Aka­zi­en­stra­ße and the sur­roun­ding neigh­bour­hood are known for their diver­se sel­ec­tion of restau­rants and cafés, rela­xed sur­roun­dings and ple­nty of out­door space. For a mor­ning cof­fee and a crois­sant, head to "Gast­haus Gott­lob", a popu­lar café and lunch spot. For a quick snack, the "Schla­raf­fen­land" ser­ves deli­cious kum­pir, the Tur­ki­sh ver­si­on of a jacket pota­to. The Aka­zi­en­kiez neigh­bour­hood also has many cafés that are sui­ta­ble as night­clubs: The "Café Bil­der­buch", for exam­p­le, is a Ber­lin insti­tu­ti­on that offers cakes, cof­fee and savou­ry dis­hes. It has a cosy back room with sofas, rea­ding mate­ri­al and a pia­no and occa­sio­nal­ly offers live music.

One of the latest muse­ums to open in Ber­lin is "Urban Nati­on", an exhi­bi­ti­on of street art, inclu­ding local graf­fi­ti artists. As part of the ope­ning, many of the apart­ment blocks around the muse­um in Bülow­stra­ße had psy­che­de­lic murals pain­ted on their faca­des. Admis­si­on to the muse­um is free. Schö­ne­berg was the famous home of David Bowie, who lived in a flat at 155 Haupt­stra­ße in the 1970s. Bowie fans can visit some of his favou­ri­te places, inclu­ding the "Neue Ufer", a café and wine bar.

Schö­ne­berg is green. The "Hein­rich-von-Kleist-Park" was the ori­gi­nal site of the Bota­ni­cal Gar­dens in Ber­lin (which was moved to Dah­lem in 1910), and today the artis­tic park attracts sun wor­ship­pers and jog­gers. The Schö­ne­berg "Süd­ge­län­de Park", a for­mer dere­lict rail­way site, is quite dif­fe­rent: after it was decom­mis­sio­ned in the 1950s, natu­re took over! It has recent­ly been trans­for­med into a public park, with rai­sed walk­ways, art instal­la­ti­ons and the his­to­ric rail­way sta­ti­on buil­dings are used for cul­tu­ral events. Cool off on hot sum­mer days with a trip on the S1 from Schö­ne­berg to Schlach­ten­see, Niko­las­see or Wann­see, the popu­lar bathing lakes whe­re you can relax under the trees and get away from it all.

Schö­ne­berg is cen­tral­ly loca­ted bet­ween Kreuz­berg and Char­lot­ten­burg. The U1, U2 and U7 offer good con­nec­tions to Neu­kölln, Kreuz­berg, Mit­te and Prenz­lau­er Berg as well as to the west. The­re are also S-Bahn opti­ons via the Ring Bahn and the S1. Cyclists also have many good rou­tes to Mit­te and other neighbourhoods.

The steps of Schö­ne­berg Town Hall were the place whe­re US Pre­si­dent John F. Ken­ne­dy gave his famous "Ich bin ein Ber­li­ner" speech.