CA Immo exits non-core market Serbia with the sale of the 19,600 sqm office building Sava Business Center in Belgrade Both the sales price and the buyer are subject to confidentiality As the PBSA sector finally takes off in Poland it is now increasingly attracting international operators and investors Eurobuild CEE spoke to Xior's investment manager about why it has such confidence in the Polish market Residential developer Develia has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire all the shares in Bouygues Immobilier Polska the Polish subsidiary of Bouygues Immobilier ESA logistika has leased 15,000 sqm in Prologis Park Piotrków GLP has completed the development of its Wrocław V Logistics Centre and has received a BREEAM rating of Outstanding Panattoni has secured EUR 40 mln in financing from BNP Paribas for the development of Panattoni Park Sosnowiec IV Newgate Investment (NGI) and Redkom Development are developing a large retail park in Bydgoszcz Deutsche Hypo – NORD/LB Real Estate Finance has provided a five-year green loan to Olivia Seven for the refinancing of the Olivia Prime A office building in Gdańsk-Oliwa communications and security company Motorola Solutions has signed a five-year lease renewal 18,000 sqm at the Green Office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district Falling interest rates and easing monetary policy across the eurozone and CEEi are boosting investor confidence in the region’s commercial real estate market reveals Colliers in its ‘Beyond Real Estate | Economy’ report Panattoni is to build the Panattoni Park Mainz Süd in Erbes-Büdesheim bei Alzey Axi Immo has presented its latest report “Warsaw Office Market – Q1 2025 The market opened in 2025 on a steady footing with a notable increase in leasing activity and a modest decline in vacancy landlords continue to focus on upgrading existing assets and prioritizing quality over quantity Convenience store chain Żabka has officially opened a new logistics centre in Kąty Wrocławskie The first stage of the development will serve 1,500 stores in the Wrocław area Romanian Post has leased over 5,000 sqm of logistics space in CTPark Bucharest to serve as its temporary regional courier and logistics hub for Bucharest JLL has announced the sale and leaseback of two properties by a manufacturing company in a deal worth over PLN 1 bln Warehouse developer CTP is adding 2,000 sqm to its Clubco coworking development in Brno pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has extended an investment facility to PineBridge Benson Elliot for the Diuna Office Park in Warsaw The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024 while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone of EUR 100 Torus has announced its All.inn students’ residence concept that is soon to appear on ul The Mint residential fund is planning to extend its portfolio by 500 apartments in 2025 increasing the value of its assets by CZK 4.5 bln The PBSA market represents an attractive investment opportunity according to the authors of a report prepared by Savills the premium real estate market in Poland is steadily growing though at a slower pace compared to previous years The prices of luxury homes and apartments are also rising A new report by Avison Young describes the current situation in the Private Rented Sector in Poland The market has experienced a decade of growth institutional rental sector is still in its early stages with the first transaction completed in 2014 Matexi Polska has announced a new investment in Warsaw's PRS aimed at meeting growing investor demand for bulk apartment purchases The project will be located on Aleje Jerozolimskie ECE is investing in the further development of Gesundbrunnen Center Berlin and is expanding the property to include hotel use on the roof of the shopping center: an additional section with a total of 162 design apartments will be operated by the brand Stayery Only 11 pct of students in Poland can be accommodated in student houses PRS At a Glance: Institutional Rental Market Poland a report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland indicates that investor interest in the PBSA segment will grow in the coming years Nearly 1,500 flats in six stages will be built in Wrocław as part of the Apartamenty Krakowska project being developed by Robyg on land adjacent to the Haase brewery buildings The 30-ha revitalised site formerly occupied by the Silesia Metallurgical Plant will become home to a modern mixed-use district Nowy Wełnowiec with predominantly residential functions Nearly a third of the area will be dedicated to open green spaces The Capital Park Group is responsible for the implementation and management of the project YIT continues to grow in line with its strategy in the CEE countries The company is expanding its operations in the Czech Republic and establishes a joint venture with the Czech investor group RSJ Investments Archicom is planning a new housing estate in Warsaw The developer wants to implement its latest project Develia has signed a letter of intent 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Viterra has moved into its ​​new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district The property is owned by Stena Real Estate .. The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul The new building will house the faculti .. Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu adopting the title of its property management product the construction of the Panattoni Park Unterfranken has officially started ECE is investing in the further development and value enhancement of Gesundbrunnen Center Berlin and is expanding the property to include hotel use on the roof of the shopping center: an additional building section with a total of 162 design apartments is being built there which will be operated by the serviced apartments brand STAYERY The long-term lease contract for a period of 20 years was recently concluded between ECE Real Estate Partners which manages the Gesundbrunnen Center as ECE Group’s investment manager for the "ECE European Prime Shopping Center Fund II" as owner of the property The hotel building with two floors and an area of 6,400 m² on the center roof will create additional rental space and an attractive addition to the existing tenant mix of retail F&B and service providers in the Gesundbrunnen Center The building will be realized in modular timber construction and will ensure sustainable urban redensification without sealing off further areas An outline planning application has already been approved The attractive design apartments combine the comfort of your own apartment with the service of a hotel for short and longer stays for private and business travelers launderette and a terrace at an impressive height with an unobstructed view of the Berlin TV Tower and the nearby Volkspark Humboldthain fully equipped kitchenettes and a weekly cleaning service round off the concept The site at the Berlin Gesundbrunnen ICE train station in the Mitte district with its excellent transport infrastructure and connections to regional Guests benefit from short distances and direct access to the Gesundbrunnen Center the site offers an attractive mix of multicultural neighborhoods and well-known highlights such as Mauerpark The demographic development is rejuvenating the area and gentrification is further increasing the attractiveness of the location There are also an unusually large number of parking spaces available for this extremely central location STAYERY emerged as the favorite from a structured international operator search for which Engel & Völkers Hotel Consulting was mandated the innovative and dynamic serviced apartment brand STAYERY is an ideal partner for the further development of this exceptional site Managing Partner of ECE Real Estate Partners emphasizes: "This project illustrates how the close cooperation of our multidisciplinary team of real estate retail and hotel experts makes it possible to further optimize the already very successful Gesundbrunnen Center for our institutional investors An innovative flagship project is literally being put on the roof of the center." "The signing of the lease contract for the Gesundbrunnen Center in Berlin-Mitte is another important step for STAYERY to be present at all relevant sites in the capital: With its excellent transport connections the new STAYERY in the neighborhood of Wedding as well as Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow will be an ideal port of call for travelers seeking maximum mobility in Berlin and beyond In addition to our properties in Friedrichshain and Moabit we are creating even more opportunities to offer people a temporary home and thus meet the high demand for flexible accommodation The STAYERY portfolio is thus expanding to approximately 1,700 serviced apartments across Germany," explains Hannibal DuMont-Schütte Co-Founder and Managing Director at STAYERY "We remain true to our sustainable and economically sound growth strategy which includes both new buildings and the conversion of existing properties." Managing Partner of Engel & Völkers Hotel Consulting adds: "We are very pleased that we were able to successfully implement the operator search for ECE Real Estate Partners This deal underlines the potential of shopping center properties such as the Gesundbrunnen-Center which will gain further momentum through the integration of a serviced apartment concept we have profited from a partner whose modern and sustainable approach is a perfect fit for the site and the target group." The owner was consulted by CMS (Berlin) under negotiations of the lease contract ECE's in-house Architecture & Construction team (Hamburg) is responsible for the planning of the project Engel & Völkers Hotelconsulting (Hamburg) was mandated to find the operator presse(at)ece.com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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Read our Privacy notice A primary school in Berlin has been evacuated by police over a suspected “threat situation” Pupils and teachers were led away to safety after reports of two “suspicious” people entering the building The school in the German capital’s northern Gesundbrunnen distract has been cordoned off and residents were urged to avoid the area while police searched the building on Tuesday morning Police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said a person outside the school reported seeing two suspicious people entering at about 10am local time (8am GMT) Pictures on social media showed armed police at the scene as well as parents and press at the cordon About 100 officers were deployed and conducted an extensive search of the school but no threat was found and the area was declared safe about four hours later we haven’t found anybody suspicious," said Mr Neuendorf It comes two days after police shot and wounded a man who “rampaged” through Berlin cathedral with a knife. 