Refill Berlin is a non-profit scheme aiming to make free tap water available throughout the city to anyone with a refillable water bottle. The Refill movement started in Bristol, England in 2015 when Natalie Fee set out to create “an easily accessible, free network of shops, cafes and restaurants providing free water refills.” The scheme […]
Berlin Drinking Fountains – An Interactive Map
Berlin summers can be as stiflingly hot as its winters are brutally cold so a map of the Berlin drinking fountains, where water is available for free, could come in very handy. I’m a big fan of a Wegbier to quench my thirst while exploring Berlin and beer in Berlin is generally cheaper than water […]
Wegbier: Berlin’s Bargain Beer Map
Berlin is pretty cheap when it comes to beer but I’ve noticed that Späti prices can vary wildly so I came up with Wegbier – Berlin’s Bargain Beer Map to keep track of the best value options. One of the reasons I fell in love with Berlin was the freedom to drink a beer as […]
Berlin Maps: S- & U-Bahn Walking Map by Kristin Baumann
It won’t comes as a surprise to regular readers that I have a thing about maps and that I love nothing more than walking around Berlin. So imagine my excitement when I first saw Kristin Baumann’s S- & U-Bahn Walking Map, which shows the walking time between stations on Berlin’s public transport network. Following the […]
Berlin Sledging Map – Where to hit the slopes
It would seem that Berlin made a New Year’s Resolution and it was to provide the winter wonderland that many were hoping for. The only question now is where to make the most of the snow and Locafox has provided the answer with an interactive Berlin sledging map. After a positively balmy Christmas in Berlin, […]
Berlin Christmas Markets Map
The clever folks at An Amazing Earth magazine have updated their Berlin Christmas Markets Map for 2015, a festive take on the classic BVG network map. The city is awash with Christmas markets and remembering exactly where they all are can be a bit tricky. An Amazing Earth have taken some of the best […]
Berlin Maps: Squats, Photo Locations and Craft Beer
I’ve got a thing for maps so it’s lucky for me that there are plenty of people out there finding lots of interesting ways to map Berlin and present data like the city’s squatted buildings, most popular photo locations and where to get craft beer. If you’re also a bit of a map geek, you should […]
Berlin Maps: Bars, Burgers and Christmas Markets
A stroke of genius from Giulia Pines kicked off a new trend in Berlin in November. Her Berlin U-Bahn Bar Map for Thrillist inspired a number of other guides based on the Berlin transport map. Best men the world over now have the perfect tool to plan a bar crawl in the German capital and […]
Berlin Maps: Rents, Crime, Transport and Planning
Over the last couple of weeks a number of posts have popped up in my Social Media timelines with links to maps of Berlin. The maps provide valuable insights into the history and development of the city and/or useful tools for residents and future residents alike. Interactive Map of Berlin Rents and Affordability Published by […]