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Berlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Understand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Get in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Get around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 See. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Buy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Eat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Drink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Stay safe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states (Länder) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Berlin is the largest city in Germany and has a population of 4.5 million within its metropolitan area and 3.5 million from over 190 countries within the city limits.

Berlin is best known for its historical associations as the German capital, internationalism and tolerance, lively nightlife, its many cafés, clubs, and bars, street art, and numerous museums, palaces, and other sites of historic interest. Berlin's architecture is quite varied. Although badly damaged in the final years of World War II and broken apart during the Cold War, Berlin has reconstructed itself greatly, especially with the reunification push after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

It is now possible to see representatives of many different historic periods in a short time within the city centre, from a few surviving medieval buildings near Alexanderplatz, to the ultra modern glass and steel structures at Potsdamer Platz. Because of its tumultuous history, Berlin remains a city with many distinctive neighbourhoods.

The foundation of Berlin was very multicultural. The surrounding area was populated by Germanic Swabian and Burgundian tribes, as well as Slavic Wends in pre-Christian times, and the Wends have stuck around. Their modern descendants are the Sorbian Slavic-language minority who live in villages southeast of Berlin near the Spree River.

In the beginning of the 13th century, two towns (Berlin and Cölln) developed on each side of the river Spree (today the Nikolaiviertel and the quarter next to it beyond the river). As the population grew, the towns merged and Berlin became a center for commerce and agriculture. This area stayed small (about 10,000 inhabitants) up to the late 17th century, because of the 30 years' war in the beginning of the 17th century, which led to death of about half of the population.

Since the late 17th century, when large numbers of French Huguenots fled religious persecution, Berlin has welcomed religious, economic and other asylum seekers. 1701 Berlin became the capital of Prussia and in 1710 Berlin and surrounding former autonomous cities were merged to a bigger Berlin. In 1871 Berlin became the capital of the new founded German Reich and a few years later, it became a city with more than one million inhabitants because of the immensely growing industry. Shortly after the first World War, in 1920, the last of the annexations of surrounding cities of Berlin led to the foundation of the Berlin as we know it now. After the coming into power of the National Socialists, Berlin became the capital of the socalled Third Reich and the domicile and office of Hitler (though the triumph of Hitler and his companions started in the south of Germany).

WW II led to destruction of most of central Berlin, thus many of the buildings which we see nowadays are reconstructed or planned and built after the war, which led to a very fragmented cityscape in most parts of the inner town. Berlin was divided into four sectors (West Berlin into the French, American and British sector, East Berlin belonged to the USSR). In 1949 the GDR was founded with East Berlin as its capital - West Berlin belonged to West Germany (with Bonn as the capital) and was an exclave (political island) in East Germany. Because of the growing tensions between West Germany and the GDR, the latter

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built a wall between the countries and around West Berlin, so the division was complete.

In 1989 the German revolution took place -subsequently leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall- and in 1990 West and East Germany were merged officially together with Berlin becoming the capital of reunified Germany.

After WW II and the building of the wall, large numbers of immigrants from Turkey were invited to West Berlin to work in the growing industry sector; in East Berlin the jobs were done mostly by Vietnamese immigrants. But also people from other communist countries, including the former Yugoslavia, not to mention Soviet soldiers who refused to return home, have helped to make Berlin more multicultural than ever.

Berlin is also a youth-oriented city. Before German unification, West Berliners were exempt from the West German civil/military service requirement. Social activists, pacifists and anarchists of all moved to Berlin for that reason alone. Musicians and artists were given state subsidies. It was easy to stay out all night thanks to liberal bar licensing laws, and staying at university for years without ever getting a degree was a great way to kill time. In contrast with most of Germany, Prenzlauer Berg is said to have the highest per-capita birth rate in Europe (in fact it just seems so because of the high percentage of young women in the district).

After the fall of the wall, Berlin - especially the former East - has evolved into a cultural mecca. Artists and other creative souls flocked to the city in swarms after reunification, primarily due to the extremely low cost of living in the East. Despite the increased prices and gentrification as a result, Berlin has become a center for art, design, multimedia, electronic music, and fashion among other things. The particularly high number of students and young people in the city has only helped this cause.

Just stroll down a street in Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain, or Mitte to get a glimpse of the new East Berlin.

Berlin · Understand Blue Angel), Leni Riefenstahl (Triumph of the Will), Bertolt Brecht (Threepenny Opera), Käthe Kollwitz, Kurt Tucholsky, Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (Nosferatu), Fritz Lang (Metropolis), Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin)), Blixa Bargeld/Einstürzende Neubauten, Christopher Isherwood, Gunter Grass (The Tin Drum), members of the Bauhaus architectural movement and many more.

Climate Berlin has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.

Summers are warm and sometimes humid with average high temperatures of 22–25 °C (72–77 °F) and lows of 12–14 °C (54– 57 °F). Winters are relatively cold with average high temperatures of 3 °C (37 °F) and lows of -2 to 0 °C (28 to 32 °F). Spring and autumn are generally chilly to mild. Berlin's built-up area creates a microclimate, with heat stored by the city's buildings.

Temperatures can be 4 °C (7 °F) higher in the city than in the surrounding areas.

Annual precipitation is 570 millimeters (22 in) with moderate rainfall throughout the year. Light snowfall mainly occurs from December through March, but snow cover does not usually remain for long. The recent winter of 2009/2010 was an exception since there was a permanent snow cover from late December until early March.

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The old and new of Berlin - Marienkirche & TV Tower

Some famous artists of the region and their best-known works include Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Marlene Dietrich (The

German is of course the main language in Berlin, but you can easily find information in English and sometimes in French.

Due to the football World Cup in 2006 all public transportation staff got language training and should be able to help you in English (although possibly with a strong German accent). If you seem to be lost or hesitating in a public transport station a member of staff could come to your assistance, but don't count on that. You can easily approach a group of (preferably young) bystanders and ask for advice in English, but try to speak with

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a kind of British English accent, which is taught at schools in Germany. People will generally be quite helpful, but do not completely rely on this, as even Berliners often do not know all the exact details about their own city's geography, or even on transport schedules, and rather rely on their talent to somehow improvise or even ask fellow Berliners for the way once they do not find the address they want to reach.

Most people under 40 in Berlin are able to speak English with varying degrees of fluency, but it might not be as widely spoken as you might expect, so a few key German phrases are worth having, especially in the suburbs and less touristy places.

Basic French and Russian are partly spoken because French in West Berlin and Russian in East Berlin were taught in schools.

There are also 400,000 Turkish origined people living in Berlin mainly in Kreuzberg district. Many of them arrived in early 1960's from remote villages in Anatolia as guest workers, but stayed on.

There are some words in Berlin that differ from regular German, especially in the former East Berlin. Here, the language preserved a certain level of dialect.

Schrippe: Roll.

Stulle: Sandwich.

Broiler: grilled chicken (people from west Germany probably won't understand this, they say Grillhähnchen instead).

Get in As the city was divided into two during the Cold War, many major parts of Berlin's infrastructure — such as airports — were built on both the east and west side. After the demolition of the Wall, the challenge has been to merge these formerly independent systems into one that serves all people in the metropolitan Berlin area.

By plane Berlin has two operational airports: Tegel International Airport (ICAO: EDDT, IATA: TXL) located in the north-west of the city is the main airport for flag carriers (Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France-KLM, Delta, Continental, Air Berlin etc.) and a hub for domestic flights as well.

The original airport was designed as a hexagon, but today two other terminals try to handle the flights of Air Berlin (most flights in Terminal C) and other budget carriers (mostly in terminal D). All flag carrier flights leave from the main terminal building A (Terminal B nowadays contains just the bus gates of Terminal A for Non-Schengen flights), and is also where all airlines lounges are.

Berlin-Tegel Airport

Buses from Tegel International Airport operate to S+U Alexanderplatz, Hauptbahnhof (bus TXL ), and S+U Zoologischer Garten (buses X9 and 109) for the standard ticket fare. It takes around 45 minutes to Alexanderplatz, but can change with traffic. Caution! Do not take any train to the "Tegel railway (SBahn) station", which is not connected to the airport, but rather to the suburban village called Tegel. It is not possible to walk or to otherwise get easily to the airport from that station. The nearest train stations are Jakob-Kaiser Platz on the U-Bahn line U7, which is 5 minutes from the airport with bus X9/109, KurtSchumacher Platz on the U6, 10 minutes from the airport with bus 128, and Beusselstraße S41/S42 (the ring) connected to the airport with an express bus. Tegel International Airport does not have any railway station. Any indication to a Tegel railway station refers to the remote S-Bahn station, even if railway staff at stations in other cities might tell otherwise.

