Description
This area is typical for large German railway-stations: between apartment buildings of differing quality you will find hotels and office buildings, amusement arcades, erotic-shops, import/export shops and fast-food restaurants. In the direction of the city centre a pedestrian zone leads to Karlsplatz from the railway station, an attractive and lively shopping precinct.

Shopping
many small shops of different standards and several shopping malls

Gastronomy
many restaurants, bars, cafes, snack bars and Italian ice cream cafes

Culture / Leisure
theatre, many cinemas, old botanic garden

Public Transport
very good: all S-Bahn lines, U1, U2, U4, U5, all Trams, bus 58

Parking
hard to find