Berlin Property Guide

Berlin is a vast city, this coupled with it’s unusual twin-centre history mean that no neighbourhood or borough is the same as another. In this section, we’ll take a look at the main neighbourhoods which make up Europe’s second most populous city.

Berlin is made up of 12 boroughs, or Bezirke in German, there used to be 23 but they were reorganised in 2001 to help save on expenditure, this gave birth to amalgamated boroughs such as “Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf”. Despite this, when talking about the neighbourhoods that make up the city, Berliners still to refer to the old boroughs and treat the new ones as merely administrative titles. You will also here Berliners talk about their “Kiez”, this is something different again, a small locality defined not by the local government but by the people that live there - their local neighbourhood as they perceive it.

The above map shows you the old boroughs and where they lie within the city limit. Below you will find a synopsis of the borough and a link to read the full description.

• Charlottenburg

  Charlottenburg is a former borough of Berlin, now part of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf situated in what used to be West Berlin. After Berlin was divided, it became ...

• Friedrichshain

  Kreuzberg's near neighbour and borough-partner is Friedrichshain. Friedrichshain was also its own district until 2001, when it became part of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. While not as poor ...

• Kreuzberg

  South of Mitte, one can find Kreuzberg situated in the new borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Kreuzberg is one the more well-known areas of Berlin, famous for ...

• Mitte

  Mitte is the most central part of Berlin (Mitte is German for centre). It also includes the vast majority of Berlin's historic centre and most ...

• Neukölln

  In the south of the city one can find Neukölln. Architecturally one of the more interesting districts, Neukölln is a district of contrasts. The south ...

• Prenzlauer Berg

  Part of the new Pankow district, Prenzlauer Berg or Prenzlberg as it is sometimes called is one of the most changed from before unification. Formerly ...

• Tiergarten

  Tiergarten (Animal Garden in German) is another historic neighbourhood that makes up the new borough of Mitte. Formally part of West Berlin, Tiergarten is named ...

• Wedding

  Formerly part of West Berlin, Wedding used to be a separate borough of Berlin, but since 2001, it is part of Mitte. It is one ...

• Wilmersdorf

  The other half of the new Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough, Wilmersdorf is one of the richest areas in Berlin. If you are wanting to go to swanky ...