- Try to get a ticket to tour the Boros collection in a former bunker
- http://www.indexberlin.de/ for gallery listings
- get a 3-day pass to see the Museum Island museums plus Hamburger Bahnhof for contemporary art. Definitely have lunch or at least coffee and cake at the Hamburger Bahnhof restaurant.
- Nefertiti at the Neues Museum (Museum Island) is not hype - it's worth a visit
- Google Map of places
- favorite beer garden: Prater in Prenzlauer Berg
- My Foursquare lists
- St. George's for new and used English books
- Dussman, das KulturKaufHaus - books, music, everything
- Tausche for cool bags with replaceable covers
- Schwules Museum - queer history museum
- German History Museum - also has a good café/restaurant
- Ephraim Palace - currently has show about everyday life in East Berlin
- Märkisches Museum - history of Berlin and Brandenburg
- exberliner
- Kreuzberged - blog about "things you didn't know about Berlin"