cocktail bar
Timeless - Restaurant/Cocktailbar
Mexican restaurant and cocktail bar in Charlottenburg serving tacos, fajitas, nachos and burgers, with a large menu.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- café
Town Mouse
A coffee shop in Prenzlauer Berg serving coffee from 19grams in porcelain, with a small menu of grilled cheese on sourdough.
- restaurant
Treptower Club Restaurant
A casual restaurant in Baumschulenweg serving stone-oven pizza, pasta, burgers and schnitzel, with a menu in German.
- restaurant
Wen Cheng II
Noodle restaurant where the dough is stretched by hand in an open kitchen. Choose the fiery traditional style or the sweeter Wen Cheng one, with adjustable heat.
- restaurant
Wen Cheng III
Friedrichshain branch of the noodle house where Biang Biang noodles are stretched in view of diners. Beef and lamb versions sit alongside vegetarian options.
- café
westberlin
A Kreuzberg café serving sandwiches, coffee and cake, with outdoor seating.
- café
Zimt & Zucker
A coffee house built to recall 1920s Vienna, furnished with early 20th-century pieces. It serves breakfast, lunch, coffee and cake, with sweet and savoury dishes and egg or vegan choices. The kitchen closes in early afternoon.
- museum
Skater & Rollbrettfahrer vor und nach dem Mauerfall
Traces skateboarding in East and West Germany from the 1970s, showing how young people in both states took up the board.
- museum
Im Rhythmus der Großstadt – 100 Jahre Fotografie und Presse in Berlin
An exhibition tracing a century of Berlin press and photojournalism, from the city's pace and contradictions to its appetite for striking images.
- gallery
Die Magie der Straße
Exhibition of street photography by some of the best-known names in the history of the medium.
- theatre
IN THE CORPSE OF THE PRESENT Prinz Friedrich von Homburg Heinrich von Kleist
Marco Fusinato's durational work spreads across the Gorki's former foyer and main hall, running eight hours a day for three weeks.
- workshop
Schauspiel & Impro-Fusion-Kurs in Berlin – Actors Gym
An improv and acting course run by DNA. Art Club, described as a training ground where actors play, experiment and build their craft. You take part rather than watch.
- event
Galaktische Begegnungen – Eine Reise durch die Milchstraße
A 55-minute German-language planetarium show at the Archenhold-Sternwarte with a live narration part, tracing how stars and our Solar System move through the Milky Way, using Gaia star data.
- cinema
Naza
A film screening at fsk on Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg.
- cinema
Pornfilmfestival: The more the merrier
A film festival programme of adult films at Kino Central in Mitte, shown in original version with English subtitles.
- cinema
NAZA
A film screening at Il Kino in Neukölln.
- planetarium
Schwarze Löcher
A 60-minute planetarium show about black holes in the Zeiss-Großplanetarium dome, with live moderation guiding the screening.
- cinema
BAD APPLES
A film screening at Il Kino, a cinema in Neukölln.
- dance class
Bollywood HipHop & Dance Fitness in Berlin
A Bollywood and hip-hop dance fitness class at DNA Art House in Kreuzberg, which needs booking ahead.
- cinema
Korea Independent: The Ugly
A 2025 South Korean mystery thriller by Yeon Sang-ho, adapted from his own graphic novel. A man investigates his mother's death, found about forty years later, moving between present-day interviews and flashbacks.
- live music
lots of hands
Duo from Newcastle, Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden, playing live in the Kantine at Berghain; their debut album came out on Fire Talk in 2025.
- cinema
Primetime
Screening of the film Primetime at Kino Central, shown in its original version with German subtitles.
- cinema
Naza
Screening of Naza at Lichtblick in Prenzlauer Berg, shown in its original language with English and German subtitles.
- cinema
The Social Reckoning
Original-version screening of The Social Reckoning at Kino Central in Mitte, with German subtitles.