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Kreuzberg & Schöneberg : Best of the Rest

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Top 10 Best of the Rest

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  • 1. Rathaus Schöneberg

    It was from this Town Hall, on 26 June 1963, that the US President John F Kennedy made his famous speech, declaring “I am a Berliner” and expressing his commitment to the freedom of West Berlin.

  • 2. Mehringplatz

    Once Kreuzberg’s prettiest square, Mehringplatz was destroyed in World War II and is today surrounded by modern residential buildings.

  • 3. Flughafen Tempelhof

    Tempelhof, built in 1939 by Ernst Sagebiel and then Germany’s biggest airport, survives as the largest Fascist structure in Europe. In front of it, a monument, nicknamed “the starving claw”, recalls the airport’s role during the Berlin Airlift in 1948–9.

  • 4. Mariannenplatz

    This square is dominated by the Gothic-style artists’ house Bethanien. A former hospital, it is today used as studio space by experimental artists.

  • 5. Oberbaumbrücke

    Pedestrians and cyclists can cross to the other side of the Spree River from Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain on this red-brick bridge, one of Berlin’s loveliest, which was erected in 1894–6.

  • 6. Altes Mosse-Palais

    One of Berlin’s most important publishing houses was based in this Art Nouveau corner house in the former newspaper district.

  • 7. Friedhöfe Hallesches Tor

    Numerous celebrities lie buried in the four cemeteries, including the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Also the writer E T A Hoffmann, whose work inspired Offenbach to write The Tales of Hoffmann .

  • 8. Lapidarium

    The former pumping station is open for visits; the sculptures in the garden once decorated the Siegesallee (alley of triumph).

  • 9. Kottbusser Tor

    Kreuzberg in the raw: social misery tucked away in between new buildings in the Turkish heart of the district.

  • 10. Kammergericht

    In 1947–90, the magnificent supreme court, built in 1909–13, was used as Allied Control Council.

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