Secluded Flat Right in the Bustling Heart of Prenzlauer Berg

We had a wonderful stay at the appartment. All was very nice and clean and the basics (coffeemachine, waterboiler, fridge, etc.) were perfect. The furnishing was simple but for our needs good enough.Allthough the main entrance is in a busy street, the appartment itself is in the backyard of a residential area making it a really quiet retreat after a busy day in the town. Subway and tram are almost at the front door, making it very easy to go in all directions. Some good restaurants (especially Mr. Le vietnamese), a supermarket, a bakery and night shop just around the corner. Yes, all in all a perfect location for a great time in Berlin. Thank you so much Mark and Oliver ! Definitely will come again ;) !

The flat is spacious and very practical, the bedding very comfortable, huge bathroom and bathtub, lovely organisation overall. I was enchanted with the very high ceilings in the living-room : excellent place for contemplation, relaxation and meditation. Overall the place has very good vibes ! One of the things that struck me most is how peaceful and calm the apartment was at all times, especially when you contrast it with the busy streets around ! I loved the former "East-Berlin" feeling the apartment building gave off, as well as the streets and colored buildings all around (pink, red and even blue !). The apartment is ideally situated (underground station, tram, supermarket, organic grocery store, drugstore, laundromat, all within 5 minutes of the apartment). I was happy with the communication with my hosts, pleasant and professional. I'm looking forward to staying there again next time I come to Berlin !

We will start with the positives: excellent location for access to public transportation--with the U2 and multiple trams nearly at the door; the apartment is quiet, a lot of space, huge bath tub, great water pressure, and large windows with adequate light (for a ground level apartment). The building and neighborhood felt very safe. A very vibrant, interesting area of Berlin with a wealth of good restaurants and interesting East Berlin history. On the down side: the kitchen is a bare bones operation. Mini-fridge, hot plate type stove top and so-so equipment. But coffee maker and toaster were fine. The decor is bizarre, paintings on the ceilings--is this a good idea? Weird and dusty fake flowers. And some barn wood siding on a couple of walls. Very eclectic mix of old and kind of new (1970!) furnishings. The owners provided a nice table cloth for the dining area and we bought a plant and some flowers to spruce things up a bit. The bed was comfortable; decent linens; although the bed room is small. So a mixed bag overall, but the positives out weighed the negatives for us. There was something very historic and interesting about the cold war-east Berlin vibe!

In general we were happy with our stay here. The location is great, close to Prenzlauer Berg's plentiful shopping and restaurants, also close to both U and S line transit stations, and the apartment is well maintained and very quiet. We give it only three stars for overall quality mainly because of the very minimal equipment of the kitchen. If you are happy just to prepare breakfast or lunch it's sufficient, but if you want to cook dinners the very small cooktop and lack of an actual oven (there's only a microwave) make it awkward.