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No metropolis has the one and only unique shop-till-you-drop
street. But you can always find especially glamorous,
unusual or traditional shopping venues.
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Anyone strolling around Berlin open-eyed is bound
to make their own discoveries in lots of streets.
In Germany's capital, urban life doesn't only flow
down well-worn paths.
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And Berlin's stunning boulevards and broad sidewalks
are an open invite to do the stroll.
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Kollwitzplatz
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Bergmannstraße
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Usually, it's a Saturday thing. From 11am punctually
(well, we are in Germany!) the streets around Kollwitzplatz
are buzzing. Car drivers, pumping with adrenalin,
ready to do battle over parking spaces, if only
they could find one; parents demonstratively wheeling
buggies straight across the street; cyclists yelling
traffic rules. And all of this just to mingle with
three-deep rows of people shoving their way across
a small piece of asphalt. Yes, Saturdays is market
day at Kollwitzplatz.
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Cult status is always one of those things. More
often than not, what's really hip in Berlin remains
the sweetest of secrets for the cognoscenti of cool.
Maybe you do occasionally find a well-known political
figure strolling around "Kolle" - but
then Winterfeldtplatz can trumpet over its TV personalities.
And if you really wanted just to go shopping, some
less central districts may have better things on
offer.
But Kollwitzplatz market is a stage: new products,
new ideas – direct, fresh and tasty, directly
from the manufacturer. Take that old Berlin traditional
snack - currywürst. The sausage is good but
the sauce ... mouthwatering! Or the little mini-quiches,
just baked, every one reason enough to give in to
temptation. Fantastic bunches of flowers, stylishly
and imaginatively arranged. Even lamp designers
have been spotted offering their wares at the Kollewitzplatz
market...
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And if it's not Saturday, this corner of Prenzlauer
Berg still has its own unique street vibe with the
right mix of small cafés and new businesses.
Whoever's made it into one of the sought after shops
along Kollwitzstrasse, Knaackstrasse, or Wörther
Strasse can claim to be just that far away from
successfully setting up their own business (or successfully
transferring a west business model into east Berlin).
Interesting and must-see sights around Kollwitzplatz:
berlinaut. Clicking the city. Addressing the metropolis.
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Bücher
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Video/DVD
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>>> Kollwitzplatz
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In the days when West Berlin was young, and Kreuzberg
still the wildest west, Bergmannstrasse was the
ultimate must-see and must-be venue. Where Bavarians
bought vinyl on their way through town, or West
German students tried out the right gear and the
nightlife in the area locals call Kreuzberg 61.
Nowadays, the quarter around the Marheinekeplatz
is older and wiser – just like its residents.
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Today's Bergmannstrasse has a cozily alternative
feel. When the sun shines (and it nearly always
does in what's called summer in Berlin), this part
of Kreuzberg becomes a Mediterranean urban landscape.
And the Mediterranean bit is meant seriously –
a touch of Morocco, lots of Italy, Greece and Turkey
as peaceful neighbors, a French lifestyle –
well, the Berliner is at home all over the world...
Four good Bergmanstrasse reasons - 1. go out; 2.
do the tasty fast snack or indulge in the gourmet
meal; 3. go shopping, 4. find service providers.
And around Bergmannstrasse, as so often in Berlin,
you find the obvious – and the not so obvious.
The rents are low in the side streets or the back
courtyards. Space for producers, inventors, and
idealists.
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Anyone looking out
for what the streets have to offer in this Kiez
(almost) immediately finds outlets and designers
with the weirdest fashions, loveliest jewelry, and
most stylish accessories. But Bergmannstrasse is
not Munich. In other words, the shop windows are
smaller, sometimes dusty and occasionally in the
cellar. Find out more – before: berlinaut.
Clicking the city. Addressing the metropolis.
• Musik hören
• Musik machen
• Bücher
• Comics
• Video/DVD
Click on list of all address around:
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Bergmannstrasse
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