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Noticing a gap in the market (and a lack of kid-friendly eateries), a New Zealander opened a café in Germany offering a taste of the Antipodes. Expatica sent along a reporter to check out what the café has to offer.You wouldn’t expect to see a kiwi, the flightless New Zealand bird, as far from home as Germany, but travel to Friedrichshain in Berlin and you will. It’s plastic and it hangs outside the entrance to a warmly-lit café on the corner.
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The menu includes South Island muscles, Kiwiburgers, New Zealand beers and lamb |
Stevenson is one of the 150 (registered) New Zealanders living in Berlin and has been here for seven years. He now has young children and started the business after noticing a lack of child-friendly cafes in his neighbourhood.
“We had young kids running around, and then when we went back (to a café) we didn’t get such a good welcome. We were running out of places to go, even though Friedrichshain has lots of cafes, and got fed up.”
Stevenson originally planned to open a cafe where children could play and have fun, but after a trip back to New Zealand he decided the Kiwi angle was also a good idea.
Children have their own corner in the Aotearoa café which sits alongside Maori carvings and designs. A row of New Zealand flags hangs across the bar and the place is bathed in a warm, welcoming light with the aroma of baked lamb and sizzling fish in the background.
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After a New Zealand trip, the caf |
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