Costs?

How expensive is Berlin? for example, how much would a typical dinner be?

thanks for any responses!

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Hi Jennifer,

the daily costs in Berlin are really low. It%26#39;s much more cheaper than other capitals like London, Paris or Stockholm. I dinner in midrange restaurant costs around 10 Euro. But you get easily an snak or an typical curry-sausage for 1,50- 3 Euro.

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thanks for your responce! great to hear its not as expensive as Paris and London were when i went there.

Thanks again!

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I agree with previous poster. Berlin was even cheaper than Athens.

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And than Barcelona. In fact restaurants un Germany in general are pretty reasonable. Also portions tend to be large and you may get a salad included in the price.

In Berlin, lots of lunch offers well under 10€ though drink prices can be a big add-on. Sunday bruncj isa paericular bargain.

One place we go to regularly at night you get a pizza (huge choice) and soft drink for under 5€. And that%26#39;s sitting down being served.It%26#39;s at the bottom of Kastanienallee; several other eateries in the area similarly cheap.

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thank you! glad to know Berlin isn%26#39;t crazy expensive. how far is this pizza place from Berlin? or is it in Berlin?

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You go to Germany to eat pizza?????, although the pizza is good and usually made by the numerous Italians living there. Why not try more traditional German fare, it%26#39;s not that expensive and usually twice the amount that I really want to eat. What is expensive in Germany are the drinks be it water, soft drinks, tea, coffee, wine or beer, and the latter is usually the cheapest way to quench your thirst. Be careful about those drinks as they can easily double the bill.

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%26gt; thank you! glad to know Berlin isn%26#39;t crazy expensive. how far is this pizza place from Berlin?

Kastanienallee is rather central. Runs across the border between the districts Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg.

http://www.berlin.de/stadtplan/map.asp?start.x=5%26amp;plz=10119%26amp;str=Kastanienallee+37%26amp;grid=dedatlas10

%26gt; or is it in Berlin?

Sure. Berlin itself covers 1,5 times the area of Toronto city. The only difference is that outside Toronto you have the Greater Toronto Area while outside of Berlin you have *nearly* only forests, sand and water.

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Kastanienallee is on two tram routes from the centre M1 and 12: It%26#39;s a trendy street, sometimes %26quot;Casting Allee%26quot;.

We don%26#39;t just eat pizza though! For German food we go to Altberliner on the corner of Arkonaplatz about 3 mins walk from Kastanienallee. Good choices including seasonal menu and still pretty reasonable, and large portions.

You can eat German food at reasonable prices in the Nikolaiviertel near Alexanderplatz too; that%26#39;s really central.

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@marcopolko:

I%26#39;m not sure what the situation%26#39;s like in Stuttgart (I do know, though, that it%26#39;s over all different in the south), but at least here in Berlin it%26#39;s quite an achievment to find %26quot;authentic German food%26quot; (whatever that is ;-)) - I myself had my last (and first for a long time) German type of food when I was in Nuremberg this summer.

In fact, you could argue that eating out at any type of restaurant BUT a German one is part of the Berlin experience.

Italien, Greek, Chinese, Indian, South American.... you name it... you%26#39;ll get it somewhere in Berlin and it will be good quality food at a reasonable price, too.

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Janity,

My Swabian wife says that Swabians are the largest minority in Berlin! so you should be able to get some good Swabian food. I%26#39;m always surprised at the large numbers of African restaurants in Stuttgart, I think that they all must own one! I%26#39;m waiting to try the new one across the street from our apartment which advertises in their window a Swabian Kenyan kitchen! I do love Swabian food, especially Maultaschen, but our favorite restaurant is an Italian one which I can heartily recommend, but for visitors prefer recommending traditional old Weinstuben for their food and atmosphere. Yes, %26quot;German%26quot; food is hard to find seeing there is almost only regional fare, but there is always Currywurst for Berlin!