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Where can I wash my bike?
if you're worried about the hof, check if your hausverwaltung has rules about it. some buildings are strict about chemicals in the drainage. otherwise the waschstrasse on revaler strasse has a self-service bay, costs like 4 euro for 10 minutes and you can use their soap without worrying. just bring your own degreaser and lube, the brush there is fine for the frame but stay away from the drivetrain with it. i'd also grab a chain cleaner tool from decathlon for like 8 euro, makes the whole thing way easier than spraying degreaser everywhere
honestly just go for it in the hof, everyone does it here. the soap dripping is fine as long as you're not dumping a whole bottle of degreaser. just keep it to the corner near the drain and rinse it down after. if you want a proper station though, there's a DIY workshop at Schleusenufer called Bikekitchen where you can use their tools and space for free on open days, they have rags and stuff too. otherwise the SB Waschpark on Lausitzer Platz has a high pressure hose bay for like 3 euro, just don't use the brush on your chain
head to the sb waschbox on templiner straße in friedrichshain, it's a self-service car wash that works fine for bikes. costs about 4 euro for a cycle and you can use their high-pressure hose and soap without worrying about building rules. just skip the brush on the drivetrain and bring a rag to dry off the chain after, then re-lube once you're home. i'd avoid degreaser in any shared drain tbh, best to do that part on a patch of grass or over a catch pan
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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the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated.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.