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It's not often that I'm annoyed enough to give a 1-star review, but today Hifi im Hinterhof made me this way. Two weeks ago I walked into their store to ask about whether they could arrange to get my speakers (which they stock) fixed. They said "sure, just bring them in". Today I took my speakers to them. It's worth noting about now that they are located on the other side of Berlin and my speakers are rather heavy, so I had to hire a car. 

Of course, when I arrived they told me that they actually can't get them repaired and that I should take them to some other place that is again miles away and only open on weekday afternoons... gah!

So 1-star for pathetic, misleading service, wasting 2 hours of my time and the car money.

Great little cafe. They have awesome bagels and the bulgur salad is super tasty. The prices are good, but with the location being a little bit off the beaten track it's never overly busy. All of the above means that Vesper has become a lunch staple of mine recently.

Good little Irish pub. It's great that their website details which football games they plan to be showing :)

Pretty cool little rock bar in pretty random location. I was there on a weekday night, and we got very fast & friendly table service, although this may well have been due to the fact that there were only a handful of people in the entire bar. I guess it livens sup a bit on weekends.

They place unending rock & metal videos on the big screen TV, which can be quite entertaining :)

Berlin's main church, the Berliner Dom, was a much more impressive day out than I had imagined. There is an entrance fee of €7 (or €4 with a tourist card), which is expensive for a church, but definitely worth it.

The church itself isn't huge inside, but the dome is huge and the ceiling impressively high. The decorations are pretty amazing and the organ looks pretty incredible although we didn't get to hear it playing properly. 

Upstairs there is a museum of past designs of the Dom (it has been completely rebuilt twice). There are also all sorts of plans and models from the last competition to redesign the church (in the 1890s). You can easily spend an hour looking around this. Unfortunately, most of the descriptions are only in German though - for the entrance cost this really ought to be rectified.

Higher up, you get to walk around the outside of the dome and get some amazing photos. Note: the first time you walk around the dome is inside and the windows are incredibly dirty - you will go up again and then outside!

Downstairs is the crypt where most of the Prussian royalty from the past 400 years are buried. A lot of the coffins are incredibly detailed, but mainly are damaged. Again, all of the descriptions are only in German, which can make it a bit hard to follow who was who...

Very cheap pizza and pasta, but as so often in life, you get what you pay for. The food is very average.

Bonus points are that it's open all hours and that is has a lot of outdoor seating.