Author: Craig Sailor

West Berlin 
TL;DR: great, expensive coffee, plenty of sockets, extreme modern Scandinavian design. Internet is sometimes slow, and the place has a cold feeling due to it’s over-design. Crowded in the afternoons. Westberlin is a cool cafe next to the touristic Check …

Hallesches Haus 
TL;DR: unique looking cafe with plenty of space, great coffee and many sockets. Internet is good, but not so fast Do you ever get the feeling that the cafes in Berlin are all similar? Flea market furnitures, coffee-nerd drinks… bad …

East and Eden 
Good place to work, but limited number of power outlets could be a limiting factor. In fact, that is the only downside to this great cafe. …

OSLO Kaffeebar 
TL;DR: fast internet, few sockets, ideal third-wave coffee-nerds but also pricey. Good for 1-4 working hours. There’s a sect of expats in Berlin that treat Oslo kaffeebar as their Mecca. Reasons? fast internet, delicious cakes, English-friendly staff and above all: …

Starbucks (Hackesche Höfe) 
What can I say, it’s Starbucks. It of course has all of the standard Starbucks features and offerings. It’s a large space over two floors with plenty of seating, but the internet is slow and unreliable. …