Excellent to go with kids! We spend a very good time! I can recommend all deserts: we have cheese…read morecake and carrot cake!

Like flowers? Like Dahlia flowers in particular? If you answered yes to those two questions, then…read moreyou'll love the Dahliengarten. Otherwise it's merely a very pretty way to spend 20 minutes. It wouldn't surprise me if this is the world's largest collection of different Dahlia species - there certainly are a lot. At one end there's a little shop selling icecream, and the other end gives you access to Volkspark.

You can't get cheaper than free, and so it's hard to be anything less than happy with a visit to…read morethe Botanic Gardens in Planten und Blomen. It's great on a cold winter's day because everything is so nice and tropical in there - the heating costs must be enormous! However, unless you're massively into plants, then it's not that interesting. My favourite bits were the insect-eating plants, and the cactus room.

A small piece of jungles in the middle of Planten and Blumen. Exciting, if you are big fan of flora…read moreund fauna. Otherwise this place is not really big - two tropical rooms and one filled with cactuses. I was attracted mainly to cactus part of the garden. Basically you can get trough in like 10 min. But its entry free, so if you are in Planten und Blumen you should definitely give this place a try.