Design

The 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin in Charlottenburg is arguably Berlin's most famous design hotel: housed in the listed 1950s Bikini Haus, directly between the Zoo and Ku'damm. Following a comprehensive redesign by Studio Aisslinger, the hotel will shine in 2025 with a new "Urban Jungle" concept, remaining as unique as the city itself.

LIVING Berlin on Kantstraße brings together around 40 interior design stores and brand showrooms across five floors, from flooring, kitchens, and upholstered furniture to lighting and sound systems. Brands represented include Vitra, USM, Ligne Roset, Roche Bobois, Poggenpohl, and Bang & Olufsen, among others. There is a dedicated car park in the basement.

nhow Berlin in Friedrichshain is Europe's first music hotel and one of the city's most striking design hotels. Star designer Karim Rashid transformed all 304 rooms into futuristic worlds of color and form directly on the Spree, just a few minutes' walk from the East Side Gallery.

Brennnessel Tattoo Studio in Berlin is one of the younger tattoo studios in Berlin, captivating since early 2020 with innovation, artistic freedom, and the highest hygiene standards. Designs are tested with the help of augmented reality visualizations before actual implementation and closely coordinated with clients. This studio is particularly suitable for tattoo newcomers, as much is explained and the process is guided.

PER4STORE in Marzahn on Marzahner Promenade is one of Berlin's top tattoo studios, additionally featuring Onkel Klex as one of the city's most experienced piercers. Talented tattoo artists like Fil Marras, KevinK, Enna, Sergio Mauro and impress with styles such as Realism, Neotraditional and Fineline, while a wide selection of jewelry from titanium to stone perfectly complements the piercing options.

Right on the Spree in Berlin-Mitte, with a view of the Berlin Cathedral and Museum Island: La Ciccia combines a generous waterfront location with rustic charm and Italian cuisine centered around hand-picked ingredients.

Luccico has moved from Bergmannstraße to Neue Schönhauser Straße 18, where it offers handmade women's shoes, largely produced in the Italian workshop Viola Fonti near Ancona. Owner Gunhild Poprawka designs many models herself; the leather soles are sewn, not glued. It all began in 1988 in Kreuzberg.

Since 2007, Pro qm has been located in a Poelzig building on Almstadtstraße, just a few steps from the Volksbühne. The thematic bookstore collects titles on city, politics, architecture, design, and theory, with more than half of them in English. Books are not sorted alphabetically, but by the ongoing debates.

On Weserstraße in the Reuterkiez, Bohei Shop has been offering stationery, jewelry, and home accessories for about ten years, much of it from Berlin labels like Berlin in Sicht, Berliner Töchter, and Reflective Berlin. Owner Jan Oster designs some of the cards and prints himself. A postcard with the TV Tower is enough for a Berlin souvenir here.

Frau Wunderwald spans 450 square meters over two levels in a heritage-listed hall in a Wedding courtyard, filled with restored vintage furniture, lamps and decor from Mid-Century to Space Age. Shop and workshop sit under one roof, the assortment changes weekly, and delivery within Berlin is free of charge twice a week.

Hotel Q! in Charlottenburg proves that design hotels in Berlin don't need cool distance. Architecturally bold, designed by the Berlin office GRAFT, it combines flowing forms and warm materials to create a place that has its own unique rhythm between Kurfürstendamm and Savignyplatz.

The Vienna House by Wyndham Andel's Berlin in Lichtenberg represents an urban design hotel concept with real substance: 557 rooms with modern interiors, a Michelin-starred restaurant high above the rooftops of Berlin, and a wellness area that welcomes both hotel guests and day spa visitors alike.

Grimm's Hotel at Potsdamer Platz, on the border of Kreuzberg and Tiergarten, combines a fairy-tale design concept with a modern Berlin city hotel. Each floor is dedicated to a different Grimm's fairy tale. This sparks curiosity.

Restaurant Ausspanne is crafting a delicious Easter menu for Easter 2019, featuring Easter eggs, Easter lamb, and homemade eggnog!

The Square Berlin East on Französische Straße is a concept store spanning around 700 square meters, which emerged in 2022 from its predecessor, The Corner. The women's shoe department features Alaïa, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Loewe, Saint Laurent, and The Row in sizes 36 to 40. Prices start at around 820 Euros.

Located in a neoclassical city palace from 1825 in the heart of Berlin-Mitte, each of the 50 rooms is designed by a different artist. The Arte Luise Kunsthotel is not just accommodation with art on the walls, but a place where art is the room itself, just a few minutes' walk from the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate.

Since 2018, Furniture Garden on Alt-Moabit has offered Scandinavian vintage furniture from the fifties to the seventies, featuring over 300 pieces by Hans Wegner, Niels Otto Møller, Arne Vodder, Peter Hvidt, and Kurt Østervig. Upholstery and woodworking workshops are on-site; each piece is inspected and restored before sale, and covers can be replaced upon request.

If you're looking for fashion from Berlin, you don't have to look far: ausberlin, the small department store directly at Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte, has been gathering everything that makes the city creative, unique, and priceless since 2005. Over 300 local designers and manufacturers with more than 3,000 products under one roof.

Berlin Ink Tattooing in Berlin-Mitte has been impressing since 2004 with masterful tattoo art in styles from Dotwork to Old School. This tattoo studio is one of Berlin's best because professional artists create individual designs for clients and offer a relaxed atmosphere with the highest cleanliness.

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.

The Bröhan Museum, opposite Charlottenburg Palace, is Berlin's state museum for Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Functionalism. On display are furniture, porcelain, glass, and paintings from the years between 1889 and 1939. Among Berlin's winter leisure activities, it is one of the ideal places for long, cold afternoons.

Schoenhauser-Design has been offering new and used design classics since 1997 on Rosenthaler Straße, spanning over 200 square meters, including originals by Charles Eames, Egon Eiermann, and Arne Jacobsen. Additionally, they feature lamps, ceramics, and textiles from Scandinavian manufacturers and Berlin workshops. A vintage chair starts at around 130 Euros.

Less than 150 meters from Checkpoint Charlie, bob - boxoffberlin exclusively sells designs by Berlin creators: flip books, wooden postcards, cardboard boomboxes, and pillows with Berlin motifs. The name comes from a container-kiosk that was never approved. The back room features changing art from the city.

Where old buildings meet award-winning architecture of steel and glass, sleeping in Mitte is more than just good. The Miniloft Apartment Hotel Mitte is Berlin's answer to a unique hotel: personally managed, design-strong, and with a true neighborhood feel, right next to the Museum of Natural History.

KLEIN-HOLZ, the children's furniture store on Bamberger Straße, has been an owner-managed family business since 1982, offering beds, tables, chairs, wardrobes, and shelves from Moll, LIFETIME, Oliver Furniture, Manis-h, and Flexa. The showroom is complemented by an in-house delivery service, storage of ordered goods, and an in-house assembly service.