We'll take a walk around Kreuzberg - one of Berlin's most multicultural, contradictory, and vibrant districts with its unmistakable anything-goes atmosphere. This is a locality with fine-dining restaurants and punk squats, colourful Turkish markets and minimalist designer boutiques, hip bars, vegan cafes, cult kebab stands, picturesque parks, and crowded techno-clubs.

 

I will tell you how anarchists contributed to the preservation of Berlin's historic architecture, and how West Berlin squatters met their peers from East Berlin and had to face the who-is-doing-the-dishes issue. You'll see some cool street art and hear the story behind 2 black walls, which used to be some of Berlin's most famous murals. We will have lunch at Kreuzberg's oldest building where sisters of the Bethanien monastery used to dine and (later) squatters used to hang out, and I will tell you an amazing personal story which shows how history comes alive in Berlin.