Insiders Berlin

Hostels and other cheap backpacking places usually come in two varieties; cheap, cheerful and fun to be in or horrible, dirty and flea ridden. There is seldom a middle ground. Fortunately the Baxpax hostels in Berlin are of the clean and fun variety. Their Mitte Hostel is really close to some of Berlin’s best unofficial [...]

Picture yourself floating in the darkness, body supported by warm salty water, listening to chilled electronic beats (played by a live DJ), as lights play over your body. This is Berlin’s Liquidrom and I have to say this is unlike any spa I’ve ever been to. When you’re done with drifting about or getting loved [...]

Il Casolare Trattoria is a really authentic and thoroughly unpretentious Italian restaurant set in a prime location on the Landwehr canal in Kreuzberg. Its long wooden benches and simple wooden tables outdoors are perfect for chilling out and soaking up the summer sunshine and vibey atmosphere; indoors there’s an air of faded revolutionary punk rock [...]