11 Locations
Fresh herbs and herbal remedies both have a place in Berlin's shops and markets. From cooking to teas and natural care, herbs here connect the kitchen and the apothecary. This overview gathers Berlin locations for all things herbal.
Markets and greengrocers across Kreuzberg, Neukoelln and Prenzlauer Berg sell bunches of fresh herbs, while garden centres offer plants for the balcony. Health shops and tea houses stock dried herbs, tinctures and teas, and some specialists focus on herbal medicine. Urban gardening projects add another source for growing your own.
Browse the addresses below to find herbs across Berlin, from market stalls to herbal specialists.
Awarded a Michelin star and housed in a listed stucco house from 1894 in Wilmersdorf, Bieberbau stands for new German cuisine at the highest level. Head chef Stephan Garkisch consistently relies on seasonal, regional ingredients — many of them from his own herb garden in the Barnim Nature Park.
The SaarowTherme in Bad Saarow is one of Brandenburg's most popular wellness destinations, located just about an hour from Berlin. The thermal bath is fed by the 450-meter-deep Catharinenquelle, whose natural thermal brine creates ideal conditions for regeneration, new energy, and a soothing break from city life.
Here, not only are plants collected, but also explained, smelled, and tasted: Waldsamkeit's herb walks provide concentrated plant knowledge with practical relevance and show what plantain & co. are really capable of.
In Dahlem, where the southwest of Berlin almost feels like a village, Domäne Dahlem has been practicing real agriculture and animal husbandry for centuries, now as a recognized Bioland organic farm with an open-air museum. Here, children experience agriculture up close in a way hardly anyone would expect in a city of millions. The farm is even easily accessible by subway.
The bar Becketts Kopf ("Beckett's Head") celebrates the classic mixology! Cocktail classics from the time between 1880 and 1910 and english drinks from the 1920s are the bar's speciality.
In the Winsviertel of Prenzlauer Berg, 40 square meters hold more tea knowledge than most shelves can contain. Tee und Ton on Marienburger Straße represents tea culture as an attitude: clear aesthetics, global origins, and an owner who truly knows what she's talking about.
Hot tea, fresh from the samovar, is offered to visitors of the Herb House by owner Berit Herzer. Herbs have a long tradition in her family.
In Wedding, near Humboldthain, more than just vegetables grow on 1,400 square meters: himmelbeet is Berlin's most renowned intercultural community garden, where neighbors sow, harvest, and celebrate together. Old varieties, fresh ideas, and a garden café with stone oven pizza make this place the heart of the neighborhood.
The restaurant at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum for the Present Age - stands for a German-Austrian inspired cuisine.
While travelling ManuTeeFaktur owner Manu Kumar has learned about wonderful tea varieties and brought his expertise to Berlin where he opened his own tea manufactory.
Herbs, olives, oils, garlic, stuffed artichoke hearts, Mediterranean wines, and homemade pâtés. All of this is typically Turkish and super delicious. Knofi started as a small family business and now has 5 branches, including a café and a gallery.