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EATING & DRINKING
GERMAN
MEIEREI IM NEUEN GARTEN
€7-13; 11am-10pm Tue-Sun; 603 to Höhenstrasse)
The Berlin Wall once ran right past this brewpub that's especially lovely in summer
when you can count the sailboats on the Jungfernsee from your beer-garden table.
The hearty dishes are a perfect match for the delicious Helles and seasonal suds
brewed on the premises. Service can be challenged on busy days. It's near Schloss
Cecilienhof.
GERMAN
DRACHENHAUS
0331-505 3808;
www.drachenhaus.de
;
Maulbeerallee 4; mains €7.50-23;
11am-7pm
or later Apr-Oct, to 6pm Tue-Sun Nov-Feb)
Right in Park Sanssouci, the exotic Dragon House is now a pleasant cafe-restaurant
serving gooey cakes, homemade bread and upmarket regional cuisine - in summer
beneath a leafy canopy.
FRENCH
MAISON CHARLOTTE
mkuche €8-13; noon-11pm)
There's a rustic lyricism to the French country cuisine in this darling Dutch Quarter
bistro famous for its Breton fish soup and delectable
Flammkuche
(Alsatian pizza)
with such creative toppings as crayfish or smoked salmon. Budget bon vivants come
for the daily lunch special: €7.50, including a glass of wine.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
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Sachsenhausen was built by prisoners and opened in 1936 as a prototype for other concen-
tration camps. By 1945 about 200,000 people had passed through its sinister gates, initially
mostly political opponents, but later also gypsies, gays, Jews and, after 1939, POWs from
eastern Europe, especially the Soviet Union. Tens of thousands died here from hunger, ex-
haustion, illness, exposure, medical experiments and executions. Thousands more suc-
