Berlin

I meant to write about our stay in Berlin after our trip, and even created a map on google highlighting the places and restaurants we visited while we were there. And then I forgot. Only now that I was asked for recommendations did I remember my map and my post.
It has been quite a while since our trip, but we remember it fondly. Berlin is a great city, and while it has many museums and all that to offer, what we enjoyed the most was the lazy breakfasts, and just experiencing Berlin.We had our apartment just between a few districts, so it was rather calm, but we were not too far from the bustling nightlife and the restaurants.
And did we eat a lot. We started the days with lazy breakfasts at nearby cafés, most of which only started to serve breakfast at about 11 am, a time when in Switzerland there is no breakfast to be had (maybe except on Sundays). From there we mostly skipped lunch, visited a museum, a flea market or just strolled through the city. For dinner we always went back into the Kreuzberg district where a  friend of mine lives at the moment. You can find the places we visited on the map below.
Most of the places on the map are close to the subway station Schlesisches Tor, in the middle of Kreuzberg. Kreuzberg is the place to be in Berlin, though, so I guess that is not a bad thing.



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A few notes on my pins on the map:
There are many places where you can have a lovely breakfast, there are two on my map, Rootz, who served a delicious vegetarian breakfast with Hummus and Guacamole, among other things. They only serve breakfast on the weekend, though.
The other breakfast place on my map is the restaurant Silberlöffel. We went there twice, their cheese breakfast and the muesli breakfast were great, and there were many other, non-vegetarian options on the menu, too.
For dinner, there are three restaurants on the map, two close to the subway Schlesisches Tor, and one more in the center of the city. The two restaurants in Kreuzberg only serve food (Indian and Japanese/Vietnamese), while the restaurant in the center, White Trash Fast Food, also has concerts (mostly Rock 'n' Roll).
Foodwise we enjoyed the ones in Kreuzberg more, but the other one was fun, too.

There are also two bars on the map, both of them are located in run-down buildings that are typical for Kreuzberg, but somehow manage to have charm, too. This shabby/trendy look seems to be typical for Kreuzberg.

One more recommendation for Berlin: At the flea market Mauerpark, there is a burger joint in the middle that sells great vegan burgers with tofu and beets (and other good stuff I can't remember).

We also went to Potsdam for a day, where we rented bikes and rode through the Park Sanssouci with it's castle, to a former "Russian colony" with wooden houses and a Russian restaurant (we went there for a beer and something small to eat, and then somehow ended up ordering a hot chocolate with vodka. I guess just the word Russian makes you want to drink alcohol or something.--> Potsdam lies in the south-west of Berlin, I also added a pin for the Russian restauraunt) and through the Dutch quarter with it's quaint, red Dutch-style houses. We enjoyed our day there, so if you are Berlin for a little longer then I can certainly recommend the short trip out of Berlin.