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My Perfect Berlin Weekend: Maxime Ballesteros

Lyon-born photographer Maxime Ballesteros certainly knows Berlin, having captured the city's every corner and facet through his lens. Here he describes just how he would spend his ideal weekend.

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Lyon-born photographer Maxime Ballesteros certainly knows Berlin. From fashion week parties to back alleys to the city’s overgrown green peripheries, his lens has been all over town and landed him on the pages of I-D and Radius, among others.

FRIDAY

19:00 Start with a show at Schinkel Pavillon. Then off to Themroc to enjoy the plat du jour and some French wine.

21:30 Head to Le Chat Gris for a drink or two.

00:15 Flamingo for hip hop.

3:30 Get a Linsensuppe at Rosenthaler Grill so I won’t be hungover in the morning.

SATURDAY

14:00 Head to the DSTM Boutique for a special event.

16:00 Check out some books at Gestalten Space.

19:30 Catch the new photo exhibition at C/O Berlin.

23:00 Meet some friends at Bar 3.

SUNDAY

12:00 My fiancée and I grab our bikes and go to the Charlottenburg Palace.

14:00 We stop by the flea market on Straße des 17. Juni.

19:00 Ice cream at Bandy Brooks.

20:00 Stop at Yarok for the best Syrian food in town.