https://kiezkultur.eu/en/Recent content on kiezkultur.euHugoenTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kiezkultur.eu/en/blog/who-evicts-the-hugohaus/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kiezkultur.eu/en/blog/who-evicts-the-hugohaus/<p><strong>On Tuesday, September 1, a former hostel on Gürtelstraße in Berlin&rsquo;s Friedrichshain district could be cleared. It has been home to 10 to 20 young punks for the past two years. For many of them, the Hugohaus is the only home they have. An investor from Vienna wants to develop the property. The Green-led district office of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg has so far made no public statement on the case.</strong></p> <p>The former Georghof hostel at Gürtelstraße 39 to 41 exemplifies a familiar Berlin pattern. First, refugees from Oranienplatz were housed there. Then the building stood empty for years. It fell into disrepair and increasingly filled up with rubbish. About two years ago, young people who urgently needed a place to live finally moved in. Street punks settled into the upper floors and gave the building its name: Hugohaus.</p>