Vinyl records for sale near Flohmarkt am Mauerpark Sunday flea market in Prenzlauer Berg.

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Prenzlauer Berg

Splendidly well-groomed Prenzlauer Berg is one of Berlin's most charismatic residential neighbourhoods, filled with cafes, historic buildings and indie boutiques. It's a joy to explore on foot. On Sundays, the world descends on its Mauerpark for flea marketeering, summertime karaoke and chilling in the sun. It's easily combined with a visit to the quarter's main sightseeing attraction, the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, an engrossing 1.4km-long exhibit that explains how the Berlin Wall shaped the city.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Roses protruding from the Berlin Wall

    Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

    Prenzlauer Berg

    For an insightful primer on the Berlin Wall, visit this outdoor memorial, which extends for 1.4km along Bernauer Strasse and integrates an original…

  • Zeiss Grossplanetarium

    Zeiss Grossplanetarium

    Prenzlauer Berg

    It was the most advanced planetarium in East Germany at its opening in 1987 and after the recent renovation it has upped the scientific, technology and…

  • Crowd of people on a Sunday in Mauerpark (Wall Park).

    Mauerpark

    Prenzlauer Berg

    With its wimpy trees and anaemic lawn, Mauerpark is hardly your typical leafy oasis, especially given that it was forged from a section of Cold War–era…

  • Museum in der Kulturbrauerei

    Museum in der Kulturbrauerei

    Prenzlauer Berg

    Original documents, historical footage and objects (including a camper-style Trabi car) bring daily life under socialism in East Germany to life in this…

  • Kulturbrauerei

    Kulturbrauerei

    Prenzlauer Berg

    The fanciful red-and-yellow brick buildings of this 19th-century brewery have been upcycled into a cultural powerhouse with a small village's worth of…

  • Jüdischer Friedhof Schönhauser Allee

    Jüdischer Friedhof Schönhauser Allee

    Prenzlauer Berg

    Berlin's second Jewish cemetery opened in 1827 and hosts many well-known dearly departed, such as the artist Max Liebermann and the composer Giacomo…

  • Gethsemanekirche

    Gethsemanekirche

    Prenzlauer Berg

    This 1893 neo-Gothic church was a hotbed of dissent in the final days of the GDR and thus a thorn in the side of the Stasi, which, as late as October 1989…

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