NEUKÖLLN
Tips and Links for Neukölln
1. Lichtinstallation (Art and Light Installation) | Up since 2008, this installation representing Neukölln’s diversity is already a little time-worn but worth a look | Under S-Bahn bridge
2. Körnerpark | Well-tended neo-baroque park from 1910s with café and art gallery | www.körnerpark.de
3. Thomashöhe | A contrast to Körnerpark, this more standard Berlin park attracts more residents and has enough lawn, trees, and bushes for plenty of picnicking and game-playing | Thomasstraße 27
4. Little Stage | A small – hence the name – music venue with international acts and regular events | Jonasstr. 1 | www.littlestage.de
5. Böhmischer Gottesacker | Dating from the eighteenth century and still in use today, this cemetery served the area’s Bohemian refugees | Karl-Marx-Platz 10
6. Fleischerei Blutwurstmanufaktur | Butchers that sells quality meat and traditional hand-made sausages since 1902 | Karl-Marx-Platz 9-11 | www.blutwurstmanufaktur.de
7. Rue Bunte | A community of artists and musicians works and puts on events and performances in the back courtyard here | Karl-Marx-Strasse 177 | www.ruebunte.de
8. Bethlehemskirche | First built in the fifteenth century, this church was the center of Bohemian life in Rixdorf and was last renovated in 1941 | Richardplatz 22
9. Rixdorfer Schmiede | The old smithy today houses a women’s center and art gallery | Richardplatz 28 | www.rixdorferschmiede.de
10. Gustav Schöne | Another Rixdorf institution: Today it houses a carriage museum and rents them out too (with horses and drivers) | Richardplatz 18 | www.gustav-schoene.de
11. Louis | Austrian family restaurant with immense Wiener Schnitzel specialities | Richardplatz 5
12. Villa Rixdorf | Café and restaurant with Bohemian platters as well as other international cuisine | Richardplatz 6 | www.villa-rixdorf.com
13. Comenius-Garten | Pedagogical, spiritual, and philosophical center, opened 1995 in a gesture of healing and community-building on the former site of run-down workers’ tenements | Richardstraße 35 | www.comenius-garten.de
14. Kirchgasse 5 | A museum on the Bohemian village and Rixdorf in an old schoolhouse from 1753| www.museumimboehmischendorf.de
15. Marcao Flamenco | Flamenco dance studio that offers lessons for the curious | Kirchhofstr. 7a | www.marcao.com
16. Gönül’s Art | Local artist’s studio, gallery, and meeting point with occasional performances, readings, and coffee-drinking | Wipperstr. 10 | www.verruecktgruen.blogspot.com
17. Kunstsalon Posin | Three renowned Russian brothers make art – their own and copies of old masters’ works | Wipperstr. 20 | www.kunstsalon-posin.de
18. Reinhold Steinle Stadtführungen (Walking Tours) | Neuköllner leads entertaining and revealing walking tours throughout different neighborhoods in the district | www.reinhold-steinle.de