Charlottenburg

With a little luck customers of Hekticket at the zoo can see musicals, comedy, plays or even concerts at half price.

Especially in the dark time of the year, people crave for sweets - the Berliner Kaffeerösterei, a Berlin-based coffee roaster, makes bad weather taste a lot sweeter with its sampling sessions.

The Tattersall is named after the English horse auctioneer Richard Tattersall and used to be an indoor riding-hall and a riding school.

Berlin's most beautiful opera house is without any doubt the Staatsoper (Berlin State Opera), normally located directly on the boulevard Unter den Linden. But since the original opera house has been undergoing major renovations since September 2010, the Staatsoper will play the Schiller Theater probably until summer 2015.

Wein & Vinos focusses on Spanish wine and has six branches in Berlin. Headquarters of the wine merchant is the shop in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

Fans of the summer pool at Charlottenburg's Olympic Stadium rejoice.

Eat fine falafel and some more traditional Persian-Arab dishes for humble prices in Charlottenburg.

The 55 hectares of the palace garden of Schloss Charlottenburg are place for all friends of historical garden architecture - it is the oldest still original park in Berlin and Potsdam!

In the airy heights of the 20th floor of the Europacenter celebrities like Beyoncé and German stars Oliver Pocher and Günter Jauch have had a bash.

All of the trendy Mabba bags are handmade in Berlin.