Schönefeld (ICAO: EDDB, IATA: SXF) This airport — formerly serving the capital of the GDR — southeast of Berlin is the base for most low-cost airlines (e.g. easyJet, Ryanair and Germanwings) and charter flights in addition to traffic from Eastern Europe.

The airport is served by the S-Bahn and regional trains. Buses operate between the railway station and the terminal buildings. There are also less regular but faster regional trains that cost the same and stop at these major train stations too. In SBahn and regional trains between the airport (zone C) and the city (zone A,B), the public transport ticket can be used. Stamp the ticket to validate it before boarding.

The construction of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (German: Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg), (IATA: BER), has started at Schönefeld and the airport is scheduled for opening on 3rd June 2012. After the opening all air traffic in the Berlin-Brandenburg region will be bundled at BER while the Tegel airport is going to be closed down.

There are numerous direct flight connections between Berlin and major German & European cities. For historical reasons intercontinental direct flights to Berlin were limited. The German flag carrier Lufthansa will mostly fly to its major hub airports

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Frankfurt and Munich and offer connecting flights to Berlin on a near hourly basis.

By bus Berlin is serviced from over 350 destinations in Europe. Long distance buses arrive at Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof (Central Bus Terminal) in Charlottenburg. From there take the S-Bahn (station Messe Nord) or bus into town.

Berlin Linienbus serves over 350 destnations in Europe Salinea serves Bosnia

By train

Berlin · Get around cross) and Ostbahnhof (eastern station) - plus minor Gesundbrunnen in the north and Spandau in the north west - form the backbone of all connections. All are connected to either S- or U-Bahn (and in the future, both). All trains travel through central station and a second major hub (depending on the destination you travel to or arrive from). Trains in the regional area (Berlin and Brandenburg) mostly use these stations. Regional trains stop at several stations within Berlin.

By car All main roads and motorways join the Berliner Ring, or the A10, from which you can access the inner city. The city motorway is usually very crowded during rush hour.

Get around Berlin is a huge city. You can make use of the excellent bus, tram, train and underground services to get around. Taxi services are also easy to use and a bit less expensive than in many other big Central European cities. You can hail a cab (the yellow light on the top shows the cab is available), or find a taxi rank (Taxistand). Taxi drivers are in general able to speak English. If you ask for a short trip (Kurzstrecke), as long as it's under 2km and before the taxi driver starts the meter running, the trip normally is cheaper. This only applies if you flag the taxi down on the street, not if you get in at a taxi rank.

Berlin is served by ICE, InterCity and EuroCity trains by the national German train corporation Deutsche Bahn (DB) which offers connections between Berlin and other German and major European cities.

Check the Berlin route planner (in English) to get excellent maps and schedules for the U-Bahn, buses, S-Bahn and trams, or to print your personal journey planner. The route planner can also calculate the fastest door-to-door connection for you destination for any given day and hour. The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) have a detailed fare list on their web site .

Several night trains from/to Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Vienna and Budapest travel every day. They are popular with backpackers so reservations are recommended. Long-haul trains to Eastern European cities (Warsaw, Kaliningrad and Moscow) mostly use the Bahnhof Lichtenberg in Eastern Berlin. Make sure you have a reservation because these lines are also very popular.

If you don't know how to get somewhere, or how to get home at night, call the Customer Service of the BVG. There are also facilities in most U-Bahn and some S-Bahn stations to contact the Customer Service directly. In 2005 the BVG introduced Metro lines (buses and tram) that run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All lines are marked with a big orange plate and a white M.

Some private train companies such as Veolia offer connections to smaller cities in Eastern Germany.

It's also worth noting that the house numbers do not necessarily run in one direction (up or down). On a lot of streets, the numbers ascend on one side and descend on the other. Especially on long streets, check the numbering scheme first: you can find the name of the street and the numbers on that block at nearly every street corner.

The new Hauptbahnhof

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During the times of its division, Berlin had two main train stations: Zoologischer Garten (colloquial name Bahnhof Zoo) in the West, and Ostbahnhof in the East. The new 'Hauptbahnhof' may be titled 'Lehrter Bahnhof' on older maps & is situated between the S-Bahn stations Friedrichstrasse and Bellevue.

The new building for the central station Hauptbahnhof was opened in May 2006 and together with Südkreuz (southern

Different from what is usual in some English-speaking countries, Germans usually add the word for "street", "square", "park", etc. when they mention the name of a locality. Thus, they would not simply refer to "Kurfürsten" when talking about Kurfürstenstraße (Kurfürsten Street), as this could also mean "Kurfürstendamm", which is a different road at a different place. "Schloss", which simply means "palace", could refer to

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any of the palaces in Berlin, as well as to one of the two roads called "Schlossstraße", a shopping centre called "Das Schloss", or the "Schlossplatz" in the Mitte district.

Public transport ticketing

Berlin WelcomeCard. Other tickets are printed similarly.

Berlin uses a zone system, but you are unlikely to need to go beyond zone A and B, except on trips to Potsdam or to the Schönefeld Airport (SXF). This is a very large area. The public transport system (U, S-Bahn, bus, tram) uses a common ticket.

Standard tickets are valid for any travel within two hours of validation, in a single direction, within the appropriate fare zones.

There is no limit to transfers.

Purchasing tickets: All tickets are available at vending machines at U- and S-Bahn platforms. English and other European languages are available.

Payment is mostly by local bank cards and coins, and banknotes. If you need assistance most larger stations have staffed ticket counters where you can ask questions and buy tickets.

Buses will accept cash, and make change for tickets. Hotels may sell tickets as well.

Berlin · Get around By train If you need to get around the city quickly, take the S-Bahn. Especially the Ringbahn that goes all around Berlin in a circle lets you get to other parts of the city really fast. In the past two years the S-Bahn operated very irregular in the winter months, especially around new year's eve due to security lacks, iced trains and driver's stoppages, so you better avoid planning on the SBahn in winter. Most of the time it's a very efficient and punctual way to get around though. If you're looking for the way, use BVG.de, that site includes Busses, U-Bahn, S-Bahn, Tram and even ferries. You can simply enter departure adress and arrival adress to see the optimum connection, it's an excellent service.

An option to reach Schönefeld airport is to use U-Bahn line 7 until the terminal station Rudow and then take the bus.

In the center, most S-Bahn lines run on an east-west route between Ostkreuz and Westkreuz via the stops Warschauer Straße, Ostbahnhof, Jannowitzbrücke, Alexanderplatz, Hackescher Markt, Friedrichstraße, Hauptbahnhof, Bellevue, Tiergarten, Zoologischer Garten, Savignyplatz and Charlottenburg. Other lines run along a circle track around the city, most notably the S 8 and the S 41, S 42, S 45, S 46 lines, and there's also a north-south connection from Gesundbrunnen through Friedrichstraße and Potsdamer Platz to Südkreuz/Schöneberg.

Regional trains run along the same central east-west connection, but stopping only at Ostkreuz, Ostbahnhof, Alexanderplatz, Friedrichstraße, Hauptbahnhof, Zoologischer Garten, Charlottenburg and Westkreuz, as well as other lines connecting north-south from Jungfernheide or Gesundbrunnen through Hauptbahnhof and Potsdamer Platz to Südkreuz.

Long distance trains mostly run to Hauptbahnhof, often with one or two extra stops at other stations.

By underground

In some places like Zoologischer Garten and Eberswalder Straße, people will try to sell used tickets to you. Be aware that you can go only one direction with a single-journey ticket (check the validation stamp and be careful as this could also be a pickpocket trick). Don't pay more than half the price.

Validating tickets: You need to validate your ticket using the machines on the U- and S-bahn platforms or in the bus. The machines are yellow/white in the U-Bahn and the bus, and red on S-Bahn platforms. Validation simply means the machine prints a time stamp onto the ticket. Once validated, a ticket which is still valid will not have to be re-validated before each single trip. Whilst it might be tempting to try to avoid buying a ticket, be advised that plain-clothed inspectors do patrol the trains. There is a fine if you are caught with an unvalidated ticket.

