free-wheeling ramblings on Friedrichshain

Moved across to Friedrichshain last Thursday. Staying in a neat little apartment with a couple of rock-climbing enthusiasts and their cat. All very friendly so far : ) They're living in the north-east tip of the suburb, several blocks north of the Spree. The area is definitely more gentrified than Neukölln - the babies and prams are a giveaway!

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Feel like I'm getting the feel of Friedrichshain (and slowly remembering how to spell it too). The area reminds me of Melbourne's Chapel St. It's definitely undergone gentrification in the last 5/10/15 years - but there seem to be some interesting parts left... just as Chapel St still has the Windsor end (to retain some street cred). From what I can tell, south of Frankfurter Allee/Karl-Marx Allee seems to be the more interesting part, while the northern bit is pram-town.

pram-central

not sure, but I think this is one of Berlin's last
remaining squat(ish) ventures… a block from...

From Friday 16th, I'm off to Kreuzberg for a few days.


Enjoyed Friedrichshain plenty (more-so in the less baby-populated sections)... my rock-climbing-obsessed hosts took me climbing too; good fun, and good exercise.

... this! how's that for variety in the same neighbourhood?