The Charms of Berlin's Scheunenviertel
Categories: Sightseeing, Cultural and History
Strolling the Scheunenviertel, it’s hard to imagine that this web of crooked lanes was a down-at-heel East Berlin (Berlin vacation rentals | Berlin travel guide) barrio until 1990. Now a buzzy shopping, eating and entertainment zone, it has also become the darling of the city’s creative class, its cafes and bars filled with iPad-toting media execs, black-clad fashion designers and bespectacled actors. A slew of hip new hotels such as Casa Camper and member-only Soho House also contribute to an increasingly cosmopolitan vibe.
A good spot to start exploring the Scheunenviertel is at the wonderfully ornate Hackescher Markt S-Bahn (city train) station, where the quarter is at its most vibrant. In good weather, tables spill from cafes and bars onto a carfree square ensconced within the red-brick railway arches, creating light-hearted Italian piazza flair. A sprightly farmers’ market sets up here every Thursday and Saturday.
Across the street looms the Hackesche Hofe, the largest and most famous of the restored courtyard ensembles punctuating the Scheunenviertel. Take your sweet time pottering around this tangle of cafes, an old-fashioned varieté theatre, an art-house cinema and unique stores like Berlinerklamotten, a platform for local designers.
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