If you're in Berlin, don't forget to come here. This is a very nice, inexpensive buffet…read morelunch/coffee place for diplomats working in the embassies here (from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) but which is also open to the public. The Nordic vibe feels like home for a Minnesotan. It's on the second floor of the main building and also close to the German Resistance Memorial Center and Museum. Pay your respects to those who opposed Hitler, including Col. Claus Schenk Graf v. Stauffenberg who was executed by firing squad at the Bendlerblock shortly before 1am on 7-21-1944 a few hours after the failed military coup.

The Spanish Embassy in Berlin is a beautifully restored old mansion in the middle of Tiergarten…read more But that is a little problem as it's difficult to get to without a car or bike. The "funcionarios" (civil servants) who work there are very nice and helpful. I have had different kinds of experiences in other Embassies so this is a nice change. They don't act superior or stately but just normal people. This review was written in 2008. I typically take the Bus 106 to Nordlischen Botschaften stop and walk through the park to get there.