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Enjoy vegan and vegetarian food: gourmet tips in the Nikolai Quarter
If you simply prefer a meatless diet or consume no animal products at all, you will find a growing number of tempting vegetarian and vegan dishes on the menus in the Nikolai Quarter. Traditional German and old Berlin cuisine is usually associated with hearty meat...
A walk through Berlin-Mitte during the Festival of Lights
During this year's Festival of Lights, we naturally also explored the illuminations in our immediate vicinity and have put together the best photos from our walk here. The subway is a particularly convenient way to get to many of the festival highlights and to the...
Nikolaiviertel in person: Annett Greiner-Bäuerle and the Georgbraeu
One of Berlin's few in-house breweries is located directly on the banks of the Spree: Brauhaus Georgbraeu - run by Annett Greiner-Bäuerle since 2014. How long have Georgbraeu and the Nikolai Quarter been a part of your life and how much time do you spend here? I've...
The 20th Festival of Lights – back again at the Nikolai Quarter
We are excited that the Festival of Lights will once again enchant the Nikolai Quarter with its staged light shows this year. In 2024, the festival's motto is “Celebrating Freedom” and it will be presenting its light and video art at a total of around 50 locations...
Lessing, Mendelsohn and the town houses on Nikolaikirchplatz
The picturesque view behind the St. Nicholas Church is without question one of our visual highlights. People usually stop here in front of the “Kaffeestube” and take photos down the street towards Eiergasse. On the left, facing Nikolaikirchplatz, stands the...
World Cleanup Day 2024 at Nikolaiviertel
World Cleanup Day is the world's largest bottom-up citizens' movement to clean up the environment. It first took place in 2018, back then in 157 countries and with 17.6 million participants. The number of participating countries has since grown to over 190. In...
Commemorating the founding of Berlin: the town seal and the founding fountain
Nikolaikirchplatz is the heart of the Nikolaiviertel, a popular meeting place and one of the most beautiful photo opportunities in Berlin Mitte. But it has many other exciting things to offer besides the Nikolaikirche. These undoubtedly include the „Stadtsiegel“ or...
Nikolaiviertel in person: Ilona and Astrid Rohleder – Antiquitäten im Nikolaiviertel
Between porcelain, Biedermeier furniture and silver chandeliers: sisters Ilona and Astrid Rohleder have been dealing in tangible art in the Nikolai quarter since 1993 …
Eiergasse: Berlin’s shortest street
There are many anecdotes in and around the Nikolaiviertel. One of them is how the city's shortest street got its name. It's still called Eiergasse to this day, is one of our most loved photo motifs and connects Nikolaikirchplatz with Mühlendamm over a distance of just...