Volkspark Friedrichshain

Volkspark Friedrichshain is a large public park with two artificial hills, numerous paths, and various sports facilities like beach volleyball and skateboarding. The well-known Märchenbrunnen fountain with its stone sculptures is the centerpiece of the park and regularly draws people in.

The park opened in 1848 and is considered Berlin's first public green space, with a cemetery for civilians from the March Revolution that same year. After World War II, the two hills were created from rubble of destroyed buildings.

The Märchenbrunnen displays over a hundred stone sculptures of characters from German fairy tales and shapes how the park looks today. The fountain with its painted statues is a popular meeting spot where visitors recognize familiar figures from the stories collected by the Brothers Grimm.

The park offers different options for various activities and is easy to explore on foot with well-laid paths. During summer months, outdoor cinema screenings happen regularly and are open to the public.

Two massive bunker structures were built in the park during World War II and were later filled and reshaped into the green hills visitors see today. This transformation of wartime remnants into natural landscape is a quiet reminder of the site's complicated past.

Location: Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Inception: 1848

Architects: Johann Heinrich Gustav Meyer, Reinhold Lingner

GPS coordinates: 52.52667,13.43389

Latest update: December 6, 2025 16:01