Friends and Partner

This is our "Friends and Partner" section where we showcase projects and businesses we know, support, and trust.

RURAL O URBANO is a curated online shop with local gastronomic products, founded and led by Laura Vallverdú.
Her mission is to fuse gastronomic tradition with an avant-garde country lifestyle, from the rural area of Lugo, in Galicia, Spain.
The slogan says it all "We are gourmet. We are lifestyle. We are rural from Lugo."

 

The team at meinbildungsurlaub.de loves and lives further development. Educational leave is a fantastic opportunity, supported by politics, to grow throughout your life. That's why their goal is for as many people as possible to know and use their right to it.

KAYAK is a metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings.
Their website and mobile apps are currently available in about 20 languages and 30 countries, They search hundreds of travel sites for every query to give you the information you need to find the ideal flight, hotel, rental car and package.
In their KAYAK Guide Berlin, you can also find a feature about subcultours.

give & grow is a social start-up and a digital learning platform where solutions and tools on the topics of sustainable travel, responsible volunteering, and intercultural communication are shared. The team provides access to travel education in the form of workshops and online courses and promotes intercultural understanding for a better travel experience. 

 
studio oliveira is a curated online shop for handmade ceramics from Portugal, founded by Isabel, a German-Portuguese art historian from Berlin. 

Lulu Guldsmeden is a beautiful, eco-minded 4-star hotel located between Berlin’s hip neighborhoods Tiergarten and upcoming Schöneberg. Their guests describe it as a cozy home away from home. The boutique hotel features a unique combination of contemporary design, Nordic sleekness and Balinese spirit and is the perfect urban refuge for families, solo travelers, couples, and neighbors looking for a personal experience in a truly cozy environment. 

Resy Extrovert Jewelry is a Berlin-based brand with an Italian soul created by designer Vittoria Tallero. All the materials are carefully hand-selected in small quantities and 100% hand-worked.

Walking Tours in Berlin is founded and run by Bavarian citizen of the world Yan. All of his tours can be tailored to specific needs and can be held in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.

OxfamUnverpackt is the original e-commerce store for charity gifts from Oxfam Germany e.V. With gift ideas for people who already have everything, you can support those who have almost nothing at the same time.

 

Piper Verlag is a book publisher for fiction and non-fiction, founded in 1904 and based in Munich. The publisher's authors include Hannah Arendt, Ingeborg Bachmann, Markus Heitz, Hape Kerkeling, Sándor Márai, Sten Nadolny, Charlotte Roche, Heinrich Steinfest, Paul Watzlawick and Alan Weisman. The publishing house has belonged to the Swedish Bonnier Group since 1995.

 
Berliner Brandstifter GmbH was founded in 2009 by Vincent Honrodt. It was in the early 20th century, that his great-grandfather was already making high-proof spirits from regional ingredients. A tradition that the native Berliner wanted to continue. The portfolio includes Berlin Dry Gin, Berlin Vodka and Premium Kornbrands, for which many of the ingredients come directly from Berlin or the surrounding area. Nationally and internationally awarded for taste and design from the USA to Hong Kong to Australia, the repeatedly distilled and filtered products from the Berliner Brandstifter stand for the highest purity and quality.

 

Hans Natur’s mail order business has its origins in a small organic shop in the 3000 people strong community of Süderbrarup in northern Schleswig-Holstein. That's where the idea was born to offer sensible, sustainable products for a natural pregnancy, birth and early childhood via a mail order catalog and at fair prices. No fast-moving or superfluous items. Just good, consistent quality. In addition to the pure baby range, they now have many quality items for the whole family.