Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is a district of Berlin.

Understand

The former districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain had few things in common beside the loads of students and the party scene. Since the political decision to merge these two districts they only work politically together. The name was made by flipping a coin

• Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg is one of Berlin's most eclectic districts, home to a unusual mix of left-wing punks, anarchists and Turkish immigrants, the last of which make up a third of the population and have earned the area its occasional nickname Little Istanbul. The district has gentrified to some extent in recent years, with dot-coms, marketing agencies, designer etc moving into renovated lofts, but there are still plenty of kebab joints, funky nightclub, and pictures of Abdullah Öcalan gazing down from Communist Party of Kurdistan propaganda posters. It must be said that the high number of unemployed people is a negative thing about Kreuzberg.

Get in

See

• Jüdisches Museum Berlin (Berlin Jewish Museum)- designed by Daniel Libeskind
• Martin-Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7 | Stresemannstr. 110, 10963 Berlin, Tel +49 30 254 86-0 also visit the exhibition "Topographie des Terrors", also in Stresemannstrasse
• Oranienstrasse, a street full of shops, cafes and restaurants
• Bergmannstrasse, like Oranienstrasse a street full of shops, cafes and restaurants, but in the other part of Kreuzberg
• Görlitzer Park 150-200m along the Wiener Str (bypassing the fire house and the public swimming pool)from U-Bahn Görlitzer Bahnhof, the park is famous for the turkish families do bbq at summer weekends, failed contemporary art and relaxed atmosphere of students etc

Do

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Eat

Kreuzberg is known for it's innovative and good value restaurants. The following are the classics in a fast changing market:

• Morgenland - Oriental breakfast buffet at weekends (reservation!), restaurant and bar every day with good food for mid-range prices, Skalitzer Str. 35 (U-Bahn Görlitzer Bahnhof), 10999 Berlin, T:030-611 32 91
• Hannibal - Famous for it burgers and weekend buffet breakfast, good cocktails in the evening, Wiener Str. 69 (U-Bahn Görlitzer Bahnhof), 10999 Berlin, T:030-611 51 60
• Kuchenkaiser - Institution for generation 68, breakfast till 4pm and global kitchen highlights every week, Oranienplatz 11-13, T:030-614 02 697
• Asador Steakhouse - Spanish and Argentinian food - Food is good and portion are not so small, waites are able to speak english. Have a look to the water and drink price and the taxes to avoid surprises. 'Wilhelmstrasse 22, corner Hedemannstrasse - 10936 Berlin - Tel 030 25 93 18 18'
• Angus Restaurant Steak-Haus. Kreuzbergstrasse 11-12, tel. 786 27 42. You can get quite good food (pizza starting at 3 euro, pasta, different steaks ect.) enjoying a nice atmosphere. Its one of the cheapest restaurants in Kreuzberg and because of this very crowded (which is part of the nice atmopshere, as many "good" restaurants in Kreuzberg are expensive and empty!).

The thing to eat in Kreuzberg is, of course, Turkish food.

• Hasir. Adalbertstrasse 10, tel. 614 2373, [1]. The flagship of a chain run by Mehmet Aygun, who has a pretty good claim to inventing the döner kebab as we know it, and the kebab here is among the best in town. Main courses still a steal at €6-11. Open 24 hours.
• Multi. Großbeerenstrasse 27/Yorckstrasse. Know for the special so called turkish pizza, which is made in a real stone oven.

Opposite the U-Bahnstation Schlesisches Tor is a very good turkish bakery which offers one of the broadest varierties of pastries, cakes, bread and other sweet stuff

Friedrichshain

• Nil - Sudanese fast food shop, serves excellent falafel and other arabic snacks together with its famous peanut sauce

Drink

Kreuzberg is a popular area for a drink and most people enjoy the very laid back atmosphere.

• Zyankali Bar, Großbeerenstraße 64, most adventurous bar in Berlin! You'll be surprised what kind of drinks they have on their beverage list. They say some people entered the Zyankali and never came out again: http://www.zyankali.de/
• Wild at Heart, http://www.wildatheartberlin.de Punkrock Club with live music, great deco. Wiener Strasse 20
• Wiener Blut, Bar, Wiener Straße 14
• Wuergeengel, Great Bar for cocktails, Dresdener Straße 122
• Bierhimmel, Cafe during the day, bar in the evenings, Oranienstraße 181
• Wirtschaftswunder, is synonymous to the expression "economy mirical". The prices are very low and it has a good local Kreuzberg atmosphere, Yorkstraße 81.

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