Editorial
In-depth guides, local perspectives, and editorial stories on Berlin's food, culture, and neighborhoods.
Berlin holds one three-Michelin-star room and a handful of two-star rooms. The booking question is not which is best — both are excellent. The question is which one rewards the audience the chapter is written for, and the answer depends on what kind of trip is being assembled.
Read storyEvery Istanbul visitor to Berlin asks the same question. Is the döner the same? The honest answer: it is a different format. Whether the Berlin variant is worth the visit depends on which addresses you go to and in what order.
Read storyThe audience that flies into Tegel-replacement BER takes the train into Hauptbahnhof and asks the same question: what is the breakfast worth booking before the day's first meeting? Berlin's breakfast register is one of the deepest in Europe and the answer changes by hood.
Read storyBerlin runs as Europe's design-and-architecture capital in a way the city does not always announce. The kitchens this professional class books are not the most photographed; they are the ones that work for the way the day actually runs.
Read storyMitte is where every Berlin trip defaults — Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, the Hackesche Höfe. Charlottenburg is where the older audience and the Berlin generations who never moved keep returning, and the chapter argues that the Charlottenburg booking is the more telling one.
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