Kreuzberg: Street Art & Counterculture

Kottbusser Tor - The Heart of Kreuzberg

The bilateral agreement expected them to stay for just two years, rotate out, and be replaced by new workers. But the system didn't work as planned — workers f…

Oranienstraße - Punk Boulevard

Due to Berlin's unique status as an occupied city governed by the four Allied powers (US, UK, France, Soviet Union), West Berlin residents were exempt from the…

SO36 Club - Birth of Berlin Punk

Before German reunification, Berlin had its own unique postal system different from the rest of Germany. 'SO36' became shorthand for the entire radical, creati…

Mariannenplatz - Art in Occupied Spaces

It was one of Berlin's most advanced medical facilities, capable of treating up to 500 patients at a time with pioneering surgical techniques. After it closed…

East Side Gallery - The World's Longest Open-Air Gallery

The Wall that tourists and artists covered in graffiti during the Cold War was actually the OUTER wall on the Western side. The real border had two parallel wa…

Oberbaumbrücke - Berlin's Most Beautiful Bridge

Kreuzberg residents considered Friedrichshain boring and conformist (it was East Berlin, after all); Friedrichshain residents thought Kreuzberg was too chaotic…