Berlin – shitfuck it’s a big city.

A friend of mine invited me to Berlin. Unemployed, and therefore having all the time in the world, I said yes.

I didn’t really read anything about Berlin before the 5-day long trip. Knowing there was a lot of streetart, hip clubs and cool abandoned places I felt ready. But the reality was kinda different. First when we got there I realised that Berlin wasn’t as small as Copenhagen. We had to choose between hitting the nearest bookshop, finding a guide, or simply just take a walk. We choose walking. 9 hours of straight walking the first day. 5 hours of walk the next and again 9 hours marathon-walking thursday. Fucked feet.
So – here you go, I’ll do you all a favour and hook you up with some of the most awesome places we saw in Berlin.

I needed a new cap. We ran into the New Era flagship store at the address “An der Spandauer Brücke 7″ (ze germans.. damn).
Miles and miles of colour-sorted caps covering the massive walls. Even if you’re not into caps, go there – it’s quite an impressive sight.

You should also go to Kastanienallee – there’s loads of awesome shops, some are payable, others are not.

Eating in Berlin is fun. You can always grab a döner kebap around the corner.

Or mobile hot dogs.

On our way to Kastanienallee we walked down Johannistrasse, lots of cool galleries! Buddha is a restaurant on Johannistrasse – great indian food is served here and for only 5-6 euros you’ll get a plate stuffed with either rice or bread and chicken or lam.

If the picture above makes your mouth horny, go to Monbijoustrasse, find a place called Strandbar Mitte – right next to the river. Just left of the bar you’ll find a dancing pizzadude. He only makes 7 or 8 different pizzas – but that’s more than enough. Try the pizza parma, and look at him dancing to oldschool 80′s hits while you’re flushing down an ice-cold Peroni.. that’s how we roll!

Photo of me by Mette.

Skating in Berlin is also possible. There are some minor spots around the city, don’t know where this was – but it was right next to a playground with gravel, so it’s not that great anyway. Otherwise you should go to Cassiopeia. It’s an old train-depot featuring a biergarten, outdoor cinema, wall-climbing on a former water-tower, 2 clubs playing everything between hardcore electro and hiphop – and oh yeah, you can also find the Berlin Skatehalle here.

-When you get tired of skating, just take a chill on the vert.

I guess that was it. Take a walk yourself – explore Berlin and get lost on your own, find some awesome streetart and get a couple of new friends.