The Actual Berlin-Kreuzberg

The Actual Berlin-Kreuzberg, originally uploaded by Chris Abraham.

Kreuzberg is one of the coolest neighborhoods in Berlin. Lots of hipsters but also the bourgeoisie, my peeps. Cafes abound and so do bars and clubs and cool record stores. The word Kreuzberg means “cross mountain” which is what you see above the fake waterfalls, which I am told gets turned off at night and then turned on again; also, seasonally. While it looks like there is a huge cathedral on the top, it is misleading. There isn’t a church up there at all, it is merely and simply the Kreuz, the cross.

Here’s the pretty view of Berlin-Kreuzberg from Kreuz Berg. Berlin is a decidedly low city. It is also, obviously, very European and very very German, but not Bavarian, of course, which is what you might see in your head.

Here’s the Kreuz that sits at the top of the Berg, which is to say, literally a cross — no church or anything else. But it is beautiful, if it weren’t so forrest green. Either way, it is a lovely walk; however, there’s quite a lot of wind atop the hill, there.

What a beautiful view up along the rocky, beautiful, man-made waterfalls, looking up to the cross atop the hill. Such a lovely and popular walk on a Sunday afternoon, when you’re finally tired of the cool kids, the hip cafes, the sweet discos, the pretty people, the highly-fashionable eyeglasses, and the old fashioned austere three-speed dutch bikes with the Brooks saddles. Oh, wilderness, oh respite, oh promendade, oh constitutional!

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