Flohmarkt am Mauerpark

Every Sunday, cool Berliners are hurrying up to Mauerpark to grab the best deals and creatively decorate their alternative apartments. Flohmarkts - flea markets - are a tradition in Berlin and all over the week you can find various used and overused objects. After, you could stop on the hills with your beer(s) watch some cultural improvisations and relax (if the weather allows you). Good and easy deals are possible, here being one of the best places where you could test your negotiation skills. 

You could start your trip with some strawberries (made in German we've been told)

The best place and time for some musical entertainment 

The lesson of the day: Lavender syrup is a reality

I visited the place - for the first time! - last Sunday and excepting the aggressive rain which brutally disturbed my picnic I enjoyed the show. One of my first visits after moving to Berlin was to a flea market from the neighborhood, as a way to start my understanding of the German culture and society, through the old books and objects put on sale.

The Sunday coffee at St. Oberholz

St. Oberholz reminds me of the first weeks in Berlin, when I was discovering new corners and restaurants and was trying to be in time to meetings with people I didn't see before. 

The place is always full, with many people chosing this vegetarian-friendly bar/light restaurant as their home office (wifi provided with the sugar for the coffee), including on Sundays. When I arrived there the last Sunday afternoon I felt in the middle of a busy day in an advertising company. But it's enough place either outside and inside, at the basement or at the first floor.

English-speakers are welcomed and frequent customers are covering many far geographical areas from the Globe. An interesting antropological expedition.

After a short investigation among my friends who are regularly visiting the place, I will recommend the wide selection of cakes and the tea as well as some sandwiches and quiches.

The restrooms - although not crystal clean - are funny, with a hen and a rooster giving you some hints about the proper place for your gender.

I don't have any idea who this St. Oberholz was, but I suppose he had a pleasant life.