Deck 5

Prenzlauer Berg


Soak up the rays, grand city views and colourful cocktails at this beach bar in the sky while sinking your toes into tonnes of sand lugged to the top parking deck of the Schönhauser Arkaden mall. After mall hours (10am to 9pm, Monday to Saturday) access is via the never-ending flight of stairs from Greifenhagener Strasse.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Prenzlauer Berg attractions

1. Gethsemanekirche

0.12 MILES

This 1893 neo-Gothic church was a hotbed of dissent in the final days of the GDR and thus a thorn in the side of the Stasi, which, as late as October 1989…

2. Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

0.62 MILES

Behind a short segment of the Berlin Wall (now an officially sanctioned practice ground for graffiti artists) loom the floodlights of the Friedrich-Ludwig…

3. Museum in der Kulturbrauerei

0.64 MILES

Original documents, historical footage and objects (including a camper-style Trabi car) bring daily life under socialism in East Germany to life in this…

4. Zeiss Grossplanetarium

0.66 MILES

It was the most advanced planetarium in East Germany at its opening in 1987 and after the recent renovation it has upped the scientific, technology and…

5. Kulturbrauerei

0.67 MILES

The fanciful red-and-yellow brick buildings of this 19th-century brewery have been upcycled into a cultural powerhouse with a small village's worth of…

6. Jugendfarm Moritzhof

0.68 MILES

This educational farm playground for kids offers interaction with barnyard animals and courses in basket-weaving, forging, felting and other old-timey…

7. Mauerpark

0.76 MILES

With its wimpy trees and anaemic lawn, Mauerpark is hardly your typical leafy oasis, especially given that it was forged from a section of Cold War–era…

8. Kollwitzplatz

0.9 MILES

Triangular Kollwitzplatz was ground zero of Prenzlauer Berg gentrification. To pick up on the local vibe, linger with macchiato mamas and media daddies in…