Many of Berlin’s key sights are in Mitte, the beating heart of the city. Enjoy a family stroll down Unter den Linden, with the iconic Brandenburg Gate at one end, and perhaps then explore the Museumsinsel (museum island) – which has various art and archaeology collections on an island in the river Spree. Afterwards you can treat your kids with a trip to Legoland at Potsdamer Platz (Potsdamerstrasse 4) or Alexanderplatz’s Loxx (Grunerstrasse 20), home to the world’s biggest model railway.
At Onkel Albert (Zionskirchstrasse 63), a couple of blocks from hip Kastanienallee (a street packed with beer gardens, hip shops and designer boutiques) and the lovely Zionkirchplatz square, you can grab yourself a sandwich and the little ones a SpongeBob SquarePants toastie and escape to a sofa in the cafe upstairs, which overlooks the kids’ play area. There is also a store selling secondhand clothes, games and books. The place can be very crowded in winter season.
Or you head to the Kindercafé im Kunsthaus Tacheles (Oranienburger Strasse 54-56a) which is very close to the famous Hackesche Hoefe (be careful mums, lovely shopping area here) and has a seperate play area.
In the same street you will find the Bonbonmacherei (Oranienburger Strasse 32). A wonderful little sweet shop where they cook delicious bonbons after traditional recipes. They have a little show kitchen but in case you cannot wait here is a little animation of one of their recipes (click the green flash to go further….)