Journal
Notes on Berlin, Kiez by Kiez — which markets run when, what closes on Mondays, and how to cross the city without paying twice.
- Planning4 min read
Which Berlin districts do not belong on the same day
Real BVG journey times between 16 Berlin districts, looked up rather than estimated. The five central Kieze are all within 38 minutes of each other. Five outer districts cost an hour each way and quietly eat an afternoon.
- Status4 min read
Berlin places that closed or moved, checked August 2026
Seven of the 221 places in our Berlin research had closed or changed address by 2 August 2026. Here is each one, the date it went, and the source that says so, plus what we still cannot confirm.
- Neighbourhoods4 min read
Neukölln, Kiez by Kiez
Neukölln is five inner Kieze and a large southern half that behaves like a different district. Market days, the streets that changed in 2024 and 2025, and 22 places we checked on 2 August 2026.
- Markets3 min read
Which Berlin markets run on which day
Eleven Berlin markets with the day and hours each one keeps, taken from the market's own site or the district office rather than from a listing page. Monday has nothing. Thursday is better than its reputation.
- Planning3 min read
What closes on Monday in Berlin, and what does not
Seventeen Berlin places whose own websites state a Monday position, split into what shuts and what stays open, plus the three Museumsinsel houses the state museums close. Most listings say nothing at all about Monday.
- Getting around2 min read
Berlin's fare zones, and the one that catches everybody
Berlin sells tickets by zone, and the zone names imply three equal thirds. Two of them are the city and the third is mostly the airport, which is where the wrong ticket costs money.