Sports Bar

Located in the five-star Grand Hyatt directly on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin-Mitte, the VOX Bar sets standards: over 300 spirits, award-winning signature cocktails, and its own humidor create a level that leaves hotel bar clichés far behind.

Good draught beer and plenty of HD-quality live European Championship broadcasts await you at the Sky sports bar Country Cheers in Berlin-Friedrichshain.

Deep beneath the Delphi Filmpalast on Kantstraße in Charlottenburg lies one of Berlin's oldest and most renowned jazz clubs. Since 1975, Quasimodo has been an institution in the live music scene, entertaining its basement audience with jazz, soul, funk, and much more.

Kvartira 62 in Wrangelkiez is furnished like a 1920s private apartment as a Russian bar: heavy curtains, old dressers, candles, and well-worn sofas. The menu offers pelmeni, a large selection of vodka and craft beer, an evening costs about fifteen euros. As a 'Tatort' pub, it feels more like a living room than a public viewing event.

The American Bowl in Marzahn is Berlin's most family-friendly bowling alley with 18 lanes, 12 of which are specifically designed for children. Food is served next door at the Play Off Restaurant, where spare ribs and the legendary cheeseburger are on the menu.

On 8,000 square meters in Spandau, there are three artificial turf PowerCourts, each 30 by 15 meters and fully enclosed with nets, plus a tournament-standard paintball field spanning 45 by 30 meters. Upstairs, the KiCK-In Sportsbar awaits for up to 150 guests. Indoor sports in the rain here means five against five, no matter what comes down from the sky.

One enters Mein Haus am See at Rosenthaler Platz through a large window, stepping into a two-story space with a staircase landscape, sixties-style furniture, and free admission. It's a café in the afternoon, a bar with DJs in the evening, and in the basement, you'll find the Cosmic Kaspar club. Among Berlin's iconic scene clubs, this is the spot that lasts from coffee to the last round.

Hidden in the Europa-Center on Tauentzien, right in the heart of Charlottenburg, this Irish Pub is one of Berlin's most famous live music venues. Its 36-meter-long bar, daily bands, and an international crowd make it a reliable hotspot when the evening is far from over.

At Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg, where creativity and local charm meet genuine luxury, Orania.Berlin proves that an individual boutique hotel can be far more than just accommodation. The listed Art Deco building from 1912 combines hand-picked design, live music, and excellent cuisine for a stay with character.

Since 1992, A-Trane on Savignyplatz in Charlottenburg has been Berlin's most important address for international jazz. In a venue with just 100 seats, greats like Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, and Wynton Marsalis have played here. Small, intimate, uncompromisingly good.

Good beer on tap and plenty of live European Championship coverage in HD quality await at the Sky sports bar Country Cheers in Berlin-Friedrichshain.

Twice a week there is a hilarious karaoke party at the Knutschfleck (love bite) until the early morning hours.

The Route 66 Diner in Wilmersdorf is Berlin's largest American Diner: over 600 seats on two floors, plus a terrace for more than 400 guests. The dry-aged beef for the patties is freshly minced every morning at six o'clock and grilled on a lava stone grill. Jukeboxes, old gas pumps, and red benches provide the backdrop.

Right next to the Uber Arena on Uber Platz in Friedrichshain, The Irish Pub Berlin offers everything that makes a good Irish pub: daily live music from local bands, freshly poured Guinness, and hearty pub classics. If you're looking for Ireland in Berlin, you'll find it here.

The Mitte location of the Sixties Diner is the most central American diner in Berlin: It's a two-minute walk from the Monbijouplatz tram stop, and four minutes from Hackescher Markt. Inside, 300 seats with red leather benches await, with an additional 90 on the outdoor terrace. The breakfast menu features ten different breakfast options, and all potato products are gluten-free.

The FC Magnet Bar on Veteranenstraße was founded in 2000 as the clubhouse of FC Magnet Mitte and remains a pub with pennants on the wall and a foosball table in the basement. Five televisions and a projector screen are spread across the rooms; outside, tables are set near Weinbergspark. For Sunday crime dramas in Mitte, this means: come early, no reservations are taken.

Located at Hackescher Markt in Mitte, one of Berlin's largest pub institutions has been thriving since 1992: The Kilkenny Irish Pub brings live music under the S-Bahn viaduct four evenings a week, combining Irish hospitality with authentic pub character.

A piece of 1940s New York is hidden in an S-Bahn arch at Lotte-Lenya-Bogen in Charlottenburg. The Hat Jazzbar serves live jam sessions every night with free entry, along with handcrafted cocktails in a bar that looks as if Edward Hopper painted it.

Located in the heart of Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg, The Harp Irish Pub serves Irish hospitality with authentic Guinness, live music, and comedy nights. Those looking for an authentic Irish pub in Berlin will almost inevitably find themselves here.

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.

The Mariendorf location of Sixties Diner is one of the largest American diners in Berlin: over 300 indoor seats, a terrace and winter garden with more than 150 additional seats, and 15 private guest parking spaces. The burgers are made from 200 grams of dry-aged beef, the jukeboxes are flashing, and Bundesliga and NFL are shown on the screens.

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.

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.

In a rustic pub like Bierstube Zur Linde in Berlin-Pankow, not only does the after-work beer taste good, but watching soccer is also fun.