Moored on a post-industrial stretch of the River Spree, the 'bathing ship' is a cargo container turned public pool, with floating wooden lounge deck,...

Run by celebrity drag queen Lena Braun, this lively and unusual bar attracts both the more bourgeois members of Berlin's cross-dressing community and the...

On an inlet off the Spree just over the border into Treptow, this popular timbered bar occupies an old boathouse, several floating docks and a...

A well-run and friendly bar where the staff are expert cocktail-shakers, the music's hip and tasteful in a trancey kind of way, and the back room, equipped...

Best known as home of the popular twice-monthly Russendisko, Kaffee Burger's programme runs the cultural gamut. Early evenings may see readings, film...

A small, stylish bar and café with a neighbourly atmosphere and a gimmick. You can buy the chairs you're sitting on, the table you're eating from, that fork...

Kim perfectly captures that unfinished look with which Berlin's fashionable set is so enamoured. Kim has been a favourite since it opened in 2007. The door...

Above a music school and accessed via a wobbly staircase in the courtyard, this spacious bar manages to mix the best of the retro design craze with the sort...

Though somewhat past its heyday, this speakeasy-style bar remains one of Berlin's finest and friendliest institutions. It's decorated with original 1950s...

Almost any evening, this huge and immaculately restored swing-era bar, across the courtyard from the theatre of the same name, attracts a smart, crowd. The...

Possibly the most popular bar on Kastanienallee and the main meeting place for those who inhabit the twilight zone between Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte. Odd,...

Funky, grown-up cocktail bar for a relaxed, mixed crowd. The low-key concept - long bar, subdued lighting, muffled funk and staff who work well together and...

Immediately behind the door of this shabbily elegant 'living room' there's a bar-like structure made from an ensemble of kitchen cabinets. Threadbare divans...

Red walls and velvet upholstery convey an atmosphere aching for sin, while well-mixed cocktails and a fine wine list served by smartly dressed waiting staff...