This is changing fast though. Places like Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain-kKreuzberg, and more recently Neukölln are completely gentrified. The prices are ri

This is changing fast though. Places like Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain-kKreuzberg, and more recently Neukölln are completely gentrified. The prices are rising fast and the "cool" people are moving on the the new squats and cheap run down properties. Property developers are leveraging the relative cheapness of the property market (compared to other capital cities) and trying to turn a fast buck (and doing os). I'm not so sure that Berlin is really that cheap anymore.