Best spot for a picnic blanket?

Tiergarten is massive, you're right. Finding a quiet spot can be tricky, especially on a sunny weekend. Head towards the southwest corner, near the Neuer See lake. It's usually less packed than the central areas. The deer are generally pretty chill, but keep your distance and definitely don't feed them. They're used to people, but startled deer are not fun. There are some lovely little wooded areas around the lake, perfect for a secluded picnic. Just be aware of the geese, they can be... assertive.

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m mareile · 5mo

Good tip about the southwest corner! I'd completely forgotten about Neuer See. Geese assertiveness, noted. Will pack extra bread, just in case I need to make a hasty retreat. Thanks!

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imo the best bet is the area around the löwenbrücke, that little iron bridge over the landwehrkanal. it's a bit hidden cause you gotta go off the main gravel paths but the grass there is softer and way fewer people. deer will prob glance at you and keep grazing, it's the squirrels that'll try to steal your stuff if you leave it unattended. wind can be a thing near the water but if you tuck behind the bushes it's real still. also the ice cream cart near the carillon is overpriced, skip it and grab something from the edeka at s bahn tiergarten instead

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ngl the deer are fine, just dont try to pet them or anything. they'll walk right past you if ur quiet. for quiet spots, skip the main paths and head toward the english garden area on the east side, near the little canal. way less foot traffic than the lake. also the geese are pushy but they usually leave u alone if u dont have food visible

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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.

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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

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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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