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Berlin Maps: Bars, Burgers and Christmas Markets

A stroke of genius from Giulia Pines kicked off a new trend in Berlin in November.  Her Berlin U-Bahn Bar Map for Thrillist inspired a number of other guides based on the Berlin transport map.  Best men the world over now have the perfect tool to plan a bar crawl in the German capital and the map will provide no end of inspiration for spontaneous after work drinks.  Thanks to the imitators you can also do a burger crawl or a Christmas Market marathon.

Thrillist’s Berlin U-Bahn Bar Map

This is the map that started it all.  Substituting the names of each of the S and U-Bahn stations inside the Berlin ring for a bar within 10 minutes walking distance, Giulia Pines created a guide that really captured Berliners’ imaginations.  Thrillist’s Berlin U-Bahn Bar Map was a massive social media hit and at the time of writing has over 35,000 likes on Facebook.

Thrillist Berlin U-Bahn Bar Map

Photo: Thrillist

Burger City Guide Map Berlin

The success of this simple and effective idea guaranteed a herd of copycats.  The Burger City Guide Map Berlin has a number of suggestions for several stations but others have been left blank.

Burger City Guide Map Berlin

Photo: Burger City Guide

Burgers and Hip Hop – U-Bahn Burger Map Berlin

Appearing in my social media feeds on the same day as The Burger City Guide Map Berlin, the U-Bahn Burger Map Berlin from the folks behind burger extravaganza Burgers and Hip Hop is a more comprehensive guide and will no doubt be responsible for a slew of broken diets.

U-Bahn Burger Map Berlin - Burgers and Hip Hop

Photo: Burgers and Hip Hop

Weihnachtsmarktfahrplan Berlin – Christmas Markets Map

An Amazing Earth magazine gave the map a festive twist with their Weihnachtsmarktfahrplan Berlin.  The city is awash with Christmas Markets and remembering where they are can be a bit tricky.  With this map you know you’ll never be far away from your next Glühwein.

Weihnachtsmarktfahrplan Berlin - a map of Christmas Markets from An Amazing Earth

Photo: An Amazing Earth magazine

Talking of Glühwein, this widely circulated meme (which I haven’t been able to track down a source for) will sum up the Christmas build up for thousands of Berliners.

Glühwein

Photo: Source unknown

BVG Transport Map

And finally…just in case you’ve forgotten what the original looks like here is Berlin’s S and U-Bahn map

Berlin Transport Map - BVG

Photo: BVG

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2 Responses to Berlin Maps: Bars, Burgers and Christmas Markets

  1. Gretchen O'Donnell 8 December, 2014 at 16:22 #

    This is so great! I miss Berlin always but especially at Christmas! My husband, who goes to Germany for work several times a year, discovered Gluhwein at a Christmas market in Hamburg a few years ago and he LOVES it. I so will have to show him this post!

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