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...room, and black leather couches line the walls below the brightly colored arched ceiling. Throw in the steady beat of minimal techno and house and a mixed-age crowd, and you've got one of central Berlin's hippest watering holes. Wuergeengel 122 Dresdener Strasse, wuergeengel.de A Kreuzberg institution, this old-fashioned, wood-paneled bar trumps the pretentious chic often found in new locations in the former East Berlin districts of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg. It's elegant drinking in a rough part of town. Green Door 50 Winterfeldtstrasse, greendoor.de Ring the bell on the aforementioned door...
...foreign artists and dealers setting up shop in the city. Uta Baier and Gerhard Charles Rump, art critics at the Berlin-based daily Die Welt, gave us the lowdown on their favorite venues. Künstlerhaus Bethanien The best thing about this former deaconesses' home in the hip Kreuzberg district, says Rump, is its presentation of artists who deal with "current topics like poverty and violence in their works." Dedicated to helping international artists since 1974, the venue, which is both publicly and privately funded, provides residents with 12-month grants. Twenty to 30 public exhibitions and performances are mounted...
...NSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN The best thing about this former deaconesses' home in the hip Kreuzberg district, says Rump, is its presentation of artists who deal with "current topics like poverty and violence in their works." Dedicated to helping international artists since 1974, the venue, which is both publicly and privately funded, provides residents with 12-month grants. Twenty to 30 public exhibitions and performances are mounted each year. "They are always on the lookout for not-very-well-known artists who tend to turn up in big exhibitions years later," says Baier. "They have a sense for who is good...
...KUNSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN Bethanien specializes in shows on current social topics, such as Turkish artists in Berlin. Most exhibitions are related in some way to Kreuzberg itself. Over 400 artists from 30 countries have worked at Bethanien's studios as part of its international program. Mariannenplatz...
...does when the Wall comes down. "Well, I'll simply start walking," he thinks. "[And] the rest will somehow fall into place." Berliners traditionally split the neighborhood in two: the better-off, bohemian Kreuzberg 61 and the grittier SO36, both named after their postal codes. Start your walk by heading south from Mehringdamm station in Kreuzberg 61 and take a stroll up the Kreuzberg itself, a 66-m-high hill that gave the district its name in 1921. From the monument to the Wars of Liberation of 1813-15 at the top you have a sweeping view of the city...