I think Mar­cus still hasn’t been to the Kreuzberg. Not the dis­trict, but the actual hill. He’s been liv­ing in Ber­lin for a hun­dred and two years and we once prom­ised to take him there. Judging by Stefans pic­tures, it seems like the weather con­di­tions are per­fect for a serene view from above.

The park is a 12,8 hec­tar area on the Kreuzberg. The Kreuzberg — trans­la­tion “cross mountain” — is the highest nat­ural peak of Ber­lins city cen­ter. Yes, the highest. Which means Ber­lin is as flat as an iron board. The Kreuzberg — the actual Kreuzberg hill — is the pimple in Ber­lins face. But it’s a really nice pimple. The green park and slopes which you can pick­nick on are very invit­ing to spend a whole after­noon on top of the city.

But, besides being an inter­est­ing land­mark and appar­ently a very import­ant loc­a­tion to sev­eral wars and battles in the his­toric past, Wiki­pe­dia also tells me that Vic­tori­apark has func­tion­ing vine­yards! Approx­im­ately 600 bottles per year are pressed. I almost can’t believe any­one would bother to grow wine up there, but that’s just a quirky fact.

Any­way, there’s prob­ably a couple more facts to sum­mon about Kreuzberg and the Vic­tori­apark, but the most import­ant thing is its very calm atmo­sphere. Unlike other parks in Kreuzberg (yes, I’m talk­ing about Görl­itzer Park), it’s quite easy to relax and unwind without being stressed by loud music and annoy­ing groups of binge drink­ing people.