Ein Hochhaus hinter einem See in Fennpfuhl.

Green, but right in the middle Fennpfuhl

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Kiez at a glance

A lake gave the district its name: on the Fennpfuhl, those seeking relaxation row across the water in summer, surrounded by a metropolitan atmosphere with towering skyscrapers. The park of the same name also offers an attractive leisure area. Because of its strong greenery, the image of "living in the countryside, in the middle of the city" has established itself for Fennpfuhl. With a department store, theater, doctors, swimming pool and a number of shops, the residential area resembles a city within a city. The convenient location is also characterized by its proximity to the Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg and Alt-Lichtenberg. After Friedenau, the Fennpfuhl is the most densely populated district of Berlin. The residents celebrate their neighborhood every year with a big festival. In the green, overgrown center, friends and families meet by the water to relax and exercise. Not far from there, listed buildings are reminiscent of an important past as an industrial location.

resident	33,690
of which under 18 years of age	13.85%
HOWOGE apartments	4.155
green spaces	9.3 hectares
tallest house	21 floors
As the crow flies to Alex	3.97 km

Status: September 2022

Between park and panels

After Friedenau, the Fennpfuhl is the most densely populated district of Berlin. The residents celebrate their neighborhood every year with a big party. In the green, overgrown center, friends and families meet by the water to relax and exercise. Not far from there, listed buildings are reminiscent of an important past as an industrial location. Anyone who strolls around the first large prefabricated housing estate in East Germany will discover numerous fountains, beach volleyball courts with the finest sand and the largest Asian market in Germany.

Indoor skydiving and wave work

Learn to surf in the middle of Berlin: An endless wave rushes in the Wellenwerk on Landsberger Alleefor professional surfers and those who want to become one. Operated with green electricity, the height and intensity of the indoor wave can be regulated - this enables safe training for all age groups. Right next door you can fly high: In the Windobona Skydiving Center you can fulfill your dream of flying in the wind tunnel - alone, in a group, with a whole children's birthday party or on a company outing.

industrial buildings

As a connecting road from west to east, Herzbergstraßewas an important industrial location in the 19th and 20th centuries. Listed buildings from this period line the path between Vulkanstraße and the Queen Elisabeth Herzberge Evangelical Hospital. After reunification, the large companies in the GDR disappeared, while smaller companies multiplied. Today, around 8,400 people work in more than 850 companies in different sectors in the Herzbergstraße commercial area.

Dong Xuan Center

"Dong Xuan", Vietnamese for spring meadow, is the name of the largest Asian market in Germany. 400 companies from Vietnam, India, China, Pakistan and Turkey offer their goods and services on 165,000 square meters at Herzbergstraße 128. The whole variety from the Far East extends over six halls – from authentic Vietnamese cuisine and Asian foods to textiles, gifts and decorative items, nail studios and hairdressing salons, travel agencies and jewelery shops.

Beach Zone and Recreational Sports Facility

There is a beach feeling in the Beach Zone at Weißenseer Weg 100, a beach volleyball facility with 14 courts, professional nets and fine sand. Anyone can book a field here. Courses for children and young people are also available. Those who prefer to watch the net sport from the edge of the field can stretch out in a deck chair under the palm trees, sweat it out in a wood-fired sauna or have a drink at the bar. Adjacent is a leisure sports facility for young people with a soccer and basketball field, a skate ramp and table tennis tables.

Fennpfuhl

The lake Fennpfuhl, to which the district owes its name, originally consisted of two bodies of water that were merged between 1978 and 1981. A fountain bubbles up in the middle, lush green glows all around: numerous chestnuts grow in the 9.5-hectare Fennpfuhlpark. Meadows on the shore invite you to relax and let off steam, the relaxing nature in the middle of the prefabricated buildings attracts athletes: inside.

Anton Saefkow Square

As the center of the Fennpfuhl housing estate, Anton-Saefkow-Platz combines shops, restaurants and a promenade with water features, ornamental fountains and sculptures. A playground and an indoor swimming pool are adjacent, and regional products can be bought at the weekly market. The three high-rise complexes surrounding the square house around 15,000 apartments. They belong to the first prefabricated housing estate in East Berlin and the GDR. The Fennpfuhl was a model for districts in Hohenschönhausen and Marzahn as well as for neighborhoods outside of Berlin.