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In Hellersdorf, a GDR prefabricated apartment still stands today as if time stopped in 1986: The WBS 70 Museum Apartment at Hellersdorfer Straße 179 preserves original furniture, GDR wallpaper, and East German everyday objects across 61 square meters that would otherwise have long ended up on the scrap heap.

Restaurant Ausspanne is crafting a delicious Easter menu for Easter 2019, featuring Easter eggs, Easter lamb, and homemade eggnog!

ZEHA Berlin boasts the longest history among Berlin's sneaker shops: The brand dates back to a shoe factory from 1897 and equipped the GDR Olympic team in 1960. The flagship store on Prenzlauer Allee is set up like an old gymnastics hall, complete with wall bars, gym mats, and a Hall of Fame. Leather sneakers are available from 309 Euros.

Beneath Gesundbrunnen station lies an air-raid shelter with almost fifty rooms on three floors, rediscovered by Berliner Unterwelten e.V. only in 1998. Today, the association manages fourteen such sites and guides groups through them in ninety minutes. For a class trip to Berlin, this means: contemporary history without display cases, but with sturdy footwear.

Next to the stylish ambiance you can enjoy great cocktails made with high-end ingredients and great care at the CSA Bar.

At Friedrichstraße station, there is a glass and steel pavilion that served as the departure hall at the border between East and West Berlin during GDR times. Today, the Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) houses a permanent exhibition about everyday life in divided Germany, with free admission.

The Volkskammer in Straße der Pariser Kommune has been serving exclusively GDR cuisine since 2010: Hunter's schnitzel made from breaded Jagdwurst, homemade Soljanka, Goldbroiler, and Quarkkeulchen. In the dining room, pennants, a mural of the Palace of the Republic, and portraits of the state leadership hang. Ostalgia in Berlin gets a menu here instead of a display case.

Located directly at the Tiergarten lock in Charlottenburg, where excursion boats pass by on the Landwehrkanal, lies one of Berlin's most famous beer gardens. The Schleusenkrug combines beer garden culture with a true water view, a solid grill assortment, and a history dating back to the post-war era.

Strausberger Platz is one of Berlin's photo spots with the clearest visual axis: two high-rises, each with 14 floors, conclude the 90-meter-wide stretch of Karl-Marx-Allee, surrounded by 1950s 'wedding cake style' architecture. The square is a garden monument. The Floating Ring water feature is currently dismantled. Redesign is planned for 2027 to 2029.

A prefabricated building in Friedrichshain, not far from Ostbahnhof, where Paul lives in The Legend of Paul and Paula, the cult film by DEFA from 1973. Opposite was Paula's old building, which today houses a supermarket, and on Rummelsburger See are the Paul-and-Paula-Ufer along with the bench for lovers, where the scene with the freight barge was filmed.