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It’s also an album that’s particularly rich with the much under-recognised Neubauten sense of humour Neubauten’s leader Blixa Bargeld has made knowing parallels with The Beatles from the suggestion that in another solar system to the way Rampen (apm: alien pop music) reflects The White Album in its one-colour artwork and double-album presentation member NU Unruh suggested the album should be called Gelb (Yellow).) The subtitle of the final title is the clincher with Rampen offering the listener a kind of pop music for the minority it’s curious that it’s taken Neubauten so long to formally recognise an umbilical to pop that’s existed since their 1980s covers of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s “Sand” and Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin’s “Je t’aime” Their idea of pop may be like nobody else’s but it’s hard to deny that Bargeld and the group have a way with a catchy mantra: Bargeld’s already noted that the sing-song melody of “Everything Will Be Fine” has caught the ear of the group’s fanbase ringing out after they’d left the stage at a performance for Patreon supporters earlier this year Rampen is the last album Einstürzende Neubauten have recorded as part of their long-running Patreon campaign With the campaign acting as a slow-release eject from the music industry there’s something galvanising about the way they’ve signed off with their best album in decades This is not to slight previous albums like Perpetuum Mobile or Alles In Allem but the group are on particularly excellent form And if the aesthetic coordinates aren’t exactly surprising – a combination of krautrock the anarchist polit-rock of Ton Steine Scherben and art song – they’re deployed both stylishly and fiercely Bargeld acknowledges the parallels between the structure of Rampen and classic krautrock double albums which on Rampen consists of “The Pit of Language” the eight minutes and two chords of “Planet Umbra” pulsing across a febrile Unruh playing water across the song to reconcile the dryness of the planet “The Pit Of Language” and “Tarred & Feathered” are sister songs amorphous things that have Bargeld circling and exploring one of the album’s key themes The various themes that crop up through the album – gender its identity slips and slides between registers Nowhere is this more obvious than the closing “Trilobiten” and “Gesundbrunnen” which skirl with detail while Bargeld analogises the pre-gender trilobite fossil – gifted to him by an event organiser – with “small diamonds from grey prehistory” this blossoms into a questioning of essentialist thinking where “we rehearse what is new/Fully beyond biology/As diluvian beings/Multitudinous beings not determined” It’s a world of possibility that Bargeld has gestured towards before with the “nonbinary I” of Alles In Allem’s “Seven Screws” multiple and utopian possibilities of life beyond the binary: “Where once there had been no door/I will now open up for you” “I’m trying to put a utopian moment in every song even as songs like “Everything Will Be Fine” acknowledge the geopolitical precipice we collectively find ourselves hovering over with right-wing politics and fascism on the global ascent constructed from an instrumental palette that ranges from the elegant to the punked and jerry-rigged and the liberatory politic of Bargeld’s lyrics When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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We now know that SJ will expand the SJ Euronight night train service from Hamburg to Berlin from March 31st. This means that the night train travels the entire route between Stockholm and Berlin without changing trains. Tickets for the period March 31st to September 30th are available from February 1st Photo: Christian Kruse ( Download ) – Night Train Carriage at Stockholm Central Station SJ has been using night trains to and from Hamburg at the Hamburg-Altona terminus. With the extension of the route to Berlin in the summer months the stop in Hamburg will be relocated to Hamburg Central Station. In Berlin the train arrives at Berlin Hauptbahnhof but departs north of Berlin Gesundbrunnen except on Saturdays when it departs from the Hauptbahnhof due to track work 2023 has seen the sustainable and mindful travel trend at the forefront of travellers’ decision-making and holidaymakers to Sweden enjoy this slower and environmentally friendly choice of travel An increasing interest in environmentally friendly travel can clearly be seen in market research too: 90 per cent of consumers look for sustainable options when travelling while 69 per cent see sustainable travel as “lessening environmental impacts,” according to Expedia Group Media Solutions’ Sustainable Travel Study 2022 The survey also found that nearly 70 per cent of consumers are willing to sacrifice convenience to be more sustainable travellers Tickets for the extended route on the SJ Euronight to Berlin have been on sale since February 1st 2023 and are valid for southbound journeys from March 31st to September 30th and for northbound journeys from April 1st to October 1st 2023 Northbound timetable (Saturday due to track work) on April 3rd 2023 the 06:16 Eurostar departure from St Pancras arrives at Berlin Hbf at 17:15 with two changes More information about train travel in Sweden: https://visitsweden.com/about-sweden/getting-around-sweden-train/ Visit Sweden has the official national assignment from the Swedish government to market Sweden as a tourist destination Our vision is that Sweden by 2030 is the world's most sustainable and attractive travel destination built on innovation and creating lasting value with regards to our guests keep emergency