What (hidden) places to visit in Berlin
Berlin is a known city for its history and lifestyle, but lately there are many people interested in: its entrepreneur spirit, its vision of future and its projection to the world as an international major city. Due to the history that carries behind, Berlin has had to overcome very fast hard poundings with great mastery. After two World Wars, the Third Reich, the Cold War or the Berlin Wall, the city is today a reference in Europe, surpassing the most ancient power. However, they can’t still forget large centenary traditions or delete some bitter marks. Berlin combines new glazing skyscrapers with old beer wooden taverns and monuments and spaces that testimony the past. It doesn’t forget and it won’t.
Maybe that’s the main motive whereby it’s turned into the favourite destination for young people, adults, couples and group of friends. The city awaits different spots for everyone and it’s full of contradictions presented as a super attractive trip and full of fascinating experiences. As always, when we talk about a capital, we want to suggest some uncommon places such as the Holocaust Tower or the Check Point Charlie. Even the Schloss Charlottenburg palace or the Brandenburg Tor doesn’t need presentation. We’re convinced that there will be some parts that surely you’re going to visit. We’re recommending a few spots out of the touristy guides that are essential to become an authentic Berliner for some days.
1. What places to visit in Berlin: Anna Blume
‘Anna Blume’ is the name of a Kart Schwitter’s poem and since 2005 it names a very special café. It’s a very romantic atmosphere because it also counts with a florist that fusion the smell of the flowers with the sweet from the cakes and the coffee. In fact, they use some eatable flowers to introduce them in their wide range tea menu. All the sweets, cakes and ice creams are craft and you can enjoy delicious specialties such as feta cheese with avocado crème, natural drinks… It has benches and marble tables surrounded with Art Noveau details. It also counts with a wonderful terrace where you can sit and read under a Sicomoro centenary tree.
2. What places to visit in Berlin: Dead Chiken Alley
Dead Chicken Alley is the street art scenery. In the few years, Berlin’s turned into the reference of new cultural movements placed mainly in the Mitte. We can find this famous alley at the Rosenthaler Strasse, showing the richness of an alternative aesthetic. Dead Chicken Alley emerges after the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond the street art, it is important for the symbolic meaning that has behind. Before of the falling of the Wall it was forbidden to paint in these walls, so the fever for the wanted liberty carried new cultural groups waiting anxious to break the rules.

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3. What places to visit in Berlin: Helmut Newton Foundation
Fashion addicts, you can’t miss out a visit to the Helmut Newton Foundation. At the Photography Museum you’ll find the Permanent Loan exposition: 200 pictures from the thousand original photos that Helmut Newton donated to the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage before dying. A rout that shows the undisputed talent from the fashion photographer that knew how to shoot the sensuality better than anyone. Naked, portrait and fashion are the three main themes from the author, and captured the personality of big movie stars and the whole jet set, from Sofia Loren to Carla Bruni.
4. What places to visit in Berlin: Einstein Stammhaus
A stop that is a must to enjoy a real Berliner local is the Einstein Stammhaus, a literary bistro where you can taste the authentic Germanic food. Its specialty is the aplfelstrudel served with vanilla sauce, one of the best apple cakes from the city and one of the typical recipes from the country. The elegant decoration and the attitude from the waiters reminds the glorious days from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.