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Love it or hate it
Arrival in the tunnel-like station of Schönhauser Allee: plenty of graffiti to go around, abandoned cups and bottles huddled between the tracks and the steep outer walls that keep the city at bay. The station is never particularly quiet: dawn greets commuters coming in from northern suburbs clutching cheap cups of brew; midday welcomes the fleets of shopping carts, baby strollers, seniors' walkers ... by Rachel Marks

Walkabout: The borders of Berlin
Kopenhagener Straße, which heads west from Schönhauser Allee station, is now seems a quiet residential street. It's gotten a facelift like so many others in Prenzlauer Berg, but the mood is more peaceful and less self-aware. During the GDR, however, Kopenhagener Straße was the hub of Prenzlauer Berg bohemian life - not a quiet side street - and its fame extended far beyond the Kiez thanks to the hit film Solo Sunny ... by Rachel Marks

Tips and Links for Schönhauser Allee
Most describe today’s Prenzlauer Berg with one cliché after the next. An unbiased stroll through one neighborhood illustrates the upsides and downsides of the area’s transformation from an alternative bastion to a well-heeled quarter: Kneipe Eselsbrücke | A magica | Ballhaus Ost | Puppentheater Felicio | Gethsemanekirche | Omoni | Stargarder Straße | Deck 5 | Friedhofspark Pappelallee | ...