Berlin-based Musa Okwonga is a prolific English journalist, author and poet. He co–hosts sport podcast 'Stadio' and released three books in 2021.

Berlin

"They do very good cakes but also great eggs and breakfast spreads."

Café BilderBuch

"For unbelievable apfelstrudel — and a range of cakes of all types — try SowohlAlsAuch."

"In Friedrichshain, there’s an amazing place called Five Elephant that does an espresso cheesecake which is spectacular."

"If I’m going to watch football on the weekend, I’ll go to Cupcake Berlin. I’ll get the vanilla sponge cupcake with sea salt caramel."

"We were lying in the grass and all there was to see was the blue sky and the horizon framed by trees."

"If I want hard realism, Karl-Marx-Allee is one of the most majestic streets in the world. It’s a valley of vast, grand architecture."

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