Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Limonadier in Chamissokiez produces its own syrups, liqueurs, and infusions, and serves its own Bergmann Gin, matured in a Bourbon barrel with red vermouth. The menu features eighteen cocktails, thirteen gins, and seventeen whiskies. During Happy Hour, asterisked drinks cost 10.90 Euros.

Bar 11 on Wiener Straße in Kreuzberg is the classic local pub for all who truly want to feel football. Bundesliga, Champions League, Hertha and FC St. Pauli on several HD screens, plus smoke, soccer and an honest crowd.

At Yorckstraße 89 in Kreuzberg, this Arabic restaurant shows how Syrian cuisine and lived integration grow together. Fresh hummus, baba ghanoush, and kibbeh meet an atmosphere that is warm, open, and political. Kreuzberger Himmel is Berlin's most beautiful proof that a plate can tell more than a thousand words.

Since the early 90s, UVR Berlin has been designing in Kreuzberg and exclusively manufacturing in Europe: in Portugal, Poland, Greece, and Italy. Today, the label operates three stores in Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, and Schöneberg.

The bar Zum schmutzigen Hobby is located in a former fire station on the RAW grounds, where founder Nina Queer moved her bar, which started in Prenzlauer Berg in 2005, in early 2011. Drag shows, bingo with the Wodkasisters, and nineties parties define the program. As a cult scene club of the queer city, it is the top address in Friedrichshain.

Located directly under the S-Bahn arch at Warschauer Platz in Friedrichshain, Scheers Schnitzel has been serving crispy home-style food since 2010 at prices that even Berliners find surprising. If you want to have an inexpensive lunch without sacrificing quality, this is the place to be.

Café Kreuzzwerg in Kreuzberg is Berlin's answer to the classic kids' café, but with more ball pits, climbing corners, and coffee specialties. Around 170 square meters of play area in the neighborhood, plus a cultural program that goes far beyond cookies and cocoa.

The TAZ-Kantine on the ground floor of the new taz building on Friedrichstraße in Kreuzberg has been a meeting point for the editorial team and the neighborhood since 2005. At lunchtime, there's a changing menu with many vegan dishes starting from 9.90 euros, and a cappuccino costs 3.60 euros. As a reading café in Berlin, it scores with the current taz newspaper on the table and the taz Talks in the evening.

The Zyankali Bar in Kreuzberg is Berlin's oldest independent cocktail bar and a true laboratory: molecular drinks, house-distilled absinthe, and barrel-aged cocktails make Gneisenaustraße the go-to address for anyone who truly takes bar culture seriously.

Anyone looking for Turkish breakfast in Friedrichshain that goes beyond flatbread and white cheese should not miss Lemon Feinkost & Café on Wühlischstraße. This Turkish café brings West Anatolian cuisine with a family feel to the neighborhood around Boxhagener Platz.