While Berliners are used to blustery, grey Septembers, this year the weather has been grand -- a long, hot summer, and now balmy Fall weather. Days are perceptibly shorter, so people are out savoring the golden September. And the city has so much on offer: sidewalk cafes, beer gardens and beach bars by the River Spree.
My tip: head to the Jewish Museum. No, not for for the exhibition this time, but for the beautiful garden behind the museum.
Walking through the garden, planned in the 1980s by architect Hans Kollhoff, you move through a sequence of landscapes. If you look carefully, you will see the sharp zig-zags of the Libeskind building appear in the garden landscaping in a gentler variation.
From the glass courtyard, you walk out into an archway of cascading wisteria boughs, under which tables have been set for dining. If you're here simply to while away the hours, though, you can move on to a flat, cool green space under the shade of plane trees.
Or, on a gentle slope overlooking the light-flooded glass courtyard designed by Daniel Libeskind, you can spread out a blanket and picnic lunch (both provided by the Restaurant Liebermanns) under cherry trees. If you can tear yourself away from this spot, move further up where the garden becomes a series of terraced slopes, leading to a fountain. The slopes are dotted with the red lawn chairs of those who have sought solitude, a view and a book for company.
You can bring a brown bag lunch, but if you feel like splurging on a picnic for two, leave it to Julia Tannhof, chef of the Restaurant Liebermanns. She will pack you a delicious picnic basket with hummus, falafel, grilled mushrooms, aubergine caviar, couscous, tabouleh, tahini and Kalamata olives. The basket includes her special mint lemonade, a picnic blanket, plates and silverware.
From June to August, the Jewish Museum's summer cultural program (Kultursommer) takes place in the garden, and its Jazz im Garten Sunday matinee series is a local favorite. But I find the best time to be here is September, when the music lovers and picnicking families have left, and the garden is quiet -- a wonderful spot in which to read, have a late lunch or simply hold on to the last of the late summer sunshine.
The Jewish Museum is on Lindenstr. 9-14 in 10969 Berlin, Kreuzberg and is open from 10 am to 8 pm Tuesday-Sunday, and 10 am to 10 pm on Monday. Public transportation: U1 to Hallesches Tor or U6 to Kochstr. or Bus M29, M41 or 248.
The Restaurant Liebermanns' picnic basket for two costs 23.50 Euros, and must be ordered at least 24 hours in advance (Tel. +49 (0)30 25 939 76). You can add a bottle of wine at an extra charge. You do not need a museum ticket in order to enter the garden. After going through security, make your way toward the restaurant, which leads out into the garden.
For more information go to www.jmberlin.de
My tip: head to the Jewish Museum. No, not for for the exhibition this time, but for the beautiful garden behind the museum.
Walking through the garden, planned in the 1980s by architect Hans Kollhoff, you move through a sequence of landscapes. If you look carefully, you will see the sharp zig-zags of the Libeskind building appear in the garden landscaping in a gentler variation.
From the glass courtyard, you walk out into an archway of cascading wisteria boughs, under which tables have been set for dining. If you're here simply to while away the hours, though, you can move on to a flat, cool green space under the shade of plane trees.
Or, on a gentle slope overlooking the light-flooded glass courtyard designed by Daniel Libeskind, you can spread out a blanket and picnic lunch (both provided by the Restaurant Liebermanns) under cherry trees. If you can tear yourself away from this spot, move further up where the garden becomes a series of terraced slopes, leading to a fountain. The slopes are dotted with the red lawn chairs of those who have sought solitude, a view and a book for company.
You can bring a brown bag lunch, but if you feel like splurging on a picnic for two, leave it to Julia Tannhof, chef of the Restaurant Liebermanns. She will pack you a delicious picnic basket with hummus, falafel, grilled mushrooms, aubergine caviar, couscous, tabouleh, tahini and Kalamata olives. The basket includes her special mint lemonade, a picnic blanket, plates and silverware.
The Jewish Museum is on Lindenstr. 9-14 in 10969 Berlin, Kreuzberg and is open from 10 am to 8 pm Tuesday-Sunday, and 10 am to 10 pm on Monday. Public transportation: U1 to Hallesches Tor or U6 to Kochstr. or Bus M29, M41 or 248.
The Restaurant Liebermanns' picnic basket for two costs 23.50 Euros, and must be ordered at least 24 hours in advance (Tel. +49 (0)30 25 939 76). You can add a bottle of wine at an extra charge. You do not need a museum ticket in order to enter the garden. After going through security, make your way toward the restaurant, which leads out into the garden.
For more information go to www.jmberlin.de
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