personnel busy FridaySerious accidents keep emergency personnel busy FridayA mother died and her two children were seriously injured in a Schöneberg fire another mother and her child were injured in a collision with a truck and a woman's body was found in a Gesundbrunnen flat Schöneberg early on Friday morning.Berlin-A mother of two children died in a fire in an apartment building in Steinmetzstraße in Schöneberg early Friday and a female cyclist was transported to a hospital in Marzahn after she collided with a truck while transporting her child in Hellersdorf Emergency personnel were also unable to resuscitate a woman found in an apartment in Wollankstraße in the Gesundbrunnen neighbourhood both children as well as an adult also in the building were seriously injured Firefighters worked for an hour to resuscitate one of the children who was then flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital The call forced the closure of nearby streets the woman transporting her child was first struck by the truck and then run over at the intersection of Alte Hellersdorfer Straße and Zossener Straße The child appeared relatively unharmed and was pulled from beneath the truck by emergency personnel The woman's condition is listed as critical And police in Wedding suspect the woman found in Wollankstraße was the victim of murder Her body has already been recovered for an autopsie but police have yet to make any arrests Adolf Hitler’s utopian plans to rebuild Berlin on a monumental scale were never realized but the preparations that got under way involved demolitions and the use of slave labor – the victims mainly Jewish Masterminded by the Nazis’ favorite architect Hitler’s grand vision of a new capital for “Germania” required the clearance of swathes of Berlin whose displaced tenants were moved into apartments freed by deporting Jews A museum inside Gesundbrunnen subway station in northern Berlin explores the ideology and the consequences of Hitler’s unrealized “Germania” to the rumbling of underground trains passing through adjoining tunnels “This is not about ‘Germania’ as the hobby of a dictator,” said the exhibition’s curator “It’s about the intentions of such a project A giant map shows plans for a magnificent boulevard which was to be flanked by towering buildings which would celebrate Nazi prestige A 320 meter-tall “Great Hall” was to stand at the end of the avenue its green copper roof with an opening at the top was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome The district surrounding today’s Chancellery building where Angela Merkel works was destroyed to make room for the Great Hall Relatives had to re-inter loved ones buried in cemeteries which stood in the way of the gargantuan boulevard who was jailed for his role in the Third Reich until 1966 worked closely with senior Nazis and directly contributed to the terror of the death camps Speer ordered evictions in the demolition zones so building could be completed quickly once Germany had won the war “Aryan” residents forced out were to move into 24,000 apartments formerly occupied by Berlin’s Jews Speer worked with prominent Nazis Reinhard Heydrich and Joseph Goebbels to coordinate mass deportations from Berlin he supported the expansion of death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau as a destination for deportees A diagram drawn by prisoner Rudolf Kauer shows the planned enlargement under “Professor Speer’s special program” To meet demand for construction materials for “Germania” Speer and SS military commander Heinrich Himmler agreed to use concentration camp inmates as manpower The SS built the world’s largest brickworks in Oranienburg a camp near Berlin where many inmates were murdered or died from the work I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American 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inspiring historical and archaeological volunteer organisations as the allies mounted their first air raids on the German capital the Führer ordered construction of three giant towers One was in the eastern district of Friedrichshain (by then renamed Horst-Wessel-Stadt to honour one of his favourite thugs); the second was in the centre in a giant landscaped garden called Humboldthain opened in 1870 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the Prussian polymath explorer and environmentalist before his time Much of it was destroyed and paved over to make room for the structure with forced labour working around the clock The result was three hulking structures up to 50 metres high with reinforced concrete walls 2.5 metres thick and towers bristling with 128mm anti-aircraft gun turrets and 27mm cannons for cutting down low-flying aircraft Some 300 bombing raids werelaunched on the area which was one of the most important military-industrial complexes in the region with companies such as AEG and Bayer churning out munitions They also served as air-raid shelters and in the course of the war accommodated 30,000 people Each stored enough food to last its occupants for a year Goebbels organised orchestras and chanteuses to entertain the troops and civilians Hitler believed these towers would stave off the enemy and then become one of the new architectural delights for the new city of Germania celebrating the survival of the super race and start of the 1,000-year Reich He ordered decorative façades to display the ambition much to the consternation of his generals who wanted to keep the towers as functional as possible with a minimum number of windows and access points the