U-Bahn route map

The Berlin U-Bahn (subway/metro) is something to behold; it is so charmingly precise! There are no turnstiles to limit access, so it is technically possible to ride without a ticket, but if caught

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by a ticket checker you will be fined so it is probably not worth the risk. All U-Bahn stations now have electronic signs that give the time of the next train, and its direction based on sensors along the lines.

Detailed maps can be found in every U-Bahn station and on the trains. Don't be confused by the alternative tram maps. U-Bahn stations can be seen from far by their big, friendly blue U signs.

Together with the S-Bahn (which is administered by Deutsche Bahn and mostly runs aboveground), the U-Bahn provides a transportation network throughout greater Berlin that is extremely efficient and fast. On weekend (Friday to Sunday), as well as during the Christmas and New Year holidays, all U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines (except line U4) run all night, so returning from late night outings is easy, especially given the average start time of most 'parties' in Berlin.

By tram The trams are mostly found in East Berlin, as in the West the tram lines were removed to facilitate more vehicular traffic. If you don't have a ticket already, you can buy one inside the tram.

Two types of tram service are available. Metrotrams frequent more often as well as by night. Tram routes not so identified stop more frequently and may even include picturesque single-track rides through forested areas far east of the Mitte district.

By bus Although buses are the slowest form of public transport, the yellow double-decker buses are part of Berlin's transit landscape and they will take you to almost anywhere in Berlin. Besides the normal metro buses, there are also express buses (indicated by an X), but these don't halt at every stop.

The most famous bus line, especially for tourists, is bus route 100, which leaves from Zoo Station ("Berlin Zoologischer Garten") or, if you want to go the other way round, Alexanderplatz. This crosses most of historic Berlin, including many of the sites listed here. For the price of a city bus ticket or daily pass, it's possible to see many of the landmarks of Berlin from one of these yellow double-decker buses. Sit up top as it's easier to see the Bundestag, as well as the many historic buildings on Unter den Linden. If you're lucky, you'll get the legendary busdriver who delivers a commentary (in Berlin-accented German) on the trip. Line 200 takes nearly the same route, but it goes through the modern quarters around Potsdamer Platz. Either ride is a must for any visitor to Berlin.

Berlin · See Berlin has no steep hills and offers many bicycle paths (Radwege) throughout the city (although not all are very smooth).

These include "860 km of completely separate bike paths, 60 km of bike lanes on streets, 50 km of bike lanes on sidewalks, 100 km of mixed-use pedestrian-bike paths, and 70 km of combined bus-bike lanes on streets (City of Berlin, 2007)" (Pucher & Buehler, 2007). Bicycles are a very popular method of transportation among Berlin residents, and there is almost always a certain level of bicycle traffic. Seeing Berlin by bicycle is unquestionably a great way to acquaint the traveler with the big tourist sites, and the little sprees and side streets as well. Although it's good to carry your own map, you can also always check your location at any U-Bahn station and many Bus Stations. You can create your own bicycling maps online, optimized by less busy routes or fewer traffic lights or your favorite paving . If you are not familiar with searching your own way through the city or you want more explanation of the sights you visit, you can get guided bike tours (with bike included) on Berlin Bike.

Tours and Rentals: Bicycle rentals are available in the city, although the prices vary. In addition, the Deutsche Bahn (DB) placed many public bicycles throughout the city in 2003.

These can be unlocked by calling a number on the bicycle with a cellphone, after registering with the service. (CallABike is changed towards a station based system during 2011 - make sure to get up to date information in one of the train stations)

By scooter There is also the possibility to explore Berlin by scooter. Fast, funny and quite cheap it´s possible to combine sightseeing in the city and good places outside Berlin like Potsdam and the many lakes in the north and south of Berlin.

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By bicycle Cycling is another great way to tour Berlin .

Bode-Museum is part of the Museumsinsel

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Berlin has a vast array of museums. Most museums charge admission for people 16 years of age or older (a day ticket with which one can also visit the other state museums is the only thing available and doesn't count for special exhibitions) for the big museums. Discounts (usually 50%) are available for students and disabled people with identification. A nice offer for museum addicts is the three-day pass 'Museumspass' SchauLUST-MuseenBERLIN, which grants entrance to all the normal exhibitions of the approximately 70 state-run museums and public foundations. Most museums are closed on Mondays; notable exceptions include the Altes Museum and the Deutsches Historisches Museum, which are open daily. Museumsportal Berlin, a collective web initiative, offers easy access to information on all museums, memorials, castles and collections and on current and upcoming exhibitions.

A short list of important museums (for a more detailed list check the district articles) are: Museumsinsel. Literally "Museum Island", this area is best known for the vast Pergamon-Museum, which houses an extensive collection of ancient Greek, ancient Middle-Eastern and Islamic art and architecture. Other museums which belong to the Museum Island are the Altes Museum (with the Egyptian and the antique collection), the Alte Nationalgalerie (with mainly German paintings of the 19th century) and the reopened Bode-Museum with its fantastically presented sculpture collection and Byzantine art. The recently reopened Neues Museum houses the Egyptian collection, Neaderthal and other pre-historic archeological finds, and some of the treasures unearthed at Troy. This is the only museum on Museums Insel that requires a timed entry ticket.

It's best to get a timed ticket online ahead of time as time slots fill up quickly.

Deutsches Historisches Museum. German historical museum covering everything from pre-history right up to the present day. One can spend many, many hours here!

Jüdisches Museum. Jewish Museum. Learn about the history of Jews in Germany. Permanent exhibition on two millennia of German-Jewish history, changing exhibitions and impressive modern architecture by Libeskind. There is a small unrelated Jewish Museum at the Oranienburger Straße Synagogue.

Gemäldegalerie. Thousands of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th century. Works from Dürer, Raffael, Tizian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Rubens.

Neue Nationalgalerie. Art from the 20th Century. This museum often houses temporary exhibitions during which the permanent collection is usually not on display. (As of December, 2009, the permanent collection is closed while the building undergoes repairs.)

Museum für Naturkunde. Near the main railway station.

Natural science museum with a big collection of dinosaur skeletons, fossils and minerals. Reopened after restoration in late 2007.

Berlin · See Mauermuseum at Checkpoint Charlie. This museum is situated at the most famous historical checkpoint between the two Berlins.

Museum of European Cultures. The biggest of its sort in Europe. At the museum district of Dahlem.

Ethnological Museum. Again one of the world's most comprehensive museums. At the museum district of Dahlem.

Well worth a visit for its splendid collection of PreColumbian archaeology!

Topography of Terror. This open-air museum documents the terror applied by the Nazi regime. It consists of excavated prison cells located directly under a remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall.

DDR Museum. This small museum just over the river from the Berliner Dom. Really interesting with all the displays in German and English, it gives a good insight into life in the former GDR. Musikinstrumenten-Museum. This museum is part of the Staatliches Institu für Musikforschung PK and has an amazingly wide range of historic and unusual instruments on display.

Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité. Interesting exhibition charting the development of European hospitals from the 14th Century to the present day.

Ramones Museum Berlin . The Ramones Museum Berlin pays tribute to the Punk band The Ramones. It displays more than 300 unique and original Ramones memorabilia.

The "Berlinische Galerie" is the city museum for modern art, architecture, and design.

Story of Berlin. Museum in the centre of a mall. In addition to the history (including the World Wars), culture, transportation, architecture and an exhibit of life in the city since medieval times, it is unique to feature an authentic cold-war era bunker. The 20 minute tour is included in the cost of the entrance ticket, and is at the top of each hour, alternating in German and English.

Private art galleries As Berlin is a city of art, it is quite easy to find an art gallery on your way. They provide a nice opportunity to have a look at modern artists' work in a not-so-crowded environment for free. Some gallery streets with more than about a dozen galleries are Auguststraße, Linienstraße, Torstraße, Brunnenstraße (all Mitte, north of S-Bahn station Oranienburger Straße), Zimmerstraße (Kreuzberg, U-Bahn station Kochstraße) and Fasanenstraße (Charlottenburg). A directory listing of all Berlin's art

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galleries can be found on The Art of Berlin: Complete Berlin Art Gallery Directory

There are some historically interesting and architecturally remarkable churches which are the following:

Art Center Berlin Friedrichstraße. Four floors of exhibitions with a relatively good variety of genres and artists. A very nice oasis of calm from the busy Friedrichstraße.

