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.

Yummy vegetarian Spätzle! I was skeptical they would have something really special for a vegetarian…read moreto eat, but I was wrong. I had a delicious mix of Spätzle and grilled veggies topped with a nice fresh salad. it was even dairy free, though the noodles have eggs in them. we got the white asparagus special too, but the stalks were a bit tough and bitter. the butter herb sauce and the hollandaise were both delicious!

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

Who likes public service organizations?…read more I don't. There is this depressing and sad atmosphere. People behind the counter look grumpy. Plus, their IT systems are from the 1970's and efficiency is zero (that alone would make me be grumpy all day) Surprisingly, this doesn't account for the Bezirksamt Pankow. At least not all of it. Sure, the average worker age is still 65 BUT they do have a lot of procedures outsourced to online (woah!) so you don't need to come in and wait forever just to get a signature. Their appointment system is also handy, once you get your visit scheduled you only need to come in 5mins before your appointment starts. You still won't get a smile from the workers but at least you're outta there in a reasonable time.

Rathaus Schöneberg is the city hall that in charge of the Schöneberg district. When it comes to…read morecivil services like identification, marriage registration and others, people will need to come here for that. The city hall building might look quite simple outside, but it has rich history. Former U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was here, as he was making his speech back then. Inside the city hall, there is Paternoster lift which still working. If you have the chance, give it try and snap some pictures for memories, but be careful with it. It also holds a flea market at the weekend in front of the buidling and a gorgeous park next to, to have a walk.

The Schoeneberg City Hall is famous for the being the place where JFK delivered his "Ich bin ein…read moreBerliner" speech in 1963. It also contains the Freiheitsglocke - the Freedom Bell, a gift from the American government - which is rung everyday at noon. The City Hall also has an exhibition called "Wir waren Nachbarn - Biografien juedischer Zeitzeugen" (in English: We Were Neighbors Once - Biographies of Jews in Schoeneberg and Tempelhof under the Nazi Regime), which contains biographies of Jews from the Schoeneberg and Tempelhof neighborhoods of Berlin. [The biographies were in German - only a few had short English translations contained within.] An interesting place to explore if you're in the Schoeneberg area.