Kollwitzmarkt: A look behind the scenes

Kollwitzmarkt: A look behind the scenes

The Kollwitzplatz in Berlin is a place that invites rich parents to have the opinion there every Saturday of formally subordinates. Here, prenzlingers gather in order to pick up their portion of Berlin snouts and to recommend this experience to be particularly authentic and walking off the beaten path. It is almost like a masquerade in feudalism, where you know that as an invasive species you entered the city and suppressed everything that was once cool. Therefore, they are looking for punishment and come in the certainty of being blown up on the market by the sellers.

A former currywurst seller remembers how he worked on the market every week and how rich customers, like a personal branding coach with a high income, either order or can be consciously criticized. The customers who arrive in order to be served by the Grumpy Crêpes seller have to deal with his relentless way and get what you order, sometimes not. The whole thing seems to be part of the ritual that the rich parents love to show their unconventional side.

Nevertheless, it turns out that the citizens of Prenzlauer Berg who visit the market are actually just as broken as the author himself, who sees himself as stranded. Kollwitzplatz is declared the Côte d’Azur East Berlin, where everything revolves around the well-being of descendants and networking. But as soon as the wine flows, the parents are tired and the offspring are left raging in the playground. What happens on the market stays there, and the afternoons become a repetition of the same spectacle the following weekend.