Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Senefelderplatz
Centre
Pfefferberg
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ZEISS-Großplanetarium
Best of the Rest
Greifenhagener Straße
Not the most beautiful
street of Old Berlin, but one of
the best preserved.
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1925. The residential buildings
are reminiscent of a social
housing programme.
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Prenzlauer Berg Museum
The small lively museum
documents the history of the
district and its poor working-
class inhabitants in the 19th
century.
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Prenzlauer Allee 227-228
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1-6pm Tue (also by prior
arrangement)
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(030) 902 950
Pfefferberg
This alternative cultural
centre hosts concerts, perform-
ance art events and festivals.
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Schönhauser Allee 176
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(030) 44 38 31 10
Senefelderplatz
The wedge-shaped square
is dedicated to Alois Senefelder,
a pioneer of modern printing
techniques. At its centre is “Café
Achteck .
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Sammlung
Industrielle Gestaltung
In this museum you can admire
typically East German designs,
ranging from soap powder cartons
to shopping bags. Regular special
exhibitions.
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Kulturbrauerei, Knaack-
str. 97
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1-8pm Wed-Sun
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(030) 44 31 78 68
ZEISS-Großplanetarium
A trip to outer space - see
stars, planets and galaxies under
the silvery dome of the Plane-
tarium.
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Prenzlauer Allee 80
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9:30am
and 11am Mon-Fri; also pm Wed, Sat, Sun
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(030) 42 18 45 12
Oderberger Straße
This tree-lined street has
remained almost completely
unchanged. The old municipal
swimming baths of Prenzlauer
Berg are also located in this road,
at No. 84.
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Mauerpark
The vast sporting terrain
near the former border, compris-
ing Max Schmeling Hall and Jahn
Sports Park, was
built for the Berlin
Olympics in 2000.
Today it hosts sports
and music events.
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Am Falkplatz
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(030) 44 30 44 30
Thälmannpark
One of few parks
in the northeast of
the city, dominated
by Socialist prefabri-
cated buildings. It
has a giant monu-
ment to Ernst Thäl-
mann, a communist
who was murdered
by the Nazis.
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Prenz-
lauer Allee
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Schönhauser
Allee
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Eberswalder
Str.
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Helmholtzplatz
All around this
square, time seems
to have stopped in
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Senefelderplatz
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