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Lichtenberg is a district in the east of Berlin. It was merged together with Hohenschönhausen in 2001.

Lichtenberg is mostly a residential district, but because of it's heterogeneity there are all classes of people living there. The center of Lichtenberg (where are some buildings left from the 19th century) is home to the working class, as is the center of Hohenschönhausen (built mainly in the 70s in rather ugly GDR socialist building block architecture). The middle class resides in the greener areas like Friedrichsfelde, whereas in Karlshorst you can watch some smaller mansions of the upper class. Most interesting for tourists are the Stasi (secret service of the GDR) relics/museums, the Tierpark (zoo) and some remarkable architecture such as the Mies van der Rohe house.

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Use S-Bahn (lines 5, 7 and 75) or U-Bahn (U5) to get into Lichtenberg. You can also use the regional train, but it's not as regular as the S-Bahn. The stations of biggest interests are S-Bahn station Lichtenberg (where also a few long distance trains run from) and Tierpark (U5). S-Bahn Line 75, which goes also to Hohenschönhausen.

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• The Tierpark [1] (former East-Berlin-Zoo) is spacier (rather like a park with animals than a classical zoo, in fact it's one of the biggest zoos in Europe) than the Zoo in the center of West-Berlin. This Tierpark has nearly as many animals, but fewer reptiles and aquatic animals. There is an old castle from the late 17th century in the northeast of the Tierpark (Schloss Friedrichsfelde). Get out at U-Bahn station Tierpark (U5).
• Stasi (Secret Police) Museum [2] This museum describes the procedures applied by the DDR secret police. Get out at Magdalenenstrasse (U5) and head to Ruschestrasse (no. 103).
• German-Russian Museum [3] This museum describes the history of the GDR-Russian relationship during the Cold War. Get out at S-Bahn station Karlshorst and go by bus 396 direction Tierpark (2 or 3 stations).
• Stasi (Secret Police) Prison [4] There's a tour through an original prison of the GDR based Stasi available (twice a day, normally 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.).
• Mies van der Rohe Haus [5] (Oberseestr. 60) The last Mies van der Rohe building (a dwelling house) in Germany before his emigration to the U.S. (1938). Now there are small contemporary/modern art exhibitions.
• Victoriastadt (West of S-Bahnhof Nöldnerplatz, Kaskelstrasse) A relatively good and complete obtained (at least regarding Berlin) residential quarter which was built in 19th century. Partly under renovation. Remarkable: There are six of the first ever made buildings built of concrete left (1875) - but you can't make out a difference from the outside.

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There is a harness racing track in Karlshorst (Treskowallee 129, S-Bahnhof Karlshorst [6]). Usually the races take place on Sundays.

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Tierpark Bistro at the U5 station at Tierpark has some of the best Doener in the Berlin area. They have a great neighborhood feel, and delicious Middle Eastern food in the German style.

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• Electro Kohle, Weitlingstrasse 68-70. Open Friday and Saturday, Techno and Trance.

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