What do you do when the sun is shining and you want to hit the beach, but you live Berlin far from…read moreany coast? You head to Strandbad Wannsee. The mile long man made beach beside the beautiful Wannsee lake is a great place to kick back and relax. A family ticket is EUR8 and you can hire large wicker baskets to sit in if you want. The water is very clean and child friendly as it has a very gentle incline into the water. There are plenty of toilets as well as stalls selling food, drink and ice-cream

The location and beach are great. The water is early summer is good…read more The food service system is excruciatingly inept. One of the busiest Saturdays of the year, long lines with hundreds of customers and few counter personnel. The cashiers seem to spend more time away from the registers than behind them. Confusing waiting lines and every transaction takes for-ev-er. Each line is for a different category. Want to buy fries and iced coffee? Wait in two lines!! Just buying a bottle of water will take 30 minutes. Why are there no vending machines? The 5.50€ entrance fee buys you an entrance to purgatory.