Xberg Breweries and Cemeteries. Evening Walking Tour

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 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, workers' neighbourhoods and industrial buildings that once made this one of Berlin's great brewing districts.

Highlights include Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum the former Bergschloß-Brauerei, a look at some famous personalties in the cemeteries and parks on our way, 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.

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 how breweries helped fuel the dense workers' neighbourhoods around the Bergmannkiez
🌾 Discover how beer production depended on ice, malt, water and huge underground storage cellars
🎨 Visit the Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum which 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.
🏙️ 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,
🎨 Discover how the former brewery has been transformed into KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, while retaining many of its original industrial features.
🍺 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.

Hope to see you there!
Simon