People's Park Friedrichshain

The Volkspark is Berlin's first municipal park, created in the 19th century for recreation for people living in increasingly cramped living conditions. Even today, Berlin's oldest Volkspark, with its large sunbathing lawns, playgrounds, outdoor cinema, duck pond and cafeteria, is a popular place of excursions for the Berlin population.

From 1846 to 1848, the park was built in the style of English landscape gardens. The Volkspark Friedrichshain goes back to a prize-winning design by Gutav Mayer, a student of Peter Josef Lenné.

In 1848, a cemetery for the dead barricade fighters of the March Revolution was established in the park.

Over the years, the park underwent several changes and after 1945, it was redesigned due to severe war damage. Even after the extensive reconstruction from 1995 to 2004, the main attractions of the park to this day are the Fairy Tale Fountain and the post-1945 Rubble Hill with viewing platform.