Berlin/Prenzlauer Berg

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The former East Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg is one of the most creative and cultural districts in Berlin. Prenzlauer Berg escaped major bombing in the war and many of it's wide streets are quite leafy and green. There are plenty of clubs, bars, art galleries and specialist shops. Compared to other European capitals, rents are relatively cheap in Prenzlauer Berg (and Berlin in general).

Contents 1 Get in 2 Do 3 See 4 Buy 4.1 Bookshops and Record Stores 4.2 Clothing 4.3 Fleamarkets 5 Eat 6 Drink 6.1 Bars and Cafes 6.2 Clubs 7 Sleep 7.1 Hostels 8 External links

Get in

Train (U2) to Subway Eberswalder Strasse, and you're in.

Do

Nearly everywhere the clubs and bars are open till 5 o'clock.

• The KulturBrauerei is a complex that was once a beer brewery. There you can find the Jazz Cafe, the SODA restaurant where you can enjoy a fine meal of insects, and a Club, Club 23. The KulturBrauerei also has several cinemas showing alternative movies, the Kesselhaus concert house and one of the best shop for instruments in Berlin, the "Sound and Drumland". To get there, get off at S-Bahn station Schönhauser Alle or U-bahn Station Eberswalder Strasse (the closer one).
• Mauerpark, at the end of the Eberswalder Str., it was once a piece of the Berlin wall. Today in the summer it is a nice place to be, especially for young people.
• Kastanienallee, a nice street with lots of little shops. Nice cafes to sit outside in the summer and watch people pass by.
• Helmholtzplatz, little park with cafes and restaurants surrounding it
• Käthe-Kollwitz-Platz, also small nice park with cafes and a great market on weekends
• Get you hair cut for 12 euros at Kopfgeldjäger, Stargarder Straße 76
• Visit the Jewish Cemetery , Schönhauser Allee 23-25, U-bahn station Senefelder Platz

See

• Various graffiti and street art all over
• Mostly harmless, but very mixed culture

Buy

Bookshops and Record Stores

• dense Electronic music, Danziger Str. 16
• Club Sound Records Techno, Eberswalderstr. 32
• da capo 2nd Hand, Rock, Pop, Kastanienallee 96
• hip-hop-records Hip Hop, Schönhauser Allee 49
• Vopo Records Punk, Rock, Danziger Strasse 31

Clothing

• Sgt.Peppers, 70's Second Hand, Kastanienallee 91-92
• Pauls Boutique, Sneakers, Oderbergerstr.47
• Eisdieler Sneakers , Kastanienallee

Fleamarkets

• Arkonaplatz, every Sunday, walk down Kastanienallee, turn right to Schwedter Strasse

Eat

• Konnopkes Imbiss, Schönhauser Allee 44a, (U-Bahn station Eberswalder Strasse under the tracks) is famous for their "Currywurst" and truly does sell the best curry sausage you can find. A local would ask for a "Curry mit 'ner Schrippe" (a Currywurst with a roll). Open Mo-Fr 6:00 - 20:00.
• Kleine Eiszeit, best Ice-cream in Prenzlauer Berg, expect a long queue, Stargarder Strasse opposite of Gethsemane Church
• Prater Beergarden, Kastanienallee
• Eckstein good food, nice salads, reasonable prices, Pappelallee corner of Raumerstrasse
• Fellas , Excellent cafe on Stargarderstrasse, huge breakfasts, great coffee, FREE wireless internet.

Drink

Nearly everywhere the bars, clubs and Doenerbuden are open all day.

Bars and Cafes

• Morgenrot Alternative cafe, Kastanienallee
• Schwarz-Sauer Kastanienallee
• Wohnzimmer Lettestrasse Corner of Schliemannstrasse
• Intersoup Schliemannstrasse 31
• Café MIA, Pappelallee 58, almost at the corner of Stargarderstr.

Clubs

1. Dunckerclub, Dunckerstr. 64, 10439 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg (Alternative, Hardrock, Independent)
2. Magnet, Greifswalder Str. 212/213, 10405 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg (Alternative)
3. Bastard, Kastanienallee 7-9 10435 Berlin, electro
4. NBI, nice, small little club, not really for dancing, with friendly people and live sets. Schönhauser Allee 36, electro

Sleep

There are plenty of hostels, hotels and apartments. If you have nothing and it is summer, sleep in a park.

One of the most charming hotels in Berlin is The Ackselhaus, just off Prenzlauer Allee. The Ackselhaus offers spacious apartments, all differently themed. Not exactly cheap, but worth every penny.

Hostels

http://www.alcatraz-backpacker.de , Beds starting at 13 Euro per night, Schönhauser Allee 133a

External links

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