Neighborhoods In Berlin

Discover the best neighborhoods in Berlin with curated recommendations from our editors.

Charlottenburg

An important part of former West Berlin but now a western district of the united city, Charlottenburg has retained its old-world charm. Elegance is the...

  • 12 Restaurants
  • 15 Hotels
  • 36 Things To Do

Friedenau

Just south of Charlottenburg, Friedenau is a residential neighborhood, with quiet tree-lined streets and a handful of cafés...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Friedrichshain

The cobblestone streets of Friedrichshain, bustling with bars, cafés, and shops, give it a Greenwich Village feel. There's plenty to see here, including Karl-Marx-Allee, a...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 12 Things To Do

Grunewald

The lush Grunewald forest, where tony villas peep out between the trees, is in southwest Berlin. Nearby, you can swim in bucolic Schlachtensee Lake...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Kreuzberg

Hip Kreuzberg, stretching from the West Berlin side of the border crossing at Checkpoint Charlie all the way to the banks of the Spree next...

  • 21 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 42 Things To Do

Mitte

After the fall of the wall, Mitte, which had been in East Germany, once again became the geographic center of Berlin. The area comprises several...

  • 33 Restaurants
  • 16 Hotels
  • 99 Things To Do

Neukölln

If you missed Prenzlauer Berg’s heyday, you can still get a good feel for its raw charm and creative flair if you head to ultrahip...

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 20 Things To Do

Oranienburg

In this little village a short drive north of Berlin, the Nazis built one of the first concentration camps (neighbors claimed not to notice what...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Potsdam

A trip to Berlin wouldn't be complete without paying a visit to Potsdam, known for its 18th-century baroque architecture, especially Sanssouci Park, the former residence...

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 10 Things To Do

Potsdamer Platz

The once-divided Berlin is rejoined at Potsdamer Platz, which now links Kreuzberg with the former East once again. Potsdamer Platz was Berlin's inner-city center and...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 14 Things To Do

Prenzlauer Berg

Once a spot for edgy art spaces, squats, and all manner of alternative lifestyles, Prenzlauer Berg has morphed into an oasis of artisanal bakeries, cute...

  • 18 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 26 Things To Do

Schöneberg

Long known as Berlin’s gay neighborhood, these days Schöneberg is yet another burgeoning hipster area, attracting artists and creative types and young families. You'll find...

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Tiergarten

The Tiergarten, a bucolic 630-acre park with lakes, meadows, and wide paths, is the "green heart" of Berlin. In the 17th century it served as...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 12 Things To Do

Treptow

Verdant, nearly suburban Treptow is best known for its park, but the canalside residential district of Alt-Treptow, with its ornate, century-old buildings, is also worth...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Wannsee

Most tourists come to leafy, upscale Wannsee to see the House of the Wannsee Conference, where the Third Reich’s top officials met to plan the...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Wedding

While much of Berlin has gentrified rapidly in recent years, Wedding, north of Mitte, is still an old-fashioned, working-class district. Because rents are still relatively...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Zehlendorf

After the war, Zehlendorf—especially the suburb of Dahlem—was a headquarters of sorts for American forces. The Freie Universität (Free University) is here, as is the...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

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