BBQ in the Markthalle IX in Kreuzberg should be a Mecca for Berlin meat lovers. The sandwiches are mouth-wateringly spectacular – so tasty in fact, that looking at the pictures while I type this is almost too much to bear. The star of the show at Big Stuff Smoked BBQ is undoubtedly […]
Five Elephant – Sublimely Good New York Cheesecake in Berlin
When Steffi and Bine told me that they had driven from Charlottenburg to Prenzlauer Berg just to get the New York Cheesecake at The Bird it got me wondering where you get the best New York Cheesecake in Berlin. I started to draw up a list and the first place to go on it was […]
Jewish Museum Berlin – Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Like Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart (Museum of Contemporary Art), I visited the Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) with my first Museum Pass in 2010 and was determined to go back during my Berlin Museum Marathon in February this year. The Museum is housed in a combination of the Collegienhaus (Old Building), the former […]
Stolpersteine 204: Remembering The Eisenstädt Family – Gunter Demnig at work
On 28 March I ticked a very important item off my to do list when I saw Gunter Demnig at work laying Stolpersteine in Berlin. Three Stolpersteine were placed outside Erkelenzdamm 9 in Kreuzberg in memory of Kurt Eisenstädt, Käte Eisenstädt and Berl Eisenstädt. I got to witness these Stolpersteine being laid because one of […]