Budget · 3-hour walk · Berlin
Kreuzberg in three hours
The brick bridge that was a border crossing, a market hall reborn as a food hall, the main street of SO36, the canal and its Turkish market.
Kreuzberg was a corner of West Berlin closed in by the Wall, cheap enough for Turkish guest workers, artists, students and squatters, and it is still the city's most alternative district. This route crosses its eastern half, known by its old postcode as SO36, from the river to the canal. On Tuesdays and Fridays, finish at the Turkish market on the Maybachufer.
The route, stop by stop
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Oberbaumbrücke
The double-decked brick bridge of 1896 over the Spree, a border crossing between East and West for pedestrians while the Wall stood.
15 min here Walk here → -
Markthalle Neun
A covered market of 1891 that its neighbours saved and reopened as a food hall. Thursday evening is street food night.
35 min here Walk here → -
Oranienstraße
The main street of SO36: bars, döner shops and Turkish bakeries, and the scene of the May Day street party.
20 min here Walk here → -
Admiralbrücke
An iron bridge over the Landwehr Canal where the neighbourhood sits on summer evenings with a beer and a guitar.
15 min here Walk here → -
Maybachufer
The Turkish market along the canal bank on Tuesdays and Fridays: fruit, spices, fabric and gözleme cooked to order.
35 min here Walk here →
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