Berliner Dom— The biggest and most impressive church in Berlin, built at the turn of the century (19th/20th) as an expression of imperial power. Located next to the museum island. You can climb on top of the dome for a beautiful view over the Berlin center.

Galerie Eigen & Art. One of the most famous German art galleries, home to the Neue Leipziger Schule (Neo Rauch et al.) loop -- raum fur aktuelle kunst. Known for being the "incubator" of future famous Berlin artists. Primarily featuring sculpture video, and painting.

Churches

The Twintowers of the Deutscher Dom (German Cathedral) and the Französischer Dom (French Cathedral) face each other at the Gendarmenmarkt in Central Berlin, flanking the Konzerthaus.

Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche— Highly symbolic church, dating back to 1891-95, with two modern buildings designed by Egon Eiermann in 1961, a hexagonal bell tower and an octagonal worship hall, aside the ruins from World War II. Marienkirche— Located near Alexanderplatz, this is not only the highest church tower in Berlin (90 m), but also one of the oldest churches left in the historical center of Berlin (which is totally torn down in this area). Entrance is free and inside are many treasures from the old days.

Nikolaikirche— The oldest church in Berlin, dating back to the beginning of 13th century (at least the stones next to the ground). Does not serve as a church. Changing exhibitions inside, entrance free.

St. Hedwigs Kathedrale— Domed Church located at Bebelplatz/Unter den Linden, the oldest (mid 18th century) and one of the biggest Catholic churches in Berlin, interior was redesigned in a modern style in the 1950s - but still many treasure chambers in the basement.

Friedrichswerdersche Kirche— Nice church located near Unter den Linden/Museum Island, finished in 1830 by Schinkel - English Neogothic style. Nice exhibition inside (neoclassical statues and an exhibition about Schinkel's life and work upstairs), entry is free.

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, generally also known as "Gedächtniskirche"

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Landmarks with observation decks

Berlin · See has also become something of a symbol for the annual Love Parade techno music festival.

Kollhoff Tower, Potsdamer Platz. The fastest elevator in Europe takes you approximately 100 meters high.

Europa Center, Zoologischer Garten,. Shopping center with a panorama floor at the 20th floor (90 meters). In Budapester Straße, overlooking Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial Church.

Europe Centre-Berlin Window— 100 meter high building in Berlin City West with a breathtaking 360 degrees view over the capital. An elevator takes you to the 20th floor. Upstairs you can have a drink if you'd like.

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Glass dome and spiral walkway inside the Bundestag

While Berlin has relatively few high-rise buildings, there are several monuments with observation decks. Probably the most famous of all is the TV Tower near Alexanderplatz, the tallest tower in Germany and second largest in Europe, which has a rotating café at the top spinning 360 degrees in just 30 minutes! 40 seconds is all it takes to reach the top by lift. But there are also other great observation desks, the main ones are listed below (for others have a look in the district pages).

Bundestag— The German Parliament building, near the Brandenburg gate, was renovated by Sir Norman Foster and reopened in 1999 with a spectacular new glass dome, which offers a great view of Berlin. Visitors may pre-book free tours of the building and enter with confirmed reservation at scheduled times through the north portal. Due to continued terrorist threats, individual visitors now need to register upfront to visit the glass dome and terrace. Book well in advance as individual entry is limited to a max. of guests per day. The template is only in German available, so joining a tour is an easy open for last-minute travellers.

Berliner Funkturm— 150 meter high lattice tower with open-air observation deck 124 meters above ground. Only observation tower on insulators! Located in the Western fair district, out of city center.

Berliner Fernsehturm, Alexanderplatz. The TV tower is Germany's tallest construction: 368 meters high. Observation deck 204 meters above ground. Be wary of the weather changing; the fog can come in during the rather long queues and you may not be able to see anything at the top. There is a restaurant and a bar in the observation deck. You need to buy tickets from the ticket office, then join a separate queue to get into the tower.

Siegessäule (Victory Column), Tiergarten. An old (1865-1873), 60 meter high monument with panoramic views of the very center of the city. Unfortunately there is no elevator, so be prepared for 285 steps. The statue of Victoria on the top is the place where the angels congregate in the famous film "Der Himmel über Berlin" by Wim Wenders. It

Berlin does not attempt to hide the less savory parts of its history: a visit to the Topography of Terror (Mitte), for example, provides interesting but sobering insights into the activities of the Gestapo in Berlin during the Nazi years (1933-1945). Many of the walking tours also discuss scenes both of Nazi activity and of Cold War tension and terror.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe .

Opened in the spring of 2005, this gigantic abstract artwork covering an entire block near the Brandenburg Gate, including an underground museum with extensive details on the Holocaust and the people who died during it. The blocks start out at ground level on the outer edges of the memorial, and then grow taller towards the middle, where the ground also slopes downwards. 3.5 million visitors in the first year make it one of the most visited memorials in Berlin - and it's worth it, as it's one of the most impressive memorials in Berlin.

Remaining Section of the Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall— A large stretch of intact Wall can be found to the east of the city center along the River Spree in Mühlenstraße near the Oberbaumbrücke.

Known as the East Side Gallery, it is a section of the wall that is preserved as a gallery. This can be easily reached from Ostbahnhof or Warschauer Straße. It has many beautiful murals, politically motivated and otherwise. Another place to try is near the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum, currently under reconstruction. Two small pieces are also in Potsdamer Platz and

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in its neighbourhood at the corner between Ebertstraße and Bellevuestraße).

Berlin Wall Memorial (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer). (UBahn Bernauer Straße U8 or S-Bahn Nordbahnhof S1, 2, or 25, follow the signs in the stations - wall is Mauer in German).

Often missed by tourists, but an absolute must for anyone interested in this part of the city's history. It's a memorial to those who died crossing so you won't, fortunately, get the tackiness of the Checkpoint Charlie area; instead you will be left with a haunting feeling of what life with the wall may have been really like. The monument itself is a gigantic wasted opportunity, blank and featureless. The inscription on the outside, declaring it a monument to the victims of the "communist reign of violence," has sparked emotional debates and angered many local residents. The documentation center across the street on Bernauer Straße is excellent although most of the documentation is in German. The viewing platform gives you a tiny hint of the true scale of the Wall and how terrifying the "no man's land" between the two sections of walls must have been. When the documentation center is closed, both walls can be visited. There is some space between the concrete plates which allow you to look at the area between the walls. There are also several small holes.

The Memorial is on Bernauer Straße which itself is a street with a great deal of Wall history: the first recorded Wall-related death of the notorious Peter Fechter was here, as was one of the famous tunnels and the famous photograph of the GDR border guard leaping over the barbed wire. Various monuments can be found along the entire length of the street, documenting nearby escape attempts and tunnels; captions are in German, English, French, and Russian. The Memorial itself is a complete section of 4th generation wall - both inside and outside sections, and you can peer through from the east side to see the remains of the electric fence and anti-tank devices in the death strip. It really helps you understand what an incredible feat it was to get from one side to the other -- and why so many died doing it.

Checkpoint Charlie 1982 [Photo: Rolf Palmberg]

Checkpoint Charlie 2007

Checkpoint Charlie— Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War, is no more.

Formerly, it was the only border crossing between East and West Berlin that permitted foreigners passage. Residents of East and West Berlin were not allowed to use it. This contributed to Checkpoint Charlie's mythological status as a meeting place for spies and other shady individuals. Now the remains of the Berlin Wall have been moved to permit building, including construction of the American Business Center and

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other institutions not given to flights of John Le Carré-inspired fancy.

At the intersection of Zimmerstraße and Friedrichstraße is the famous "You Are Leaving the American Sector" sign. The actual guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie is now housed at the Allied Museum on Clayallee. For a more interesting exhibit go to the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie. This is a private museum with kitschy memorabilia from the Wall as well as the devices GDR residents used to escape the East (including a tiny submarine!).

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Checkpoint Charlie gained its name from the phonetic alphabet; checkpoints "Alpha" and "Bravo" were at the autobahn checkpoints Helmstedt and Dreilinden respectively. Checkpoint Charlie's atmosphere was not improved at all on October 27, 1961 when the two Cold War superpowers chose to face each other down for a day. Soviet and American tanks stood approximately 200 meters apart, making an already tense situation worse.

