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South Asian community in Berlin

Kantstraße grocery cluster, Wedding Pakistani hub, Gurudwara Reinickendorf, Masala Markt, cricket clubs.

Berlin's South Asian community is the third-largest in Germany (after Frankfurt + Munich) and the most linguistically diverse — Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Nepalese populations all have recognised community anchors.

Grocery clusters

Kantstraße (Charlottenburg)

Lookouts: India Bazaar (India house brand ghee + atta), Babu Bazar (Bangla fish seasonal), Sona Food Traders (Tamil-Sri Lankan specialities).

Müllerstraße (Wedding)

Pakistani cluster — Madni Supermarkt, Hasina Grocery, and a dozen smaller shops around Leopoldplatz and Seestraße.

Delivery

Masala Markt — Berlin-wide South Asian grocery delivery.

Gurudwara

Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Berlin — Reinickendorf — Langar on weekends; largest Sikh presence in Berlin.

Hindu temples

Sri Ganesha Hindu Tempel — Hasenheide / Neukölln — Tamil-led Hindu temple; daily puja.

Mosques

Berlin has >80 mosques. For Urdu/Pashto khutbah: Jamaat-e-Islami Berlin (Wedding), Markaz Masjid (Neukölln). For English-friendly Islamic centres: Dar as-Salam, Ahmadiyya Khadija-Mosque.

Cricket

Berlin Cricket Verband — https://www.berlin-cricket.de/

Sunday matches April–October. Berlin Thunder, Berlin Warriors, BSC Cricket — all recruit newcomers.

Restaurants

Cultural gatherings

• Diwali mela at Tempelhofer Feld (October).
• Pohela Boishakh (Bengali new year) gatherings in Neukölln.
• Pakistan Day at various embassy-adjacent venues in March.
• Tamil Pongal at the Sri Ganesha temple.

Where families tend to settle

• Reinickendorf / Wedding — large Pakistani community, lower rents.
• Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf — established Indian professional community.
• Neukölln / Kreuzberg — younger, more mixed.