Tacheles

Last week on wednesday I met with some CouchSurfing people in Tacheles, one of the most famous and oldest squat buildings in Berlin. The other people were two Berliners and an Australian girl couchsurfing in Berlin, nice people all of them. Tacheles was very cool as well, with a great open-air bar at the top (which did get pretty cold) and a bar with jazz music on a lower level. I suppose there are other bars there as well, as it is a big building. There are lots of artist studios and shops as well. Stairways are filled with garbage and graffiti and the worn-out front doesn't really fit the street, which is now filled with posh bars and restaurants. Anyway, a very interesting place which I'll visit again to check it out.

Check out the website as well, with a lot of pictures and historic information.
http://www.tacheles.de/