Tempelhof airport was used in the Berlin Airlift (Berliner Luftbrücke) in 1948-49; in 1951 a monument was added to commemorate the airlifts over the Berlin Blockade. The airport was featured in movies like Billy Wilder's "One Two Three". The terminal building is still fascinating; the halls and neighbouring buildings, intended to become the gateway to Europe, are still known as the largest built entities worldwide, and was described by British architect Sir Norman Foster as "the mother of all airports".

Zoo Berlin has two zoos and an aquarium. The Berlin Zoo in the west is the historic zoo that has been a listed company since its foundation. It's an oasis in the city and very popular with families and schools.

"Molecule Men" statue at Berlin Osthafen

Go on a Tour of Berlin - the Mitte and surrounding districts are sufficiently compact to allow a number of excellent walking tours through its history-filled streets. You will see amazing things you would otherwise miss. Details are usually available from the reception desks of hostels and hotels.

Ticket B City – Tours by architects in Berlin. Showing the city of Berlin on hand-picked architectural routes. Led by selected architects in German, English, French, Italian or Spanish.

Anything is possible - tours from the water, on land or in a helicopter. They arrange your special tour on contemporary architecture in Berlin with many exclusive visits to the interiors of buildings and unforgettable experiences.

Alternative Berlin – English tour each day at Alexander Platz TV tower in front of Starbucks coffee. This tour uses Berlin's transit system to cover a massive amount of territory and focuses on the underground sites and sounds of Berlin, including art & graffiti culture, technological wonders, and landmarks of rock & electronic music. The tour takes three and half hours. Free (but tipping is more or less standard - the tour guides don't receive any other salary).

The Berlin Experts – Offers daily in-depth walking tours of Berlin's architecture, history, and culture. All tours include some history as well as other tidbits of trivia not commonly known. Especially popular is the Deconstruction/Construction Tour which provides an offbeat perspective of contemporary Berlin. They also offer special tours for cruise ship passengers.

Stern und Kreisschiffahrt – By far the biggest boat company in Berlin. They offer tours on most lakes.

Admission Free Berlin – Website giving a daily overview about free sights, parties and cultural events in Berlin.

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Recreation Pick up a copy of Exberliner, the monthly English-language paper for Berlin to find out what's on, when and where. It provides high quality journalism and up-to-date listings. If you understand German, the activity planners for the city, zitty and tip , are available at every kiosk. Be prepared to choose among a huge amount of options.

Berlin has many great parks which are very popular in the summer. Green Berlin operates some of them.

Tiergarten is Berlin's largest park. In the summer and on weekends you will see loads of families with their barbecues.

Berlin · Do Festivals Berlin Film Festival. The city's largest cultural event and an important fixture in the global film industry's calendar (up there with Cannes). 250,000 tickets sold, 400 different films screened and a host of associated parties and events every year. In contrast to e.g. Cannes, all screenings at the Berlinale are open to the public. Tickets are inexpensive and relatively easy to get for the "International Forum of Young Film" screenings and the "Berlinale Panorama" (movies which are not in the competition).

Lange Nacht der Museen. A large cultural event in January and August with museums open until 2AM and extra events around the city.

Fête de la Musique. All kinds of music around the city on this day coordinating with a similar day in several French cities.

Oberbaumbrücke Festival, (just under the Oberbaumbrücke). In August (check the exact dates). artists are selling their works, amateur tango dancers are giving public performances and you can contribute to a collaborative painting on a very long canvas spread on the street along the festival.

Parades Berlin, Germany: houseboats on the Flutgraben of the Landwehr Channel in the channel Underlock (Unterschleuse) at Berlin-Tiergarten

Viktoriapark (Kreuzberg) offers superb panoramic views across south Berlin. National monument by Schinkel on top of it.

Schlossgarten Charlottenburg is inside the area of the Charlottenburg Palace, but the green area of the park is free, so you can go there to have a walk even if you are not interested in the palace. It covers a large area and you can get in from the entrance just near the "New Pavillon" (Neuer Pavillon a.k.a. Schinkelpavillon) placed on the right of Luisenplatz. The nearest station is Sophie-Charlotte Platz on the U2.

World's Garden (Gärten der Welt) in Marzahn. Inside you can find a large, well-established Chinese garden, a Korean garden, a small Bali's Garden/Glasshouse, an Oriental Garden with nice fountains and a cloister and a Japanese garden, which is a project by the city partnership of Berlin and Tokyo. Best time for a visit is in spring or summer. To get there, take the S7 until "Marzahn" station and continue with bus 195 until Eisenacher Straße.

Lakes, Beaches Wannsee is called Berlin's "bath tub". The Strandbad Wannsee is the most famous bathing area for locals. Take the S-Bahn lines S1 or S7 to the station Nikolassee and follow the crowd!

Müggelsee in the south east of Berlin is a popular swimming spot.

Christopher Street Day - as the Germans name their gay prides - is a well-known annual political demonstration for the rights of the gay culture organized in all major German cities. Even if you are indifferent about the issue, the Christopher Street Day is usually a worthwhile sight as many participants show up in wild costumes.

Hanf Parade in August. The Hanfparade is the biggest European political demonstration for the legalization of hemp for use in agriculture and as a stimulant.

Karneval in late February or early March. As a lot of people in Berlin originally came from the southern or western area of Germany where Fasching, Fastnacht or Karneval is celebrated, a carnival parade was also established in Berlin. It grew bigger and bigger (about 500.000 to 1 million people watching), but the costumes and cars are rather boring and the people are not as dressed up as in the "original" big carnival parades (Cologne, Mainz, Düsseldorf). Since 2007 the traditional route across Kurfürstendamm was chosen.

Karneval der Kulturen in May or June (on Whit Sunday).

The idea of the "Carnival of Cultures" is a parade of the various ethnic groups of the city showing traditional music, costumes and dances. Other more modern, alternative and political groups also participate. Similar events are also held in Hamburg and Frankfurt.

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Theatre, Opera, Concerts, Cinema Berlin has a lot of theater houses, cinemas, concerts and other cultural events going on all the time. The most important ones are listed here.

Theater Deutsches Theater. Classical theater with impressive line up of actors and directors.

Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg Platz. Sometimes controversial, modern theater.

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz. Modern theater.

Theater am Kurfürstendamm. Popular theater with tv celebrities in modern plays.

Theater des Westens. A historic theater in the former West Berlin, only musicals today.

Friedrichstadtpalast. Cabaret shows and revues with actresses from the former East German ballet.

Berliner Ensemble. Contemporary theater.

English Theater Berlin Theater that features all plays/music theater in English

Berlin · Do are dubbed in German are released a bit later in Germany. Monday to Wednesday are special cinema days with reduced admission.

CineStar. The "CineStar Original" cinema located inside the Sony Center at the Potsdamer-Platz shows only movies in original version (e.g. in English, without subtitles).

Babylon Kreuzberg. Also non-mainstream movies in this small cinema built in the 1950s.

Central. Repertory cinema located in an ex-squat near Hackesche Höfe.

Kino Moviemento. The oldest cinema deutschland (1907).

Located between Kreuzberg and Neukölln.

Neue Kant Kinos. One of the few old cinemas (founded 1912) left in Berlin's western city. Mostly non-mainstream European movies.

Concert Houses Philharmonie. Berlin Philharmonic orchestra is one of the best in the world. Famous building and outstanding musicians make a reservation essential. Cheaper tickets are usually available 2-4 hours before the concert if not sold out.

Konzerthaus at Gendarmenmarkt.

Friedrichstadtpalast

Opera Komische Oper. Modern operas.

Deutsche Oper. Classic opera house of West Berlin.

Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The impressive building and royal history make the building alone worth a visit.

Neuköllner Oper. Voted several times best off-opera house and known for its modern and contemporary pieces. Mostly in German as usually relating to developments in Germany.

Very creative and innovative.

Cinema There are about a hundred cinemas in Berlin, although most of them are only showing movies dubbed in German, without subtitles. Listed below are some of the more important cinemas also showing movies in the original language (look for the OmU - "original with subtitles" - notation). Most movies which

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Sport In Berlin you can do virtually all sports The most popular sport is football, which is played all over the city. The Berlin FA lists all the clubs. Not to be missed is the Olympic Stadium, which hosted the 2006 world cup final. Hertha BSC Berlin, Berlin´s highest professional football team, plays there during the Bundesliga season in spring, fall and winter.

