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Famous for the Hoffman art collection, which is based here, this former sewing machine factory is a popular meeting place for locals.

The 19th-century red-brick artisans’ workshops have been transformed into artists’ studios.

These lavishly restored yards, the most elegant in Berlin, attract visitors today with a restaurant and fashionable clothes shops.

Large-scale installations by the resident artists are regularly on display at the alternative gallery space – a recent example was an entire artificial reed garden. The courtyard also has a café in the conservatory.

This narrow unrestored alleyway and courtyard gives a good impression of how the entire area once looked. Just enter via the archway – you will be able to stroll around and drink a beer at the tables on the left. Until 1933, a Jewish school for the blind was based in these buildings.

Time seems to have stood still around 1900 in this courtyard, today part of the district’s Kulturamt (cultural office).

The extensive courtyard of the former Postfuhramt permits a glimpse of the original façade of the building.

A café and an art gallery are now based in the yard of a former sewing machine factory.

A courtyard full of nooks and crannies, which is today occupied by a number of workshops, offices and cafés. Take a look at the richly ornamented staircases.

Two small inner courtyards, partially planted, are surrounded by yellow and red brick walls.