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Ornament and Crime
The small, castle-like turret of Prenzlauer Allee’s Neoromantic station towers over the tracks’ deep crevice. A long staircase leads from the platform up to the hall clad in ornamental brick. A mighty chandelier of sorts floats high over head, casting a soft light on the passers-by below. It is rare to find such a well-preserved building from the Ringbahn’s past; this station, however, was opened in 1892 ... by Gernot Schaulinski

Walkabout: Heavenly bodies and the body politic

A stroll around Prenzlauer Allee offers a fascinating review of dwelling trends from the Gründerzeit (the building boom before the turn of the twentieth century) to the Berliner Modern period and East German socialism. From the German empire around 1900 to the final throes of the GDR, it's all within walking distance from Prenzlauer Allee station. Crossing the four-lane Allee from the station, built in 1892, you immediately ... by Julia Cornelius

Tips and Links for Prenzlauer Allee
Bohemians and Stasi informants never were closer. For decades the artist quarter was just a stone’s throw away from the surveillance headquarters for all of Berlin. And today there is still much to see and discover in this creative, kid-friendly neighborhood: Zeiss-Großplanetarium | Bürgeramt Prenzlauer Berg | Haus 3 | Open-Air-Ausstellung | Ernst-Thälmann-Park | Ella-Kay-Straße | ...