Follow the old border strip along Bernauer Strasse, then join Berliners at the Mauerpark flea market and karaoke, ending with currywurst and a beer garden.
Best time: Sunday late morning (flea market and Bearpit Karaoke)
Start at the Nordbahnhof end; watchtower and death strip; 60 min.
The only place where a full section of the border strip survives with the death strip, watchtower and inner wall; the open-air exhibition along Bernauer Strasse tells the stories…
Sunday flea market and afternoon karaoke in the amphitheatre; 60-90 min.
A park on the former death strip where every Sunday a huge flea market fills the west side and the Bearpit Karaoke turns the stone amphitheatre into an open-air stage.
Currywurst under the U2 at Eberswalder Strasse; 20 min.
Family-run currywurst stand under the elevated U-Bahn since the 1930s, with a secret family ketchup recipe; an East Berlin institution that Time Out still ranks among the city's…
Free GDR everyday-life exhibition (closed Mon); 45 min.
A free permanent exhibition of over 800 original objects on everyday life in East Germany, inside a restored brewery complex that is now a cinema, theatre and events hub; locals…
