Names of Roads in Berlin

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Often, road names have common suffixes or prefixes. The map illustrates the occurrence of popular road name types encoded by color.

The resulting colorful network reveals some interesting patterns. Obviously, names containing "Straße" (street, yellow) are found very often across all the city. Some others show distinct spatial clusters, especially "Weg" (path, dark green) and "Allee" (alley / avenue, light green). "Damm" (dam, purple) are often used for long roads that connect distant parts of the city. Less surprisingly, roads containing water-related words (blue) such as lake or shore are often found along rivers, lakes, and canals.