Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Left
The façades of restored houses in Hagenauer Straße
Right
The Jewish Cemetery
Prenzlauer Berg
B
ERLIN'S PRENZLAUER BERG DISTRICT
attracts locals and tourists like
virtually no other part of town because it has undergone the most
dramatic changes in recent years. Today, the old tenement blocks in the
former workers' district of East Berlin have been taken over by cafés, pubs
and restaurants, and the nightlife is exciting and vibrant. Even when Berlin
was still a divided city, Prenzlauer Berg was an area favoured by artists and
an alternative crowd - and it exerts a similar pull today. Many houses in the
quiet side streets have not yet been renovated and give a genuine
impression of what Berlin once used to be like. But Prenzlauer Berg is
undergoing a transformation. Since the reunification of the city, this quarter
has become one of the most popular residential areas. Many West Germans,
decried as “yuppies” by the locals, settle here, restore the buildings and buy
up the apartments. The standard of life in the district has risen noticeably.
Trendy bars, restaurants and cafés are clustered mainly around Kollwitzplatz
and Husemannstraße. And so a visit to Prenzlauer Berg today is at the same
time a journey back in time to the days immediately following reunification.
Schönhauser
Allee
u
s
0
Prenzlauer
Allee
Max-
Schmeling-
Halle
s
Prenzlauer
Berg
Friedrich-
Ludwig-Jahn
Sportpark
Wasserturm
Mauer-
park
Sights
@
L
@
u
1
Kollwitzplatz
2
Schönhauser Allee
3
Prater
4
Kulturbrauerei
5
Jewish Cemetery
6
Husemannstraße
7
Zionskirche
8
Eberswalder
Str.
6
3
2
4
KOLLWITZ-
PLATZ
1
9
5
7
Jüdischer
Friedhof
8
Wasserturm
u
Senefelderplatz
9
Synagoge Rykestraße
0
Gethsemanekirche
500
yards
0
metres
500
138
Prater:
www.praterteam.de
