Café Am Neuen See

There’s nowhere better to soak up Berlin’s long warm summer days than in a Biergarten. This temporary self-service kiosk sits on a small lake in Tiergarten, the city’s biggest green space, and dishes out steins of helles or weißbier and simple German food to large groups bathing in vitamin D and remembering that nature exists. There’s a sizable area around the water that’s packed with long wooden tables, which families, day-trippers, and tourists sardine onto. Turn up in the late afternoon after doing something cultural (because Berlin life isn’t all about drinking beers), rent a rowboat, and stay until the overhead string lights flick on.