A beautiful late summer day in Berlins Prenzlauer Berg. A street market, people strolling and shopping and the right light to take some pictures along the way. Berlin can be really nice, with days of joie de vivre and a certain ease that infects everyone who is lucky enough to be at the right spot at the right time. Street markets are definitely occasions to be relaxed and laid back, which is true for consumers and onlookers anyway. But often the vendors seem to enjoy life as well, the right products for the crowd that moves around means good business. 

Apart from the nice and friendly market and the photogenic weather, there is always something airy, something very nice, relaxed and effortless about this part of town. Perhaps its because the GDP is higher than in most other parts of Berlin, a fact that most would deny. Living here is cool and one shows it without showing off obvious signs of wealth, money is, after all, too tight to mention. It´s a neighborhood which currently undergoes heavy gentrification with all its pros and cons, old inhabitants complain about the new rich kids on the block, new residents complain about stubborn old views which won´t keep old houses in shape. As an outsider I can only see the pretty houses, parks and tree-lined streets and I know I would like to keep seeing it this way for some time to come.

Warm light, relaxed atmosphere...

...keeps one drifting and rummaging.

Waiting for that special roast.

Late summer, early fall also in clothing.

Trees shaping an arch over the street.

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