Prenzlauer Berg

When frost covers the outdoors, sewing happens in Prenzlauer Berg. Die Gestalterei on Christburgerstraße is Berlin's coziest destination for creative children's sewing courses during the holidays – for ages 6 and up, no prior knowledge required, with real projects to take home.

Spanish tapas, paella, and wine directly at Helmholtzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg: Tres Tapas on Lychener Straße brings Mediterranean culinary culture to Berlin without relying on artificial settings. Here, you taste that tapas are not a trend, but a philosophy.

Ring the bell at an unassuming door near Volkspark Friedrichshain and you'll find yourself in a magical speakeasy that Tim Burton himself couldn't have dreamed up better. The Fairytale Bar at Volkspark Friedrichshain transforms cocktail evenings into adventures for adults, somewhere between Alice in Wonderland and Grimm's dark fairy tales.

If you're looking for good matcha in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, you'll find it on Eberswalder Straße: The Kai Matcha House serves ceremonial matcha from Kyoto in both classic and modern variations, right by Mauerpark. Kai Matcha House offers some of the highest quality matcha in the city.

In the heart of Kollwitzkiez, surrounded by historic buildings and the weekly organic market at Kollwitzplatz, The Organic Hairstudio has carved out its own niche as a natural hairdresser in Prenzlauer Berg. Owner Luise Siemens works with products that are 98 percent natural, delivering true master hairdresser quality without chemical compromises.

In Kollwitzkiez, one of Prenzlauer Berg's sunniest neighborhoods, sits Kaffee KÄTHE with an outdoor terrace, homemade cakes, and a Guatemalan coffee blend. Regulars have made this breakfast café their morning ritual. Cozy, family-run, and without much fuss.

Anyone looking for Egyptian cuisine in Prenzlauer Berg will inevitably find Meya Meya. This small family restaurant on Greifswalder Straße serves North African home cooking that tastes as if you were a guest in Cairo.

For 30 years, Blut und Eisen has been the flagship for high-quality blackwork and geometric tattoos in Berlin. As a founder of the Berlin Blackwork movement, the tattoo studio in Prenzlauer Berg meets the highest expectations for craftsmanship and artistic vision.

Prenzlauer Berg's Pfefferbett Hostel is located on the so-called Pfefferberg ("Pepper Mountain"), an old brewery. This brings an absolutely unique atmosphere and ambience to the place but also the hostel's event programme is a gas.

Becketts Kopf in Prenzlauer Berg demonstrates how little it takes to impress: no neon signs, no noise, just a serious cocktail program behind drawn curtains. The bar on Pappelallee is one of the quiet, go-to addresses in Berlin's bar scene.