Moabit

Bookstore, reading café, and delicatessen in one: Buchkantine, located in Moabit on the Spree, combines literature with culinary aspirations across approximately 400 square meters. Browse books, drink cappuccino, taste champagne - all with a view of the water.

On the edge of Fritz-Schloss-Park in Moabit, the Vabali Spa transports its guests into another world across more than 20,000 square meters. Balinese architecture, infusion ceremonies, and an expansive outdoor area quickly make you forget the nearby main train station.

Since 2018, La Candela Salsa has specialized in Salsa Cubana, teaching right next to Hamburger Bahnhof, five minutes from Hauptbahnhof. The salsa course in Berlin-Mitte progresses through five levels with over 100 hours, covering Timba, Son, and Rueda, with instruction in English. For beginners, this means: confidently on the dance floor after a six-hour Beginners Course.

The Elite Dance Studio in Berlin's Moabit district is the go-to place for everyone who wants to seriously learn Bachata. Led by certified instructors Elena and Dennis, it combines technically sound instruction with a true community atmosphere and over 25 dance styles under one roof.

The Elite Dance Studio in Berlin's Moabit district is the go-to place for anyone serious about learning Bachata. Led by certified instructors Elena and Dennis, it combines technically sound instruction with a true community atmosphere and over 25 dance styles under one roof.

Blumen- und Gartenkunst on Alt-Moabit puts plants, bouquets and art objects out onto the pavement and sorts the flowers inside by colour. The range is put together afresh each morning. Andreas Tunger and Thomas Tunger-Schnur have run the house for almost thirty years and join floristry to garden design, from a planted courtyard to a roof garden.

Guests brunch at Trofeo in the middle of the Classic Remise Berlin, a tram depot from 1901 where classic cars now stand in 88 glazed boxes. The buffet costs 49.60 euros per person including a welcome drink, children up to ten pay 3.70 euros for each year of their age, and a jazz band plays live among the rows of boxes.

Whether it’s Salsa Cubana, Tango Argentino, Kizomba, Bachata, Bolero or Merengue – at Estudio Sudamerica you can learn all those Latin moves.

Moored on the Spree in the middle of Tiergarten, on the Helgoländer Ufer, the PATIO restaurant ship combines sophisticated fine dining with the unique sensation of gently swaying on the water during dinner. Three decks, a crackling fireplace in winter, an open terrace in summer: This is high-level Berlin water-restaurant culture.

Less than a ten-minute walk from the main train station, a Balinese wellness resort spans 20,000 square meters. The Vabali Spa Berlin trades Berlin's grey for Indonesian wood, fireplace warmth, and sauna steam.