An extended stroll through Berlin's Mitte district is most rewarding. Nowhere in the city - with the possible exception of Kreuzberg - are the changes Berlin has undergone more striking and more in your face. Mitte went from a derelict neighborhood to the epicenter of all things hip. And yet, remnants of the old Mitte, as anarchic and radical as it once was right after the Wende are still very much in evidence. What's more, these remnants have merged with the new Mitte, coexisting next to swanky shops and ritzy hotels and apartments buildings.
And it is precisely this edgy, exciting blend that make Mitte so fascinating ...
... may it last just a little longer ...
A shop on Novalisstrasse
A newly completed building that is part of the Forum Museum Island, architect: David Chipperfield
One of the last remaining clubs in Mitte, Schokoladen
Courtyard of a building on Torstrasse
Confiserie Orientale on Linienstrasse
The former Hollmannsche Wilhelminen Amalien Stiftung, now converted into luxury apartments
Entrance to one of the last non-renovated buildings on Auguststrasse
Hamlet on the streets, a theatre performance on Museum Island
A fire escape on a building on Max Beer Strasse
Cafe Altes Europa on Grosse Hamburger Strasse
The wonderful Vietnamese hideaway, Chen Che, on Rosenthaler Strasse
... on Steinstrasse ...
... on Almstadtstrasse ...
... a bridge near Alexanderplatz
... on Mulackstrasse ...
The infamous Sodom&Gomorrha on Torstrasse
The trendy Kaffee Burger, which calls itself a Tanzwirtschaft
The Happy Shop on Torstrasse
Dog memorial and emergency water bowls on Rosa Luxemburg Strasse
The newly completed Simon Palais, part of the Forum Museum Island project, architect: David Chipperfield
