Mitte

No sashes, no party bus: City Codes transforms Berlin's city center into a huge outdoor escape room. The group starts at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and puzzles its way via smartphone through iconic neighborhoods, sights, and hidden details. A bachelorette party that rewards brains.

From November 11, 2025, Ganymed Brasserie in Berlin-Mitte will offer its festive "Goose to Go". This classic Christmas goose, weighing 4-5 kilograms, comes with cassis red cabbage, homemade kale, and dumplings with goose jus. The Goose to Go is picked up at the restaurant.

From November 11, 2025, Brechts Steakhaus in Berlin's Mitte district offers Goose to Go. A 25-hour preparation ensures particularly tender meat and crispy skin. Winter spices, homemade cassis red cabbage, kale, and dumplings complete the feast. The goose is picked up at the restaurant.

Bandol sur mer is located on Torstraße in Mitte, has 18 seats and an open kitchen. Andreas Saul has been cooking here since 2010, earning a Michelin star in 2016, with a green star added in 2023. A menu is served, optionally vegetarian, with fermentation and smoking as signature elements. It is the smallest stage among French restaurants in Berlin.

o.k.-international on Alte Schönhauser Straße imports everyday items that are normal elsewhere but seem unusual here: enamelware, baskets, small furniture, lamps, and school posters from India. Hand-blown glass from Afghanistan is a special focus. The store between Hackesche Höfe and Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz has been open since 1997.

On Leipziger Straße in Mitte, it's all about what's worn under outerwear: bras from D-cup upwards, which they claim is Germany's largest selection. The core of the business is a fitting consultation with measurements, complemented by wireless models, sports bras, swimwear, nursing and dirndl bras, as well as shapewear and accessories.

Since 2002, Golden Gate has been located in an arch of the S-Bahn viaduct at Jannowitzbrücke. The premises belong to the railway, and trains run overhead. Upstairs, there are sofas and a piano; downstairs, techno and tech house play. As a techno club in Berlin, it operates consistently analog, as there is only a box office and cash payment.

The Futurium near the Central Station is one of Berlin's photo spots that works with light: Over 8,000 cassette elements made of metal reflectors and printed cast glass make the facade look different with every position of the sun. The Skywalk on the roof is publicly accessible, and admission is free. Tripods, selfie sticks, and flashes must be left outside.

Interior design store Goodshaus offers a colorful mix of Scandinavian style and Parisian chic as well as exotic carpets from Tunis and other countries.

A café from Williamsburg that has found its home in Berlin-Mitte: House of Small Wonder on Auguststraße combines Japanese-inspired cuisine with American brunch classics, in a green, light-filled ambiance that feels like a tranquil counter-world to the bustling city.