Today we feature an architectural highlight, a lovely new location in former east Berlin.
A whole philosophy becomes reality with the „Urban Village“ called Marthas Hof. Lots of funky places for hipster and families. It combines free space and a nice neighbourhood, ecological standards and functionality. Architecture, garden courtyards, design, and furniture set standards and make living at Marthashof unique.
Ready to move in, take a look while strollin along the wall.
Build on a brand new street, next to Schwedter Strasse which is a street in Berlin. Known for its close proximity to Mauerpark and the now defunct Marthashof.
The street is named after the town Schwedt in Germany, it has been named Schwedter Straße 1962 after building of the wall which seperated east and west Berlin
A section of the road also ran along the Berlin Wall.
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Marthas Hof
Must do’s in Berlin: Liquidrom – an fantastic spa.
Liquidrom in “Möckernstraße 10”.
Berlin enjoys glorious summer and Berliners certainly make the most of it. Although hundreds of miles from any coastline, you’ll find sun-seeking improvisation on every corner. Bars such as Yaam and Chez Jacki line the banks of the Spree to the north while Club der Visionäre sits on stilts on an inlet to the river on the border of the districts of Kreuzberg and Treptow. The Badeschiff gets very busy on the warmest summer days, but after a day in the heat, take a plunge in this barge-cum-chlorinated swimming pool to cool off. Get a drink from the bar and colonise a warm patch on decking or sand as DJs enter to play out the evenings. Fortunately, in the winter the area is transformed into an indoor complex with a sauna in riposte to the bitter weather.
Unfortunately my favourite restaurant in Berlin-Mitte closed: It was the Margaux – Chef de Cuisine – Michael Hoffmann
New resto tip: LABANCA, a bit of “stylish bella Italia” in Berlin-City.
The new restaurant by Chef de Cuisine Jörg Behrend is located in the groundfloor of Hotel de Rome. The dining room is just cool. Tables are generously spaced, set with good quality linen tablecloths. The kitchen is well staffed. We tried during the opening the whole menu, eight small courses of tasting menus, including vitello tonnato, Watermelon with thunfish, caprese, Gnocci with Parma ham, Saltimbocc with spinacah, seebass. Everything was perfect, most of the vegetables on the menu came from local gardens.
The wine list has coverages from France, Germany, Italy and Spain in particular, with some rare wines as well. We tried Chardonnay by Alois Lageder South-Tyrol and a lovely Riesling from Anthony Hammond, Rheingau.
This worked well with the food, the textural contrast of the different kind of foods was delicious effective and everything tasted very fresh.
The food was attractively presented and also the Barbecue meat had a pleasant meaty taste, but the itself had a slight chewiness of texture, which I was not expecting.
The vegetables had excellent flavour.
The seabass with artichokes, was an unusual dish, tasty and well balanced.
Dessert came in three stages. Classic Pannacotta, Tirami Su and a lovely chocolate bar.
This is a restaurant that can produce genuinely top class dishes, and the control of balancing flavors was impressive. Yummy.
I am in love with LABANCA, even Sir Rocco Forte (with his daughters) joined the opening.
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