Dörferblick is an 86-meter-high mountain made of Berlin debris. Imagine that, after the Second World War, the city was filled with pieces of buildings and rubble… Where do you put all that? Dorferblick was one of these places. Those debris mountains are so common in Germany that they even have a name for Trümmerberg.
Dörferblick started to grow in 1958, during the post-war period. However, it only became as high as it is today after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Since the landfills in Brandenburg couldn’t be reached anymore, all the garbage from Berlin needed to go somewhere, and this place was the Dörferblick.
In the middle of the 1970s, Berlin decided to turn the area into a recreational park. This proved a little tricky since biochemical processes must occur before the place can be used for fun. Something similar happened to the Skypoint close by.
But everything is alright with Dörferblick today. From the summit, you can see the villages of Großziethen, Schönefeld and Waßmannsdorf.
This view gave Dörferblick its name, which could be translated as village view.
What you can do at Dörferblick
The cool thing about the Dörferblick isn’t the village view. You can see the utopian BER airport and the Schönefeld airport from up there. Watching airplanes land might be a good place if you like to do this.
If you look north, you can see the south side of Neukölln and Berlin. One of the coolest views of the TV Tower can be had from there. You’ll see a Berlin you don’t see that often from the north side. If I liked the view on these cold days, I imagine how beautiful it would be during the summer.
I found this place completely by accident last Sunday. Whenever I do that, I follow Karl Marx Strasse south and enter Brandenburg. This time I took a wrong turn and decided to go into Schönefeld’s direction.
After a few minutes, I saw a small mountain I had never imagined in Rudow. Of course, I had to go up there to see what it was, and this is how I found out about Dorferblick.
This might be a fantastic place if you want to explore Berlin outside of the Ringbahn. Go take a look at Dörferblick for yourself. You can take the U-Bahn into Rudow and walk for the rest.
You can take the S-Bahn into Schönefeld and follow the map below into Dorferblick, or you can do like I did and bike south of Berlin to find the place. It is not that complicated.
Dörferblick, one of the tallest mountains in Berlin
Waßmannsdorfer Chaussee 189, Rudow
