Ice Leg

You've got to love the traditional meat dish from Berlin, the inimitable "Eisbein" (ice leg). It's a fatty, wobbly meat treat and it's been around for ages. Some say that it's one of the most aesthetically displeasing things Berlin has to offer.

But I think that's being a bit cheeky. There's a place round the corner called "Zum Schusterjungen" which serves a seriously phat leg of ice. Order with a dash of puréed peas and cabbage that's been cooking for half a day - mmmmh, delicious.

Take a walk on the quiet side.

We cop a lot of criticism at Euroblog about Berlin not being attractive enough. Sure, Berlin isn't going to win a US Beauty Pageant any time soon - but the city has some strangely beautiful sides too. You've just got to know where to look.

Take the Neuer Kirchhof von St. Nikolai und St. Marien for instance. This graveyard situated on one of the busier streets of Berlin, Prenzlauer Allee, looks like any other forgotten park here. But once you get inside it's peaceful and undisturbed, a worthy resting place for generations of Berliners. After walking in one weekday morning and sitting uninterrupted for ages, I even found myself saying: "Ah, the serenity".