Beyond Mitte: An Alternative Route Through Berlin’s Forgotten Neighborhoods
Introduction: Why Explore Berlin’s Forgotten Neighborhoods Berlin is a city you earn: beyond Mitte’s iconic sights — Alexanderplatz, Museum Island and the Brandenburg Gate — there’s a whole urban fabric of lesser-known neighborhoods that are every bit as important for understanding the capital’s soul. These areas, often skipped by standard tourist routes, serve up a range of unique experiences: bustling indoor markets, memorials and remnants of the Soviet era, industrial wastelands reclaimed by street art,…