wedding gift for soon-to-be-Berliners
August 23, 2016 7:43 AM   Subscribe

Help me pick a wedding present for our friends who are getting married in the States and moving to Berlin next month!

So I don't know this couple super well, and normally I'd just get them an Amazon gift card and hey presto, you can buy whatever you want! But Mr. Wintersonata has known the groom since 1st grade and wants to get him something more personal and meaningful, and we both suck at picking out gifts.

Some details:
* the couple have been going out for a few years; they live in D.C. and are getting married in New England
* obviously they don't want anything super heavy or bulky... so there goes my usual idea of gifting awesome kitchenware
* he is from our hometown in VT; his mother and her family are from Berlin and he's already fluent in German and knows his way around Berlin/Germany; he is really into soccer but already owns jerseys and other merch
* he travels abroad often and likely already owns extremely nice suitcases, adapters, etc.
* she is from a small podunk down in PA and we have only met her once or twice

Their respective families will probably take care of the "memories of your hometown" gifts like maple syrup and favorite chocolates and stuff. I'm thinking maybe something they can use in Berlin, like a pair of soccer tickets? Which league/team is worth seeing? Or perhaps a gift card to IKEA, or another nice German furniture or homeware store?

Thanks for your help!
posted by wintersonata9 to Travel & Transportation around Berlin, Germany (5 answers total)
 
In similar circumstances, I scored huge points when I gave a small nicely-framed antique map of D.C.. An engraving or print would work great too.
posted by argonauta at 8:00 AM on August 23, 2016


Maybe a gift certificate to a nice restaurant for dinner, either where they are now (DC?) or in Berlin if they are leaving soon.
posted by Drosera at 9:48 AM on August 23, 2016


How about a meal at the landmark Berlin TV tower at Alexanderplatz? I don't know anything about the food, unfortunately, but the sphere where the restaurant/bar is takes an hour to revolve and the view is spectacular at 200 metres.
posted by hannala at 11:50 AM on August 23, 2016


Gift card to Galeria Kaufhof, a German department store. You'll have to do some translating, but you can buy gift cards that you can print out yourself here: https://www.galeria-kaufhof.de/gutschein-kaufen/category/geschenkgutschein
posted by exquisite_deluxe at 12:57 PM on August 23, 2016 [1 favorite]


Year-long museum card, it covers all the museums. Link here.
posted by From Bklyn at 1:15 PM on August 23, 2016 [1 favorite]


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