We visited a Prenzlauerberg weekend tradition, the flea market in Mauerpark. It’s a huge market with lots of interesting things for sale, but lots of rubbish as well. It was a rainy day, but the rain held off for most of the 2 hours or so we spent at the market. Mauerpark was originally a rail yard up until the 1960s. The Berlin Wall ran through it. When the wall came down in 1989 the “people” claimed the area as a park. A few years later the city formally made it a park and named it Mauerpark. Aparently it can be very lively on weekend evenings. Some pictures of the flea market below.
After we left fleamarket (which is actually held in an area beside the park), we visited the Maurepark to see the graffitti on a remnant of the Berlin wall. Karen found a swing.
I love your Berlin photos Tom. You have the eye to capture the ‘edge’ that is Berlin.