The residential building on the corner of Feuerbachstrasse and Thorwaldsenstrasse lies in the north end of Steglitz on the district boundary of Schöneberg and is part of the beautiful Bismarckviertel quarter, whose streetscape is largely defined by stylish buildings from the Belle Époque. The borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf has a reputation of being bourgeois and comparatively affluent.

Its central artery is the well-known Schlossstrasse, and a ten-minute walk from Feuerbachstrasse will take you there. It has always been considered a major high street in Steglitz and is one of the most prominent retail locations in Berlin. During the Zero Years, four high-standard shopping centres with modern retail assortments were created in conjunction with a revitalisation drive. They are supplemented by a large number of boutique stores in the side streets and a richly varied gastronomic line-up.

The dense retail offer blends smoothly with the streetscape in this south-western borough, and is supplemented by other amenities, including cultural ones, to form a well-rounded whole of high livability. Cultural venues here include time-honoured institutions like the legendary Schlosspark-Theater, Schwartzsche Villa and the Adria Filmtheater, a vintage cinema. But anywhere you go in the district, you will find avenues, parks and green areas, whose greenery lends a recreational atmosphere to the entire area. Several public swimming pools, including an outdoor one, are located in the area and there is even a planetarium nearby.

Steglitz, a bourgeois idyll with metropolitan flair, offers a quiet way of living while being right in the middle of the city. Although the share of native Berliners is comparatively high here, a growing number of recent arrivals to Berlin are attracted to Steglitz, and this is explained not least be the district’s proximity to the Free University and the campus of the Benjamin Franklin teaching hospital.