Humboldthain flak tower –full name Flugabwehrkanone (aircraft defence canon) – was among a smallnumber of structures to survive the Battle of Berlin in 1945 depriving those still inside of food and water Some soldiers continued fighting long after they were surrounded; others tried to slink away disguised as civilians Similar structures were built in Hamburg and Vienna several of which are still intact and have been spruced up and turned into cultural spaces andevents venues who commanded the north-west of the city,blew up part of Humboldthain but stopped halfway through fearing the debris on the north side would hurtle across the railway tracks and into theSoviet sector it was finally cordoned off after a young man fell to his death That provided an opportunity for the historically curious the flak tower was taken over by a volunteer group called Berliner Unterwelten which has done an extraordinary job in clearing up and providing access to a number of bunkers Humboldthain has now been cleared of much of the rubble and is open for tours it is reserved for bats and has become one of the city’s most important colonies visitors can book hard-hat visits – only three of the seven floors are open – where guides explain the history of the site These tours help subsidise the wider work the group is doing in uncovering more underground sites and artefacts Only 10 minutes’ walk away from the flak tower – across an unprepossessinghighway and next to an ugly modernist train terminus come shopping mall –is another hidden gem: Myth of Germania an exhibition about Hitler’s crazed dream of a Berlin fit for the Nazi future It is housed in a room alongside the U8 underground line and Inside its three rooms are meticulous reconstructions of the plans that he wanted Berlin to be compared withancient Egypt Models explain the project in meticulous detail to the Great Hall of the People that would seat 180,000 people an arch resembling the Arc de Triomphe to the South Station: all of it to be built in Grecian with the Brandenburg Gate minute bycomparison with all around it The city was spared these gargantuan ravingsbut not before districts to the north-west of the Reichstag had been torn down As Berlin continues to rebuild and modernise archaeologists and historians continue to unearth more relics from the city’s past The more unsung sites provide the most intriguing insights If you have any questions or need help you can email us. Venice has produced few major writers – yet few places have inspired so many authors This satisfying breakfast is a stunning way to begin a day in the Highlands, providing sustenance abound for walks and loch spotting Come the end of 2017, TK Maxx will be opening a Berlin location in the Gesundbrunnen Center shopping mall in Berlin-Wedding, in a retail space of approximately 2,000 square meters. The exact opening date has not yet been announced but is planned for autumn 2017. The Berlin location is the fourth store the retailer plans to open in Germany in 2017, in addition to locations in Schwerin, Duisburg and Würzburg. TK Maxx has been active in Germany since October 2007, and is part of TJX Europe, an independent division of the world's largest discount apparel company TJX Companies Inc. of the United States. The first TK Maxx store opened in the UK in 1994.  The company operates stores in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands under the TK Maxx name. The retailer currently boasts 108 stores in Germany.  TJX Europe has more than 500 stores across Europe, including several HomeSense stores in the UK. Berlin offers up a host of unexpected (and downright bizarre) activities: swimming to a techno soundtrack cinema-inspired sports and an insect-based cooking course Andreas Jobst / Unsplash Every other day of the week but on summer Sundays this verdant stretch in the off-the-hipster-radar suburb of Wilmersdorf is transformed into Thai Park – a little taste of Bangkok right in Berlin’s backyard From under a flurry of colourful umbrellas the mostly Thai vendors (though you’ll find Vietnamese too) serve up mouthwatering Asian street food cooked on the spot from spicy noodle soups to fluffy banana fritters – all at prices more affordable than packing your own picnic futuristic Liquidrom combines techno music with a luxurious spa experience: float off on a pool noodle with the strains of live electronic music infusing the very waters enveloping you massage treatments and a bar also on offer an immersive evening at Liquidrom is designed to leave you blissed out what few of its visitors may realise is that it’s one of the world’s first official Jugger training areas inspired by the 1989 cult post-apocalypse movie The Salute of the Jugger the Jugger eV league offers free weekly training sessions – or simply gawk from the sidelines Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Take an insect cooking course Architectural Landmark take part in one of their cooking courses – you can email them for more information Aaron Burden / Unsplash Görlitzer Park (known as ‘Görli’ to the locals) is another of Berlin’s best-loved parks and it has a dark secret – well Spread across five rooms in the basement of the park café is an 18-hole complete with neon renderings of Berlin’s most famous landmarks Go for birdie with the Berlin bear looming over you or hit a hole-in-one at the suddenly psychedelic Brandenburger Tor You can also try your hand – or backhand – at black-light table tennis Ant Rozetsky / Unsplash Treptower Park is more than a lush location for a bike ride, it’s home to an imposing Soviet War memorial Designed by Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky it honours the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in 1945 Look out for sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich’s 12-metre (39ft) statue of a soldier holding a rescued child in one hand and a sword in the other Some say it commemorates the deeds of a Soviet soldier who braved heavy gunfire to save a German child; others say the child represents Germany itself In a city as youthful and dynamic as Berlin, there’s a lot to be said for places where tradition is still revered. 