Berlin doesn't spring to mind as a girly sort of place. Paris wears that particular sparkly pink tiara —
Amelie wasn't set in Moabit, after all, and I ain't come across a single chick-lit novel in which the heroine runs away to the
hauptstadt and finds herself surrounded by fascinating, sophisticated, and enigmatic German gentlemen, learns the correct way to eat Bratwurst on the street, and savors a foaming stein of yellow beer in a charming
kneipe full of unemployed East German men. There
is a German word for girly girls though —
tussen — and the brilliant
Basteltüte have designed cut-out paper dolls to represent five Berliner clichés: Mandy the romantic, Krümel the punk, Monika the hipster, Katharina the artist, and Nora the eco warrior. Krümel will find all she needs
here, but after the jump, we present a few hangouts, shops, and services selected according to stereotype that might appeal to the others.
Gridskipper
Godzilla has made it as far as the Netherlands, but the monster hasn't stomped all the way to Berlin yet, probably because the sushi here's not so great. When he does show up, I reckon he'll probably take out the TV Tower first, if he can shake King Kong off the observation deck. If you want to make your own monster movie during your stay in Berlin, here's an eccentric selection of miniature and virtual cityscapes you can use as a backdrop. Pack your own giant lizard costume and polish your dorsal plates.
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