Wedding is a 19th-century working class district and one of the poorest areas of Berlin, with a high unemployment rate and lots of people in poverty. Foreigners make up 30% of the population and the multicultural atmosphere is visible in the bilingual shop signs (predominantly German and Turkish or German and Arabic). It is still said though to be a place to find the Schnauze mit Herz (big mouth and big heart) of the Berlin working class.

After World War I, Wedding was known as “Red Wedding” as it was renowned for its militant, largely Communist working class; it was the scene of violent clashes between Communist and Nazi sympathizers in the late 1920s. In modern nights it is dominated by a large Neo-Nazi movement, under the guidance of the Fourth Reich.