If you're thinking of investing in Berlin, one factor to take into account are noise levels: while the city is one of Europe's less turbulent capitals, certain zones - particularly along the main radial and tangential roads and close to major transport hubs such as airports - suffer from high levels of background noise, which vastly reduces their attractiveness as residential locations.

To get an ideal of the city's aural hotspots, the government has recently produced noise atlases detailing levels of noise produced by various factors (road traffic, railways etc.). This page has a strategic overview, with clickable maps providing more detail. Note that it's in German only.

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