Pommernstrasse

You won’t find high fashion. Instead, look for independent organic grocery stores (Bio-Läden), a traditional German bakery selling Brötchen (rolls), and a key shop. For serious shopping, the East Side Mall or the Alexa center at Alexanderplatz is a 10-minute train ride away.

Title: The Key to Number 14

When Lena moved into the tiny flat at Pommernstrasse 14, the landlord warned her about the basement. "Don't go down there after midnight," he chuckled, but it didn't sound like a joke. Three weeks later, she found a rusted key behind the boiler. It didn't fit any lock in her apartment. But on the wall of the communal laundry room, hidden behind a loose brick, she found a door she had never noticed before—a door marked with a symbol of a griffin, the old crest of Pomerania. The key turned with a groan. Behind it was not a storage room, but a staircase descending into the smell of salt and cold sea air, even though the nearest ocean is 500 kilometers away. pommernstrasse

Once you've identified the location of Pommernstrasse: You won’t find high fashion

During the division of Berlin (1961–1989), Pommernstrasse found itself in East Berlin, just meters away from the border of West Berlin. The Berlin Wall ran horrifyingly close to the western edge of the district. Consequently, the buildings on Pommernstrasse experienced decades of neglect. While the West spent money on renovation, the East let many of these Altbauten (old buildings) decay. Title: The Key to Number 14

If you are searching for an apartment on Pommernstrasse, you are competing in one of Berlin’s hottest markets. Because the buildings are pre-WWII, the apartments are spacious.

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