Shopping in Berlin

The Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz

East or West, Berlin Shopping is best! Shopping is a favourite pastime for Berliners.  You don't have to travel too far to shop and on just the two main shopping streets of Kurfürstendamm and Friedrichstrasse, there are over a dozen large shopping malls. Kurfürstendamm Shops Kurfürstendamm (also known as Ku’damm) is a huge street running from the Memorial Church to Lake Halensee which marks the beginning of the exclusive "villa district" in the west of Berlin. The top end of … [Read more...]

Is there more to German cuisine than sauerkraut, bratwurst and schnitzel?

Regensburg Bratwurst sausages are renowned German fare!

Regensburg Bratwurst sausages may be renowned German fare, but what else is there? German cuisine and French cuisine may be neighbours geographically, but they're a long way apart in character. Whilst Germany's Oktoberfest and beer festivals are famous around the world, its food unfortunately does not enjoy the same reputation. Germany's cuisine is actually very region-based and varies according to geographical factors and access to waterways for transportation. Overwhelmed by the … [Read more...]