Berlin- recommendations?

[maya]

-Ok, we've just decided to go to Berlin for the summer holiday,
all the travelling/practical stuff is sorted, but we're looking for cool places to visit, preferrably stuff that isn't too "touristy" (we hate that!) :o ,
i.e.:
bars, cafés, record/bookstores, concert venues, clubs, markets, odd small museums or galleries or "arty" stuff, anything unusual and fun and interesting, really... :)
(oh,and places that aren't that expensive...we're kind of stretched our budget a little bit already)
...we'll try and ask around friends etc. to get a few tips and hints, but i'm sure you lovely helpful urbanites have even more first-hand knowledge and exciting info to share! :D
...anyone? (happy for all answers)

[Isambard]

A cool place to start would be "Suche Funktion" ;)

There's been quite a few threads on Berlin recently!

Is it me or is berlin getting to be a real popular travellers destination again.

[oisleep]

there certainly has (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/search.php?searchid=1657248)

:)

we need a berlin forum!

[maya]

(have no idea, with us it's just that we've always wanted to go there...but haven't had any money to make our plans into reality before now ;) )

[maya]

there certainly has (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/search.php?searchid=1657248)

:)

we need a berlin forum!
... :o
-ah, but maybe someone has a new and fresh tip that aren't mentioned in the other threads? :)

[districtline]

yay i'm moving down to berlin in june.

can't wait!

prenzlauer berg, here i come.

[districtline]

so i think there should be a u75 berlin meet up sometime after that...

[oisleep]

you can moderate the new berlin forum an all!

what you going to do in berlin?

[districtline]

spent last autumn in berlin and realised that it has to be my new home, great city.

and it all fits perfectly with me writing my combined bachelor/masters thesis next term which i might as well be doing in berlin. so now i've got my income sorted out until christmas and i'll be spending my days writing. and my evenings/nights in east berlin bars.

what a grand life it's going to be :D

berlin forum, yes!

[maya]

-cool, i've been thinking of moving there for a while now, too,
if that can be combined with my BA's, that is-
-we should meet up sometime, then! :D :cool:

[districtline]

it can always be combined with you studies, just ask me :cool: lectures arent compulsory you know :D

u75 berlin meet-up, it's going to happen. i can feel it :D

[fishfingerer]

Feed the birdies at jannowitzbrucke.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~von/parlin/spree1.jpg

Thinking of moving to Berlin in the autumn.

[Isambard]

Saupreiß'n! :mad: ;)

But I will cross the Weißwurst grenze to come up for a UrbaNacht in Berlin! :cool:

[districtline]

Saupreiß'n! :mad: ;)

But I will cross the Weißwurst grenze to come up for a UrbaNacht in Berlin! :cool:


there might be a kein wessis rule though
;) :D

[D]

I am reviving this thread because I'd love some recommendations and, unfortunately, the Rough Guide is a little low on:

theater/performance venues
queer stuff (preferably of the non-horrendously-commercial/cheesey variety)
tasty veggie food
places to dance that are chill/friendly/not big thumping clubs

any English-language listings publications/websites?

I'm staying in Friedrichshain.

Thanks :)

[fishfingerer]

any English-language listings publications/websites?

www.exberliner.com is the only english language mag I think, available on news stands.