Pankow is located in former east berlin and believe it or not despite the fact that it's not quite as
central as districts like Mitte and friedrichshain-Kreuzberg which i've already vlogged about
it is the most populous borough of berlin
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Prenzlauer berg located on the southern tip of Pankow nearer the center of berlin is full of
colorful buildings and endless eateries it's the kind of place where you could walk for hours
admiring all the beautiful colourful architecture and when the wall was still up prenzlauer berg
was one of the most prominent areas where the lgbt community christian activists artists and
others who did not agree with the gdr's government worked together to create a thriving east berlin
counter culture which contributed hugely to the eventual 1989 peaceful revolution in the 1990s
Prenzlauer berg was particularly popular amongst squatters however just like a lot of friedrichshain
and Kreuzberg the area is experiencing a huge amount of gentrification nowadays
like friedrichshain kreuzberg pankow is also an area where a lot of the time the
u-bahn is above the ground so there are a lot of amazing views to be seen from just riding on it
the pankow museums at haynesstraße and prenzlauer allee are two more
amazing and free museums which you should definitely check out if you speak german
the one at haynesstraße guides you through a family home which has been preserved to give
a feel as to what it was like at the beginning of the 20th century and the museum at prenzlauer
allee is in more of a community center setting located next to a library and focuses more on
the individual narratives of a diverse array of people who have over the years lived in pankow
the museum at the Kulturbrauerei is another amazing one to visit when i
went there there was an exhibition on the gdr with loads of original objects from that time
it's also free so i definitely recommend you check it out
i went to helmholtzplatz at the weekend and it was absolutely bustling with people and
whilst i was there there was actually a protest going on and i believe from what i
could understand about it i wasn't there the whole time but i think it was about the housing crisis
in berlin and specifically against the increase in rent prices I guess that's a real life illustration
of the gentrification which pankow and particularly prenzlauer berg is experiencing
present day pankow the district did have the berlin wall right on the edge of it
during the cold war and in fact the berlin wall memorial on bernauer Straße is full of
documentations of stories of people who died trying to cross the wall from east berlin
it's located on a long stretch of green space so it's open all the time and can
be found right next to mauerpark whose name translates into english as wallpark
mauerpark is also an essential place to visit if you are visiting pankow it is
a really great meeting place with loads of buskers particularly at the weekends
go there on a sunday afternoon and there's always something going on including a flea
market i didn't spend loads of time at mauerpark this time but i'll link in the cards another vlog
from three years ago when i went to berlin and i showed you guys a lot more of it there
so that was my pankow vlog thanks so much for watching and please like and subscribe if you've
made it this far and feel free to let me know as always if you've been to any of these places
my next vlog in this series will be in the district of
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf so i'll see you there. Tschüssi!