Many guidebooks send visitors to Mitte, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, and the west of the city appears at most with the Ku'damm and Charlottenburg Palace. Yet here you find quiet squares, old pubs, lakes and a part of history you will not find in the east. Kieznah is at home in the west, so this page collects everything we have written between Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf, Schöneberg and the Wannsee.

Walking and arriving

• Neighbourhood walk: an afternoon from a pain au chocolat on Olivaer Platz via Rüdesheimer Platz to dinner on Ludwigkirchplatz.
• Olivaer Platz: the story of a corner at the end of the Ku'damm, with a name dating from 1660.
• A weekend in Berlin: our quiet 48-hour plan is set in the west.
• Ringbahn, part 4 and part 3: Funkturm, Charlottenburg Palace, Friedenau and Rüdesheimer Platz, station by station.

Going out

• Bars and pubs: Kuchel Eck on Ludwigkirchplatz, a corner pub from 1920, and Salut! in Schöneberg for classic cocktails.
• Karaoke: King Karaoke on Leibnizstraße in Charlottenburg, with seven private rooms.
• Poetry slam: the final of the Grand Prix Germany on 24 October 2026 at the Renaissance-Theater on Knesebeckstraße.

History you can touch

• Where famous people lived: David Bowie on Hauptstraße in Schöneberg, Marlene Dietrich's birthplace on Leberstraße, Albert Einstein in the Bavarian Quarter.
• Behind bars: the former women's prison on Kantstraße, a hotel since 2022.
• Stadtbad Charlottenburg: the oldest Berlin pool still in use, from 1898.
• Olympiastadion: from the 1936 Games to the Euro 2024 final, plus the Olympic outdoor pool next door.

Out to the green and the water

• 12 places off the path: including Teufelsberg in the Grunewald and the Domäne Dahlem.
• Strandbad Wannsee: 1,275 metres of sandy beach, according to the Bäder-Betriebe the largest inland lake lido in Europe.
• F10 ferry: on a normal BVG ticket, 20 minutes across the Wannsee to Alt-Kladow.

How the western neighbourhoods compare, from quiet to loud, is shown in our neighbourhood atlas.