Pub

On Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin-Mitte, directly on the Spree, sits one of the city's unique bars: The Berliner Republik combines a classic capital city pub with a real beer stock exchange, where supply and demand determine the price. Berlin cuisine, 18 beers on tap, and lively hustle and bustle until the early morning included.

Dark, smoky, and with genuine local pub character: Wiener Blut in Kreuzberg 36, near Görlitzer Bahnhof, is one of Berlin's most authentic football pubs. On Saturdays, the Bundesliga conference is shown, and during the week, there's jazz and foosball.

Hops & Barley has been brewing in Wühlischstraße since 2008, in the premises of the former Schultz butcher shop, whose tiles have remained. Four of their own varieties are constantly on tap, plus changing specialty beers, all unfiltered; a small Pilsner costs 3.80 Euros. For Tatort evenings in Friedrichshain, three screens hang in the guest room, and no reservations are taken.

Located directly at Hermannstraße U- and S-Bahn station, this pub describes itself as an institution for over 25 years. It operates without closing hours, accepts cash payments only, has a smoking area, free Wi-Fi, and offers the option to rent the space for private parties. Prices remain in the lower double-digit range per person.

For over twenty years, ARTlinersBerlin in Friedrichshain has been a true neighborhood institution: a bar with a stage that combines folk, rock, blues, jazz, and karaoke under one roof. And all of this without charging a single euro for admission.

Since 2001, Martin Eschenbrenner has been brewing his beer alone in the former laundry room of a student dormitory in Wedding, producing around 70 hectoliters after two brewing days. The cold-hopped Panke Gold and the Pilsner are only available here, with a half-liter costing 4.70 Euros. The beer garden under the old oak tree seats 200 guests, and brought picnic baskets are explicitly allowed.

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

Hase in the Boxhagener Kiez is a Friedrichshain neighborhood pub with vinyl records as bar stool seats, lamps made from Jack Daniel's bottles, and a foosball table between the sofas. Musically, it's all about Ska, Psychobilly, and Rockabilly, and smoking is allowed. The pub itself includes 'Tatort' in its program, alongside pub quizzes and football.

Located at Mauerpark, precisely on the border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding, Tante Käthe has been one of Berlin's most renowned football and foosball pubs for years. Live football on multiple screens, ten foosball tables, and beer on tap: This is where true pub sports come together.

The Clash is located in the backyard of the self-managed Mehringhof, continuing since 2004 what began in the eighties as the collective pub Spectrum. Punk, Ska, and Reggae on stage, concert tickets from 17 Euros in advance, plus a beer garden and lunch. Among Berlin's iconic scene pubs, The Clash is the one with the clearest political statement.

In the Reichenberger Kiez, there's a bar that's also a record store: records are for sale in the back room, drinks are served at the front, and a framed photo of Iggy Pop hangs on the wall. The atmosphere is deliberately relaxed, rock 'n' roll plays without pretense. For a quick meal, there's a pizzeria directly opposite, and an afternoon is enough for browsing.

Since 1979, the Celtic Cottage in Steglitz has been one of Germany's oldest Irish pubs – and far more than just a regular pub. On Thursdays and Saturdays, there's live music with free admission, ranging from Irish Folk to Celtic Rock and Country. If you're looking for an authentic pub atmosphere away from the city center, you'll find it here.

The Junction Café on Gneisenaustraße is one of the few Berlin 'Tatort' pubs that firmly schedules the Sunday crime series in its own calendar, alongside Bundesliga and Champions League. Broadcasts are shown on a big screen in the long dining area, accompanied by burgers, wraps, and nachos. Reservations for broadcasts are only taken by phone and at least one day in advance.

The Schlossplatzbrauerei on Köpenick's Schlossplatz calls itself Germany's smallest brewery, and with about 35 square meters in a completely glassed-in house, that's probably true. Up to six home-brewed varieties are available simultaneously, including Babylonian Beer and Köpenicker Moll. No food is served here, but drinks are enjoyed all the more extensively.

After closing its location on Bänschstraße, Maximilian Lissek moved his tiny brewing system to House 9 on the RAW site in 2018. They brew a Pilsner, a Dark beer, and a Wheat beer, plus a special beer that alternates between a Cold-hopped, a Pale, and a Black beer. Among Berlin's breweries, this is one of the smallest and most unpretentious.

In Moabit, away from the major tourist flows, Kallasch& is a program pub that combines live music, poetry slam, and open stage under one roof. Rustic, unplastered, and with a shared flat party atmosphere, this bar represents exactly what makes up Berlin's neighborhood culture.

If you're looking for a football pub in Charlottenburg that doesn't feel like a concept, Fritschestraße is the right place. Birgit's Pub is the classic Berlin neighborhood sports bar with Sky, darts, and a landlady who still personally looks after her guests.

Right on Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin-Mitte, overlooking the Spree: Murphys Irish Pub is one of the few pubs in Berlin offering daily live music. Whiskey menu with over 80 varieties, freshly poured Guinness, and an atmosphere that doesn't fade even after midnight.

In the Boxhagener quarter sits a small Rock'n'Roll bar whose name points to the English Teddy Boys of the fifties and sixties. Inside there are formica tables under retro lamps, vinyl decor on the walls and a DJ spinning records in the evening. The beer comes from the tap, there are seats outside, and smoking is allowed indoors.

The pub on Sonnenallee belongs to a small Neukölln family of three Bierbaum venues and runs without a closing hour. Inside there is a jukebox, a pool table, an electronic dartboard and slot machines, plus a smoking corner, Prosecco for four euros and phone charging for one euro per half hour. Schultheiss is served straight from the keg.

For over three decades, Finnegan's Irish Pub and Restaurant in Berlin-Steglitz has been the go-to place for anyone seeking an authentic Irish evening off the beaten tourist path. Founded by a Dubliner, run with passion, and frequented by regulars who know their table like their living room.

For over 30 years, The Lir Irish Bar in Tiergarten-Mitte, Berlin, has been the city's best-known secret tip among Irish pubs. No cliché decor, no tourist hustle and bustle: the pub on Flensburger Straße focuses on genuine "Good Craic", well-kept Guinness, and live music in a turn-of-the-century vaulted cellar.

A microbrewery as a football pub: Hops & Barley in Friedrichshain, near Boxhagener Platz, combines home-brewed craft beer with a genuine fan pub atmosphere. If you're looking for Bundesliga, Champions League, and fresh draught pilsner all under one roof, this is the place to be.

On New Year's Eve 2017, the most famous TV sketch Dinner for One will be performed in its very own theatre version at Brotfabrik!

In Weißensee, where Pankow and Prenzlauer Berg meet, the Brotfabrik at Caligariplatz has existed for over 35 years as one of the last multi-genre venues of Berlin's independent scene. Anyone looking for improv theatre in Berlin will sooner or later end up here: The stage is home to two improv ensembles that regularly draw the audience actively into the play.