Flohmarkt am Mauerpark

Every Sunday, cool Berliners are hurrying up to Mauerpark to grab the best deals and creatively decorate their alternative apartments. Flohmarkts - flea markets - are a tradition in Berlin and all over the week you can find various used and overused objects. After, you could stop on the hills with your beer(s) watch some cultural improvisations and relax (if the weather allows you). Good and easy deals are possible, here being one of the best places where you could test your negotiation skills. 

You could start your trip with some strawberries (made in German we've been told)

The best place and time for some musical entertainment 

The lesson of the day: Lavender syrup is a reality

I visited the place - for the first time! - last Sunday and excepting the aggressive rain which brutally disturbed my picnic I enjoyed the show. One of my first visits after moving to Berlin was to a flea market from the neighborhood, as a way to start my understanding of the German culture and society, through the old books and objects put on sale.

Bergmannstraße and a lot of things to buy

When you go along Bergmannstraße, in Kreuzberg, till 6pm, you'll find an incredible amount of objects - new, old, pairs, good or bad quality, jewels, watches etc.etc. - displayed on tables. The vendors, many from Middle Eastern countries, are permanently displaying new products - knives and spoons and forks are in industrial quantities, set in huge bags and waiting to be exposed - or sipping their tea. Curious or collectors or simply shoppers are grabbing among the hills of jewelries. Wish I have enough time to hear the story of all those objects.

Sunday flea market

Before heading to a sunny place outside Berlin - report coming soon - I stopped for a couple of minutes at Fehrbelliner flea market. It's an event organized every week-end, from 10-11 o'clock and what you can find there is not always the most important question. Sometimes, you'll find something you ever didn't think about finding. The prices are always good and the people are nice enough to accept some bargains. For me, this was one of the first places I visited in my first month as a resident in Berlin. Even you don't want to buy anything, you still will learn something about the city and its people, only looking at the old toys, books and products put on sale. And you will find plenty of flea markets in the city to pursue your documentation.