Nice, helpful staff, a very chilled atmosphere and ultimately a bit of expensive day out, though totally worth it.
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Berlin is about as child-friendly as European cities come and it didn’t take long to work out where all the cool kids hang out.
I made the fairly confident assumption that we wouldn’t be making sexually explicit pottery with our children.
The shop’s owner is possibly the friendliest person we’ve ever met, and chats away to me with Babu on her lap while I browse.
We were more than happy to be left to our own devices in a room full of fabric offcuts and plain white tees.
There are A LOT of planes, including one with teeth, another that says POO down its side and some really cool early wooden warplanes.
This month, soak up some culture with tot-friendly LDF pop-ups, vintage toy and video-game exhibitions, and storytelling in the clouds.
This month, make the most of the great outdoors with festivals, al fresco installations, park fun days and outdoor water-play.
Bab Dad took everything extremely seriously and began painstakingly icing anatomically correct innards onto a gingerbread man.
Not your average kids’ shop by any means – and definitely one to bear in mind when you’re in the market for something a bit special.
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