The Brunnenstrasse
The history of a street? That doesn’t sound very interesting. But the history of a city always takes place on its streets. In the Brunnenstrasse you can see how a sand desert was populated, how the poorest people settled close to it, how the citizens used it to get to their restaurants at the Gesundbrunnen …
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Stories of Berlin Breweries
Since the middle of the 19th century breweries settled at the Prenzlauer Berg. One of the first was the Königsstadt AG Brewery in the Saarbrücker Strasse. Today it is an association of business. And another one was the former Schultheiss AG Brewery, today that is the Kulturbrauerei in the Knaakstrasse.

Underneath Berlin
The structures underneath the streets of Prenzlauer Berg are a reflection of Berlin since 1850. They tell the story of the industrial revolution, of a thriving city with its modern technology, its working class, of the terror of the Nazis, the economic situation in the GDR and of today’s art and design scene. Guided tours through this “underworld” of the Prenzlauer Berg are organized by “Unter Berlin e.V.” …
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The history of public transportation
The city lay in ruins. 80 million tons of debris had to be removed. The tracks of the streetcars were heavily damaged. 95 % of the electrical poles couldn’t be used anymore and four of the train stations with a train depot were almost completely destroyed …
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