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Elbis, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Berlin Döner: Elbis Yaprak Kebap

Above/featured: Ayran mango-yogurt drink, Döner Kebap sandwich; 2€ coin for size comparison.

It is not out of the way; it is worth my time and effort to schlep on over to the other side of the city for Döner. For meat-eaters, the Berlin experience is incomplete without a good Döner.

Although hunger might demand immediate satisfaction, resolve remains supreme, and the combination of compulsion and temptation produces enough forward momentum to the goal.

Must.
Have.
Döner.

Look, I know the good ol’ days of good-quality 5€ Döner are long gone, but German friends have taught me well.

Yaprak Döner: seasoned veal, cut into layers of thin slices (“leaf-style”) and stacked onto a giant skewer (“spit”) that’s spun slowly within a vertical grill. The grilled meat is then “shaved” thin top-down into wide slivers that’s got a little bit of crunch on the surface.

Turkish “Pide-Brot” bread covered with caraway and sesame seeds: lightly grilled for that big crunch exterior, warmed to reveal its soft velvet interior. Turkish pide in hand has to be firm and secure, like a steady boat delivering the meaty goods. Although not made in-house, their bread is custom-made to order from a Turkish bakery elsewhere in the city.

There is the Berlin way, to which I’m greatly accustomed after 20-plus years: “Komplett mit allen Sossen”, which consists of diced tomato and cucumber, sliced slivers of red onion, shredded red cabbage and lettuce; garlic sauce, hot sauce.

There is also the Turkish way, of which I should be more mindful: “Tomaten, rote Zwiebeln, Petersilie, Sumach, Zitronensaft; ohne Sosse” (tomato, red onion, parsley, sumac, lemon juice; no sauce).

With a big Berlin Döner on my plate, it is impossible to fit or “get around” this Döner in that first bite. Knife and fork? Blasphemy! No, the method is small bites to manage and savour the majestic beaut that is good Döner in good Brot.

I’m coming back to Berlin for their no-sauce number 12: this must be the way.

Berliner Strasse in Wilmersdorf, “conveniently” located between 2 U-Bahn stations.

Choices.

Number 1, the Berlin way or …

… or number 12, the Turkish way ?

Elbis, Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

A big number 1 Döner Kebap with a small cold soda on a hot summer day.

Getting there

Public transport with BVG: U-Bahn U7 or U9 line to station “Berliner Strasse”; bus M43 or 143 to stop “Kufsteiner Strasse”. Elbis accepts payment with cash, credit cards, and European debit cards.

Elbis celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2025; video in German.

( View this location on Open Street Map )

I received neither pre-visit support nor post-visit compensation for the deliciousness on display here. I made all images above on 26 May and 24 June 2026. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-z6z. Last edit: 31 Aug 2026.

Daphne and Apollo, One Wall 2018, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Berlin: “Daphne & Apollo” mural in Kreuzberg

• “Daphne and Apollo”, by Francisco Bosoletti 🇦🇷 & Young Jarus 🇨🇦.
• Commissioned by Urban Berlin for the “One Wall” project in 2018.
• The mural appears on the south wall of an apartment building in Kreuzberg (Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg), facing Gitschiner Strasse and the Berliner U-Bahn Stammstrecke.
• Characters from “Metamorphoses” by Roman poet and writer Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), written in Latin and published about 8 CE.

Part 1: original photo, corrected for geometric distortion.

Part 2: corrected photo converted to monochrome.

Part 3: black- and white-points reversed in monochrome image.

The mural is located between U-Bahn stations Prinzenstrasse and Kottbusser Tor. If you’d like to see the mural illuminated in natural light, it’s best to visit between 11am and 2pm (when the sun is at or near zenith). In addition to the Google Map below, here is the corresponding view on Open Street Map.

I made original images above on 7 Jun 2026 with an iPhone15; I edited images with Polarr Pro and Preview. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-z1A.

Week 7 – no comment

A change of scenery.

*Opened 3 weeks ago, construction of the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple began in 2010 with financing entirely from donations. Near Berlin Hermannplatz, 22 June 2026.*

*Berlin’s northeast sky at 323am: unusually bright slivers at upper-left appear to be an example of noctilucent clouds high in the atmosphere. A sleepless 22-23 June 2026.*

*Berlin U-Bahn, U5 Museumsinsel – 24 June 2026.*

*Not soon enough. Berlin Frankfurter Allee, 24 June 2026.*

*“The Dream”, by Victor Ash, 2019. Berlin Hellersdorf, 26 June 2026.*

*Weather forecast for Saturday, June 27: temperatures from +27°C (81°F) on the North Sea coast to +41°C (106°F) along the upper-Rhine and in Saxony.*

*Berlin airport train station, 27 June 2026.*

*Vienna airport train station, 27 June 2026.*

“*Notes of Berlin” display at Tempelhofer Feld, 24 June 2026.*

Week 6 – no comment

I have to leave you. Again. Soon.

*Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central station) – 15 June 2026.*

*“Plot twist: your vacation begins here.” Dussmann KulturKaufhaus, one of my favourite places in Berlin – 16 June 2026.*

*“Ovine trinity.” Pfaueninsel, 17 June 2026.*

62 seconds; leucistic snow-white Indian peafowl 🦚 , Pfaueninsel – 17 June 2026.

*On 2 June 1915, Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity to the public for the first time in this hall at Berlin’s Archenold Observatory – 19 June 2026.*

*I just got here, I have to leave. Berlin Elsenbrücke – 19 June 2026.*

*“Der Sommertopf über die Hauptstadt.” Berlin Westkreuz, 20. Juni 2026.*

*Botschaft (embassy), Berlin Leipziger Platz – 21 June 2026.*

Goooool, but in German

Because Berlin loves you.

Berlin’s transport authority is getting into the swing of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as BVG has only recently and temporarily changed signage at 6 of their U-Bahn stations.

These specifically are stations with the word “Tor” at locations which used to be gates in the city’s 18th-century excise-tax wall. The stations are: Brandenburger Tor, Frankfurter Tor, Hallesches Tor, Kottbusser Tor, Oranienburger Tor, and Schlesisches Tor.

It doesn’t exactly have the same enthusiasm and flavour as football announcers in South America with their shouts of “G-g-g-g-gOOOOOl !!!”, but the word “goal” in German happens to be “Tor.”

That’s where we come back to Berlin’s BVG, because their motto “weil wir dich lieben” (because we love you) suggests a knowing wink-and-nod to Berliners. Here are images of all 6 stations.