Max-Schmeling-Halle

Prenzlauer Berg


Modern venue with 7500 seats for concerts, competitions and sporting events, including home games by the Füchse Berlin, a professional handball club competing in the sport's Bundesliga (premier league).


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Nearby Prenzlauer Berg attractions

1. Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

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2. Mauerpark

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3. Jugendfarm Moritzhof

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4. Kulturbrauerei

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5. Gethsemanekirche

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This 1893 neo-Gothic church was a hotbed of dissent in the final days of the GDR and thus a thorn in the side of the Stasi, which, as late as October 1989…

6. Museum in der Kulturbrauerei

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Original documents, historical footage and objects (including a camper-style Trabi car) bring daily life under socialism in East Germany to life in this…

7. Volkspark Humboldthain

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