Basketball: Alba Berlin, known as The Albatross are consistently the best basketball team in Germany, and one of the best in Europe. With fans crazier than most in the NBA, Albatross games at the o2 World arena are an exciting way to take in one of the world's greatest sports.

Public swimming pools can be found around the city. Check out BBB for pool listings and opening times.

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Sailing on one of the many lakes is also popular. You can find sailing clubs and most universities have ships as well.

Golf is popular as well. You can find golf clubs all around Berlin, although for non-members Motzen has one of the best.

Ice hockey: The Berlin Eisbären (Polar Bears) play this fast, exciting and very physical sport during the winter. The excitement is heightened by the singing and chanting of the crowds, who are fueled by the copious quantities of wurst and beer available.

Floorball is booming faster than ever before in the German capital. A sum of teams defines the cascade of the local floorball scene, whereas the decorated Bundesliga site of BAT Berlin probably embodies the most prominant one.

American Football: After the closing of NFL Europe and the related end of Berlin Thunder (triple winner of the World Bowl), the Berlin Adler (Eagles) are Berlin´s No. 1 team playing in German Football League.

Australian Football: The Berlin Crocodiles host regular matches in the summer.

Work The current economic climate is stable, but to find work in Berlin is not easy. A sound level of German improves your chance as only few multinational companies are present in Berlin. Any kind of skill(especially language) that separates you from the masses, will definitely improve your chances for a job.

If you have an academic background, then teaching English (Spanish, French & Latin are good, too) or private tutoring (e.g. math) for pupils is always a possibility as Berlin is a young city and education is in strong demand. Otherwise, working in a bar might be an option, but it'll be tough because wages are low and big tips are uncommon. Chances are much better when big trade fairs (e.g. "Grüne Woche", bread & butter or ITB) or conventions take place so apply at temp & trade fair agencies.

The hospitality industry and call centers are constantly hiring, but wages are very low unless you can offer special skills (such as exotic languages) or background.

Berlin has a growing media, modeling and TV/movie industry.

For daily soaps, telenovelas and movies most companies look for people with something specific. Apply at the bigger casting and acting agencies.

For English-language jobs, if might be worth checking out the classified ads of this monthly magazine for English-speakers, Exberliner .

Buy The main shopping areas are:

Berlin · Work Ku'Damm and its extension, Tauentzienstraße remain the main shopping streets even now that the Wall has come down.

KaDeWe (Kaufhaus Des Westens) at Wittenbergplatz is a must visit just for the vast food department on the 6th floor. It's reputedly the biggest department store in Continental Europe and still has an old world charm, with very helpful and friendly staff.

Friedrichstraße station

Friedrichstraße is the upmarket shopping street in former East Berlin with Galeries Lafayettes and the other Quartiers (204 to 207) as main areas to be impressed with wealthy shoppers. The renovated Galeria Kaufhof department store at Alexanderplatz is also worth a visit. The main shopping area for the alternative, but still wealthy crowd is north of Hackescher Markt, especially around the Hackesche Höfe. For some more affordable but still very fashionable shopping there is Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain with a lot of young designers opening shops, but also lots of record stores and design shops.

Constant change makes it hard to recommend a place, but the area around station Eberswalder Straße in Prenzlauer Berg, around Bergmannstraße and Oranienstraße in Kreuzberg and around Boxhagener Platz in Friedrichshain are always great when it comes to shopping.

For cheap books, a nice choice is Jokers Restseller in Friedrichstraße 148 where there is a wide variety of secondhand books.

For souvenirs, have a look just in front of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche; these shops sell almost the same items as others, but are cheaper, but not all the staff speaks English.

You can also get cheap postcards there. For collectible stamps go to Goethe Straße 2 (Ernst Reuter Platz, U2), where you can find a Philatelic Post Office from the Deutsche Post. They generally speak English. For alternative souvenirs (design, fashion and small stuff from Berlin designers and artists), go to ausberlin near Alexanderplatz; it's a bit hidden at the other side of Kaufhof at the Karl-Liebknecht-Straße.

Credit Cards Nowadays most stores and supermarkets also accept Visa/Mastercard payment and not only local EC/Maestro Cards as it used

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to happen not long ago. You can also withdraw money from most cash points.

Eat A staple in Berlin is currywurst. It's a bratwurst covered in ketchup and curry powder. You can find them all over Berlin by street vendors. It's a must try when in Berlin. Two renowned Currywurst stands are "Konnopke's Imbiss" below Eberswalder Strasse U-Bahn station on line 2 and "Curry 36" opposite the Mehringdamm U-Bahn station in Kreuzberg (only two stops south of Checkpoint Charlie). Both of these offer far friendlier service than many of Berlin's more upmarket eateries.

Eating out in Berlin is incredibly inexpensive compared to any other Western European capital or other German cities. The city is multicultural and many cultures' cuisine is represented here somewhere, although it is often modified to suit German tastes. Vegetarians can eat quite well with a little bit of research and menu modification even if Berlin seems like a carnivore heaven with all the sausage stands. Many kebab restaurants have a good selection of roasted vegetables and salads. Falafels are also tasty and suitable for vegetarians.

All prices must include VAT by law. Only upmarket restaurants may ask for a further service surcharge. Note that it is best to ask if credit cards are accepted before you sit down -- it's not that common to accept credit cards and cash is usually preferred. Most likely to be accepted are Visa and Mastercard; all other cards will only be accepted in some upmarket restaurants.

One of the main tourist areas for eating out is Hackescher Markt / Oranienburger Straße. This area has dramatically changed during the years: once full of squats and not-entirely-legal bars and restaurants, it had some real character.

It is rapidly being developed and corporatized, and even the most famous squat - the former Jewish-owned proto-shopping mall "Tacheles" - has had a bit of a facelift. There are still some gems in the side streets, though, The "Assel" (Woodlouse) on Oranienburger Straße, furnished with DDR-era furniture, is still relatively authentic and worth a visit, especially on a warm summer night. Oranienburger Straße is also an area where prostitutes line up at night, but don't be put off by this.

The area is actually very safe since several administrative and religious buildings are located here.

Hackescher Markt

For cheap and good food (especially from Turkey and the Middle East) you should try Kreuzberg and Neukölln with their abundance of Indian, pizza and Döner Kebap restaurants.

(Berlin was the birthplace of the Döner Kebab about 30 years ago.). If you are looking for a quick meal you could try getting off at Görlitzer Bahnhof or Schlesisches Tor on the U1 line - the area is filled with inexpensive, quality restaurants.

Kastanienallee is a good choice too - but again not what it used to be since the developers moved in (much less exploited than Hackescher Markt, though). It's a popular area with artists and students and has a certain Bohemian charm. Try Imbiss W, at the corner of Zionskirchstraße and Kastanienallee, where they serve superb Indian fusion food, mostly vegetarian, at the hands of artist-chef Gordon W. Further. Up the street is the Prater Garten, Berlin's oldest beer garden and an excellent place in the summer.

Waiters and tipping The custom in Germany is to tell the waiter how much you’re paying (including the tip) when you receive the bill — don’t leave the money on the table. If there is confusion with the tip, remember to ask for your change, Wechselgeld (money back).

Add a 5-10% tip (or round up to the next Euro) to the bill if you are satisfied with the service, but remember that even if waiters don't get paid much anywhere, in Western Europe they are not dependent on tips to make a living as they are in the U.S., and it is possible to live on one's hourly wage. If the service has been very good and friendly feel free to tip more (especially when they help you with the language!).

Drink At Warschauer Straße (which you can reach via S-Bahn and U-Bahn station Warschauer Straße) and more specifically Simon-Dach-Straße and around Boxhagener Platz you can find a wide variety of bars. It is common for locals to meet

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at Warschauer to go to a bar there. Also Ostkreuz (Eastcross) and Frankfurter Street are very famous meeting points. Especially to visit the alternative locations, like little bars of the alternative Szene, for instance the Fischladen on the Rigaer street, or in houseprojects (so called squats) and so on, or famous alternative clubs on the Revaler street, like the R.A.W. or the Lovelite on Simplonstreet.

