Berlin Fun

Posted on October 9, 2008
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Boring but safe?

This description of Prenzl’berg has often been used to describe the area due to its increasingly high number of toddlers. In 2004, the percentage of children under three inhabiting the area rose by 30% to a staggering 5,000 plus. However, this is not to say that the only attraction to the area is its friendly family atmosphere; although this is undoubtfully a plus, the area has more to offer than its selection of parks, family homes and well desired schools.

The district is the trendiest in Berlin and boasts a good selection of laid-back cafés, designer shops, art galleries and fashionable restaurants. Kastanienallee and Eberswalderstraße are definite musts for good quality and reasonably priced nosh. Although since the late 90´s the most interesting nightlife has moved to the east of the district, Prenzl’berg’s centre is highly underestimated and has some great clubs and bar-cafés. The area also boasts some of the best accommodation in the city; the apartments (apartamentos Berlin) are spacious and offer a great alternative if you’re staying for longer than a week. The hotels (hoteles en Berlin) are amongst some of the most quaint and quirky in the city and are close enough to the centre to be able to visit all of the main attractions but far enough out not to be bothered by the hustle and bustle of the central Mitte streets.

As with the rest of the city, it’s hard to walk through the streets of Prenzl’berg without experiencing a taste of Berlin’s history. To the east of the area is the Ernst-Thälmann-Park where the Zeiss-Grosspanetarium is situated; a GDR interior space which once housed Soviet cosmonauts and still to this day, runs programmes and observations on those little green men in the sky. There are also a great number of socialist monuments in this area which is a rarity in the city. There is also a cluster of museums and original art galleries in this are that depict the development of the area from a run down, war destroyed area to Berlin’s most bohemian and up-and-coming areas in the nineties.

So, if you’re visiting Berlin this autumn, don’t forget to stray a little beyond the borders of Berlin Mitte and have a wander around Prenzl´berg.