Living car-free in Berlin is ridiculously easy. I have my own bicycle, but still grab a Jump bike when I've walked somewhere and need to get home faster/easier.
But this is the summer. I haven't done the winter here yet. That'll be the test.
But this is the summer. I haven't done the winter here yet. That'll be the test.
If all fails, public transport is decent enough to get you anywhere on foot. It's not perfect, I think mostly because Berlin is spatially huge and comparably empty. Cities like Paris have a much more dense public transport infrastructure. But I think you never need to walk more than ten to fifteen minutes (compared to a max of five minutes in Paris and London), which is acceptable.
There really isn't much of a reason to own a car if you live within the S-Bahn ring.
Now with climate crisis, it's not really snowing anymore there
Schools (and kids, by extension) are a major traffic issue and impediment to cycling.