Die Legende von Paula und Ben. Small and cozy bar with a large choice of cocktails, spirits and wine. For those who are hungry this place serves tapas and for those who want to smoke some cigars.

Cafe Einstein is one particular example of a home grown coffee chain which has nice staff, great coffee and is fairly priced. In particular, the Einstein on Unter den Linden is as far from "junk coffee" as it's possible to be.

Brauhaus (brewpubs) brew and sell their own beer on the premises. There is usually a public viewing area onto the brewery. Try Gaffel Haus, Brauhaus Georgbraeu, Brauhaus Mitte and Brauhaus Lemke.

There are lots of Irish bars all over the city, as there are in all European cities. If you like off-the-shelf Irish bars or watching football in English then you won't be disappointed, but in a city with new cool bars opening pretty much daily and a huge range from which to choose, you'll find that these cater mostly to the Irish construction workers and Germans attracted by Irish music, which is often played in them. The Irish pub in the Europa Center at Tauentzienstraße is famous.

Located in the basement of a skyscraper, you will find a big Irish pub and a rowdy crowd on the weekend. It also claims to have the longest bar in all of Berlin!

Berlin · Sleep

Sleep After the end of the Cold War, Berlin witnessed a construction boom of hotels and offices. The boom led to a significant oversupply of hotels which resulted in comparatively cheap prices even in the 5-star category. Especially for a short visit, it may be best to stay at a place in Berlin-Mitte (around Friedrichstraße example), as most of the main sights are located there. Due to its history most hotels in Berlin are still located in the City West (i.e. Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf), especially close to Zoo station. Alexanderplatz and Anhalter Bahnhof have clusters of 2-3 star budget hotels (i.e. Ibis, Etap). You will find currently only one hotel ('Meininger', a combined hotel-hostel) located directly at the new main train station, but some large ones are under construction there. The (oddly named) budget hotel chain 'Motel-One' operates various 2-star hotels in the city centre.

There are also many 3-4 star 'NH Hotels' offering good value. All major hotel chains are present in Berlin. A good idea to check that the hotel is close to public transport (U-Bahn or S-Bahn) to avoid too long walks.

Cheapest are youth hostels (called Jugendherbergen, only for members) and hostels (similar to youth hostels, but for everyone, mostly backpackers stay here, usually also in one to 32bed rooms). You will also find bed and breakfast offers (often private) and boarding houses (Pension, more familiar and smaller than hotels).

If you want to get some tap water in a bar ask for "Leitungswasser" (if you just say "water" (Wasser), you will receive mineral water.) This is common if you drink coffee.

They should not charge you for it but you should order another drink as well.

Bars Berliners love to drink cocktails, and it's a main socializing point for young people. Many people like to meet their friends in a cocktail bar before clubbing. Prenzlauer Berg (Around UBahnhof Eberswalder Str., Helmholtzplatz, Oderberger Straße & Kastanienallee), Kreuzberg (Bergmannstraße, Oranienstraße and the area around Görlitzer Park and U-Bahnhof Schlesisches Tor), Schöneberg (Goltzstraße, Nollendorfplatz, Motzstraße for gays), and Friedrichshain (Simon-Dach-Straße and around Boxhagener Platz) are the main areas. There aren't as many illegal bars as there were in the '90s but bars open and close faster than you can keep up - check out the bar and cocktail guides in the bi-weekly magazines Tip or Zitty. For recommended bars, have a look at the district pages.

Hotel Adlon, Berlin, Germany.

Stay safe Berlin is a safe place, but it has some not-so-well maintained areas, too. No specific rules apply with the exception of public transportation and tourist areas where pickpockets are a problem. Watch your bags during rush hours and at larger train stations.

The police in Berlin are competent, not corrupt; therefore, if you try to bribe them you are likely to spend at least a night behind bars to check your background. They are generally helpful to tourists. Most of the officers are able to speak English, so

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don't hesitate to approach them if you are frightened or lost.

The nationwide emergency number is 112 for medical emergencies and fires, while the police emergency number is 110.

Since the 1980s, there have been localized riots on Labour Day (May 1st). In general, they take place in Kreuzberg around Oranienstraße/Mariannenplatz. Nowadays they usually start the night before May 1st, especially in the Mauerpark (Prenzlauer Berg), at Boxhagener Platz and in Rigaer Str. (Friedrichshain) and start again in the evening of May 1st in Kreuzberg and in the mentioned areas. The violent riots have become rather small since 2005 due to the engagement of the citizens who celebrate the Labour Day with a nice "myfest" in Kreuzberg and well-planned police efforts. It is still better to stay out of these areas from 8PM until sunrise. Vehicles should not be parked in these area as this is asking for damage!

Racially-motivated violence is rare, but the risk is higher on the outskirts of East Berlin. It is recommended for non-Caucasian tourists to be attentive in areas such as Lichtenberg, Hellersdorf, Marzahn, Treptow and Köpenick in the evening/ night especially if alone.

In the bordering neighbourhood of the districts Neukölln and Kreuzberg (between Hermannplatz, Schönleinstrasse to Kottbusser Tor) and Wedding (Alt-Moabit and Märkisches Viertel) the risk of falling victim to robberies and assaults is slightly higher. Tourists should visit these areas with some caution during the night as a mixture of drunken party people and poor neighbourhoods might lead to trouble.

Although harmless, gypsy panhandlers have recently started to beg at local tourist spots such as Pariser Platz next to the Brandenburg Gate, Alexanderplatz and the Museuminsel. They are usually women accompanied by their daughters who ask if you speak English and say that they are from the new EU countries such Romania and Poland and trying to raise money to fly home. The story is false, so don't give them money, which would encourage further exploitation of the women and their kids. They also have a new tactic where they hand you a card telling their "story" and asking for money; beware that the children that they carry in their arms will search through your bags while you are reading the card. The best way to avoid this is simply to ignore them and not to respond when they ask you "Speak English?" If you feel scared, don't hesitate to contact the police, as they will help.

Prostitution Prostitution is a legal business in Germany. Berlin has no major red-light district though some big brothels were built (the biggest is Artemis). Berlin has no "Sperrbezirk" (restricted areas for prostitutes) so the "apartments" or brothels are spread throughout the whole city. The Oranienburger Straße in Mitte is infamous for its prostitutes at night. These women are a tourist attraction and the ladies focus only on tourists to request exorbitant prices.

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Monday March 3 Schöne Grüße Thomas Schütte place me Collectors Room. Auguststraße 68, Berlin start Tuesday September 17 end Monday March 31 description Die Ausstellung „Schöne Grüße Thomas Schütte“ konzentriert sich auf die über 200 Druckgrafiken von Thomas Schütte aus der Olbricht Collection. Daneben werden Objekte, Skulpturen und Künstlerbücher zu sehen sein.Seit 1999 sammelt Thomas Olbricht kontinuierlich Schüttes Werk, u.a. befinden sich die „Ganz großen Geister“ (1998-2004), die als Dauerleihgabe vor der ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3e8g

Humboldt Lab Dahlem Probebühne 3 – Mensch - Objekt - Jaguar. Fotografien berühren.

24h Dahlem. ...... place Ethnologisches Museum. eßkultur Restaurant in den Museen Dahlem (L) Lansstraße 8 14195 Berlin Zehlendorf, Berlin start Thursday October 17 end Sunday March 30 description Begegnen wir den bei Expeditionen fotografierten Einheimischen als Forschungsobjekten oder als Menschen, und was macht den Unterschied?

