My favourite place in Treptow-Köpenick is Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum an der Wuhlheide (FEZ Berlin). There are two beautiful children's playgrounds there. You can ride the train or visit the House of Nature and the Environment and watch the animals. The current programme offers something for families with children. Last time we were thrilled by the Circus - Moving Participation Weekend. Time flies incredibly fast when you go to the FEZ! Daria Kern has been working at Dialog - Integration...

"My favourite place is The Living Neighbourhood Library. There I meet very different people and exchange ideas with them. This allows us to improve our German, but above all to get to know each other. It's more of a space and can be in very different places in Treptow-Köpenick." (Aswad) A living library consists of people instead of books – people with stories. Here, you will meet old and new neighbours who are new to Germany and/or have biographical ties to East Germany. You can tell them...

"My favourite place is the Johannisthal Landscape Park. There I can find peace and quiet and let my gaze wander into the distance. In spring, I smell the lilac hedge of the roller skating rink. In summer, I like to hear the sheep bleating or enjoy beautiful sunsets. When I need companionship, as it was sometimes the case during the Corona period, I go to the park in the afternoon to see funny dogs, compare jogging styles and watch the lively children in the playgrounds. When the other walkers...

"When we moved from Ukraine to Berlin in 1995, we lived in a camp near Erkner, a former barracks for the Soviet army. It wasn't special, it was similar to my student dormitory before: five floors, long corridors, the kitchen in the middle, showers and toilets. Then we had to go to Altstadt Köpenick, to the social welfare office. A boy who had been there for a while with his family accompanied us. I immediately fell in love with this old building. Then we soon went to the adult education centre...