The Urban Flats journal
Berlin, from people who live here
The things guests ask us in person, written down. Which bakery is worth the walk. How the U-Bahn actually works.
What it will cover
The questions we get asked in person
Neighbourhoods and the way they actually differ. Restaurants and food, including the ones we have no stake in. Getting around, which in Berlin is genuinely worth explaining. Travelling with children. The quieter corners, and the things worth doing only at a particular time of year.
We would rather write a piece when there is something worth saying than keep to a schedule, so this is a short list that grows slowly. What is here comes from questions guests actually ask us, and every fact in it was checked against a source.
Latest writing
- Travel
- Food
- Events
- Neighbourhoods
Travel
Getting around Berlin from Oranienburger Straße
Two rail networks, one ticket zone, and a handful of habits that make Berlin easy to move around from our largest building in Mitte.
Food
Where to eat on your first night
Five places we actually send guests to, starting with the one on our own ground floor.
Events
Planning a stay around Berlin’s autumn
Berlin’s calendar between September and December is busier than its summer. What to plan around, and what to book early.
Neighbourhoods
Which of our five addresses suits your stay
Forty-four apartments across five buildings in two districts, and the honest differences between them.
Ask a person
Ask us anything about Berlin
Email us and we will tell you what we would tell a friend arriving next week.