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On the southwest of Berlin, Kreuzberg is a dynamic neighbourhood
which has been settled by trendy anarchists and Turkish
immigrants.
Origins of Berlin's smacked-out leather-wrapped punks and
squatters came from here. Today the area is still lively,
although it's a bit self-consciously alternative. If cliché
was a disease, this joint would be quarantined.
Nevertheless, there are great Turkish cafés, interesting
bookshops and a cliquey underground art and music scene.
Being Germany, the rebellious spirit of the area's inhabitants
overwhelms them annually on 1 May in a ritual riot and the
punks are immortalised by a bronze statue sneering at middle
Berlin from a prominent street corner.
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