pt · 25 września · 18:00 · Curry 36
**Kreuzberg's Brewery District – Beer, Industry & the Bergmannkiez** **Theme:** Walking Tour + Beer History + Industrial Heritage + Social **Meet Time:** 18:00 **Meet Place:** Mehringdamm Ubahn. Outside Curry 36 **Suggested contribution:** €5 Join me for an evening walk through **Kreuzberg and Neukölln's historic brewery district**, following the story of how beer helped transform the southern edge of Berlin from fields and summer retreats into one of the city's great industrial neighbourhoods. The plan: We'll grab a *Wegbier* and walk through the **Bergmannkiez**, discovering the breweries, maltings, beer gardens, workers' neighbourhoods and industrial buildings that once made this one of Berlin's great brewing districts. We'll follow the story southwards, passing the former **Bockbrauerei**, the famous brewery at **Südstern**, the former **Bergschloß-Brauerei**, and the **Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum**, before finishing at the spectacular former **Berliner Kindl brewery** on Rollberg. Berlin's brewing industry was transformed during the nineteenth century by new technology, new types of beer and a rapidly expanding population. Breweries needed enormous amounts of land, water, ice and fuel—and the southern edge of Berlin provided plenty of space for them to grow. But this is also a story about what happened **after the beer stopped flowing**. Some breweries disappeared completely, others became housing or cultural spaces, and some survive in remarkable fragments hidden among the streets of Kreuzberg and Neukölln. I am an accredited tour guide in Berlin, specialising in telling stories about the city's industrial heritage. I charge a small fee of **€5** to organise the tour and share my knowledge. **Highlights** 🍺 Discover why Kreuzberg and Neukölln became two of Berlin's great brewing districts 🏭 Explore the former **Bockbrauerei**, founded in 1838 and now transformed into the **Neue Bockbrauerei**, a modern residential and working quarter. The new development incorporates elements of the historic site, including surviving brewery cellars and the historic Schwank-Haus. 🏘️ Discover how breweries helped create the dense workers' neighbourhoods around the Bergmannkiez 🍻 Pass the famous **Südstern brewery** and hear about the area's long brewing tradition. The present-day Brauhaus Südstern occupies the former brewery site at Hasenheide 69. 🌾 Discover how beer production depended on ice, malt, water and huge underground storage cellars 🎨 Visit the **Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum** and discover the surprising connection between Kreuzberg's brewing and artistic history. The museum occupies a former factory yard that originally belonged to the **Habbel Malzbierbrauerei**. 🏭 See the former **Bergschloß-Brauerei** in Neukölln, one of the area's major historic brewery complexes, dating back to the nineteenth century. 🏡 Pass the former **Braumeisterhaus**, now home to Kindervilla Kivi der Naturfreundejugend, Kita. The building is part of the surviving Bergschloß-Brauerei complex and has been used by the Kindervilla since 1995. 🚚 Learn how horses, wagons, railways and Berlin's waterways helped get beer from the breweries to thousands of pubs 🏙️ Discover how industrialisation transformed the landscape between Kreuzberg and Rixdorf 🍺 Follow the story of **Berliner Kindl**, founded in Rixdorf in 1872 and eventually becoming one of Berlin's most famous breweries. 🏭 Explore the spectacular former **Kindl brewery** on Rollberg, with its monumental brewhouse and enormous boiler house 🎨 Discover how the former brewery has been transformed into **KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art**, while retaining many of its original industrial features. 📸 Fantastic photography opportunities among some of Kreuzberg and Neukölln's finest industrial architecture 🍺 Finish with a relaxed drink together at the former Kindl brewery complex I estimate the walk will take around **2½–3 hours**, depending on how much time we spend stopping for beers and discussing the history. It should make for a very Berlin evening: **beer, factories, workers' neighbourhoods, artists, industrial ruins and the transformation of Kreuzberg and Neukölln — finishing at one of Berlin's great surviving breweries.** Hope to see you there! **Simon**