Walking Tour: Prenzlauer Berg, What Happened to You?
Schedule
Sun Mar 01 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Zionskirchplatz, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland | Berlin, BE
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Today, Prenzlauer Berg is known for gentrification: latte, brunch, and insufferably bougie babies.- Not that long ago, in the 1990s, the neighborhood was full of squatters and nonconformists.
- Before that, in the 1980s, the run-down area was the center of East Berlin's counterculture.
- And before that, in the 1920s, this was a communist stronghold.
- And before that, it started as a working-class slum outside the city gates.
On our brand new walking tour, we will look at repurposed breweries, anarchist bars, and churches used for punk concerts. We will run into the painter Käthe Kollwitz and even the author Franz Kafka. We will visit the queer squat Tuntenhaus, as well as spaces where Nazis and communists slugged it out. We will be trying to answer the question: How was a once magical neighborhood ruined? Prenzlauer Berg, what happened to you? (Incredible Herrengedeck)
If you would like to attend a tour, please send an e-mail with the date of the tour to: [email protected]. You will get a confirmation e-mail within one day. This is to make sure we have enough people (at least 5) but also not too many (no more than 25) for a tour to take place.
Our tour will be meeting in front of Zion Church (Zionskirche). We will meet at 14:00 and leave by 14:10. The tour will end two hours later at Filmtheater am Friedrichshain.
Suggested donation is 15 euros per person, but any contribution is appreciated and none is required. You can also pick up a signed copy of the book "Revolutionary Berlin."
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail: [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Zionskirchplatz, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland, Zionskirchstraße 26, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland, Berlin, GermanyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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