For students abroad in Berlin

Stop guessing. Start living like a local.

Say yes today — by Sunday you'll navigate Berlin like you've lived here for years.

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An illustrated globe full of city life

Google shows you Berlin. Lokal shows you your Berlin.

Google is a search engine — it answers questions you already know to ask. Lokal is a guide — it tells you the things you didn't know to ask, before you need them.

Google Maps / Yelp
Lokal
Who it's for
Everyone, ranked for locals, reviews in German
Students on a €800 budget with 120 days and no German
How it works
You have to know the question
It tells you before you need to ask
How fresh
“Updated at some point”
“Verified 2 hours ago by a student”
What it knows
Places
Places, unwritten rules, your program's events, and who's going

Everything Google can't tell you about living here.

Six things you'd otherwise learn the hard way, three weeks in.

Tonight · near youFriday
Klunkerkranich sunsetNeukölln · 19:00 · €5
M J L A +2 from your program going
Language tandem nightMitte · 20:00 · free 4 from your program going
Open-air cinemaPrenzlauer Berg · 21:30 · €7 2 from your program going
“I don't know anyone here yet”

Tonight, Together

See which events and spots students from your own program are heading to right now, and go with them.

Context cardU-Bahn

🎟️ Before you board

Applies across the whole BVG network
🟨 Validate in the small yellow box on the platform — or it's a €60 fine.
♻️ Pfand is money. Every bottle is €0.08–€0.25 back at the supermarket machine.
💶 Cash only under €10 at most Spätis, bakeries and Imbiss stands.
✓ verified 1h ago by a student
“I don't know the rules”

Context Cards

Validate your ticket or pay €60. Pfand is money. Cash only under €10. The knowledge that currently lives in group chats.

Open right nowSunday · 15:04
OPEN
now
Zeit für BrotSunday license · 240 m
OPEN
now
Späti am Kottiopen until 02:00 · 310 m
OPEN
now
Markthalle Neunstreet food Sundays · 900 m
CLOSED
Sun
REWE Skalitzer Str.every supermarket in Berlin · closed
“Everything's closed on Sunday”

Right Now

One tap shows what's genuinely open near you at this hour, on this day. Five searches become zero.

Verification feedlive
MZeit für Brot“Open, no queue, card accepted”✓ 1h ago
JGörlitzer Park WC“Free, no coins needed”✓ 2h ago
LMarkthalle Neun“Street food until 22:00 today”✓ 3h ago
ASpäti am Kotti“Cash only — bring coins”✓ 5h ago
“Is this info even current?”

Student-Verified

Every listing is timestamped by a real student who was just there. Not by strangers, years ago.

Your programthis week
TUE
18:30
Spree walking tourFriedrichshain · meet at WarschauerCIEE
WED
12:00
Cohort lunchCampus mensa · free with cardCIEE
FRI
09:00
Potsdam day excursionBus from Hauptbahnhof · sign upCIEE
SAT
20:00
Cohort meetupKlunkerkranich · student-runCIEE
“I'm missing my own program's events”

Your Program, Inside the App

CIEE excursions, cohort meetups, and campus events in the same place as the rest of your city.

Filters4 active
Under €10English-friendlyOpen lateStudent discountVeganWi-Fi
#1Mustafas Gemüse Kebap€6.50 · English menu · until 02:00
#2Café Kotti€3 filter coffee · student discount
#3Markthalle Neun€8 street food · English spoken
“Reviews aren't for people like me”

Ranked by Students Like You

Budget-friendly, English-friendly, open late. Filtered by people living exactly your semester.

Students trust students.

500+spots verified
12student programs
2haverage freshness
€0in fines since joining
★★★★★

“I started using it just to find open places on Sundays, but now I use it every day to find things to do with friends.”

Maria · CIEE Berlin, from Madrid
★★★★★

“A context card saved me a €60 fine on day three. Instant believer.”

Jake · TU Berlin exchange, from Chicago
★★★★★

“My first Sunday abroad where I ate breakfast instead of walking to a closed supermarket.”

Luiza · Erasmus, from São Paulo

Your day, un-ruined.

Near you · Berlin
🥐 Bakery · 1h
🎉 Tonight · live
☕ Café · 2h
🚻 Free WC · 3h
🛒 Späti · 20m
The mapEverything open near you, right now.
Tonight · Friday
Klunkerkranich sunsetNeukölln · 19:00 · €53 from your program going
CIEE Spree walking tourFriedrichshain · 18:30 · free11 from your program going
Language tandem nightMitte · 20:00 · free4 from your program going
Flea market pre-drinksKreuzberg · 21:00 · €0–86 from your program going
Open-air cinemaPrenzlauer Berg · 21:30 · €72 from your program going
TonightNever wonder what to do — or who to do it with.
Context card

🚇 U-Bahn · Kottbusser Tor

Kreuzberg · 180 m from you
🎟️ Validate before boarding. Small yellow box on the platform, or €60 fine.
💶 Cash only under €10 at most kiosks around the station.
♻️ Pfand is money. Return bottles at any supermarket machine.
🌙 Runs all night on Friday and Saturday.
✓ verified 1h ago by a student
A context cardThe rules nobody tells you, before you need them.
For study-abroad programs & universities

Your students land smoother. You finally see how.

Lokal is licensed per student per semester and lives in your welcome packet from day one. It replaces the orientation PDF, cuts repeat support questions, and gives you the first real visibility into how your cohort experiences the city.

Always aggregated and anonymised. Never individual student location. Opt-in only.

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Duty of careA guided, verified layer of the city in every student's pocket, from day one.
Less support loadThe same fifty arrival questions, answered before they're asked.
Engagement you can measureAggregated, anonymised insight into which neighbourhoods, events, and excursions your cohort actually uses.
Your programming, distributedPush your own events into the app and see attendance for the first time.

Four months abroad. Zero of them wasted being lost.

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