BerlinArea - explore Berlin like buried treasure

Early access

Be there when the map opens.

Leave your name and email and we will send the download link the day BerlinArea goes live. One message, no spam.

No spam. Just one message when BerlinArea launches.

A city is not a list of pins. Berlin is layers of history you can stand inside, once you know where to look.

BerlinArea is the map that remembers them for you.
How it works

A map, a story, a shortlist.

No account, no setup, no signal. Open the map and start finding the parts of Berlin worth remembering.

  1. Open the map

    A vintage map settles on you and the places nearby, drawn in sepia ink and gold instead of the usual grey grid.

  2. Follow the markers

    Markers cluster by proximity and ease apart as you zoom. Open one to read why the place is worth the detour.

  3. Keep the best

    Save the places you love to a personal list. It lives on your device, ready whether or not you have signal.

What's inside

More guidebook than map app.

A normal map gets you from one place to another, buried in pins and ads. BerlinArea does a different job: a hand-picked set of landmarks, each with its history, on a map you will want to keep open.

  1. A vintage treasure map

    An antique map of Berlin in aged parchment, sepia ink and gold, with serif place names in place of a generic grey grid.

  2. Markers that breathe

    Landmarks cluster by proximity and spread apart as you zoom in, so a busy city stays legible at every scale.

  3. Every place has a story

    Open a marker for the history and the reason it earns a detour. You get the context, not just a pin on a map.

  4. A shortlist of your own

    Keep the places you want to return to in a personal list. It stays on your device, and there is no account to create.

  5. Find by category

    Browse the Explore screen with live search: museums, parks, monuments and more, narrowed in a single tap.

  6. Three printings of the map

    Dark, Light and Grey. Each keeps the vintage character, so the map reads as well at midnight as at noon.

No account. No tracking. Everything runs offline, on your phone.

Themes

Three moods of the same map.

Each theme is a different light cast over the same antique map.

Dark

Night

Light

Daylight

Grey

Slate

Mitte · Landmark

Brandenburger Tor

An 18th-century neoclassical gate. Once a symbol of division, now of a reunited city.

A first look

See the map in action.

Wander the map, watch the markers cluster and spread, and open a place's story when something catches your eye. It looks like an old treasure map, with a modern offline app underneath.

  • A vintage map with a live "you are here" marker
  • Open any place for its history, or save it for later
  • Fully offline, which earns its keep when you travel
Get early access
Early access

Be there when the map opens.

BerlinArea is finished and heading for the App Store and Google Play. Leave your name and we will send the download link the day it goes live. One message, no spam.

No spam. Just one message when BerlinArea launches.

Soon on App Store Google Play
Curious how it's built? View the source on GitHub