When me and wife moved to Berlin, we did a lot of research where to live there. In this article I will share my experience with you.

There are several wonderful places to live in Berlin. Some of the areas where foreigners live are Pankow, Prenzlauer Berg, Wedding, Tiergarden, Mitte, Charlottenburg and Friedrichshain. The other regions are in the east part of berlin and are not much safe for foreiners. We heard a lot about racial attacks on foreigners in the eastern part.

Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow - It is located in the north of Berlin. It has lots of bars and pubs. It is one of the richest areas in Berlin and foreigners first choise. There are lots of international kinder gardens and schools nearby. There are also small parks for kids . Apartment prices are a bit higher here compared to other areas. There are lots of Americans living there and there are regular 'Mothers meeting', and other social activities for foreiners there. One of the main problem in this area is the low flying planes, as there is an airport nearby.

Mitte - The city center is in this place. So as you expect ,things are expensive, lots of traffic and lots of people around.

Tiergarden- Its in the south of berlin. This is also a very nice place to live. As the name says, there is a beutiful garden there, where you can spent your evening.

Charlottenburg - It is in the south of Berlin. This is also one of the richest areas in Berlin. You can see the richness of the area by looking that new Mercedenz benz , BMW and other expensive cars in the roads. Apartments are expensive here, so as dinning out.

Wedding- It is in the north of Berlin. Very close to Prenzlauer Berg. A lot cheaper than Prenzlauer Berg. But there is a reason why prices are lower here. If you go to some parts of Wedding area, you may get a feeling that you are not in Germany. You will find a lots of Turkish there. The most unfortunate thing is (I still dont know why), people are yet to integrate into mainstream German population. The names of the shops are written in Arabic and you can get all the Turkish items there. Most germans leave this area when their kids reach school as 90% of the students are turkish and they dont want their kids to come home speaking turkish or arabic.

However, there is a great advantage also for this area. If you are in wedding, you dont have to be afraid of any racial attack (because Germans are foreigners there). You dont have to be afraid that some one will break into your house (all know that rich people dont live in wedding), you will get food at very cheap rate and apartment rent is very low.

One of the best strategy to live in Berlin is take an apartment near wedding - Prenzlauer Berg border and shop in wedding and send the kids to school and kinder garden in Prenzlauer Berg.

From my experience, most Germans are very friendly and helpful people, especially the younger generation. As there are bad eggs in every country, you will find bad guys in Germany too and a lot in eastern part of Germany, where there are lots of unemployment compared to west.