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Kreuzberg Trendy
Walking tour Kreuzberg around Mehringdamm
This tour leads into one of the most interesting parts of Kreuzberg with a diverse young scene and buildings from the late 19th century. In this quarter you can also get aware of the progress of gentrification. We start at a popular takeaway “Curry 36”, where you can get Berlin Currywurst, a popular sausage dish. We look into different backyards of houses with its interesting infrastructures. At ”Dusterer Keller” the German gymnastics movement was founded in 1811, which spread all over the World. Around Chamissoplatz we see an intact architecture from the 1880-ies, tenement blocks, water pumps and old toilet houses. Different breweries had been producing beer in this part of Kreuzberg, their buildings now mainly used as artist studios or as apartments. At the end of the tour we enjoy a wonderful view from the top of hill Kreuzberg with its memorial for the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon.
Meeting point: BKA Theatre entrance, Mehringdamm 34, close exit of the subway station Mehringdamm; duration: two hours
