Berlin's Top Sights

Marienfelde is actually a suburb in the south of Berlin that belongs to the district of Tempelhof. If you drive along Marienfelder Allee, leave it to visit  a village made of some splendid houses, farmhouses, two ponds and an old church. village green in Marienfelde   Gutspark Marienfelde With   53 hectares the Gutspark Marienfelde may be quite small, but it is a beautiful recreational area for the locals.  You will find a little paradise here in the summer: benches provide shelter from the burning sun, a fountain splatters and you can relax on lawns. Children can play in the playground. I don't know any place in Berlin that has so many snowdrops as the Gutspark Marienfelde,   but as soon as you see them, you know that spring is here! Lehmann's farm on the village of Marienfelde Eggs, honey, freshly baked bread, many regional sausages and cheese specialties, are among the products you can find on Lehmann's farm - the only farm in Mar...

Did you know that Berlin consists partly of villages that origins date back long ago? Today they are part of the metropolitis and you will find hardly traces of them.They gradually merged into the present capital, hustling and bustling with life and traffic. However, you can still find the remains of the former village like a church, a village green and sometimes a pond. Rixdorf is one of Neuköllns gems. If you leave the underground station Karl-Marx-Straße (U7) just walk along Herrenhuter or Uthmann Straße (note the beautiful old houses)  you will be there in no time. Here you are in a quaint village rather than a city. Neukölln was called Rixdorf, before it got its name in 1912. Rixdorf had a bad reputation and its inhabitants were glad when the name was changed on the birthday of Emperor William II on 27th January.   The Bohemian Village in Rixdorf In 1737 the Prussian King Frederick William I invited some protestant refugees from Bohemia to settle here. Nine do...