Brandenburg cuisine

Because many people in Brandenburg have Slavonic roots, the cuisine is very much influenced by their habits and customs, such as is the case in Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

Potato is an essential ingredient in the cuisine of Brandenburg since Frederick the Great encouraged its breakthrough through a royal decree.

In the forested areas of Brandenburg such as the Schorfheide, and in the regions of Niederlausitz Fläming many dishes are featuring game and mushrooms.

In well-yielding years an abundance of chanterelles, chestnuts and boletus can be found in Brandenburg’s forests and therefore also on the menus of inns, guesthouses and restaurants.

A blossoming metropole of beer production was Bernau but the famous "Bernauer Bier" was last produced in Friedrichshagen, a district belonging to Berlin.