Enter the beautiful season of Autumn Berlin is surrounded by forest and this is a wonderful city to start your mushroom foraging career – if you have not already. The closest and largest central Berlin forest to look for mushrooms would be Grunewald. At 3,00 hectares large there is plenty of opportunity to discover not only the hidden Fungi and other flora & fauna. Schlachtensee, Tegel forest and Koepenick regionRead More

Seeing Berlin on a budget? Keen to try a drop of German wine, or a local beer? Don’t worry, budget drinking in Berlin is very easy. Hot, summer days in Berlin call for cold beers. Cool Autumn evenings quietly ask for a smooth red wine. The winter chill asks for a sip of something strong. Spring delightedly requests a light, bubbling white… Whatever the season, drinks in Berlin are alwaysRead More

Looking for an authentic, local experience for your Berlin Autumn this year? Eager to see the city sights, plus many hidden gems from a local perspective? Do all this, plus tasting the best food in a Berlin Autumn on one of our food walking tours! Read on for points on why this is the perfect time of year to visit Germany’s capital city. 1. Avoid the hordes of tourists duringRead More

Sunday in Berlin usually greets tourists and locals with a relaxed, slow atmosphere. Most shops are closed on the last day of the week, so everyone can make the most of their weekend, before Monday comes around again. What is the best way to do this, you might ask? Well, Berliners say going for a Berlin brunch. The Berlin brunch culture… There is such a huge brunch culture in Berlin,Read More

At Fork & Walk we are always on the lookout for places to eat that highlight Berlin’s history, offer us something delicious in the now or reveal something about the city’s future. Today, we are trotting out a story that can’t be buried any longer — the story of the Berlin cemetery cafes. Known in local parlance as Friedhof Cafes, you could call them ‘Culinary Limbos’ of sorts or aRead More