We loved Eder holiday home in Altenescher Weg for its peace, nature, and quiet. After a long day exploring Berlin, the house, terrace and garden relaxed us within minutes. It was truly restorative with beautiful pine trees over-hanging the garden. The house is lovely and clean and very easy to use and be in. For a family of three it was really spacious.
Before arriving, Katarina, our host, gave us easy travel instructions using public transport from the airport, and it was less hassle than I had imagined to get there from one side of Berlin to the other. Our hosts were friendly and warm and ready to give advice if it was needed.
Although it's in a quiet residential area away from the middle of Berlin it is quick and straightforward to get to the city centre using the 200 bus (takes aprox. 12 mins and its all within the two Berlin transport zones AB), with bus stops only a few minutes walk away from the house; or two different S bahn stops (Landesberger strasse or Greifswalder strasse aprox. 15 min walk). We bought a 7 day travel pass which made travel simple, quick, hopping on and off different transport systems to get to all parts of Berlin..
There are two local supermarkets - a small Norma 4 mins walk away and a big Kaufland 8 mins walk away. And a little, local, bistro next to Norma where we enjoyed a good cooked 'ham and eggs' for breakfast and a friendly conversation about the history of the area. It's a 20 min walk to the cool cafes and shops in Prenzlauerberg.
Staying there felt like the best of both worlds - quick access to all parts of the city whilst being close to nature away from the bustle of the centre.
There are things also to explore locally like the large woodland park with great view just a minute away, built from the 2nd world war ruins of Alexander Platz, or open air lake swimming in Weissensee (a 15 minute walk); and Europe's largest Jewish cemetery 6 mins away.
It would have been great to have access to a washing machine, but this in no way diminished our stay there, and our washing dried quickly in the garden breeze. Otherwise we had every thing we needed.
The Eder home at Altenescher Weg will definitely be our first choice of stay when we return.
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