A dusky, relaxed disco where you don't have to dress up to get in and where academics, social workers, bank clerks and midwives populate the floor. Flirtation rules. Dance to...

Karl Wannemacher combines classic German and French flavours with Asian influences in a wonderfully romantic dining room. Sample such wonders as horseradish terrine with smoked...

Most Indian restaurants in Berlin seem to offer more or less the same menu. This one can be forgiven, as it was the first to open. More than 20 years later, it's still one of...

Luxurious five-floor complex with a health and beauty centre, 25m pool, saunas, steam room, ice room, restaurants, bars, sun terrace with solariums and a view of central...

Some of Berlin's most celebrated entertainers perform in this snazzy circus tent of many mirrors - the programme includes shows, comedy, cabaret, literature and theatre. You...

The three floors of this collection (housed above a flagship Beate-Uhse retail outlet offering the usual videos and sex toys) contain oriental prints; some daft showroom-dummy...

Almost 60,000 people take part, making it one of the world's biggest marathons. It's spread over two days to accommodate runners, wheelchair athletes and in-line skaters....

Despite a rather plain minimalist decor and colour scheme in the rooms, there's something posh about the Plaza. All double rooms, and even some singles, have both shower and...

Home to armies of handmade tin soldiers, farm animals and historical characters, all painted in incredible detail. You could take home an entire battalion of Prussian...

Some regard this as Berlin's best designer shoe shop, with an anything-but-boring selection from the likes of Lagerfeld, Robert Clergerie and Giuseppe Zanotti.

This shop has been around since the early 1970s, offering collectors and browsers an impressive array of original 19th-century antiques. Fully restored Biedermeier and...

Run by a Bostonian and stocking a dynamic selection of new and used histories and political tracts, classical and modern fiction and reference and travel books, this is...

Strikes a good balance between Mediterranean and Brandenburg country style with stripped-down furniture, warm lighting and irresistible ornaments. Highlights include natural...

This discreet, privately owned gem, tucked down a quiet street behind the KaDeWe, is the epitome of modern luxury without the stuffiness. The staff is friendly, and the 72...