Germany - Berlin: modern Holiday apartment in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, near Alexanderplatz

The holiday apartment :

The holiday apartment is approx. 36 m² and lies the the centre, just 1200 m from Alexanderplatz (Mitte-district and historical city centre) in the district Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg, near the lively Kollwitz Platz, the heart of this East-Berlin region. You can get on the 24-hour Metro-Tram M2 right in front of the house and it only takes 5 min to Alexanderplatz.

It has a 22 m² terrace with a wonderful view over the rooftops of Prenzlauer Berg, since it is located on the sixth floor (with elevator). The house is a new building with elevator and underground car park. The holiday apartment is ideally suited to couples, small families and senior citizens. Smoking is only allowed on the terrace.

The holiday apartment is arranged in a modern fashion. The living room and bedroom are separated with a room divider (shelves) and has two beds, an additional bed-couch and cable TV. Your own bathroom has a large bathtub (also for showering) and WC. The modern kitchen comes with everything you need for a short stay in Berlin (microwave, dishwasher, with electric stovetop, refrigerator, coffee maker, toaster, dishes). A cot is available on request.

Furthermore there is a wardrobe beside the bath, hair dryer, iron with ironing board as well as a city map, books about Berlin in different languages, radio, CD-player, different family games and two umbrellas.

The holiday apartment is very quietly located, with the windows all facing south west onto the large, green court.

The prices :

Minimum stay 3 nights, final cleaning fee 25 euros
Extra charge for late-arrivals after 08 pm: 10 euros 10pm: 15 euros, from 11 pm: 20 euros and from midnight: 30 euros.
Underground car park 8 euros per night (height: max 1.50 m)
Breakfast is not offered
Peak season: March - October, Christmas/New Year's Eve: 22.12.-06.01.
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You pay a minimum of 50 % in advance and the rest cash when you arrive. Only last minute booking: you pay 100 % when you arrive. Prices incl. 7% VAT.

Bedlinen, 1 towel and 1 bath-towel per person, toilet paper dishwasher-tablets, washing up liquid are all included in the cleaning price. Further towels and bathrobes in different sizes can be borrowed for a extra charge from us.

Parking is controlled in front of the house. This means that parking comes with a charge of 1 Euro per hour, Mondays to Saturdays from 9am to midnight. Parking spaces without a charge can be found 5 tram stops away (northern Prenzlauer Berg). It is also possible to rent a space in the parking garage for 8 Euros a night (maximum vehicle height is 1,5m), or park in the garage a few hundred metres away. Your own or rented bicycle (you can rent one around the corner from 6 euro/ day) you can park in the locked courtyard. .

Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) – LEZ stickers
The city zone (A) within the S-Bahn-Ring (city train circle) is part of the LEZ. If you do not have a sticker for the LEZ of Berlin city centre, you can find information here, on how to get LEZ stickers for tourists.

The holiday apartment is available on the day of your arrival from 4 pm and we would ask you to check out on the day of your departure before 10amg. This is to make sure that the holiday apartment can be prepared for the new guests.

There are growing fresh herbs of the season such as peppermint, melissa, sage, basil, chives….

Café "Fröhlich" just 2 entrances away
The holiday apartment is located on Belforter Straße in 10405 Berlin, Germany. Click on the map or use the routing function of web.de.	Kollwitzstrasse

The house is situated in the "scene-area" of Berlin - close by to the Kollwitzplatz and water-tower, one of the most-frequented club and bar centres in the new Berlin.

On foot you can reach all the important attractions in Prenzlauer Berg - like...

• the Kulturbrauerei (cinemas and lots of clubs) or
• Lychener Straße with more bars and cafés (by the way, there is a wonderful Cuban with good Mojito and a bar named "Weinstein" with Topinki - Czech invention for all of those that like garlic, plus the "Kegelheim" where you can play on the traditional Kegelheim - German 9-pin bowling in the cellar underneath the bar) or
• Knaackstrasse with the café Pasternak, a Russian restaurant with live music and just some steps away the "Hausbar", in which you can quench your thirst until 5am
• the Helmholtzplatz (the "old" heart of the Prenzlauer Berg) with the related Dunckerstrasse - a quarter with formerly many occupied houses
• the Jewish cemetery (high-ranking personalities have their last resting place site here, for example: Max Liebermann, Ludwig Bamberger, Eduard Lasker, Giacomo Meyerbeer)
• Oderberger Straße (.... more bars, cafés and bistros...) or
• the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn - sporting park with the Max Schmeling - hall (various music and other events)
• the Mauerpark and at the end of Bernauer Str. the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer - an open air museum of the berlin wall (free of charge).

So as you can see, you won't have time to be bored, even if you don't leave the immediate surrounding area.

But don´t worry- the Hackescher Markt and the Oranienburger Straße in the district Berlin Mitte or further parts of the city are easy to reach. You have connection to underground, buses and trams. And if you are in a hurry: a taxi stand is around the corner. It is just a 10 minutes walk to Alexanderplatz.

The district Prenzlauer Berg :

Prenzlauer Berg, or more simply Prenz'lberg, is one the most popular residential and 'happening' districts in Berlin for nightlife.

You can reach the underground-station Senefelder Platz in approx. 3 minutes and the 24 hour-metro-tram M2 in front of the house and from here...

• the Potsdamer Platz in approx. 20 minutes
• the Kurfürstendamm and the Zoologischer Garten with memorial church in approx. 23 minutes
• the district Berlin Mitte with a lot of museums; the Alexanderplatz with TV-tower with café and viewing platform, also the Hackesche Höfe in just 5 minutes and
• the trade fair/exhibition ground in approx. 36 minutes
• the station Ostbahnhof in approx. 17 minutes
• the central station of Berlin - Berlin Hauptbahnhof in approx. 17 minutes

Rykestr / Wasserturm


At weekends there is a market on the Kollwitzplatz

on foot :
supermarket (30 m), cyber cafe (50 m), theatre (50 m), postoffice (200 m), bank and cashpoint (150 m),