Wedding

Wedding is a great place if you’re looking for a raw, up-and-coming neighbourhood. Before the war, Wedding was just as much a working-class district as Prenzlauer Berg. But after the city was divided, the workers’ homes here in West Berlin had to make way for cheap high-rise blocks to tackle the housing shortage, due to the lack of space caused by the Wall. For a long time, Wedding was a neighbourhood you’d rather avoid, but these days it’s really on the up. Artists and students are flocking to the area because of the low rents, and with them come pop-up restaurants, coffee shops and experimental art initiatives. There’s more to do in the neighbourhood by the day.