Winter, on the other hand ... picnicking in the Tiergarten and lingering in a West Berlin cafe are just a few of the activities you can join the locals in during this temperate season.

Kathy Thompson has some suggestions for you to get out of winter's sedentary lifestyle without ruining your spring outdoor activities.

After around two years of renovation, Berlin's historic Gendarmenmarkt with its majestic French and German Cathedrals has reopened. Workers renovated 14,000 square metres of pavement, but kept the ...