What can I say!
I had messaged Sabine before booking to let her know we would be late due to our flight, and from first contact everything was perfect.
We met her in the late evening outside the flat room. We followed her instructions on AirBnB to get to the flat.
The area of the apartment itself is fantastic, it’s in a slightly edgy looking area called friedrichshain which is great for young people. Don’t let this description put you off - there is graffiti outside the building but this is the same as all over Berlin as you will discover!
This home is really close (5-7 mins) to the nearest u bahn/s bahn stations (underground and overground). It is also roughly 5 mins from a tram stop.
2 minutes away is a fantastic vegan supermarket with an incredible looking sushi restaurant above (not advertised outside) called secret garden. I’d give it a try, we thoroughly enjoyed it! 4-5 minutes away is a regular supermarket.
A 7(ish) minute walk away is an amazing urban space full of graffiti art, places to eat, an awesome climbing gym that we visited twice and an indoor skate park. There are plenty of bars and clubs in that area too. Food-wise if you are vegan (or not?) we recommend emmapea.
Although getting into the centre and other areas of the city required getting the underground train/other modes of transport, it was very easy to do so from this flat.
Berghain is a 6-7 minute walk away from the flat. If you don’t know what that is - look it up! It’s one of the most, if not the most, famous and hardest club to get into in the world. We sadly didn’t get in (haha!) but many people did. There are lots of other nightlife spots around anyway, clubs and bars.
Now about the flat: Sabine made getting settled into the flat very easy. She is very quick and helpful with her responses on AirBnB and I wish we had seen more of her as she was very friendly but unfortunately we only saw her when being let into the flat, but she was available in a flat on the floor above ours if we needed her.
The apartment is very well thought out and a lot bigger than the pictures would suggest. The bed is very comfortable and the shower is one of the greatest I’ve ever used to be honest! The bathroom is great, with nice big windows to air it out. The kitchen was just what we needed. The only two things I would mention is the TV is slightly confusing to turn on but with persistence you’ll get there! (We only used it once when we arrived late anyway to wind down), and the bed is a double but there are two single quilts, which was not a problem at all, just something to note. I see that most hotels and airbnb’s in Berlin have the same feature!
Berlin was very cold in January but Sabine’s apartment has great heating features that are easy to adjust.
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay as I’m sure you can tell. I honestly can’t think of anything to improve this apartment, Sabine has thought it through very well!
I absolutely recommend staying at this place.