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From RAW-Gelände to Kreuzberg: graffiti, the Wall, and alternative Berlin
Berlin · 4 h
We start at RAW-Gelände, in Friedrichshain: in 1867 a train workshop of the Ostbahn opened here with over a thousand workers; today it's graffiti, techno, little markets, and Der Kegel, the old tower turned into a climbing wall. We continue across the Oberbaumbrücke, eat at Burger Meister, stroll through the East Side Gallery, pass by Görlitzer Park, and finish at Kottbusser Tor. At each stop, I’ll tell you how that corner changed from one thing to another. In Spanish.
Itinerary
- 1
Entrance via Revaler Straße
This is where the Ostbahn train workshop started in 1867.
- 2
Der Kegel
The conical tower that is now a climbing wall.
- 3
Oberbaumbrücke
The bridge with two red towers over the Spree, between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.
- 4
Burger Meister
Burgers in an old public toilet from 1920, under the U-Bahn tracks.
- 5
East Side Gallery
The longest remaining section of the Wall, painted by artists from all over the world.
- 6
Görlitzer park
A park built over the ruins of the station that connected Berlin with Vienna.
- 7
Kottbusser Tor
The Neues Kreuzberger Zentrum, the brutalist tower from 1974 in the heart of Kreuzberg.