Mitte

If you ever walked around Alexanderplatz, Altes Stadthaus, and the Alexa shopping mall, you have seen the ruins of a church. That is the Franziskaner-Klosterkirche, founded in 1250 and destroyed by Allied bombing in April 1945, in the last days of the Second World War.

Franziskaner-Klosterkirche: A Visit to the Ruined Church next to Alexanderplatz

Berlin (category)
6 min read
10/06/202014/10/2020

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the former Staatsratsgebäude was used as the seat of the Federal Chancellery under Gerhard Schröder. Between 2003 and 2005, the historical building went trough renovation extensively so that the European School of Management Berlin could take over it, they opened their doors in January 2006.

The Staatsratsgebäude: A Historical and Architectural Gem in Berlin

Berlin (category)
5 min read
02/02/202014/06/2024

Right in the center of the city, this week, Fotostrasse explores Momotaro Tavern for our #52weeksofburgers challenge. This place was recommended to us by a good friend, and it is slightly surprising that we never head of it before considering how central it is.

Momotaro Tavern: Smash Burgers in Berlin-Mitte

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
26/12/201906/10/2020

This week of the #52weeksofburger challenge, Fotostrasse goes to Belushi’s in Mitte. Belushi’s is part of a popular chain hostel, and the bar is a hot spot for those who want to watch some games, have a nice beer and eat something.

Belushi’s: Patty Melts in Rosa Luxemburg Platz

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
12/12/201927/12/2019

This week of the #52weeksofburgers challenge, Fotostrasse goes to Friedrichstrasse to munch on some burger at Peter Pane, a large burger chain around Germany, with beautifully decorated restaurants. We thought this would be an excellent way to check for once what is the German take on burgers.

Peter Pane: German Fast Food at Friedrichstrasse

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
14/11/201924/01/2024

This week Fotostrasse goes to Mitte and munches at the Supreme Burger for the #52weeksofburgers challenge. Supreme has excellent reviews, and we were a bit unsure about it since it seemed a bit aimed towards tourists, but to hell with it, and we happily gave it a try.

Supreme Burger: Juicy Burgers in Mitte

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
07/11/201926/02/2024

Tommi’s Burger: Juicy Burgers in Mitte

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
03/10/201921/12/2023

Fotostrasse visits a place called Burger Vision for the #52weeksofburgers challenge and discovers a very different "burger." We were going to meet a few friends and watch a movie at Babylon and wanted to try something close by, ended up finding this place and their peculiar treat; deep-fried calzone burgers!

Berlin’s Burger Vision: This Deep-Fried Calzone Burger Will Change Everything You Know

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
3 min read
11/07/201929/02/2024

At the end of 2018, while everyone was deciding their healthy new years' resolutions, we went the other direction and decided to challenge ourselves to eat a burger every week of 2019, the beginning of this journey was at Shiso Burger.

Shiso Burger: Asian inspired burgers in Berlin

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
5 min read
10/01/201911/01/2022

Since we live in Berlin, we always have friends asking us where to stay when they come to visit us in Berlin. Due to that, we decided to test some hotels around the city, and this is the list of our favorite places to stay in Berlin.

Our Favorite Places to Stay in Berlin

Berlin (category)
4 min read
23/08/201811/11/2024

If you are a walk along where the Berlin Wall used to be around Bernauer Strasse, you will see a meat mural that might be our favorite street art piece in Berlin. This enormous painting shows the side of buildings being cut by a large knife with the shape of the city being represented in some white tissue. For us, this shows how the Berlin Wall was a scar running along the city.

If Walls Could Talk… — A Meat Mural by Marcus Haas where the Berlin Wall used to be

Berlin (category)
3 min read
07/09/201706/08/2025

While I was browsing through these books, I realized that I have been to a lot of different places in Berlin and that, maybe, I should just write down my list of places to see in Berlin. Yeah, so this is my list of places to see in the beautiful German capital. These are the places that I bring my friends when they are visiting me; these are some of the places that I bring my family when they come here. These places are here because I like them. I might like the food there; I may like the experience of being there, I might like the history behind. And I believe that you should visit them.

52 Places to See in Berlin: One for each week of the year

Berlin (category)
37 min read
30/06/201721/02/2024

If you ever wondered why Strasse des 17. Juni has its name, you have to watch this short movie from British Pathé from the Berlin Riots of 1953. This short movie is not a documentary but a newsreel report about the uprising of workers against the Communist Regime in East Germany. This is the real deal, not an interpretation of what happened.

Berlin Riots: The 1953 Uprising of Workers in East Germany

Berlin (category)
2 min read
03/03/201703/02/2024

What if I told you that the best place to see Berlin from above is not the on the huge TV Tower in the middle of Alexanderplatz? It might sound weird at first but it makes a lot of sense after you think about it. Do you want to take pictures of Berlin with its main tourist spot in there right? So, you need to go somewhere where the TV Tower can be seen. Somewhere as tall as the tower but way less crowded. That place exists and it is the Park Inn Hotel Alexanderplatz Viewing Platform and I going to tell you everything about it now.

Berlin from Above: The Amazing View from the Park Inn Hotel Alexanderplatz Viewing Platform

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
6 min read
18/01/201708/04/2021

If you go back to Fotostrasse archives you’ll see that we love to see old videos of Berlin. This short one from Berlin in 1936 is no exception since it shows how beautiful the city used to be and focus on the changes that were happening to the German capital during the time it was governed by the Nazi party.

This is how Berlin used to look like back in 1936

Berlin (category)
3 min read
16/01/201702/03/2025

Most people, when they visit Berlin for the first time, find time to visit the famous Checkpoint Charlie. This infamous border crossing between East and West Berlin is a classical tourist stop for people interested in the Second World War and the relationship between Communist Germany, the USSR and the Allied Forces that controlled West Germany.

What can you do around Checkpoint Charlie?

Berlin (category)
14 min read
28/09/201501/12/2023

Flying over Berlin in 1991

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
2 min read
24/04/201510/12/2023

Many people believed that it was impossible for Germans to resist the Nazi dictatorship, war propaganda and the deportation of Jewish people. However, a street protest in 1943 showed that resistance was possible and that it could be successful. Then the Rosenstrasse Protest happened.

The Rosenstrasse Protest Memorial: Unyielding Women, Unbroken Spirits

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
9 min read
06/04/201512/03/2024

Do You Read Me?! – The best place to buy magazines in Berlin

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
3 min read
05/04/201512/06/2023

A video of Berlin Mitte in 1991

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
2 min read
21/03/201520/02/2024

Martin Schoeller at CWC Gallery in Berlin

Berlin (category), Germany (category), Photography (category)
4 min read
23/12/201430/12/2023