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Stylish (and expensive) bespoke tailors for ladies, boasting a fantastic selection of luxurious materials.

The old Estonian Embassy, in a quiet side street next to the ruined Greek Embassy, is characteristic of the diplomats’ quarter.

With over 1,000 rooms, this hotel is Europe’s largest, offering a three- to four-star service at moderate prices. Its numerous conference rooms and the latest technological equipment make it the perfect venue for conferences or international business meetings. Yet the hotel is equally ready to cater for the needs of the individual business traveller.

This Michelin-starred restaurant, in a green oasis on top of the Madison hotel, is a study in understated elegance. Chef Michael Kempf creates stylish Mediterranean dishes with a French accent (see Restaurants & Cafés) .

This elegant street is the most attractive and trendiest street off Ku’damm. Designer shops, galleries and restaurants are tucked away here, a shoppers’ paradise for all those who regard Kurfürstendamm as a mere retail strip catering for the masses. The junction of Fasanenstraße and Ku’damm is one of the liveliest spots in Berlin. One of the best known places is the “Bristol Berlin Kempinski” (see Famous Hotels) at the northern end of Fasanenstraße. The Lübbecke & Co bank opposite cleverly combines a historic building with a new structure. Next to it are the Jüdisches Gemeindehaus (Jewish Community House, (see Best of the Rest) ) and a little farther along, at the junction with Kantstraße, is the Kant-Dreieck (see Modern Buildings) . Berliner Börse (stock exchange), based in the ultra-modern Ludwig-Erhard-Haus (see Modern Buildings) , is just above, at the corner of Hardenbergstraße. The southern end of the street is dominated by residential villas, some of which may seem a little pompous, as well as the Literaturhaus, Villa Grisebach, one of the oldest art auction houses in Berlin, and the Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum (see Charlottenburg & Spandau) . There are also some very expensive fashion stores here, as well as a few cosy restaurants. At its southern end, the street leads to picturesque Fasanenplatz, where many artists lived before 1933.

Giant chocolate sculptures of Reichstag and Brandenburger Tor adorn the windows and tempt visitors into this shop, a chocaholic’s paradise.

The composer (1809–47), a grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, was also the conductor of the Staatskapelle (state orchestra) at the opera house in Unter den Linden. His grave is found in one of the cemeteries in front of the Hallesches Tor in Kreuzberg.

Exciting shoot-outs, a walk-on film set with a U-boat, a town on an island and a small town in the Wild West are the most popular attractions at the film park – and not just with the children. A tour of the former UFA-Film studios lets visitors look behind the scenes: children try out make-up and costumes and admire the “sandman”, a TV figure popular with children in East Germany since 1959. Everywhere in the park you will encounter props and figures from well-known German films. “Special effects” are demonstrated on the visitors in an imaginative exhibition. The “World of Horror” chills more than just children’s spines.