One of many challenges of writing any journey information is that there is all the time the chance it will likely be outdated by the point it is revealed. In a metropolis as dynamic and quickly altering as Berlin, preserving a information updated is almost inconceivable.

However author Oliver Kiesow and Berlin-based video content material creator Kai Steinecke have been undaunted. They’ve struck a steadiness between conventional sightseeing and insights right into a fast-paced city tradition. Their e-book “Das andere Berlin” — which interprets to “The opposite Berlin” — covers the culturally and traditionally important and iconic websites which are staple to any go to to the town, together with the same old essential points of interest just like the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag and the Museum Island.

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Legendary nightlife

However Berlin has additionally gained a repute for its nightlife, and the e-book’s authors set that tone proper from the primary chapter.

The German capital’s membership scene is particularly well-known, with names like Berghain, Tresor and Bunker having gained legendary standing around the globe.

Readers be taught that shortly earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, membership tourism introduced in some €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) to Berlin’s resort and restaurant sector.

However they will additionally be taught the place to go to social gathering away from the vacationer hordes, the place there’s reside music, which pub crawls are on provide and the place the perfect beer gardens are. “The entire metropolis is a celebration location,” says DW host Kai Steinecke.

A metropolis in transformation

The scene adjustments quickly, however anybody who’s launched in such element to the “Kieze,” as Berliners name their neighborhoods, with their unbeaten paths and insider ideas, is properly geared up to make their very own discoveries.

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For Steinecke, Berlin is a “metropolis in everlasting transformation.” Over the centuries, it has been a discipline of experimentation for architectural visions.

The e-book describes and illustrates the historic ruptures, the destruction following World Warfare II, the post-war reconstruction of the divided metropolis and the virtually 35 years for the reason that fall of the Berlin Wall.

Better of the currywurst stands — with vegan choices

This Berlin information is filled with ideas and details about the quirky, the weird and the sensual.

A number of chapters are devoted to the perfect addresses for the town’s attribute culinary choices: currywurst, a pork sausage drowned in ketchup and curry powder; döner kebab, mentioned to have been invented in Berlin, which is meat (normally veal) sliced off a spit and full of salad right into a flatbread sandwich; the unique Berlin hearty pork knuckle. Even a blood-sausage-maker in Neukölln is talked about, its handle and the closest subway cease duly famous.

However there are additionally loads of listings for these in search of plant-based delights.

After London, Berlin is the second largest vegan metropolis on this planet. From avenue meals to high quality eating in Michelin-starred kitchens, the journey information gives dozens of addresses and quick profiles.

The dated criticism that Berlin is a culinary steppe — Prussian, Protestant and barren — has typically been refuted in current a long time, and immigrants from nearly each nation on this planet have contributed to this. A chapter can also be devoted to their place in Berlin’s culinary scene.

Berlin’s queer historical past

However “Das andere Berlin” additionally reveals what units Berlin other than different cities. Few cities have such a various and historic homosexual, lesbian and queer scene because the German capital. It is linked to the political wrestle for equality and freedom that started greater than 150 years in the past. Part 175 of the German Legal Code was launched within the former German Reich, making gay acts a punishable offense.

One chapter takes you to the websites in Berlin that commemorate persecution, for instance through the Nazi dictatorship.

At present, Berlin just isn’t solely a celebration metropolis, but in addition an LGBTQ+ metropolis. The just about 200-page journey information ends with dozens of ideas for going out in that scene.

The nice factor is that even those that converse little German will shortly discover their manner round this journey information. The pictures and the addresses, all with the closest public transportation choices, are straightforward to identify.

And if you wish to entry a video of the highlights, you solely have to scan the QR code along with your smartphone and watch.