Siedlung Malchow

The Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow is a neighborhood in Berlin's Pankow district, stretching west of Federal Highway 2 between Weißensee and the Brandenburg state border. The settlement was built between 1936 and 1939 on former sewage fields and borders the neighborhoods of Weißensee and Heinersdorf directly. Its streets are distinctively named after figures and places from Norse mythology. To the north of the settlement lies the Märchenland allotment garden colony, while the rest of the area, mostly used for farming, is part of the cross-state Barnim Nature Park. The Laake, a drainage ditch, flows through this area and drains via the Panke and the Spree into the North Sea. The neighborhood is one of the most sparsely populated parts of Berlin. Access is via Federal Highway 2 in the east and Darßer Straße in the south. Public transportation, such as bus line 255, connects the settlement with Weißensee, while the nearest S-Bahn station is in Blankenburg.