As for Berlin, it hasn’t been on the international cool list since Christopher Isherwood lived in the city in the early 1930s and chronicled the demise of its rambunctious culture under the Nazis.

“It targets things already in the consciousness of tourists,” he added. And while modern Berlin has changed since the ‘90s, some things remain the same.

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The Dicke Linda Christmas Market on Neukölln Kranoldplatz on 16th December is also a sustainable event. Berlin's designer Christmas markets are hip, cool and unconventional.