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Cafés in Friedrichshain

A GDR milk bar on Karl-Marx-Allee, Boxhagener Platz on market days and a late café on Sonntagstraße.

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Friedrichshain was a borough of its own from 1920 until 2001 and lay in East Berlin; it now shares a borough with Kreuzberg across the Spree, and 141,206 people lived there at the end of 2024.1 Karl-Marx-Allee, built as a prestige project and called Stalinallee until 1961, crosses its north.12 By the river, the East Side Gallery is the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall.1

The cafés cluster in the old streets around Boxhagener Platz: Boxhagener Straße, Wühlischstraße, Simon-Dach-Straße and Gabriel-Max-Straße. A smaller group lines Karl-Marx-Allee and Warschauer Straße, and on Sonntagstraße, east of the square, Uebereck stays open late.

Local tip: Visit Boxhagener Platz on a Saturday for the market that has run there since 1905, and keep Sunday for the flea market.4

At a glance

190Cafés listed
100With opening hours
05:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Traum-Bäckerei, from 05:00 (Mon–Fri 05:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–17:00).
  • Closes latest: Uebereck, until 02:00 (Daily 09:30–02:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (54%), outdoor seating (52%), vegetarian options (42%).

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Coffee chains in Friedrichshain

Karl-Marx-Allee and Café Sibylle

Karl-Marx-Allee is 2.3 km long and 90 m wide, with Hermann Henselmann’s twin towers at Strausberger Platz and Frankfurter Tor; on 17 June 1953 it was the focal point of the workers’ uprising that Soviet forces put down.2 The U5 stops at Strausberger Platz, Weberwiese and Frankfurter Tor.2

Café Sibylle at number 72 opened as a milk bar on 29 October 1953 and was renamed in the 1960s after the GDR women’s magazine Sibylle, whose editors and models are said to have met there.3 Its exhibition on the boulevard’s history includes copies of an ear and part of the beard from the Stalin monument that stood nearby, and its yellow neon sign is a protected monument.3

The café closed on 1 April 2018 after the insolvency of the association that leased it and reopened on 16 November 2018.3 It now opens Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00.

Boxhagener Platz on market days

Boxhagener Platz took its name in 1900 from the Boxhagen manor farm, and a weekly market has been held there every Saturday since 1905, with a flea market on Sundays.4 For the Kiez the square is meadow, playground, meeting point and marketplace in one.4 Café Pavillon am Boxhagener Platz, on the square, opens Tuesday to Sunday.

On the streets around it, 19grams at Boxhagener Straße 74 and Cebe Coffee Roasters at number 82 open at 08:00, and Aprilkind at Simon-Dach-Straße 15 does the same on weekdays. Neumanns at Gabriel-Max-Straße 18 opens at 09:30 on weekdays, while Silo Coffee at number 4 closes early, at 15:00 from Monday to Thursday.

Warschauer Straße and the Volkspark

Warschauer Straße station is the eastern terminus of the U1, which has crossed the Oberbaumbrücke from Kreuzberg again since 1995.5 Kala at Warschauer Straße 71 opens daily at 07:00, and Milch & Zucker at number 70 at 07:30 on weekdays. In the northwest, the Volkspark Friedrichshain has the Märchenbrunnen, the Fairytale Fountain.1

Early bakeries and late cafés

Traum-Bäckerei at Matthiasstraße 11 opens at 05:00 on weekdays, and Milchgesicht at Mainzer Straße 1 at 06:00 daily. At the other end of the day, Uebereck at Sonntagstraße 31 is open until 02:00 every night, Roots Café at Libauer Straße 10 until midnight, and Caramello at Wühlischstraße 31 until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sources

  1. Friedrichshain, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Karl-Marx-Allee, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Café Sibylle, Wikipedia (German), accessed October 2026
  4. Boxhagener Platz, Wikipedia (German), accessed October 2026
  5. U1 (Berlin U-Bahn), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Friedrichshain cafés: questions

What is Café Sibylle on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin-Friedrichshain?

Café Sibylle at Karl-Marx-Allee 72 opened as a milk bar on 29 October 1953, on what was then Stalinallee, and was renamed in the 1960s after the GDR women’s magazine Sibylle. It houses an exhibition on the boulevard’s history, including copies of an ear and part of the beard from the Stalin monument, and opens Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00.

When are the markets on Boxhagener Platz in Berlin-Friedrichshain?

A weekly market has been held on Boxhagener Platz every Saturday since 1905, and a flea market takes place on Sundays. Cafés around the square include 19grams and Cebe Coffee Roasters on Boxhagener Straße, both open from 08:00, and Café Pavillon on the square itself.

Which cafés in Friedrichshain, Berlin, open early or stay open late?

Traum-Bäckerei at Matthiasstraße 11 opens at 05:00 on weekdays and Milchgesicht at Mainzer Straße 1 at 06:00 daily. At night, Uebereck at Sonntagstraße 31 is open until 02:00, Roots Café at Libauer Straße 10 until midnight, and Caramello on Wühlischstraße until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

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