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Do you still feel safe around Eberswalder str. anymore?
Yesterday, we were having some fries and vegan nuggets in Vedang yesterday. 2 super drunk German teens and a woman came and sat next to us with their döners from another store next to Vedang. The first guy sat on the other side of the table and yelled at us saying 'Iss Fleisch!' while we were sitting. I ignored. Later, another one came and yelled at my ear something like 'humus or homos mit Fleisch' and so on. There was like a 2cm between my ear and his mouth. Later he sat in a position facing us and his back was again at their friend's table. He kept staring at us for a while. I felt unsafe and had eye contact with a woman next to them. She was constantly apologizing and getting super stressed. She panicked and left the table. I asked my friend to leave and we left the place. These 2 men were super aggressive and I was scared that things would go physically violent. Later, I saw the same woman and she was apologizing on the street when she noticed me. I kept walking.
I am a Mediterranean man who was wearing nail polish and I was with an Irish female friend. I know the area is getting many homophobic shits. This year there was a shit show going on in front of Tipsy Bear. People there were assaulted with homophobic slurs. A couple of weeks ago, some people were yelling 'Ausländer raus' in front of the Reza and so on.
I lived near Eberswalder str. for a while and also hang out there often. I noticed the area is rapidly shifting into something else within the last event. Do you have any similar experience around Eberswalder str.?
nah you're not wrong, eberswalder's always had this edgy vibe but the last couple years the open hostility has def amped up. i live off schönhauser and even during the day i've seen groups of drunk teens just being dicks for no reason, mostly targeting anyone who looks "different." it's not like the whole area's a warzone but those pockets around the station and the park feel sketchier now, especially after dark. i'd just keep your head down and avoid engaging, not worth the risk tbh
I've been around that area for years, and I think what you're describing is real but not the whole story. Eberswalder has always had this weird mix of punk bars, tourist crowds, and local families that creates friction, and it's gotten more visible since the pandemic. The stretch between the station and Schliemannstrasse feels especially tense late at night, but I still see plenty of people just living their lives there during the day without issues. I don't think it's unsafe on a systemic level, but those specific incidents you mentioned (Tipsy Bear, Reza) show there's a vocal minority that's getting bolder, and that's unsettling.
That's a rough experience and I'm sorry it happened to you. I've been going to that area for about eight years and I think there's a difference between the general grunginess it's always had and the specific kind of targeted harassment that's been creeping in. The stretch between Eberswalder and the Mauerpark flea market entrance has always been chaotic but that feels different from people feeling bold enough to yell homophobic or xenophobic stuff in a crowded spot like Vedang. I still go there for coffee at Distrikt or a beer at Hopfenreich because those spots feel insulated, but I wouldn't hang around the station square itself late at night anymore.
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What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.