City districts of Berlin
Bezirk Berlin Mitte: (average rental price 14 € / m²)
- New center of Berlin since the reunification in 1990
- Place for many young companies, agencies and also exclusive shops
- Berlin Mitte is the origin of Berlin with a lot of sights and landmarks (Fernsehturm, Potsdamer Platz, “Unter den Linden”, Brandenburger Tor)
- Central place in Berlin Mitte is the Alexanderplatz (City Ost)
- Primarily creative people live in this popular area
- A lot of opportunities for leisure time (bars, discos, restaurants, etc.) around Oranienburger Straße
- Political center of Berlin and Germany with the Reichstag, where the members of parliament work
- Wedding: district for workers; here you can find the original Berlin (average rental price 9,67 € / m²)
- Tiergarten: parks, nature and green places (average rental price 9 € / m²)
Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg:
- Divided in two areas: Friedrichshain (east) and Kreuzberg (west)
- Friedrichshain: (average rental price 12,25 € / m²)
- Until 1989: district for workers and industry
- Today: district for families and successful creative people
- Families with higher budget, students and artists live here
- Great place for nightlife with a lot of bars, cafes and Kiez (which is the German word for party area), restaurants and shops
- This district is popular with tourists
- Very good infrastructure, vivid and in motion
- Kreuzberg: (average rental price 10 € / m²)
- Until 1990 Kreuzberg was the edge of West-Berlin, now it’s central
- Many Turkish immigrants live here selling doner, fruits and vegetables
- Typical “MyFest” at 1st of May
- More than 180 nationalities live here in a peaceful atmosphere
- Famous for his beautiful city-parks: Görlitzer Park and Viktoriapark
- A well-known sight in this area is the “Checkpoint Charlie”
Bezirk Pankow:
- Divided in Berlin-Pankow, Weißensee und Prenzlauer Berg
- Pankow: (average rental price 10,25 € / m²)
- Intellectual suburb of Berlin
- Many intellectual people and VIPs live in this district
- Area with big and stylish houses, not many single-apartments, natural elements with a lot of green places, near to the lakes in Brandenburg
- The political and artistic elite of the German Democratic Republic lived here, “normal” people were excluded
- Today the situation is similar: mostly intellectual and prominent people
- Famous sight: Schloss Schönhausen
- Weißensee: (average rental price 8,70 € / m²)
- Provincial area of Berlin, more quiet than the center
- A lot of students from the art academy live here
- Apartments in old houses and dwellings in houses developments
- Many parks (e.g. Weißenseer Park with open air bath), nature and protected landscape (Am Faulen See)
- Prenzlauer Berg: (average rental price 12 € / m²)
- Called “Prenzlberg” by Berlin citizens
- Mostly well-to-do people live here
- Popular with students, artists and alternative live forms
- Also popular with tourists because of the bars, restaurants, cafes and the nightlife (Kollwitzplatz and Helmholzplatz)
- Multicultural area: mostly French, American and Hispanic immigrants
- Old buildings in Wilhelminian Style
- Luxurious apartments for wealthy people
Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Charlottenburg: (average rental price 11,67 € / m²)
- Center of West-Berlin
- Popular shopping mall: Kurfürstendamm (tourists and citizens)
- Famous places: Bahnhof Zoo, Gedächtniskirche, fairground
- Mix of old-established Berlin citizens and new Berlin citizens
- Berlin’s Chinatown in Kantstraße is famous for its exotic products and restaurants
- Wilmersdorf: (average rental price 12,25 € / m²)
- Very green district, Forst Grunewald (forest) is nearly the half of this district
- Noble residential area, the property prices are very high
- Old buildings in Wilhelminian style, urban villas and single-family houses
- Rich single people with dogs live here (called “Wilmersdorfer Witwen”)
Berlin Spandau (average rental price 10 € / m²)
- Divided from the rest of Berlin (river “Havel”)
- People who live there call themselves “Spandauer”, not “Berliner”
- Historic city “Kork” is older than Berlin
- Famous for its little shops, restaurants and stores
- The shopping mall in Spandau is the biggest pedestrian area in Berlin
- One of the oldest buildings is the “Spandauer Zitadelle” which attracts tourists
- Area for local recreation (forest and lakes)
Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Divided in Steglitz and Zehlendorf
- Steglitz: (average rental price 10,34 € / m²)
- Upper civil part of Berlin with culture and shopping facilities
- The cultural mix of this district attracts families with children and pensioners
- The area is great for students (near university FU Dahlem)
- Here you can find different kinds of houses: single-family houses, villas, old buildings and projects
- The rents of apartments are high
- Zehlendorf: (average rental price 12 € / m²)
- South-west area of Berlin
- Quiet area with a very high quality of living
- Here you can find the most expensive apartments and houses outside central Berlin because of the lakes (Wannsee and Schlachtensee) and the forest
- Mostly urban villas and single-family houses with big properties
- Anglophone people live here because Zehlendorf was part of the American zone after World War II; so you can find many American schools in this district
- Also popular with politicians and noble/ prominent people
- Near university FU Dahlem; famous sight: Botanischer Garten of FU Dahlem
Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- Divided in Tempelhof und Schöneberg
- Schöneberg: (average rental price 11,90 € / m²)
- District with a lot of diversities and contrasts (many nationalities and lifestyles)
- Mixture of pulsating nightlife, quiet living and nature
- Central location and infrastructure that allows to visit other districts of Berlin easily
- Child-friendly with a lot of playgrounds for children
- Perfect district for families with children
- Important sight: “Rathaus Schöneberg”
- Tempelhof: (average rental price 8,80 € / m²)
- Quiet, civil district of Berlin
- Famous for its former airport “Tempelhof” where a lot of events take place nowadays
- Typical for Tempelhof are little multi-family houses, single-family houses and industry-buildings
- Here you can also find old buildings in quiet, natural areas which are much cheaper than in other districts of Berlin
- No place for cultural and gastronomic qualities, but a high quality of living because of park (Mariendorf) and green areas
Berlin Neukölln (average rental price 10,18 € / m²)
- Many old buildings, much cheaper than in other districts of Berlin, but the toilets are often outside the apartments
- The district “Neukölln” has a negative reputation, but the citizens of this area try to improve their quality of living with different projects
- Neukölln is in change: from negative image to trendy district; some parts of Neukölln (e.g. “Kreuzkölln”) finished the change: many cafes, shops and restaurants were located here which made citizens move from Berlin Mitte to Berlin Neukölln
- Mixture of more than 160 nationalities, students, younger and older families that try to live together peacefully
- The style of this district can be described as suburban and rural
Berlin Treptow-Köpenick
- Divided in Treptow and Köpenick
- Treptow: (average rental price 9,30 € / m²)
- This district is in change from an industrial area to an area with office buildings (“Treptowers”)
- Famous for one of the highest office buildings (“Treptowers”) and a sculpture called “Molecule Man” in front of the “Treptowers”
- Natural areas: Treptower Park and Plänterwald
- Treptower Hafen (harbor): place for sightseeing-ships
- Ideal area for workers: offices and “Technologiepark”
- Köpenick: (average rental price 9,10 € / m²)
- Very natural district with a lot of lakes and forests (more than 70% of this district) - Placid and quiet living in a provincial atmosphere
- The buildings in this district were redeveloped during the last years to save the beautiful cityscape
- Köpenick is the biggest part of Berlin with the fewest inhabitants
- Here you can find the biggest lake (Müggelsee), the largest forest (Köpenicker Forst) and the highest hills of Berlin (Müggelberge)
- Famous for ship-trips on the Müggelsee
Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Divided in Marzahn and Hellersdorf
- Marzahn: (average rental price 6,85 € / m²)
- Typical for Marzahn is the “Plattenbau” which can be described as an industrial multi-family building that was constructed in the German Democratic republic; these buildings were usually grey or brown, but since the reunification they were painted in several colours to make the cityscape more attractive
- Landmark of Marzahn is the “Bockwindmühle” and the recreation-park Marzahn
- Very interesting for tourists is biggest Chinese garden in Germany which is called the “Garten des wiedergewonnenen Mondes”
- “Eastgate” is the biggest shopping center in West-Berlin
- Many green, natural places
- Hellersdorf: (average rental price 7,10 € / m²)
- Like Marzahn: many buildings called “Plattenbau”
- Large area for single-family houses
- Located in a very green and natural area surrounded by different lakes
- Center of Hellersdorf is full of cafes, restaurants and shops
- Pedestrian zone in the middle of the “Plattenbauten”
Berlin Lichtenberg
- Divided in Lichtenberg and Hohenschönhausen
- Lichtenberg: (average rental price 9,67 € / m²)
- Big area with “Plattenbau”; role model for Berlin Marzahn and Berlin Hohenschönhausen
- “Plattenbau” is surrounded by green parks
- Most attractive neighborhood in East-Berlin is the area Karlshorst which is full of urban villas
- Important sights: trotting course in Karlshorst and zoo Friedrichsfelde
- Cultural and historical sight: memorial place of the Ministry of State Security - District is said to be right-wing extremist, but not many citizens of this district vote for the extreme right
- Hohenschönhausen: (average rental price 8,70 € / m²)
- Versatile district: on the one hand “Plattenbau” along the Falkenberger Chaussee and one the other hand great villas near to Orakensee
- Young part of the city which developed in the 1980s
- Place for modern art
- Historical sight: memorial place of the Ministry of State Security
- Sports panel with stadium, indoor swimming bath and ice stadium is great for free time and makes this area important for the Olympics
- Nature park Barnim and wildlife reserve
Berlin-Reinickendorf (average rental price 9,90 € / m²)
- Located in the north-west of Berlin
- This district is full of contrasts: Silence near the Tegeler Forst and noise annoyance because of the airport Tegel
- Urban villas and also skyscrapers (Märkisches Viertel)
- Europe’s biggest buddhistic sanctuary is located here
- Natural sight: oldest tree of Berlin which is called “Dicke Marie”
- Oldest skyscraper of Berlin: “Borsigturm” (65m)
- Very important industrial area of Berlin, so a lot of industrial workers live her
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