Niederschönhausen
Niederschönhausen is a locality (Ortsteil) within the borough (Bezirk) of Pankow in Berlin, Germany.
Niederschönhausen is a locality (Ortsteil) within the borough (Bezirk) of Pankow in Berlin, Germany. It is also known as "Pankow-Schönhausen" to differ it from Hohenschönhausen in Berlin-Lichtenberg. From 1949 until 1960 Schönhausen Palace and the adjacent Majakowskiring quarter were the residence of several members of the East German government, commonly referred to as Pankow by the West German media.
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Worth seeing in and around Niederschönhausen
8 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.
- 01Schönhausen Palace
Schönhausen Palace is a Baroque palace at Niederschönhausen, in the borough of Pankow, Berlin, Germany. It is surrounded by gardens through which the Panke river runs.
700 m · castle in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 02Khadija Mosque
The Khadija Mosque is a mosque located in Heinersdorf, Pankow, Berlin, Germany. Opened on 16 October 2008, it was the first mosque in former East Germany.
2.4 km · mosque in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Soviet War Memorial Schönholzer Heide
The Soviet War Memorial in Schönholzer Heide in Pankow, Berlin was erected between May 1947 and November 1949, and covers an area of 30,000 square metres. The memorial contains the largest Soviet cemetery in Berlin, which is also the largest Russian cemetery in Europe outside of Russia.
1.9 km · monument in Berlin-Niederschönhausen, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Bard College Berlin
Bard College Berlin is a private, non-profit institution of higher education in Berlin, Germany. It was founded as a non-profit association in 1999.
400 m · German Liberal Arts University · Wikipedia - 05Federal Academy for Security Policy
The Federal Academy for Security Policy is the Federal Republic of Germany’s interministerial institution for advanced studies, education and training in security policy in the remit of the Federal Ministry of Defence. It has its seat in a complex of buildings on the premises of Schönhausen Palace in Berlin-Niederschönhausen, which was built in the 1950s for the former East German Government.
900 m · German military institute · Wikipedia - 06Volkspark Schönholzer Heide
Volkspark Schönholzer Heide is a largely wooded urban park in the Pankow borough of Berlin, Germany. Covering roughly 35 hectares, it preserves part of a historic woodland once known as the Schönhauser Fichten.
1.4 km · forested urban park with Soviet war memorial in Berlin Pankow · Wikipedia - 07Jewish Orphanage Berlin-Pankow
Jewish Orphanage Berlin-Pankow is a former Jewish orphanage and a listed building in Berlin-Pankow. It was built in 1882 to house refugee children.
1.8 km · Initially a German orphanage, now a listed building · Wikipedia - 08Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, also known as Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy, School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee, is a non-profit, public art school in Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, Germany, founded in 1946. In the winter semester 2023/24, around 820 students were enrolled.
3.9 km · Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin is a public art school of the federal state of Berlin in Germany, offering a university-level education. It offers several degree programs in Art and Design · Wikipedia
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Getting to Niederschönhausen
- Airports
- Berlin Brandenburg (BER), 26 km · Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów (SZZ), 150 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 152 km
- Stations
- Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station, 3.9 km · Berlin-Pankow station, 2 km · Berlin Schönhauser Allee station, 3.9 km · Berlin Bornholmer Straße station, 3.2 km · Berlin Wollankstraße station, 2.1 km
- Schkeuditz → Niederschönhausen155 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · €18–25
- Dresden → Niederschönhausen172 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · €20–28
- Erfurt → Niederschönhausen242 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · €31–43
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No local-transport research exists yet for Niederschönhausen
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 Niederschönhausen. 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 Niederschönhausen
Niederschönhausen is 7 km from Berlin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pankowborough of Berlin, Germany1.9 km
- Gesundbrunnenlocality of Berlin3.9 km
- Französisch Buchholzlocality of Berlin2.9 km
- Blankenfeldelocality of Berlin4 km
- Blankenburglocality of Berlin3.8 km
- Märkisches Viertellocality of Berlin3.4 km