DK Travel : Berlin

Berlin is Germany’s liveliest city and one of the most fascinating capitals in the world. You’ll find no other place where art and culture, museums and theatres, entertainment and nightlife are more diverse and exciting than on the banks of the Spree River. Once reunited, Berlin quickly developed into a cosmopolitan city, and today there is an air of energy and vibrancy about it.

Multi-lingual tourist information: www.berlin.de or: www.btm.de

Kiboko

African restaurant in a 19th-century fisherman’s hut, serving ostrich and crocodile: one of the more exotic venues.
Kietz Café and Restaurant

A pleasant café, serving superb home-made cakes and snacks. A great draw in summer is the waterside terrace.
King’s Teagarden

Tea retailer Werner Schmitt personally advises his customers on the many teas available in Berlin’s best tea shop.
Klipper Schiffsrestaurant

This two-master, dating back to 1890, has been turned into a cosy restaurant; the menu features French-inspired international dishes.
Knaack-Club

Almost legendary club, playing rock and indie to an alternative crowd.
Kollwitzplatz

Once a quiet square, Kollwitzplatz is today the noisy and turbulent heart of the district. All around the green square, locals congregate in numerous cafés, pubs, bars and restaurants; in summer especially, the fun carries on till late at night. From the appearance of the lavishly restored façades it is hard to tell that Kollwitzplatz was once one of Berlin’s poorest areas. The impoverished past of the district and its 19th-century tenement blocks is today only recalled by the name of the square. The artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) (see Famous Berliners) once lived and worked at Kollwitzplatz 25 and spent much of her life in the district, where she portrayed and attacked the poverty of the local workers in her sculptures, drawings and sketches.
Komfort

One of the newest and most fashionable dancing clubs in Berlin, playing R&B , house and electro music to an elegant, young urban crowd.
Komische Oper

One of Germany’s most magnificent opera houses, dating from 1892, is concealed behind a modern façade. All performances are in German.
Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

Prussia’s glory and splendour to take away – traditional KPM porcelain for your dining table at home. Apart from elegant porcelain dinner services, figures and accessories made in the Berlin factory are also on sale.
Konzerthaus

The Concert Hall, one of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s masterpieces, was until recently known as Schauspielhaus (theatre). The building has a portico with Ionic columns, and a large number of statues of allegorical and historical personages, some riding lions and panthers, as well as deities, muses and bacchants.

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