Orientation
The old district Mitte can be divided into several neighborhoods and sub-districts in order to help travellers crossing it:
Mitte:Unter den Linden, the main boulevard, from Museum Island to Brandenburg Gate, crossing the main shopping street, FriedrichstraÃe, half way along.Museumsinsel Museum Island and Lustgarten (the square in front of the Altes Museum and adjacent to the Berlin Cathedral.Nikolaiviertel, a quarter near Alexanderplatz which comes close to old town style, but built by the DDR regime.Spandauer Vorstadt with Scheunenviertel.
The Spandauer Vorstadt is located north of the River Spree and the Hackescher Markt. It is bordered on the north by the east-west course of the TorstraÃe, on the east by Karl-Liebknecht-StraÃe and by the northern part of FriedrichstraÃe to the west. The eastern part of the area takes its name Scheunenviertel the "Barn Quarter" from the move in 1672 by the Great Elector of all the hay barns out of the fire-prone city center. In the late 19th century, the area became a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution and pogrom in Russia and Poland. By then it was the center of Jewish life in Berlin.
Tiergarten is located west of Mitte, the Brandenburg Gate marks the north-south-border.
Wedding is located north of Mitte, with Bernauer StraÃe as its border. There you can also visit some remains of the Berlin Wall.
Understand
Here, we speak about the districts in their old sense Mitte, Tiergarten, Wedding.