Insiders Berlin

The MachMit museum (see photos left and below) is a great find especially for winter afternoons. I recently took my 4 year old there and he had a fantastic time on the amazing wooden climbing maze. The museum also has changing interactive exhibitions and related activities. When we visited the exhibition was “Papier=Knuller”. Here we […]

Freund Blase (see photo left and below) is a favourite for parents with younger babies. It is a strictly socks/barefoot cafe only, (this means that the floor is relatively clean for the little bottom feeders tolick if they must). The layout is great as well since the big open space allows parents a good view […]

Kiezkind was the very first Kindercafe I came across in Berlin. We were here on a recce; it was snowing; I was heavily pregnant and we were trudging around Helmholtzplatz, with me trying very hard to visualise how I would make a life in this strange, freezing cold city with 2 offspring. I was pleasantly […]

Onkel Albert is a great little Kindercafe in a conveniently cool location, just a couple of blocks from the hip shops and restaurants of trendy Kastanienallee, is Onkel Albert-another of my favourite Kindercafes. Despite being rather awkwardly designed on 3 levels with a second hand clothing shop in the basement, a little serving area and […]

() Graefe Strasse is one of my favourite streets in Kreuzberg, so I was delighted to find this cute little café, which has a play area for children AND serves a great breakfast, as well as yummy cakes. This isn’t strictly a Kindercafe, so there is a division of child play area and tables-a plus […]