Germany: Tourists Disturbing the Local Harmony in Berlin’s Kreuzberg

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | August 25th, 2010 | Trackback

Young tourists who have found “authentic” Berlin are proving to be too much for local residents who are seeing their well being disturbed by visitors loving their neighborhood too much. The Admiralsbruecke in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, a 19th-century cobblestoned bridge over a canal, has become a nightly gathering place for young foreigners who have been playing music and drinking long into the night with the usual consequences: drunken behavior, broken bottles, garbage tossed about and the occasional prank. Many of them learn about the site through the travelers’ grapevine and online, but locals are fed up. Professional mediators and even Berlin’s mayor so far have failed to find a solution.

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