With its multicultural inhabitants, umpteen students and underground parties that can last for days, Berlin offers up daily new encounters. It is great to experience the Berlin night life from up close. But be careful: the Berlin underground scene can be addictive. Weekends are  usually spent in one of the many public parks Berlin has to offer. You grill, enjoy beers with friends and listen to the street performer that is never more than twenty-five meters away, all in a jovial atmosphere. Don’t like his tunes? Just turn around and pick the next musician. There is no shortage of music in this city!

And there’s always time for Berlin coffeehouses. There’s nothing like a good coffee and a slice of ‘Kuchen’ on a Sunday afternoon watching in amazement at all the hippies passing by.

Are you an adventurer? Then I recommend visiting one of the many ruins. You can venture into deserted swimming pools, ballrooms, anatomical institutes, embassies – even an amusement park and airport! To many tourists it’s a sport to visit as many ruins as possible. I have to admit, each of them is more impressive than the last.

You don’t speak German? No problem, if you speak English you’ll do just fine. After a few weeks you will have no trouble chatting in German, anyway.