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Scheunenviertel AREA | HAUPTBAHNHOF & ORANIENBURGER TOR | TORSTRASSE

Neighbourhood Top Five 1 Sammlung Boros cafes in this charismatic the quarter’s Jewish history (p133) Glimpsing high courtyard maze. at this local landmark. drama, abstract mind- 3 Clärchens Ballhaus 5 Museum für Natur­ benders and glowing colour (p138) Strutting your stuff kunde (p134) Sizing among the contemporary to salsa, tango, ballroom, yourself up next to giant artworks at this bunker- waltz and swing at this dinos at ’s mini turned-art museum. funky retro ballroom. Jurassic Park in the 2 Hackesche Höfe (p135) 4 Neue Synagoge (p132) city’s Museum of Natural Exploring fashion bou- Admiring the exotic archi- History. tr tiques, shops, galleries and S tecture and studying rup on e u a n r e 1 B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 400 m tr e# 1 1 1 1 1 1 ens 0 0.2 miles B an 1 1 1 1 B 1 1 1 ter e Pappelplatz r e rg u V r 1 1 1 1 s1tr 1 st n th 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n Volkspark S aa e c rs n Weinberg h be nstr s a a ide t r H al r n §# Inv h Naturkundemuseum G o a r C str r s el t Rosenthaler t h g e s #â a le n t 5# u h Platz r c tr s 1 1 s 1 1 S ks t s iec r §# e T R 1 1 1 e 1 1 N r s o st 1 1 1 t 1 o s n r v e e n id a Linienstr al 1 1 1 1 1 t v l S h n r i I rsche St 1 1 1 1 s t a nove T r n s l a u Koppenplatz e H t 1 1 1 Or1anie1nburger r r r st c H or h r 1 1 1 1 T G tst e Tor o s s r gu 1 1s 1 1 1 l o Au is s L c s h tr k s u 1 1 e1 Str1 ns r e y e i ni G s i s i e 1 1 1 1 1 L H p

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For more detail of this area see Map p302 A 130 Lonely Planet’s Top Tip Explore: Scheunenviertel If you can’t make it on to Scheunenviertel packs bunches of charisma into its rela- Dancing with the Stars, at tively compact size and is a joy to explore by day and least you can dance under night. Don’t expect any blockbuster sights staring you in the stars in Berlin. From the face, though: its greatest charms reveal themselves May to September, riverside in the labyrinth of quiet lanes fanning out from its main Strandbar (p140) drags, Oranienburger Strasse and Rosenthaler Strasse. invites you to tango, swing Embark on an aimless wander and you’ll constantly or waltz on a wooden dance stumble upon the unexpected here: an idyllic courtyard floor while the Spree cours- or boundary-pushing gallery, a fashion-forward boutique, es past and lights bathe the a fancy wine bar or a glam belle époque ballroom. A dis- ornamented facade of the tinctive feature of the quarter is its Höfe – interlinked Bode-Museum in a romantic courtyards filled with cafes, shops and drinking temples. glow. There’s no charge, but Since the 1990s, the Scheunenviertel has also reprised a €4 donation for the DJ is its historic role as Berlin’s main Jewish quarter, with the Neue Synagoge as its shining beacon. Gritty Torstrasse, requested. Check the web- meanwhile, delivers a roll call of trendy restaurants, bars site for dance lessons and and boutiques that lure a cashed-up creative crowd of foul-weather cancellations. locals, expats and visitors. The area between the Hauptbahnhof and Friedrich- strasse harbours two of Berlin’s contemporary arts high- Scheunenviertel 1 Best Jewish lights: the Hamburger Bahnhof and the Sammlung Boros. History Sites North of the Hauptbahnhof itself, a new city quarter called ¨¨Neue Synagoge (p132) Europa-City is slowly getting off the drawing board. ¨¨Museum Blindenwerk- statt Otto Weidt (p141) Local Life ¨¨Gedenkstätte Stille Helden (p141) ¨Shopping Find out what keeps Berlin designers’ ¨¨Friedhof Grosse Ham- sewing machines humming by prowling the backstreets

.burger Strasse (p139) for the shops of fashion-forward local-labels  ¨Bar-hopping Play it cool when joining hotties and For reviews, see p132.A hopefuls for a classy buzz in Torstrasse’s doorstaff- guarded booze burrows. ¨ Best Places Monbijoupark Set out a picnic, sip a beer in 5 Strandbar Mitte (p140) – Berlin’s first beach bar – or to Eat catch a play at the Monbijou Theater (Map p302; %030- ¨¨Einsunternull (p138) 288 866 999; www.monbijou-theater.de; Monbijoustrasse 3b; ¨¨Katz Orange (p138) tickets €14-22; hMay-Sep; jM1, bOranienburger Strasse, ¨¨Pauly Saal (p137) Hackescher Markt) in this riverfront park. ¨¨Chèn Chè (p136) For reviews, see p136.A Getting There & Away ¨U-Bahn Weinmeisterstrasse (U8) is the most central Best Places station. Rosenthaler Platz (U8), Rosa-Luxemburg- 6 Platz (U2) and Oranienburger Tor (U6) are closer to to Drink Torstrasse and the northern Scheunenviertel. ¨ ¨Clärchens Ballhaus ¨S-Bahn Hackescher Markt (S5, S7 and S9) and (p138) Oranienburger Strasse (S2) stations are both good ¨¨Strandbar Mitte (p140) jumping-off points. ¨¨Buck and Breck (p140) ¨Tram M1 runs from Museumsinsel (Museum ¨¨Cordobar (p140) Island) to Prenzlauer Berg and stops throughout the For reviews, see p138.A Scheunenviertel. ¨Bus No 142 runs along Torstrasse.