Sundays at Mauer Park

Location:
Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany

City Park

By Michaela Lola Abrera

One of the best ways to nurse a hangover from the weekend chaos is to spend the day in Mauerpark. This park, also known as Wall Park, is located in the busy district of Prenzlauer Berg. It has come to be the People's Park since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. You can start the day walking through the park and climbing up the steep hill to a wall where you'll find the local graffiti artists working their magic. If your stomach can handle it, have a go at the swings on the top of the hill, and feel the cool breeze as the view of the entire park appears and disappears beneath your feet. Once you're done revisiting your childhood, take a walk through the sunday flea market. Here you'll find hidden gems or just plain trash. Heaps of vintage clothes, china, vinyl albums, old photographs, and junk jewelry crowd the maze-like square. When you've shopped to your hearts content, have some kebabs, pommes (fries), or just some good old weiswurst from an outdoor stall or hang out in the eating areas where rock bands sometimes play. Lay out on the grass and enjoy the music vibrating throughout the park; from jazz to dancing drum circles, the energy is lively yet relaxing. As the sun begins its hesitant descent, buy yourself some cheap wine and watch the figures around you turn into night shadows.