Hello and welcome! /// Preface

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In the morning 1

Time Out, Tried-and-True /// Cafe A.Horn

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For Pomp Lovers /// Grosz

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Espresso with a World Champion /// Double Eye

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During the day 4

Up into the Alps! /// Schadels

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In the Press-, Publishers' and Gallery Quarter ill

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Sale e Tabacchi

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It's All About the Peanut ill Sahara

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Honest Food at the Harbour /// Hafenkiiche

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Snow White and the Ten Water Fountains ill

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Miirchenbrunnen

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Angelic Relaxation Guaranteed m Engelbecken

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Bacchus Would Like it Here /// Wine Shop Baumgart & Braun

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A little Life Style for your Nose /// The Different Scent ... 37

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Almost like in Vienna /// Cafe Einstein

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Pergamon & Co. m Museumsinsel

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Urban Gardening at its Best ill Prinzessinnengarten

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Of Princes and Baths ill Prinzenbad

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Between Java, Lombok and the Train Station /// Vabali

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Airing out the Soul at the Canal I I I Cafe Ubersee

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"Servus" in the Berliner Tongue—or: a Nice Try I I I 53'

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Cafe am Neuen See Culture Chic in the Garden/// Literaturhaus Fasanenstrafle

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The Thing About the City Beach /// Strandbar Mitte

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"Stullen" for Gourmets m Die Stulle

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Gentrification and Flea Market Strolls III Flea Market at Boxhagener Platz

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A little local Recreation ill Grofter Tiergarten

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As Long As You're Nice to the Plants /// 65

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Klunkerkranich The Most Beautiful Atrium belongs to the Arts! ///

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Martin-Gropius-Bau Waiting Room for the Arts ill Hamburger Bahnhof

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A "School of Seeing" under the Open Sky ill

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Swimming among Travertine Columns I I I

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Stadtbad Neukolln Freedom for the Field I I I Tempelhofer Freiheit

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"Each in their own way and all will be well" I I I Gorlitzer Park Sowjetisches Ehrenmal and Insel der Jugend I I I

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Treptower Park Come by and Enjoy a Book! ill Uslar & Rai

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Bikinis, Baboons and Curated Clothes ///

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One of Germany's Most Modern Libraries ill

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Bikini-Haus

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Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum

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Formerly Occupied Art I I I Kunstquartier Bethanien

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A Hall for All /// Markthalle Neun

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In the evening 37

The former Premiere Movie Theatre of the GDR ill Kino International

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Some Things Never Change /// Odeon

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Renaissance of a Cinema ill Zoo Palast

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Popcorn, Fresh Air—go. ill Freiluftkino Friednchshain ... 99

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A World Renowned Tent I I I Philharmonie und Kammermusiksaal

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Megalomania and Mega Evenings ill Olympiastadion

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One of Europe's Most Beautiful Open-Air Stages /// Waldbiibne

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Hop 'til you Drop I I I Clarchens Ballhaus

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The City's Most Beautiful Reading Stage ill Roter Salon, Griiner Salon

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Volkstheater ole ill Heimathafen Neukolln

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The Smallest State Theatre in the City ///

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You like Hustle and Bustle with your Pizza? Here you are! /// II Casolare "Waltzing Dancers and Steak Frites ///

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Les Valseuses

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Maxim Gorki Theater

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The End of the Culinary Wasteland I I I Katz Orange

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Just want a Good Meal? /// 0

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City West meets London ill Neni

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Little Delicacies on Kantstrafie I I I Creplala

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An Evening at the Promenade /// 3 minutes sur mer

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Swimming Lessons for the Land Lubber m Freischwimmer

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3^°° City Panorama and the Soul is Rejoicing /// Badeschiff

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Theatre of a Different Kind /// Prime Time Theater

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From the Sanatorium into the Night /// Sanatorium 23 ... 135

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Hipsters? No thanks! ill Windhorst

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At night 60

Gravity Suspended m Madame Claude

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Go to the Pool and Dance! /// Prince Charles

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Where to Stay the Night ill Hotel Amano

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Electro-Sounds in Granny's Living Room /// Chalet

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Chairs Up doesn't mean Closing Time ill 149

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Fuchs & Elster Twenty-Five Hours of Being Young and Trendy ill

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2 jhours hotel Elegant and yet Consciously Casual /// The Grand

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The Biggest Unofficial Open-Air Stage ill

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Admiralbriicke Berlin's Own Bazaar

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The Longest Outdoor Gallery in the World ///

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East Side Gallery

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A View from the Water /// Briickenfahrt

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Sightseeing by City Bus ill Linie 100

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Up on the Wall /// Mauerweg

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Written in Brass / / / S t o l p e r s t e i n e

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Get on your Bike and into the Woods! I l l B i c y c l e t o u r

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Exploring Prenzlauer Berg /// Shopping Tour I

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Exploring Mitt & / / / S h o p p i n g T o u r I I

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City of Visionaries I I I Flusshad

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Overview map Berlin

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District map I: Grunewald, Westend, Charlottenburg, Tiergarten, Wilmersdorf, Schoneberg, Dahlem, Friedenau, Steglitz

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District map II: Friedrichshain, Alt-Treptow, Neukolln

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District map III: Gesundbrunnen, Brunnenviertel, Mitte

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Index

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