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Top food to try in Berlin

6 dishes to eat in Berlin, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-08

1. Currywurst

Currywurst
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Sliced sausage with curried tomato sauce and a bread roll. A postwar Berlin invention with its own museum.

2. Döner kebab

Döner kebab
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Reinvented in 1970s Berlin as bread-pocket street food, and now arguably the city's defining meal.

3. Berliner Weisse

Berliner Weisse
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A sour wheat beer served with raspberry or woodruff syrup, historically the city's everyday drink.

4. Schnitzel and Königsberger Klopse

Schnitzel and Königsberger Klopse
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Breaded veal or pork, and meatballs in a caper cream sauce — the old-Berlin restaurant repertoire.

5. Brunch

Brunch
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A long, mixed, weekend-morning buffet institution across the city's cafés.

6. Bread and bakery culture

Bread and bakery culture
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Hundreds of registered bread types, sourdough rye chief among them. A Bäckerei is not a patisserie.

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