Simon-Dach-Strasse became very famous some 15 years back. It is not at all a secret, hidden road but still more than worth to choose for going out. Restaurants, cafes, bars, snack bars (such as the “Pizza Dach” (see the Pizza Dach article), ice cream parlors, shops and bakeries – the whole road is lined with them. There is always a bar that offers Happy Hour for cocktails (then €4.00 – €4.50). Beers cost between €2.80 – €3.20 in most places. Find all styles of bars: rock, retro, old school or modern ones. One bar, the “DK – Dachkammer” even has a very atmospheric lounge on the floor upstairs.On Saturdays and Sundays people gather for “Brunch” when all cafes and restaurants offer quality buffet (all you can eat) for between € 5.00 and € 10.00. When walking through Simon-Dach-Strasse pay attention to the recently renovated old buildings that are now probably more beautiful than they were in the times when they were built – an extraordinary example is on corner Simon-Dach-Str./Krossener Str. – check it out! Important to know: Many more restaurants, cafes and bars are located at close by roads “Gabriel-Max-Strasse”, “Grünberger Strasse”, “Wühlischstrasse”, “Boxhagener Strasse” and “Gärtnerstrasse”. Although the most important road of all, “Simon-Dach-Strasse” can be used as a synonym for the whole area (in German called “Kiez”), including famous Boxhagener Platz (see the Boxhagener Platz article). Details about this spot (Show on map)
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On our last day in Berlin, we jumped on a U train going the wrong way and got off at Ostkreuz intending to start walking back toward Karl-Marx Allee…long story short, we literally stumbled upon Simon-Dach-Strasse. Wish we had had more evenings to spend there – it is fantastic.
I love Simon Dach Strasse, I love Friedrichshain. I’ve been to Simon Dach Strasse in Summer 2008 and I was very much taken with it. Its atmosphere reminded me that of the London I used to know when I was young and living in South Kensington. However, Simon Dach Strasse is no imitation of Earl’s Court Road or Lexham Gardens… Make no mistake, it is distinctly, triumphantly German! And yet it does remind me of the West End…
As I first set foot on Simon Dach Strasse I felt as if I had lived there for moths, years. It was great.
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