View of the centre of the Mitte district in Berlin. Three streets take their courses from the riverbank of the river Spree southwards: Friedrichsstrasse (in the West), Planckstrasse and its extension Charlottenstrasse as well as the Geschwister-Scholl-Street with its extension Universitaetsstrasse (in the East). They cross the overground and railway tracks. The large station in the West on the riverbank of the Spree is Friedrichstrasse station