Pfefferberg

Prenzlauer Berg


This rambling listed brewery compound has been adapted to house cultural venues, resto-bars, a hostel and offices. Beer production resumed in 2013 with the opening of the Pfefferbräu microbrewery.

At the Christinenstrasse (northern) entrance, the Tchoban Foundation – Museum für Architekturzeichnung (Museum for Architectural Drawing) is housed in a spectacular pile of relief-decorated sandstone cubes designed by Sergei Tchoban. Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has his studio next door.


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