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The "special train to Pankow" brings the tenant of the holiday apartment there today in the most populous district of the city. Pankow is known as east Berlin's residential area. Political top brass of the GDR as well as major artists lived here since the urbanization phase of Berlin.
Among the attractions are the broque castle Schönhausen, which is considered a moving testimony of history. The National Socialist used it as a depot for "degenerated art" and the president of the GDR Wilhelm Pieck resided here for some time. Even Fidel Castro and Mikhail Gorbachev had spent the night here. At the same time Pankow during the GDR showed a pool of the non-conformist and a germ cell of the civil right movement to time.
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After reunification, the population profile of Berlin Pankow fundamentally changed again. Thus the angestammten inhabitants exchanged themselves by young families and singles. In addition, impressively in the district of Pankow are the majority settlement of the big housing estates from the 1920s. Noteworthy is the reidential town Carl Liegen which is regarded as one of six "settlements of the Berlin modern age" as an UNESCO world Heritage Site. Especially with the existing for 50 years the Galerie Pankow, the district enjoys art and culture.
The art openings to be visit there grappled with the currents contemporary art. Works from the area of painting, photograph, drawing and video which are partially held in the classical abd partially in the modern style are to be marvelled at. The white lake is one of the deepest and the most beautiful waters of Berlin, strikes above all by his almost perfectly cicular form. It offers the civil park and castle park as an opportunities for recreation. Fresh air lovers are on the road leading through Pankow Berlin-Usedom Cycle Route by bicycle. It leads along the Schönhauser Allee, through the castle walls and park up to Karow and book. It also allow along the former border strip paved streets, a historically bicycle tour.
From an apartment in Berlin Pankow, reach the center easily with the S2, S41/S42 Ringbahn (circular railway) and S8, withe the tram M27 and Metro line (U2).
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