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During the Advent season, the Knoblauchhaus Museum in the Nikolaiviertel once again transforms into the Christmas House. It invites visitors to enjoy festive insights into the Berlin Christmas spirit during the Biedermeier period and immerses them in the history of...

From candle arches to nutcrackers: we had a chat with Beate Bahmann about traditional craftsmanship in the Erzgebirge region. Would it be fair to say that it's always Christmas at your place? Yes and no: we also have Easter bunnies all year round, and we have lots of...

The most wonderful time of the year is fast approaching, and all the Christmas markets and winter events have been open again for a few days now, tempting visitors with the scent of roasted almonds, vanilla, mulled wine, and the anticipation of Christmas. Berlin...

The Nikolaiviertel has many stories to tell—not only about real people such as Lessing and Mendelsohn, but also legends and ghost stories. One of these is the subject of the 15th panel of the historical trail in Poststraße: Carl Gause & belief in ghosts. It is the...

Traditional German food in Berlin Mitte: rouladen, veal liver and much more - a restaurant on Rathausstraße serves up the popular German dishes with a generous helping of passion. How did you get into cooking and how did you end up in the Nikolaiviertel? I first...

The Nikolaiviertel neighborhood is home to a museum that is unique in Germany: the Hemp Museum. Set in a heritage-listed building, it tells the story of a plant with an ancient history that is also highly relevant in today's political climate. Since its opening in...

From October 8 to 15, the 21st Festival of Lights invites visitors to experience Berlin in an enchanting atmosphere of color and light, daily from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. This year's edition of the festival has the motto “Let's shine together” and aims to send a...

Beef jerky and hot sauces straight from the Nikolaiviertel: we chatted with Frank Möhler about his passion for dried beef and the Carolina Reaper chili. You opened your store in the Nikolaiviertel in August. Is this your first retail store, or do you have other...

Between Spandauer Straße and the banks of the Spree, there is an inn whose name puzzles many visitors: the restaurant Zum Paddenwirt. It is located just a stone's throw away from where the first fortified crossing over the Spree was built in the Middle Ages at the...