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This delightful 1891 market hall with its iron-beam-supported ceiling was saved by dedicated locals in 2009. On market days, local and regional producers present their wares, while on Street Food Thursday a couple o…

Every Thursday evening since 2013, a couple of dozen aspiring chefs set up their food stalls in Markthalle Neun, a historic market hall in Kreuzberg, to serve up delicious global street food. Pick your favourites an…

In a landmark building by American-Polish architect Daniel Libeskind, Berlin’s Jewish Museum offers a chronicle of the trials and triumphs in 2000 years of Jewish life in Germany. The exhibit smoothly navigates all …

At his canal-side restaurant, Sebastian Frank’s kitchen talents have earned him two Michelin stars for performing culinary alchemy with Austrian classics, fearlessly combining products, textures and flavours. There …

A favourite with off-duty chefs and loyal foodies, Jacques infallibly charms with flattering candlelight, arty-elegant decor and fantastic wine. It’s the perfect date spot but, quite frankly, you only have to be in …

Run by the eccentric Sophie Raphaeline, this nonprofit boho outfit is really more a library and (countercultural) salon than a bookshop. Pick a tome from around 20,000 used English-language books – classic lit to sc…

Embraced by a mellow soundscape and complexion-friendly lighting, well-mannered patrons pack this narrow burrow named for American jazz giant Thelonius Monk. Owner Laura Maria, who travelled the world before returni…

A venue where Nazis partied in the 1930s and leftists debated in the ’70s has been reborn as a fine-dining shrine solidly rooted in the French tradition and, since 2015, endowed with a Michelin star. With its coffer…

Kreuzberg’s first concept store opened in an old backyard locksmith shop off gritty Oranienstrasse, stocking style-forward designer threads and accessories by such crave-worthy labels as Acne Studios, Soulland, Henr…

IKEA graduates with a mod penchant will go ga-ga at this pretty pad packed with stylish whimsies for the home. Even day-to-day items get a zany twist in this airy space converted from an old post office. The in-stor…