café
Eiscafé Surprise
Ice cream and cakes made on site, including custom photo cakes, in a coffee house in Weißensee that has run since 1979. There is seating outside in fine weather.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
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- restaurant
Goldies
Kreuzberg smashburger restaurant founded by two former three-star chefs, serving beef, vegetarian and plant-based patties, with milkshakes made from real strawberries and chocolate.
- café
Katie’s Blue Cat
A small specialty cafe baking classic recipes from England, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, including Anzac biscuits and cowboy cookies. Baristas pull espresso on an Italian machine, with reduced-sugar and gluten-free options.
- café
Schlesische Backstube Hutzelmann
A Charlottenburg bakery and confectionery, described as one of the oldest craft businesses in the district, with bread, pastries and cakes.
- bar
Vogt’s Bier-Express
A traditional Berlin pub near Mehringdamm with a large projection screen and TVs, pouring draught beers such as Berliner Kindl and the original Berlin Fassbrause from the tap.
- café
Konditorei & Eiscafé Engel
A family-run confectionery since 1959 that makes individually designed cakes to order, with a small bakery workshop you can visit.
- café
Konditorei Fester
A family-run pastry shop in Spandau's old town, operating since 1926, with tortes, pastries and a small café for a break.
- museum
Topographie des Terrors
A documentation museum on the former Gestapo and SS headquarters site, covering Berlin from 1933 to 1945, with an outdoor railing tour along the historic grounds.
- café
Dom Café
Self-service café below Berlin Cathedral, where the cathedral tour ends, with a riverside terrace and boats passing on the Spree.
- museum
Alte Nationalgalerie
A museum on Berlin's Museum Island showing 19th-century art, including a sculpture hall with Schadow's Princess Group.