sam

@sam@cablespaghetti.dev

Father of two, husband, lover of dogs but owner of many cats. Runner. Technology enthusiast. Metalhead. AuADHDer. Cloudy DevOps type person. Formerly known as @sam@running.cafe

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[?]sam »
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My wife and I are going to Berlin for her to run the marathon in a few weeks.

I’ve planned very little so far. Has anyone got any recommendations for things we should do while we’re there?

Food, music (rock/metal?), nerdy things and standard tourist things are all welcome!

Vielen Dank im Voraus

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[?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
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@sam
Trinkteufel is a must do bar. Punky with a good vibe and a no dickhead policy. I think Pete Doherty got thrown out of there once.

A doner kebab from any place you can find is better than any place in Britain. I like the one near the U8 station on Hermannstraße but sensible people don't go anywhere near there. Believe me, just don't.

If you don't like buying drugs stay away from Görlitzer Bahnhof.

Kotbusser Tor is very dodgy but not as bad as people make out.

Don't go near Checkpoint Charlie unless you really want to. It's expensive and shit.

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[?]sam »
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@jamesb@duckduckpigeon.co.uk This is mostly a list of places not to visit. 😆 I’ll check out Trinkteufel and a kebab though!

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    [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
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    @sam
    If you find yourself having to kill time around Alexanderplatz then Bierbar Alkopole is sound - English friendly enough, not particularly expensive for the area and round the back away from the tourists. They have a nice club of locals there.

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    [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
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    @sam
    There's a technology museum somewhere near the Mall of Berlin/Potsdamer Platz - that was quite good. The SS museum too.

    [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
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    @sam
    The kebabs are definitely the best bit. They will blow your mind if you've never had one from Berlin before.

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    [?]sam »
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    @jamesb@duckduckpigeon.co.uk Thanks! This is a good list to be getting on with. Maybe I can get away with one technology museum without my wife getting too bored. Sadly the East German motorcycle museum shut down.

      [?]sichtmonitor »
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      @sam I can definitely recommend the Computer Games Museum for some good nerdy times :) computerspielemuseum.de/en/43-

        [?]Mans R »
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        @sam The technology museum is good if the kids are at all into such things.

        technikmuseum.berlin/

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          [?]sam »
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          @mansr@society.oftrolls.com Thanks. Yes that’s on the list now. Will see how much nerdy stuff I can convince my wife to do. 😆

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            [?]Mans R »
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            @sam There are loads of other museums too. Look up Museumsinsel.

            Do either of you like art museums?

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              [?]Mans R »
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              @sam Oh, the Stasi museum in their old HQ is worth a visit.

              stasimuseum.de/

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                [?]sam »
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                @mansr@society.oftrolls.com I think the Stasi and DDR stuff is more interesting to me than art tbh. Strange as that may be.

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