A day of exploring
Early Sunday morning , My husband and I took the dogs on the train to the Tiergarten. Eevee’s patience on the train is zero, she’s not afraid she’s just too excited and tries to lick all the other passengers! Trying to contain her excited wagging tail from whipping the couple next to me was a challenge.
Our train came out directly in front of the Brandenburg Gate, I love walking through here, seeing all the people from all over the world, it really feels like i’m a tourist in my own city.
The Tiergarten is so green and pretty, full of epic trees and ponds, you can really take your time to soak up the nature. We like to cut across some of the more wilder areas, so the dogs can really explore, Much to the annoyance of my husband who was clearly not wearing his “dog walking trainers”! oops!
It’s also where you see the best birds including buzzards and plenty of woodpeckers. The Tiergarten can get quite busy as Berliners meet here for anything from family picnics to parties. So we like to go early morning to avoid the crowds.
I would say unless your dog has amazing recall its better to keep them on the lead because of the hundreds of rabbits running around. Ernie loves to chase anything that moves and would happily spend the whole day chasing them if we let him.
Berlin summers can be super warm so it was nice to be under the trees enjoying the shade and there’s plenty of sniffing opportunities for your dog, oh and also eating the rabbit poo is Eevee’s favourite activity!
We then took a left turn out of the Tiergarten and headed towards Potsdamer Platz in search of refreshments. We were delighted to find The Barn Coffee Roasters. This has a huge outside area and as it was still quite early we were the only ones there. The oat milk cappuccino was flavourful and well balanced, I could have easily had a second! We also shared the carrot cake and Anzac cookies. Both were fresh and flavourful.
They have plenty of space for the dogs and they even offered our dogs some water which was a really nice touch.
After the pit stop we then headed across the river and totally unplanned we ended up by the Neue Nationalgalerie. This was so much fun, not only for us humans to walk around the outside and look at the brilliant art work but the dogs got so much attention from the tourists! People took so many pictures of Ernie and Eevee next to the statues I should have started charging a fee :-)
I always carry water and snacks with us on any dog walk because I never know how long I will end up being outside and Eevee would never forgive me if shes not fed at least every three minutes!
This walk took us over two hours with all the exploring and pit stops. The lovely thing about this location is you can be totally in the middle of the city and then head back into the Tiergarten for the dogs to decompress and roll around on the grass.
A worth while day trip with some delicious coffee in the mix, thank you The Barn, The Tiergarten & Neue Nationalgalerie
