Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Friedrichshain has its own Berlin fashion multi-brand store: The SYLD STORE on Frankfurter Allee stands for local fashion design that shows attitude. Around 30 independent designers and artists share 100 square meters of curated space, where sustainable production is not a trend, but a basic condition.

On Bänschstraße in Friedrichshain, away from the main entertainment streets, Vineria del Este serves Spanish tapas and wine in a tavern that doesn't care about trends.

Since 1989, the wine shop Suff on Oranienstraße in Kreuzberg has been selling wine, currently around 500 varieties, a third of which are from Germany. About 160 wines are organic, around 40 of them natural wines. Seminars for 10 to 12 people cost 39 to 49 Euros, and on the same evening, there is an 8 percent discount on the entire range.

Wahrhaft Nahrhaft in Friedrichshain is Berlin's coziest counter-concept to high-gloss gastronomy: a deli-café on Revaler Straße that impresses with daily freshly baked bagels, homemade cake, and Victorian flea market charm.

The Junction Café on Gneisenaustraße is one of the few Berlin 'Tatort' pubs that firmly schedules the Sunday crime series in its own calendar, alongside Bundesliga and Champions League. Broadcasts are shown on a big screen in the long dining area, accompanied by burgers, wraps, and nachos. Reservations for broadcasts are only taken by phone and at least one day in advance.

Located on the RAW grounds in Friedrichshain, the Cassiopeia Sommergarten is a beer garden, open-air dancefloor, and cultural venue all in one, where regulars and international visitors gather under string lights.

After closing its location on Bänschstraße, Maximilian Lissek moved his tiny brewing system to House 9 on the RAW site in 2018. They brew a Pilsner, a Dark beer, and a Wheat beer, plus a special beer that alternates between a Cold-hopped, a Pale, and a Black beer. Among Berlin's breweries, this is one of the smallest and most unpretentious.

In the heart of Friedrichshain, the "Dragonland" playground awaits with an oversized wooden dragon that invites climbing, sliding, and balancing. An adventure world has been created here on approximately 1,470 m², where the dragon motif consistently runs through all play equipment.

The Modersohnbrücke in Friedrichshain is Berlin's quiet viewpoint with railway romance: trains pass underneath, the TV Tower glows in the west, and the sun sets as if it were specially planned for you.

One of Berlin's most remarkable Turkish baths is located in the Schokoladenfabrik Women's Centre in Kreuzberg: opened in 1988 as Germany's first hammam, today it is a place for oriental bathing culture and living community. Steam, marble warmth, and silence belong together here.