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PUB
EX'N'POP
030-2199 7470;
www.exnpop.de
; Potsdamer Strasse 157;
from 10pm Tue-Sun;
Bülowstrasse)
The ghosts of Einstürzende Neubauten and other seminal Berlin bands still may be partying
at this rough-house with a pedigree going back to the 1980s punk era. Though it has moved
to a new location, Ex is still a good place to down the last drink of the night.
Tiergarten
BAR
STUE BAR
030-311 7220;
www.das-stue-com
;
Drakestrasse 1;
noon-1am Sun-Thu,
to 2am Fri & Sat; 100, 106, 200)
In the Stue Hotel, light installations and animal sculptures pave the way to the bar where
serious mixologists give classic cocktails from the 1920s and '30s a contemporary
makeover. Also available: rare whiskeys and cognacs and a wine gallery stocked with 400
German, Austrian and Spanish vintages
ENTERTAINMENT
CLASSICAL MUSIC
BERLINER PHILHARMONIE
Karajan-Strasse 1; 200, Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Platz)
This world-famous concert hall has supreme acoustics and, thanks to Hans Scharoun's clev-
er terraced vineyard design, not a bad seat in the house. It's the home turf of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, which will be led by Sir Simon Rattle until 2018. Chamber music concerts
take place at the adjacent
Kammermusiksaal
.
CINEMA
CINESTAR ORIGINAL
Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Platz)
A favourite among English-speaking expats and Anglophile Germans, this state-of-the-art
cinema with big screens, comfy seats and ear-popping surround-sound shows the latest Hol-
lywood blockbusters, all in English, all the time.
CINEMA
ARSENAL
