Prater

Berlin's oldest beer garden

Word to the wise: It's distinctly kid-friendly with a play area set aside so the adults can get down to the serious business of beer drinking and sausage eating.
This place is a Prenzlauerberg institution that has been running since the early 19th century in one form or another. These days the swing-era bar is immaculately restored, as is the theatre, but people come in droves for the beer garden.

Every summer the 600 seats here fill up with all sorts: locals chowing down the excellent sausages; rotund old beer-guzzlers heckling passing girls; and tourists happily indulging in a traditional – and reasonably priced – Prater Pils. All add to the general air of hoopla on a hot sunny day.