Graefekiez
by James Glazebrook
We recently asked our Facebook fans what they wanted to see more of on the blog and the top answer so far (go vote!) has been “cool things to see and do in Berlin”. Now we don’t get out much, and if we do, we don’t stray from our Kiez – but that’s OK, because the area around Graefestrasse in Kreuzberg has everything we need (except for great coffee).
I decided that a niftybobs way of introducing you to the neighbourhood would be a personalised Google Map marked up with our highlights. As well as a dangerous number of eateries (I’m writing this with a gut-full of ice cream), there are bars, Hard Wax records (which I’m claiming even though its located over the canal), an expert tattooists and – what the what? – a licorice shop??!!
So have a click around Graefekiez. Let us know if we’ve missed anything, and why not make a map of your area? We’d love to get an insider’s view on other parts of Berlin. Ciao!
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neue kaffebar, graefestrasse 7.
Really? Will have to check it out, thanks for the tip!
Oh goodness, you’re making me miss Berlin. So many little gems in that neighborhood!
@leigh come back!
Well, good thing you left out the Creperie Manouche on Grimmstrasse… Doh!
@yoram never been to Manouche – always queues out the door when we pass it. Is it that good, oder nein?
ooh I am very familiar with Manouche… It IS always packed at weekends and sometimes you can wait ages for a crepe, it’s ridiculous. Try going on a weekday instead. The place itself is nice. Quality of food varies a lot depending who’s working that night, they always have new people.
There’s another crepe place near Kotti, food there is prob better (was only there once, it was nice enough), but more expensive, and a lot quieter, more like an actual restaurant. Very different but very nice too. Let me look it up on qype… there you go:
http://www.qype.co.uk/place/67686-Cafe-Restaurant-Creperie-Bretonne–Berlin
Thanks Moni, sounds like a good tip – we’ll be sure to check it out. Don’t miss Berlin too much!