José Carlos originally from Guatemala, has lived in Germany for 10 years and for 9 years in Berlin Treptow-Köpenick! According to the Maya calendar, water is his element. The water gives him the feeling of "freedom", it calms him and often helps him to order his thoughts. All his favourite places in Tre-Kö are on the water, whether it is the riverbank with its cafés or the carp pond in Treptower Park. In the evening he also likes to go to the Isle of Youth with its open-air cinema. "I feel...

Rabee thinks the Kaisersteg is really great. No matter if you go for a walk or just sit there and look at the river Spree. He also likes to go with his friends or neighbours for a drink in one of the localities around the Kaisersteg. Especially in summer he spent many fun evenings there with his friends . Not far from the Kaisersteg is the pub "Arkadasch". Which translated means "friend". This year he celebrated his birthday there with his friends. Rabee gets on very well with the owner, so he...

6 years ago N. moved with her daughter from Bavaria to Berlin.They knew no one here. Her great luck was that she came to Berlin because of her work and was therefore able to quickly build up a social network. Another luck is that she can work and live in the same neighbourhood and as a single mother, this is a great advantage. In the beginning she didn't like being in Schöneweide so much. "The reputation of Schöneweide was confirmed at first, ... but I notice that it is becoming more...

Salah runs a grocery store in Schöneweide together with his son and finds it very nice here. Although there is a lot going on here, it is quiet and orderly. He visited Treptower Park once and it was not very clean there. "People left their dirt everywhere." That's why he doesn't like to spend his time there, but he was impressed by the water and the silence that the water exudes, by the trees and the greenery. Well, that's what makes Treptower Park so beautiful.