About this experience
To learn what today's Berlin is all about, you can only do it in its juiciest neighborhood - Kreuzberg! The fame of the alternative lifestyle in this district has long gone beyond the country's borders. “Montmartre”, “Harlem”, “Istanbul”, “Amsterdam” - that's how the local press likes to call Kreuzberg, but these are far from all the images that the fascinating district holds. During our walk, I will reveal its brightest sides, including masterpiece street art, creative street food, radical squats, guerrilla gardens, and much more.
Program
Once Kreuzberg was one of the most dangerous districts in Berlin, now it is one of the most vibrant. At night, queues form outside nightclubs, during the day - for shawarma. It is a multicultural district where everyone can find something to their liking.
- Foodies will discover not only non-touristy places with traditional Berlin cuisine, but also learn where to taste the best from the international gastronomic palette.
- Fans of street art will see the most iconic, legal and illegal, graffiti of Berlin. I will help decipher their symbolism and tell you where else you can see original art avant-garde.
- Architecture enthusiasts will appreciate the unusual variety of styles, from neo-Gothic to postmodern, and be amazed by the construction resourcefulness of the locals. I will talk about the characteristic features of the styles we will see, and why the district has such architectural diversity: about Berlin at the end of the 19th century, about the building plans of the mid-20th century, and about the house squats of the 1980s.
- History buffs will learn about the tunnel escapes of the Berlin Wall era, about radical movements of the past, and about the protest moods of the present. I will tell you how a cult of alternativeness and freedom has developed around Kreuzberg.
You will see the lively and colorful Berlin, meet its residents, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of creativity and freedom, and in many ways begin to associate your love for the German capital precisely with Kreuzberg.
