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Berlin/Treptow-Köpenick
From Wikitravel
Treptow-Köpenick is a district of Berlin. Köpenick is known for its old town, its castle and the many lakes and forests. Treptow is more a residential district and well known to Berliners for its big park and some beautiful views of River Spree. In some parts you can visit big ex-industrial areas which are now changing to something else (i.e. cultural or shopping areas) or simply fading away.
[edit] Get in
Treptow is best accessed by S-Bahn lines S45, 46 and 9. The most important station is Treptower Park. To get into Köpenick take the S46 to Spindlersfeld or the S3 to Köpenick and consider taking one of the many trams to the old town and the old palace.
[edit] By tram
Perhaps the most picturesque line in the city, known to transit system officials as "the most beloved tram line in Germany" due to its customers' passionate opposition to reducing service, is Line 68. In off-seasons it has more scenery than people, but when hot weather comes its lakeshore meanderings and the tiny, "gemütlich" village of Alt-Schmöckwitz at the line's outer terminal draw so many customers that extra trams are pressed into service. Line 68 may be best accessed at the Berlin-Grünau S-Bahn station, where all types of convenience food and shopping are available.
Beyond the village center and tram terminal, a large forested area of lakefront parkland offers hiking and bicycling possibilities. This was once the home neighborhood for expatriate American, international music and film star Dean Reed. The Line 68 tram itself had one brief moment of glory, in 1936. In its former incarnation as Line 86 it was the best route to the Olympic rowing events and some structures, street names, etc. still reflect that high point.
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- Museum of Forbidden Art A special museum situated on a guard tower on the historical Berlin Wall (closed now, reopening questionable).
- Müggelturm - an observation tower without an elevator in Southeast Berlin, from which you can see that there is a great deal of forest around Berlin.
- Altstadt Koepenick - the old town of Koepenick surrounded by water. Especially noteworthy is the Koepenick Castle which houses a museum of applied art and the Neogothic town hall.
- Neuvenedig - a beautiful landscape of water canals and vegetation with charming little fish restaurants.
- Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center, Britzer Str. 5 (Berlin-Schöneweide S-Bahn station), [1]. 10 am - 6 pm. The Schöneweide former forced labor camp (GBI-Lager 75/76) on Britzer Strasse is a complete ensemble, which makes it a rather unusual site in Berlin. Of the original thirteen housing barracks erected between 1943 and 1945, eleven are still standing today. Six barracks on the western part of the former camp grounds belong to the Documentation Center on Nazi Forced Labor. Guides tours available on request (schoeneweide@topographie.de or Phone: +49 30 63902880) edit Entrance and tours are free of charge. Open Tue-Sun 10am - 6pm
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Mueggelsee - Berlin's biggest lake. You can travel there by tram which is an experience by itself.
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[edit] Flea markets
- Eichenstraße 4 , Sundays
[edit] Eat and Drink
Die Blaue Lagune- a coffeeshop/restaurant where you can have great coffee, house-made excellent ice cream and cakes, and great food from a short but just as excellent menu, and all that in a wonderful ambiente. It is nestled in a corner of Johannisthal, part of Schoeneweide, which is a subsection of Treptow (Sterndamm 65, 12487 Berlin)
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