On Bernauer Strasse, the border ran straight through a row of houses, from whose windows people jumped into West Berlin. Today, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches over 4.4 hectares and 1.4 kilometers, featuring the only section of border fortifications preserved in full depth. The Window of Remembrance names the 132 civilian victims.
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Mauerpark Flohmarkt
Sundays in Prenzlauer Berg are all about browsing, bargaining, and discovering: The Mauerpark Flea Market is Berlin's most famous flea market, attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world, offering much more than just a market with vintage goods, live karaoke, and street food.
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Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer
On Bernauer Strasse, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches over 1.4 kilometers of former border strip. Between two steel walls, 70 meters of the original border installations with a hinterland wall, watchtower, and death strip are preserved. For German-German history in Berlin, this is the place where the division becomes physically comprehensible.
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A yet widely unknown skating route right by the water can be found in Wedding.
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Ballhaus Wedding Berlin
Hidden in a backyard on Wriezener Straße is an 1889 ballroom with chandeliers, a walnut dance floor, and Gründerzeit furniture. Since 2022, Ballhaus Wedding has once again been a cultural venue in the Soldiner Kiez, offering tango evenings, poetry slams, improv theater, and concerts.
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Kado Coffee & Breakfast
If you're looking for a good bagel in Wedding, you'll find it at Kado Coffee & Breakfast — a Wedding café with heart that has been based at Humboldthain S-Bahn station since 2007 and now also brightens mornings on Gerichtstraße. Vintage charm, freshly topped bagels, and specialty coffees — no frills, but with lots of soul.
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Flying Roasters
In Berlin's Wedding district, Flying Roasters roast organic coffee sourced directly from fair cooperatives worldwide. No middlemen, no greenwashing: here, artisanal quality stands equally alongside genuine social responsibility.
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Freiluftkino Rehberge
The old open-air stage in Volkspark Rehberge accommodates around 1,500 guests on tiered benches with backrests. An inflatable screen, modern laser projection, and an induction loop are included, admission is 9.50 Euros, and the premises are wheelchair-accessible with a barrier-free toilet. Seat cushions and free fleece blankets are available.
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colorblind patterns
colorblind patterns is a Berlin label from Wedding, working exclusively in black and white. Hand screen-printed bags, lampshades, and fabric posters with geometric patterns are created in the studio on Antwerpener Straße.
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Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin
At the Labyrinth Children's Museum in the Fabrik Osloer Straße, children aged four and up celebrate for three hours in their own 85-square-meter room with a kitchen, supervised by two staff members. This includes a mission through the approximately 1,000-square-meter hands-on exhibition, where six keys earned during play eventually open the treasure chest.