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.

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!