Dividing the city of Berlin for 28 years The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years, slicing through the city dividing East from West. Monday 5th …
Berlin Wall now gone for as long as it stood
Germany
Intervarko Hostel, Berlin Review
When you think of hostels don’t think of smelly dorms, think of private rooms on a budget! We often stay in private rooms within hostels. …
Berlin Blog Day 3
Breakfast today was a highly technological affair at Data Kitchen. The courtyard setting could be a million miles from the busy Hackesher Markt area outside. Inside …
Berlin Blog Day 1
When you find £20 return flights to your favourite city it’s a no brainer. So off we went to Berlin for our 6th time (though …
Bremen: Coffee lover heaven
Bremen was big in coffee long before Seattle In the 1960’s there were over 100 coffee roasting houses in Bremen. Today there is only a handful …
Travel: Prora – Hitler’s Butlins on the Baltic Coast
Mein Camp – the Nazi Butlins A few years back on a holiday to Berlin we took the train up to the Hanseatic city of, …
Travel: 24 hours in (East) Berlin
What to see and do in 24 hours in (East) Berlin Could you get the essence of Berlin in 24 hours? It’s a tough call …
Travel To Do: Gleis 17, Grunewald, Berlin
The dark history of Platform 17 Located in the Grunewald area of Berlin is the railway station Berlin-Grunewald with its castle gate building and forest …
Food Review: Cafe Sibylle, 72 Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin, Germany
Classic East Berlin brunch spot to watch the world pass by Open since 1953 this was, and still is, one of Berlin’s most popular cafes. …
ALECSA Hotel am Olympiastadion, Glockenturmstraße 30, 14055 Berlin Review
Budget Hotel in West Berlin We stumbled across the Alecsa Hotal am Olympiastadion whilst looking for somewhere cheap to place our heads. We just needed …
Travel To Do: Stasi Museum, Berlin
The Stasi Museum in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin is worth a visit (indeed is the whole of Friedrichshain!) This building housed The Ministry for …
Travel To Do: BierPinsel, Berlin, Germany
Bierpinsel Berlin Getting off at U9 Schloßstraße station gives you a bit of advance warning of what to expect at Bierpinsel. The garish colour scheme …
Top 5 things to do in Bamberg, Germany
If you like history, and all within walking distance as well as shopping, drinking beer and eating, then Bamberg in Germany is an ideal place …
Food Review: Konnopke’s Imbiss, Schönhauser Allee 44 b, Berlin, Germany
Currywurst under the Bahn A part of Berlin food culture since 1930, Konnopke’s Imbiss is still a Berliner favourite. Everyone and anyone come here for …
Holiday Inspiration – Berlin, Germany
Berlin break ideas Now Mrs Foodie loves Berlin a little too much. If only she had stuck in at school and passed that Higher German …
Volkswagen transparent factory ( Gläserne Manufaktur) Dresden, Germany
The transparent factory in Dresden is worth a visit to see the assembly of Volkswagen’s luxury sedan, the Phaeton, and to admire some modern architecture. …
Beer drinking in Germany’s oldest railway station
The historic city of Leipzig in Saxony is a much neglected tourist spot. Where else can you find the starting point for the fall of …
Say Cheese, Kleine Fleischergasse, Leipzig, Germany Review
We’re big fan of hostels for budget travel, especially those with a central location, a short walk from the main train station, in a nightlife area where you can …
Backpackers Bamberg, 4 Heliggrabstrasse, Bamberg, Germany Review
Situated in the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage centre of Bamberg, Backpackers Bamberg Backpackers Bamberg is handily located for both the old town and transport links. With …
25 years – Berlin Wall
Food Review – Burgermeister, 8 Oberbaumstrasse, Kreuzberg, Berlin
Under the U-bahn on an upturned beer crate This is slow “fast” food – the queue is immense, the heat stifling and we are sitting …
Ostel, Berlin Review. ** Closed **
Located in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin and a 5 min walk from Ostbahnhof is Ostel, a nostalgic hostel ideal for backpackers, young couples …
Street Food Thursday
Markthalle Neun Street Food Thursday Street Food Thursday is a weekly food event in the Markthalle Neun building and gathers together a gaggle of street …
Huettenpalast, Hobrechtstrasse 66, Berlin, Germany Review
Whimsical, budget accommodation at Huttenpalast The “Palace of the Hut” (Huttenpalast) is located in the Neukölln district which appears to be up and coming since …