Well lit and airy (for Berlin), this L-shaped bar competes with Schwarzsauer to be the primary Kastanienallee hangout. The food, an odd mix of Asian and Italian, is generally...

This place has seen plenty of changes recently, the result of which is a restructured events listing and new interior layout. Now that this process of reinvention has come to...

The roster of in-house DJs at 2BE tends to focus mainly on hip hop, with the odd reggae and dancehall tune thrown in for good measure, and there's also usually a live act or...

This purple-walled dive exists to remind travellers that Berlin isn't Stuttgart. The attractive, young and poor go for that fifth nightcap around 6am, and local scenesters rub...

A bit further east than the fashionable parts of this borough, but convenient for Magnet and the Knaack Club this family-run place is great for relaxing over a big bowl of...

This branch of the nationwide chain has something of a school camp atmosphere, but the rooms are clean, the pine furniture inoffensive, and there are cooking facilities. There...

A-Trane usually lands at least one top-flight act a month for an extended run. Free entry on Mondays.

Tucked away in a side street, this flagship store from the French cult brand offers mens- and womenswear in classic Paris styles, own-label CDs and gadgets.

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...

This place stocks the best and most potent absinthes from across the world - including, of course, the good Czech stuff. If you're lucky the owner might even invite you for a...

Just doors apart, what ties these two establishments together - aside from their shared reception desk - is a wonderfully realised 'modernised colonial' style. In Ackselhaus...

This young Swedish brand has a huge following. Its Berlin flagship store is the first outside of Scandinavia and features the label's complete seasonal collections of men's and...

A massive complex, containing a cinema, theatre and gallery, operated by a friendly Berlin arts collective. There's also a party floor with a playlist mostly devoted to reggae,...

Spin-off of a swanky Zurich disco, its 'medieval' decor and Renaissance-style frescos are jarringly at odds with the Renzo Piano-designed theatre whose basement it occupies....