Word: prenzlauer
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...Soon enough, the starving-artist types began to get paying work in the new Germany - film roles, book deals, selling paintings banned by the communist authorities. The streets of Prenzlauer Berg pulsated night after night to the rhythm of dancing bodies, flowing cash and a consensual belief there was nowhere else in the world better to be at that precise moment...
Hipness is not dead in Berlin; it simply grew up and started having babies. Just take a look at Prenzlauer Berg, an island of cool that may right now have the highest birth rate in all of Germany. The neighborhood was once was a refuge for East Berlin's communist-era bohemians communing beneath the radar of the dreaded Stasi secret police. Then, after the Berlin Wall fell, hipsters from the other side poured in to the district, opening cafes and night clubs on every corner...
...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 to get in, and sit at either the long wooden bar or in the dimly lit lounge. Green Door's aim is to weed out the beer guzzlers from...
Spurning conventional retail wisdom, designers like Bernard Willhelm and Kostas Murkudis sell their clothes in anonymous shops in the Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg districts; shoppers track down the addresses through friends, clubs or posters plastered around the city. Many retailers take out short leases, so their establishments come and go in a matter of months, while the locations of shops like Apartment and clubs like Fun are passed on by word of mouth. Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo was so inspired by Berlin's transient scene that she opened her own "guerrilla" Comme des Garcons store in East Berlin in February...
...Kurfürstendamm: "I lost my job because people think twice before spending their money on extras like expensive clothes or dinner at a restaurant." Even Berlin's famous nightlife has been affected by the glum mood. Mike Stolz, co-owner of Guppi, a trendy bar in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, complains that there has been no growth in his business. "People come here but consume less," Stolz says. "I have let part-timers go because I can't afford them anymore." Stolz, 37, sees a plus side to the downturn: mediocre night spots can no longer make...