With Synke-unterwegs in Kreuzberg SO 36

Our walking tour with Synke in Kreuzberg brought us a set of new experiences about an urban residential area, that also attracts the great street art artists of the world.

We met our blogger female friend Synke for the first time in Nantes. On the ITB Berlin she invited us to join her with the camera on a photographic safari through Kreuzberg, which we gladly accepted.

Meeting point was the suburban train station Silesian Gate. She gave us a short statement about her activities. In addition to her blog Synke-unterwegs, she organizes photo tours in Berlin and also conducts courses in photography . One of her specialty are bulb exposures at night.

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Further participants of the photo tour arrived and were cordially welcomed. Among them were photo-enthusiasts from Canada and Italy.

Curvystrasse

Synke first led us to a fallow area in the Curvystrasse.

The area, originally overgrown with bushes, had turned into a camp by homeless persons. The artist BLU, whose Street art we have already seen in Athens, painted the surrounding façades. After the clearing of the camp, BLU painted over the paintings, presumably to not grant advantage to real estate speculators.

Oberbaum Bridge

Next destination was the Oberbaum Bridge. On the way there we saw a number of street art, including another of BLU.

From a distance we could take a look at the East Side Gallery.

The Oberbaum Bridge was planned as a follow-up construction of a former custom bridge. At the same time, Siemens & Halske received the permission to set up a railway bridge almost in the same place. One agreed on a common railway and highway bridge. The result was an impressive building.

But our destination lies somewhere else and so we turn around and go along the Skalitzer Street, past the former barracks of the 3rd Foot Guards, the Emmauskirche and the subway station Görlitzer Bahnhof.

When turning from the Oranienstrasse into the Manteuffelstrasse we see a beautiful painting of ROA, whose wolf we already admired in Rome.

We had planned to have breakfast in the historic market hall, but unfortunately, it was closed on Sunday.

We continue our way past the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a former Deaconess hospital, which is today an international cultural centre.

Via the Mariannenplatz, we reach the Heinrich place, named after a younger brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm II. The Heinrichplatz was the center of the Kreuzberg riots which took place from the end of the 1990s years by the end of the 2000s years on May 1st.

SO36 is the old Berlin postal delivery zone, which coincides with the social hotspot of Kreuzberg. At the same time it also moved into the focus of the artist, like in the form of street art, of which we have seen some examples. This focus has also been recognized in literature, especially the pubs Zum Elefanten and Zum goldenen Hahn.

After we have enjoyed a breakfast on this very traditional square, we say goodbye to Synke and pay a visit to the East Side Gallery.

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East Side Gallery

In 1990, the East Side Gallery was painted by 118 artists from 21 countries.

With a length of 1316 meters it is the world’s longest lasting open-air gallery. The East Side Gallery is the longest and best-preserved part of the Berlin Wall.

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