Outer – North&East Berlin – All our local tips

Some years ago I was quite charmed by a skinny-pink-squeaky tram crawling through Bucharest. M1 is neither pink nor squeaky, but it surely is … charming!

M1 guides you from TrashArt Museum (See the TrashArt museum article) (next to Pankow subway station) to Pergamon Museum (next to Am Kupfergraben). It is a lyrical transition from a upcycling museum (TrashArt Museum lends new eyes and new colours to curious viewers over disposable things collected in a garage complex) to a classical, imposing, centrally located museum (one should make sure not to miss out the reconstructed Pergamon).

M1 finds its lazy way through bars-packed-Kastanienallee (check the Kastanienallee article), it passes the pay-as-much-as-you-think-its-worth-it-Weinerei (check the Weinerei article), the-luxurious-inner-yards-Hackescher-Hoffe, the grafitti-pioneer-project-art-house-Tacheles (check the Tacheles article), and the-glittering-revue-theatre-Friedrichstadt-Palast. M1 will not disappoint you as a guide.

M1 never sleeps. It works the whole night, all week long. M1 keeps you warm, dry and can take you from north to middle Berlin. Above all, the tour will only cost you 2 Euro and 10 cents (price of a one way trip). M1 is the coolest tram Berlin has!

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M1 | Art & culture, Relaxing | Ticket € 2.10
Pankow subway station | Outer – North&East
24 hours daily

The beach at the lake Weiße See in the district Weißensee seems to be one of the last oases in the concrete jungle of Berlin and is situated only 20 minutes by tram from Alexanderplatz.

It looks like a park from the outside, and as soon as you enter the green forest you will find a circular lake, which seems totally isolated from the outside world.

In winter the entrance is free.

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Strandbad am Weißen See | Relaxing, Snacks | Free
Seeweg | Outer – North&East | +49309253241
Summer 09:00 – open end daily | Autumn – Spring 11:00 – open end daily

The TrashArt Museum finds itself in a long yard full with yellow-doors-garages and was founded in 2008.

It is not just an yard, but an association, Kunst-Stoffe, focused on sustainability, waste avoidance and cultural development. Kunst-Stoffe runs workshops and an artist in residence program. The TrashArt museum itself is the initiative of an artist from Munich, Adler F.C., who was doing here at that time a art residency.

The yellow-doors-garages store a wide range of materials, saved from becoming trash, among which fabric, metal and wood. The materials are made available for cultural and educational purposes. “We are upcycling, redesigning, not recycling”, the friendly Doro, member of Kunst-Stoffe, told me. And indeed, they very much do so, some of the sculptural works I have seen there give a different meaning to every day objects.

Tip: The museum is open on Wednesdays and Fridays, but do not hesitate to call them if other days suite you better. The people from Kunst-Stoffe are friendly and open for meeting you or starting new collaborations.

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TrashArt Museum | Art & culture | Free
Berliner Str. 17 | Outer – North&East | +4903034089840
Wed 14:00 – 20:00, Fri 11:00 – 18:00