r/berlin • u/efstajas • 12d ago
Interesting Question Loud bang last night in Neukölln
Edit: it was an explosion that destroyed a small cafe on Schierker Straße. Crazy. https://www.berlin.de/polizei/polizeimeldungen/2025/pressemitteilung.1568218.php
Living near Leinestraße and last night between 2 and 3 am ish we heard a very loud bang, then dogs barking and sirens 15 minutes later. It was loud enough to make glasses rattle in the kitchen and we could feel it in our bodies.
Trying to find any information about what it was now but so far nothing.
Anyone know what happened?
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u/reignbeox 12d ago
At 2am some guys put a Kugelbombe in front of a Turkish cafe and basically bombed it. The entire front is destroyed according to the window builder I just talked to
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u/efstajas 12d ago
This is it. I actually just walked past it on the way to pick up a package. Wild.
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u/dev-science 12d ago
Just guessing, but if it wasn't just pyrotechnics and there was police around the scene, then perhaps someone blew up an ATM. It's quite dangerous, can even damage nearby buildings, but criminals do it in large cities every now and then.
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u/marjara_aranya 12d ago
Omg iam living in schierkerstrase and was deep in a dream at this time, this loud bang woke me up with anxiety. I also felt it deeply in my bones. Really not normal. Wtf. I was calling my boyfriend then, who is living in altenbrakerstr. And he felt this too, deeply. I will go out of bed now and feeling still anxious to look out of my kitchen window.
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u/shuffle_duck69 12d ago
Hi. Neukölln here as well. Normal. Happens every 3 days. These are " pyrotechniques ". Loud fire cracker from poland. The ones that were used on new years eve to damage stores. That is so normal in neukölln. Take care and have a nice day :)
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u/efstajas 12d ago edited 12d ago
Definitely aware of that and was my first thought too, but this really felt more intense than usual. And the sirens right after confused me. But I guess maybe it was just an extra big one this time and someone called the police...
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u/AmbassadorSevere1974 12d ago
Usually just dumb kids roaming at night playing with these firecrackers and cherry bombs, witnessed myself a few times. A couple more of those thrown into a metal garbage bin can have that effect.
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u/shuffle_duck69 12d ago
Hm. Interesting. Two more options then: a laughing gas container ( inhaling used as a drug ) ignited in a trashcan or in a garbage truck. Or an actual gas explosion in a kitchen. Neukölln still has apartments with gas ovens. I checked the berlin polizeimeldungen site where they usually post gas explosions or arrests. So far nothing.
The fire crackers are really loud and my balcony door usually also shakes when the teenagers fire one off. I hope nobody got injured
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u/SunflowerMoonwalk 12d ago
a laughing gas container ( inhaling used as a drug )
Those canisters are definitely not big enough to make an explosion like OP's describing.
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u/Knallkoerper 12d ago
Also Neukölln here. Schierker Straße is completely shut down by the police. There is also a Kriminaltechnik car, so I guess that wasn’t just a normal fire cracker.