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The Essential Berlin

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Mayor Klaus Wowereit’s description of Berlin in 2003 as “poor but sexy” still holds, but these days the city is much more than shabby chic. Massive construction has brought bright new spaces to the Mitte district, mainly consisting of upscale restaurants and watering holes clustered around Friedrichstrasse. Meanwhile, the latest evolution of Berlin’s cherished cheap-thrills aesthetic is centered in the Kreuzberg neighborhood, where a buzzing, multicultural scene is drawing clusters of creative types.

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4 Hotels 4 Restaurants 8 Activities

Destinations: Berlin · Mitte

Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping

Inspired by: 2009 Guide to Berlin — by Ralph Martin, Published Feb. 2009

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Hotels (4)

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    Ackselhaus Blue Home

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    The hotel presents an alluring combination of elegance and affordability—as well as the stylish breakfast café Club del Mar—on a tree-lined street ... More
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    Meliá Berlin

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    The hotel sits along the Spree River and has splendid views. More
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    Hotel de Rome

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    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    The Rocco Forte group typically makes magic out of run-down but exquisitely situated properties, like Brown’s Hotel in London and the Hotel de Russ

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    The Regent

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    Mitte | Europe | Germany | Berlin

    A rather humdrum façade belies the sumptuous interiors at the Regent—which is just steps from Gendarmenmarkt square (and which was a Four Seasons p

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    Uma

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

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    Ma Tim Raue

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    Located in the Hotel Adlon Kempinski are star chef Tim Raue’s twin restaurants. Uma is more low-key, with an open kitchen and a Japanese-inspired m

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    San Nicci

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    The restaurant offers modern Italian cuisine and the most flattering lighting in town. More
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    Restaurant Horváth

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    Berlin | Europe | Germany

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Activities (8)

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    Christian Ehrentraut

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    This eponymous gallery of one of the New Leipzig School’s founders shows the work of emerging artists. More
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    032c

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    The international insider’s magazine par excellence has opened a compelling shop with a collection of “new, forgotten, anonymous, commissioned, or ... More
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    Contemporary Fine Arts

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    Don't miss Mitte's high-end art space with three stories of huge rooms and high ceilings and space for oversize sculptures and canvases by the like... More
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    Tausend

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    Over in Mitte, a mix of fashion and media types frequent this club, built under the tracks of the commuter S-Bahn train. More
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    SO36

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    The club hosts an energetic bingo night in addition to bills of see-them-now bands. More
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    Motto Berlin

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    Magazine junkies relish Motto Berlin for its archives of artsy, hard-to-find publications. More
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    UVR Connected

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    Oranienstrasse in Kreuzberg, the former center of radical West Berlin, is now one big sidewalk café spiced with kebab shops and leading-edge, cheap... More
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    Egoiste

    Berlin | Europe | Germany

    Oranienstrasse in Kreuzberg, the former center of radical West Berlin, is now one big sidewalk café spiced with kebab shops and leading-edge, cheap... More
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