Did you know that...

- ... Berlin is ‘the’ place to go for gourmets? 21 restaurants in Berlin have been awarded Michelin stars. This puts Berlin ahead of Munich and Hamburg. Five restaurants received two Michelin stars and 15 more have one star. The highest rating of three stars was again awarded to "Rutz". It is the first and only three-star restaurant in Berlin since 2020. Enjoy your meal!
- ... Berlin is the European city with the most Green Michelin Stars? And this is more than Copenhagen, Paris and Oslo. Six restaurants in the German capital excel in sustainability because they use regional and seasonal products, avoid long transport routes, pay attention to species-appropriate animal husbandry and save energy. The "Bandol sur Mer", the "FREA", the "Rutz", "Nobelhart & Schmutzig", the "Horváth", and the "Tisk" were all given awards.
- ... the Hotel Adlon serves a noble Döner Kebab? For just under 37 euros, you get a flatbread filled with fillet strips of veal loin, lettuce and cabbage, tomatoes, red onions and a special truffle cream.
- ... Berlin has its own beer speciality? Berliner Weiße is a fizzy, slightly sour beer made with a blend of wheat and barley malt and fermented in the bottle. Served with a shot of raspberry or woodruff syrup, this makes for a refreshing summer drink called “Weiße mit Schuss”.
- ... the most famous pastry in Berlin is a fist-sized boiled pastry filled with jam? In the rest of the country, it is known as the Berliner. But you would not find it under this name in Berlin. The people of Berlin simply refer to it as “pancakes” (Pfannkuchen). And what is usually understood as pancakes in the rest of Germany are called “egg pancakes” (Eierkuchen) in Berlin.
- .... visitBerlin.de alone lists more than 60 vegan and vegetarian restaurants? The actual number is probably much higher, because new restaurants, snack bars, cafés and pubs keep popping up all the time. Ice cream parlours, supermarkets and meat shops also offer exclusively animal-free food and products - there is even a vegan sex shop in the German capital.
- ... there is a restaurant on the roof of the German Bundestag? It is the only restaurant in the world that is in a parliament building and is open to the public. However, an advance booking is mandatory.
- ... the oldest restaurant in Berlin is more than 400 years old and is still in business today? The restaurant "Zur letzten Instanz" has been located on Waisenstraße since 1621, once hosted Napoleon and is now frequented by numerous celebrities.
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