[wizerdrobe]

What exactly is Kreuzberg 36? I always assumed that was a street number after hearing an old Smut Peddlers song.

https://genius.com/Smut-peddlers-kreuzberg-36-lyrics

[luplex]

Kreuzberg is a borough in Berlin with 150k inhabitants, and it used to be divided into two postcodes: 36 and 61.

36 is the cooler, poorer, more political, younger half of the borough, it really was a center for non-conformists after reunification, but it's being gentrified these days.

[bravura]

https://needleberlin.com/2014/07/03/the-two-faces-of-kreuzbe...

"36 Brennt, 61 Pennt"

'I’ve tried to come up with a rhyme that works in English: “36’s on fire, 61’s just tired” was one solution, but it doesn’t carry the matter-of-factness of the German.'

[mitjam]

It‘s actually called SO36 and a famous punk / music club named after the former postal zone 1000 Berlin 36 which was a part of Berlin Kreuzberg. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO36 https://www.so36.com/

[crucialfelix]

And it's still going strong