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All Rights Reserved. Shoppers on a budget can take refuge here from the area’s luxury shops and hunt down a bargain Europa-Center Berlin, 10787 Berlin, Germany View of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and Europa-Center Berlin | © Aazarus/WikiCommons About half of the range is accessory and fashion stores You can shop til you drop with the city’s iconic TV tower in the background Alexa, Grunerstraße 20, 10179 Berlin, Germany Boulevard Berlin Boulevard Berlin is a slightly upscale shopping experience with reasonable prices. Housing 120 stores with well-known national and international brands and chains the four-floor shopping center is shared by a range of beauty Boulevard Berlin, Schloßstraße 10-15, 12163 Berlin, Germany Boulevard Berlin | © Muns/WikiCommons Gesundbrunnen-Centre Located next to a large train station in Wedding, the Gesundbrunnen-Centre welcomes shoppers with a mix of shops spread across roughly 25,000 square metres this is the perfect stop to shop the latest fashion from chain stores Gesundbrunnen-Center Berlin, Badstraße 4, 13357 Berlin, Germany Gesundbrunnen-Center in Wedding | © Andreas Praefcke/WikiCommons Schönhauser Allee Arcaden, Schönhauser Allee 80, 10439 Berlin, Germany Outside Schönhauser Allee Arcaden | © Thomas Kohler/Flickr Potsdamer Platz Arkaden The glass-roofed Potsdamer Platz Arkaden is home to a huge range of shops and product over three floors the shopping experience has a range of restaurants so tired shoppers can rest their feet and recharge Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, Alte Potsdamer Str. 7, 10785 Berlin, Germany Inside Potsdamer Platz Arkaden | © MaryG90/WikiCommons Just Outlet Store Picaldi For those looking for some seriously cheap threads, Just Outlet is the perfect shopping experience Offering a huge range of hip-hop-centric clothing and shoes at low prices this outlet shopping store is a great place to pick up fashion and accessories at low prices Just Outlet Store Picaldi, Gneisenaustraße 95, 10961 Berlin, Germany © Copyright 2025 The Culture Trip Ltd this is your new S-BahnFew know that a new train will connect the northern Ringbahn with Hauptbahnhof in 2021 .. and the Siemens campus and maybe even Königs Wusterhausen "Little Mouse" laying a switch to zip the new train off the ring and toward Hauptbahnhof Berliner Zeitung/ Gerd EngelsmannBerlin-One more year The S15 is slated to open in the summer 0f 2021 Deutsche Bahn's Alexander Kaczmarek (DB) said Construction for the first 3.9km section of Berlin's second north-south S-Bahn began a few days ago and will keep the northern Ringbahn closed until Sunday evening “Four-car trains will run between Hauptbahnhof Wedding and Gesundbrunnen every 10 minutes,” he said It's still unclear whether the line will go into operation in early or late summer The train will be the first north-south S-Bahn put into operation since 1939 It will provide additional connections and add much-needed capacity to the growing capital region The project was initially supposed to run between the main station and Gesundbrunnen starting in 2015 but then it was delayed to 2017 and 2019 before a final completion date of 2020 was set Most recently an issue with groundwater held up the project But construction delays are nothing new to Berlin and the project had to be renamed the "City S-Bahn" because of the poor reputation of a similar-named major project in Stuttgart On paper the new route looks like the letter Y because it branches off just before the Ringbahn to serve both the Wedding and Westhafen stops with switches known as Nos The switches are now in place after a construction crane called "Little Mouse" hoisted the second switch for the new junction into place Friday The switch itself weighs around 20 metric tonnes with each concrete sleeper weighing 330kgs S-Bahns won't travel from Westhafen to Hauptbahnhof until 2026 when the s46 from Königs Wusterhausen could be extended beyond its Westend terminus A planned resurrection of the Siemens S-Bahn could connect the Siemens campus between Charlottenburg and Spandau with the main station in 20 minutes “We hope that operations on the line from Gartenfeld to Jungfernheide can start in 2029," Kaczmarek said The Siemens railroad would then be 100 years old Work will begin soon to remove old infrastructure and make way for renovations 2026 is also the year DB plans to open an S-Bahn station under the main station trains will have to turn around in a temporary terminus which is located in the tunnel section north of Invalidenstraße The final station will be located south of Invalidenstrasse and will have two long platform edges "Both stations will be fully accessible," Kaczmarek said This article was adapted for the English Edition by Andrew Bulkeley An den verkaufsoffenen Sonntagen in Berlin und Brandenburg sind dann weit mehr Geschäfte geöffnet © 2006 - 2025 - In-Berlin-Brandenburg.com