Baumissimo! "Berlin-Beschimpfung"

And because cursing isn’t enough, Björn Kuhligk also works as a photographer. In his new photo book “Berlin in 80 Imbisses,” he has photographed standalone snack bars throughout the city.

The snack bar is a social gathering place, a spot for a chat, an after-work beer, a lunch break—a place where the food waits for us and not the other way around.

Each one looks different, each is unique, each is a testament to our everyday culture. They stand on street corners, in squares, wedged between buildings, at the edge of the forest, in the city center.

And yet these places are disappearing more and more. It was time to document the capital’s snack bars, for the snack bar is undoubtedly an important cultural achievement.

Björn Kuhligk, born in West Berlin in 1975, grew up in Berlin and lives there with his family. Trained as a bookseller. He studied at the Ostkreuz School of Photography. He writes poetry, commentaries, columns, literary reportage, and travel writing. Most recently, he received the Horst Bingel Prize for Literature in 2024, the Berlin Senate’s Working Grant for Literature in 2022, and the Arno Reinfrank Literature Prize in 2018.