Free tastings and samples anyone can walk into, and the cheap local classics that keep a day of sightseeing going.
FreeThe city water company runs about 250 drinking fountains on squares and in parks, fed straight from the mains. Its online map shows each one, with accessible fountains marked in green.
April to October. They are shut down for frost protection in winter
Source: Berliner Wasserbetriebe
FreeCafés, shops and offices with the blue Refill sticker in the window fill your bottle with tap water at no charge, no purchase expected. The map on the Refill site shows the Berlin stations. Berlin tap water is good.
All year, during each place's opening hours. Useful from November to March when the street fountains are off
Source: Refill Deutschland
FreeMundraub is a Berlin-run map of fruit and nut trees on public land that anyone may pick from: apples, plums, mirabelles, walnuts. The rules are simple. Check it is not private or protected land, do not damage the tree, take only what you will eat.
Cherries in June, mirabelles and plums in July and August, apples, pears and walnuts in September and October
Source: Mundraub
€4.90Berlin's home-grown vegan donut bakery, with shops all over town. The monthly specials, such as pumpkin spice in October, are listed at €4.90 on its site.
Daily. Hours differ by shop, and the popular flavours sell out by late afternoon
Source: Brammibal's Donuts
No free museum in Berlin has anything like the bust of Nefertiti, alone in her own domed room, or David Chipperfield's rebuilding of a bombed shell with the scars left visible. With the Pergamon Museum largely closed for years, this is the Museum Island ticket to buy. Go on a weekday at opening and walk straight to the north dome room.
Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.
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