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What are some things to do around the city as a newly sober person?
I quit drinking blah blah, I'm only just now finding out that most of my activities either revolve around or include drinking, i.e going to bars, clubs etc. I've been sitting at home… Little context:
I quit drinking blah blah, I'm only just now finding out that most of my activities either revolve around or include drinking, i.e going to bars, clubs etc. I've been sitting at home for the past couple of weekends and I can't figure out what to do with myself. I'd like some recommendations for things that get me OUT of the house.
My German is at a B1 level. I like people, I've been called a social butterfly all of my life, so something that involves other people and what not. Nothing that's loud as I'm prone to migraines but yeah. Other than that, I'm open to pretty much anything :) Thanks in advance!
honestly berlin's great for this since there's so much stuff that isn't centered on drinking. try joining a bouldering gym like boulderklub or ostbloc, they're super social and people chat between climbs. theres also a bunch of sober meetups on meetup.com specifically for berlin, like board game nights at cafe kapellchen in pberg.
if you're into sports at all, vfl berlin has adult recreational volleyball and basketball leagues that are really welcoming and not competitive. also check out the urban sketching groups that meet at different parks on weekends, they're quiet but social and you can just show up with a notebook.
bouldering's solid advice but if ur more of a people person try a round of kicker (foosball) at some of the quieter kneipen in neukölln like würgeengel on weserstraße, they have tables and it's not all about drinking, just bring a club mate or something. also check out the freiwillige feuerwehr stations, some of them do open social evenings where u can help with stuff or just hang out, it's a real mix of people and very low key. for the migraine thing, avoid warschauer brücke area on weekends, it's a nightmare for noise
tbh theres a whole scene of sober social stuff that flies under the radar. check out the repair cafes that pop up around the city on weekends, like the one at buchhandlung ocelot in fhain or the offene werkstatt at moritzplatz. you don't need any skills, just show up and people will teach you how to fix a toaster or whatever, and everyone chats while they work. super low noise level, super social, and you leave feeling useful
if youre into moving but not loud stuff, try contact improvisation jams. there's one at fabrik in potsdam and another at uferstudios in wedding on sundays. it's like a dance but there's no music, just people moving around each other in a big room. very weird at first but everyone's really nice and it's a great way to meet folks without any pressure to talk. bring comfy clothes and expect to be a bit awkward for the first half hour
also dont sleep on the volunteer gardening groups at the prinzessinnengarten in kreuzberg. they do open sessions wednesdays and saturdays where you can just show up and help plant stuff. its quiet, you work alongside people, and theres usually a break with tea and biscuits. good for your german too since theres a mix of internationals and locals
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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