Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is the second borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin borough of Friedrichshain and the former West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg.
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is the second borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin borough of Friedrichshain and the former West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg. The historic Oberbaum Bridge, formerly a Berlin border crossing for pedestrians, links both districts across the river Spree as the new borough's landmark.
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Worth seeing in and around Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Berlin Cathedral
Berlin Cathedral, also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb at the Lustgarten on the Museum Island in central Berlin. Having its origins as a castle chapel for the Berlin Palace, several structures have served to house the church since the 15th century.
3.9 km · main lutheran church in Berlin · Wikipedia - 02Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the north-east to Spandauer Straße and the Rotes Rathaus in the south-west.
3.4 km · square in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Jewish Museum Berlin
The Jewish Museum Berlin was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On 3,500 square metres of floor space, the museum presents the history of the Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses and new scenography.
3.7 km · museum in Berlin · Wikipedia - 04Rotes Rathaus
The Red Town Hall is the town hall of Berlin, Germany, located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz. It is the seat to the Governing Mayor of Berlin and the government of the state of the city.
3.5 km · city hall of Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 05Soviet War Memorial
The Soviet War Memorial is a war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 7,000 of the 80,000 Red Army soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945.
2.1 km · war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park · Wikipedia - 06Marienkirche (Berlin-Mitte)
St. Mary's Church, known in German as the Marienkirche or St.-Marien-Kirche, is a church in Berlin, Germany.
3.7 km · church in Berlin · Wikipedia - 07Nikolaikirche (Berlin)
The St. Nikolai-Kirche (Nikolaikirche or St.
3.4 km · church in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 08Berlin Observatory
The Berlin Observatory is a German astronomical institution with a series of observatories and related organizations in and around the city of Berlin in Germany, starting from the 18th century. It has its origins in 1700 when Gottfried Leibniz initiated the "Brandenburg Society of Science″ which would later become the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
3.8 km · astronomical observatory · Wikipedia - 09Humboldt Forum
The Humboldt Forum is a museum dedicated to human history, art and culture, located in the Berlin Palace on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin. It is named in honour of the Prussian scholars Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt.
3.7 km · museum in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 10East Side Gallery
The East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree. It consists of a series of murals painted directly on a 1,316 m long remnant of the Berlin Wall, located near the centre of Berlin, on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
500 m · art museum · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
There are several monuments and museums in this district as it is a result of merging across the former border of East and West Berlin, something that was done in Mitte, as well but in no other district.
- 01Checkpoint Charlie
It was the only border crossing between East and West Berlin that permitted foreigners passage.
- 02Oranienstraße
- 03Bergmannstraße
Like Oranienstraße a street full of shops, cafes and restaurants, but in the other, more middle-class part of Kreuzberg.
- 04Görlitzer Park
- 05Landwehrkanal
Take a stroll for a few kilometers along this canal which runs right through the heart of Kreuzberg.
- 06Viktoriapark
With the Kreuzberg, a hill in Kreuzberg 61, the Prussian National Monument by Schinkel and a waterfall.
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Things to do
- 01English Theatre Berlin
Fidicinstraße 40 (U Platz der Luftbrücke or U Gneißenaustraße), box office).
- 02Kino Moviemento
Kottbusser Damm 22 (between Kreuzberg and Neukölln),.
- 03Babylon Kreuzberg
Dresdener Straße 126 (U Kottbusser Tor),.
- 04Badeschiff
An old cargo ship hull converted to a fresh-water swimming pool, anchored permanently on the river Spree.
- 05East Side Gallery
- 06Der Kegel
99 (S-Bahn: S3,S5,S7,S75 Warschauer Straße, U-Bahn: U1, Tram: M10, M13 S Warschauer Straße), info@derkegel.de.
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Where to eat
Known for its innovative and good value restaurants. The variety of immigrants can be witnessed in the corresponding restaurants. The following have been recommended in a fast changing market. = =
- 01BrezelBar
Friesenstraße 2,.
- 02Burgermeister
Oberbaumstraße 8 (Verkehrsinsel Schlesisches Tor).
- 03Curry 36
Excellent pork sausage (German: Wurst) with curry ketchup and curry powder.
- 04Hannibal
Wiener Straße 69 (U-Bahn Görlitzer Bahnhof),.
- 05Knofi Café
Bergmannstraße 11 and 98 (U6, U7 Mehringdamm),.
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Getting to Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Airports
- Berlin Brandenburg (BER), 16 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 146 km · Dresden (DRS), 153 km
- Stations
- Berlin Ostbahnhof railway station, 1.5 km · Berlin Alexanderplatz station, 3.5 km · Hermannplatz, 2.3 km · Boddinstraße, 2.8 km · Berlin-Lichtenberg railway station, 3.4 km
- Schkeuditz → Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg149 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · €18–26
- Dresden → Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg163 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €19–26
- Erfurt → Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg237 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · €31–44
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIn the summer bus 218 takes you along the scenic ride through the Grunewald forest in West Berlin, starting at the subway station Theodor-Heuss-Platz (U2) and ending near the famous Pfaueninsel in South West Berlin, where you can take a small ferry to said island and visit the park and the small castle there.
- Get aroundFerries usually have space for bike but can get crowded during peak times and good weather.
- Get aroundDespite not being a maritime city like Hamburg or Venice, Berlin does have usable waterways and the BVG run a couple of ferries, which can be accessed with regular BVG tickets.
- Get aroundMost of the ferries are of local interest only, but the Ferry line F10 covers across the Wannsee and connects to the S-Bahn at one end.
- Get aroundMore of a tourist attraction than actual practical transportation is Ferry F24, which is the only ferry operated by a rowing boat in Berlin and the only rowing boat ferry that is part of any public transit ticketing system in Germany.
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Next door to Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is 4 km from Berlin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Berlin-Mittelocality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany3.6 km
- Neuköllnborough of Berlin, Germany1.9 km
- Friedrichshainlocality of Berlin1.8 km
- Cöllnhuman settlement in Germany3.7 km
- Lichtenberglocality of borough Lichtenberg of Berlin, Germany3.1 km
- Alt-Treptowlocality of Berlin1.1 km