Germany is of course home to some of the best-known carmakers and the famous Autobahn. The city even has its own autobahn through the southern neighbourhoods, but don’t get excited, it has a speed limit too. Most Germans own a car despite the steep cost of petrol, but leave them parked for weeks at a time until they need to go shopping in a distant neighbourhood or have to speed across town to some government office.

Driving through town is a headache. To get from Prenzlauer Berg to nearby Kreuzberg you’ll need 20 minutes, but trying to go further south to Wilmersdorf will take more than half an hour thanks to a never-ending series of traffic lights. Traversing town from west to east is simplified by Strasse des 17 Juni and Unter den Linden, conceived by Prussian kings and expanded by Hitler. Going from Spandau to Friedrichshain will take just under a half an hour.