I must say I am bit surprised by the other reviews. I was here to change my residency as well as to…read moreget a new E-Perso. I never go to an Bürgeramt without an appointment, so same here. I had an appt and only waited for about 5 minutes until it was my turn. Granted the room number I was given online was wrong, and the only given at the Amt was wrong too, so after going to the third room, I had finally found the correct one. As always the staff was slow, but to my surprise they were actually very friendly. I forgot to bring photos for my perso, so the lady told me where I can go and waited for me to come back. And when I did come back I was able to right back to her and get everything filed. It's not the nicest place in the world, but I have been to way worse Ämter, this is actually one of the more friendly ones I have been to

This local town hall building became a familiar sight on my stay and its clock tower is lit up…read morecolourfully at night. You can take a guided tour of the building and up to the tower on Wednesday's at 11am for €5 - book onto the tour in the info centre in the building.

There is something about bridges that captures the Berliner soul. I don't know what it is, but all…read morebridges seem to attract people who want to hang out and drink and socialize (actually the same is true for parking lots at supermarkets, which I find equally mysterious). Admiralbrücke, a relatively small pedestrian bridge over the Landswehrkanal in the heart of Kreuzberg, is apparently the hip spot to hang-out. Exactly why I have no idea, except I guess that every other hipster is doing so and it's a place to chill and be seen in the scene. I guess I am getting old and cranky, but my suggestion would be to grab some beers and find a nice spot on the grass on the banks of the canal or perhaps in a nearby park instead, but I guess that would be missing the point.