Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Its located in the eastern mid of Berlin and is surrounded by the old districts Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Lichtenberg.

Sights

• East Side Gallery, an international memorial for freedom which was a part of the Berlin Wall;
• Karl-Marx-Allee, a boulevard lined with landmark buildings in the stalinistic style;
• Frankfurter Tor, two landmark towers on Karl-Marx-Allee, which resemble to the church-domes on Gendarmenmarkt;
• Oberbaumbrücke, an old bridge connecting Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain;
• Märchenbrunnen in Volkspark Friedrichshain;
• Simon-Dach-Straße, party-mile;
• Boxhagener Platz, heart of the Friedrichshain Kiez;
• Samariterviertel with the Samariterkirche