Ber­lin surely might be short on many things — pub­lic parks are def­in­itely not among them. From vast Tem­pel­hof to our make­shift home in the sum­mer Görl­itzer Park, there’s enough green for every­one to get around. And: there’s another one to add to the list, the Gleis­dreieck Park.

I’d never been there before as it only opened a couple of months ago, but it’s more like an adven­tur­ous childs dreams than an aver­age park. Basic­ally, it’s got EVERYTHING — yes, I get very excited about these things: play­grounds (from basic to fancy), skat­ing bowls, foot­ball and bas­ket­ball courts, ping pong tables, BMX hills, a com­munity garden, loads of free green space and wild, old tracks of the former sta­tions (Pots­damer– and Anhal­ter­gü­ter­bahnhof). It all makes for an amaz­ingly well planned and beau­ti­ful new park to hang out in the sum­mer. Mind you, the park is not com­pletely done yet: “West­park” is still to be fin­ished next year.

Stefan and I decided to pay the area a visit a week ago and snap a couple of pic­tures. It’s great even when the sun is not out, so take a stroll while it’s still empty and peace­ful and new! Thanks to Stefan for most of these amaz­ing pic­tures as I lost a ton of mine due to being too care­less while trans­fer­ring my own..