Best areas to live in Berlin
Our picks in Berlin for different needs, based on official rents and our area guides. Within each list, cheaper areas come first.
Most affordable
- Marzahn €5.94/m² · €Low rents and big parks
- Neu-Hohenschönhausen €5.97/m² · €Low rents and tram links
- Märkisches Viertel €6.12/m² · €Low rents and green spaces
- Hellersdorf €6.26/m² · €Low rents and green spaces
- Buch €6.35/m² · €Hospital and research staff; nature
For students
- Wedding €7.46/m² · €€Lower rents close to the centre, students (Beuth/Charité)
- Steglitz €7.77/m² · €€€Shopping and families; students of the FU
- Adlershof €7.98/m² · €€€Students and researchers; new flats
- Oberschöneweide €8.28/m² · €€€€Students and riverside living
- Charlottenburg €8.57/m² · €€€€€Shopping, culture and the Technical University (students)
For families
- Waidmannslust €6.53/m² · €Families and green space
- Marienfelde €6.70/m² · €Families and parks
- Altglienicke €6.95/m² · €Families and the airport
- Friedrichshagen €7.02/m² · €Families, lake swimming and nature
- Buckow €7.05/m² · €Families and lower rents
For nightlife
- Neukölln €7.64/m² · €€€Nightlife, young people and Tempelhofer Feld
- Kreuzberg €7.77/m² · €€€Nightlife, food and a creative scene
- Friedrichshain €8.61/m² · €€€€€Nightlife, bars and young people
- Mitte €9.08/m² · €€€€€Culture, walking everywhere and nightlife
Quiet & green
- Marzahn €5.94/m² · €Low rents and big parks
- Märkisches Viertel €6.12/m² · €Low rents and green spaces
- Hellersdorf €6.26/m² · €Low rents and green spaces
- Buch €6.35/m² · €Hospital and research staff; nature
- Waidmannslust €6.53/m² · €Families and green space
For commuters
- Marzahn €5.94/m² · €Low rents and big parks
- Neu-Hohenschönhausen €5.97/m² · €Low rents and tram links
- Märkisches Viertel €6.12/m² · €Low rents and green spaces
- Hellersdorf €6.26/m² · €Low rents and green spaces
- Buch €6.35/m² · €Hospital and research staff; nature
Price level compares this area's rent with the others in the same city (€ = cheapest fifth, €€€€€ = most expensive fifth). Trend compares the rise since the first year of data with the city as a whole. Tags come from the area guide.