Berlin is rich in awards that no city’s residents can compete for: the most car and bicycle thefts, the most drug-related deaths – and Berlin has also been named the dirtiest city several times in surveys. However, a city’s littering cannot be quantified as precisely as other problems and annoyances. Surveys on waste are all about perception – and obviously there are significant differences between Berlin’s districts, which overall produce an inconsistent picture. Where is Berlin the cleanest, where is the dirt piled up? We would like to know your opinion on this.
Vote: Where is Berlin the cleanest, where is the dirt piled up?
Berlin’s cleanest and dirtiest district: We have separated the two questions and, for the sake of clarity, made a small pre-selection of the districts that are considered particularly well-kept or notoriously neglected. That can be criticized, because in a large district like this Treptow-Köpenick Garbage piglets can easily find even remote corners where old televisions and refrigerators are illegally disposed of. In densely populated neighborhoods like Kreuzberg They are even more easily noticed, block or disfigure sidewalks and cause a lot of dissatisfaction.
The focus of the discussions is primarily on neighborhoods that are visited by low-cost airline tourists: Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg (Pankow), Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg with their clubs, pubs and late night bars. Discarded bottles, broken pieces and packaging waste collect between S-Bahn stations and nightlife areas – a constant nuisance that at the same time damages the image of the neighborhood and upsets residents. You enjoy living in a lively neighborhood, but not in a dirty one: what to do about it, what actually helps, remains the big question.
What do you say about garbage on Berlin’s streets? Send us your opinion to [email protected]. We look forward to your messages! ■