Auseinandersetzungen zu solchen Themen sind für viele Museen essenziell; die Antworten, die das Lab vorschlägt, stellen sich deshalb der öffentlichen Diskussion. Mensch - Objekt - JaguarDer zentrale Gegenstand dieser Installation ist ein ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d91

Spurensuche – Die Kunstsammlung Charlottenburg 1908–1945 place Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in der Villa Oppenheim. Schlossstr. 55, Berlin start Sunday October 27 end Sunday June 29 description Das Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf präsentiert seit 2012 erstmals die Kunstsammlung Charlottenburg mit Werken überwiegend aus dem 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Die neue Sonderausstellung "Spurensuche. Die Kunstsammlung Charlottenburg 1908-1945" schildert die Erforschung der Kunstsammlung in ihrem historischen Kontext und zeigt Gemälde, Grafiken und Plastiken, die in der ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3dJm distance 8.5 km. approximate from city center

Barbara Klemm – Fotografien 1968–2013

Events · Monday March 3 place Treff: Martin-Gropius-Bau / Kasse. Treff: MartinGropius-Bau / Kasse, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin, Kreuzberg, Berlin start Saturday November 16 end Sunday March 9 description Wie kaum eine andere deutsche Fotografin hat Barbara Klemm das Zeitgeschehen der letzten Jahrzehnte mit der Kamera begleitet. Ihre Aufnahmen zeigen Ereignisse von historischem Wert. Schlüsselbilder, die Wendepunkte und Epochen vergegenwärtigen. Für den Martin-Gropius-Bau entwickelt die ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d90

Berlin – Hauptstadt des Verbrechens (Krimitour) place Abfahrt Bus. 40 Unter den Linden, Berlin start Saturday January 4, 13:30h end Wednesday December 31, 15:30h description Zahlung in Bar am Bus ist auch möglich.Wählen Sie dazu bitte oben in der Liste die €0,- Tickets unter "Nur Reservierung" aus. Erklärungen zur BuchungBitte bringen Sie die ausgedrucken Tickets mit zum Bus.Zögern Sie nicht, uns mit Ihren Fragen zu kontaktieren:... event url www.trvl.es/e/2RHP

Hanna Schygulla Traumprotokolle – Filmische Präsentation place Akademie der Knste. Pariser Platz 4, Berlin start Saturday February 1 end Sunday March 30 description Auf Grund von kurzen Aufzeichnungen habe ich einige Träume mit offenen Augen vor meiner laufenden Videokamera nacherlebt.“, beschreibt Hanna Schygulla die Intention für ihre Videos. Entstanden sind die „Traumprotokolle“ (1978/79), die sie mit minimalen Mitteln selbst produzierte und in denen sie teilsweise auch mitwirkte. Die sehr persönlichen und zugleich rätselhaften ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d93

Horizons Façade Installation place Supermarkt. Brunnenstr. 64, Berlin start Monday February 3, 10:00h end Monday March 10, 18:00h description Für diese temporäre Installation im SUPERMARKT, richtet der in Berlin ansässige Künstler Egemen Demirci (geb. 1983) seinen Blick auf die Veränderungen in Krisenzeiten und ihre sozialen & politischen Implikationen.Durch die Arbeit Horizons verweist der Künstler auf Wahrnehmungen der Realität als Ausgangspunkt aller politischen Handlungen und zeigt gleichzeitig die Loslösung ... event url www.trvl.es/e/375y

Die letzten Tage - Kafka in Steglitz place Steglitz-Museum. Drakestraße 64A, Berlin start Sunday February 16 end Friday July 11

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description Franz Kafka, geboren am 3. Juli 1883 in Prag, konnte nie dauerhaft Wurzeln schlagen. In Prag gehörte er zur jüdischen Minderheit, die zwischen Tschechien und Deutschen stand und sogar in sich gespalten war. Im Grunde war Kafka Zeit seines Lebens - im tatsächlichen wie übertragenen Sinn - eine Art Untermieter, der überall fremd blieb, der suchte und verzweifelt hoffte, der aber nicht ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d92 distance 11.0 km. approximate from city center

Unser Schadow – Gratulationen zum 250.

Geburtstag place Ephraim-Palais. Poststraße 16, Berlin start Friday February 28 end Sunday June 29 description Am 20. Mai 2014 jährt sich der Geburtstag Johann Gottfried Schadows (1764–1850) zum 250. Mal. Aus diesem Anlass veranstalten das Stadtmuseum Berlin und die Schadow Gesellschaft Berlin e. V. eine Jubiläumsausstellung mit mehr als 150 Exponaten, überwiegend aus eigenen Beständen.

Skulpturen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafiken und Dokumente illustrieren ein faszinierendes ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3e8r

Hundetrainer Ausbildung März 2014 place DOGmenti Seminare Berlin. Tagungshaus, Berlin start Saturday March 1, 10:00h end Sunday September 14, 15:00h description Das Ticket beinhaltet lediglich die Anmeldung. Den Preis für den Kurs entnehmen Sie bitte den nachfolgenden Informationen. Starten Sie mit DOGmenti in die Tätigkeit als Hundetrainer Kursstarts: . event url www.trvl.es/e/2Rgr

Onlinemarketing and Social Media Marketing place Berliner Congress Center. Alexanderplatz 3, Berlin start Monday March 3 description We will offer you information about Onlinemarketing, Social media Marketing, responsive Webdesign and Online-PR. More Information about the venue and location you will find on our website event url www.trvl.es/e/375w

Stadtrundgang Das Neue Berlin place Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz SBahnhof Unter den Linden. Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz S-Bahnhof Unter den Linden, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Monday March 3, 10:00h end Monday March 3, 12:00h description Vom Pariser Platz durch das Brandenburger Tor zum Reichstag und Regierungsviertel; entlang des ehemaligen Mauerverlaufs zum "Holocaust Mahnmal" und zum neuen Geschäftszentrum Potsdamer Platz.

Dauer ca. 2 Stunden. Highlights auf der Route: Pariser Platz inklusive Hotel Adlon, Französische Botschaft,

Events · Monday March 3 Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, DZ Bankgebäude, Brandenburger Tor, .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wtj

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Monday March 3, 11:00h end Monday March 3, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/375v

Berlin Walking Tour: The New Berlin place Pariser Platz, S-Bahn-Eingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin, BE. Pariser Platz, S-BahnEingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Monday March 3, 14:00h end Monday March 3, 16:00h description See Berlin from a different vantage point!

Discover with us Berlin past, present and future on a guided sightseeing walking tour "The New Berlin". Start / Meeting point: Entrance of Hotel Adlon, Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden 77 Berlin Public Transport: U-S-Bahn Brandenburger Tor, Bus 100 Duration: approx. 2 hours Highlights on the route: Pariser Platz - French Embassy - ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wti

Paleo Basics place Sauvage. 25 Pflügerstraße, Berlin start Monday March 3, 18:00h end Monday March 3, 21:00h description All courses taught in English with German translations and explanations / Alle Kurse auf Englisch mit Deutsche Übersetzung und Erklärung. ENGLISH. How is ancestral nutrition relevant to modern people? What food even qualifies as Paleo? Despite growing popularity, there is still a lot of controversy surrounding Paleo.

Sauvage cook and ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3dJb

Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Monday March 3, 20:00h description Leitung: Gottfried von der Goltz; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphonie G-Dur Wq 183 Nr. 4 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphonie F-Dur Wq 183 Nr. 3 Gottfried August Homilius Concerto per il Cembalo concertato F-Dur Christoph Willibald Gluck Ballettmusik und Arien aus der Oper Alceste Niccolò Jommelli Arien aus den Opern Fetonte und L´Olimpiade . event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wtr

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Deutsche Oper Berlin - 2. Sinfoniekonzert place Deutsche Oper Berlin. Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin start Monday March 3, 20:00h description DatesPlace. Dates March 2014. event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wtm

Birthdays 1714: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Monday March 3, 20:00h description As the year 1714 saw the births of four diverse composers, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Gottfried August Homilius, Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Niccolò Jommelli, the Freiburg Baroque Orchester now celebrate their lives and works with this concert. Anna Bonitatibus, mezzosoprano . Christine Schornsheim, harpsichord .

Gottfried von der Goltz, director event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wto

Brahms: Donald Runnicles & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin place Deutsche Oper Berlin. Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin start Monday March 3, 20:00h description Donald Runnicles conducts the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in a performance of Brahms' Third and Fourth Symphonies. event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wtn

TipstR.TV presents Sound Visions Live & Unplugged place Mein Haus am See. Brunnenstr. 197/198, Berlin start Monday March 3, 20:00h end Tuesday March 4, 02:00h description Jan Davidsson http://soundcloud.com/ jandavidsson Leon Ostrowski http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Rx5FuPkRGgU Weiter Bookings werden in den naechsten Tagen bestaetigt! All updates koennen hier gefunden werden: http://www.tipstr.tv/TipstrZine/ Der Abend ended mit dem Streaming der 6-teiligen online TV sendung : New York Style Stories

Events · Tuesday March 4 Künstler der Perestrojka. Moskauer Maler 1985-1993 place ifa-Galerie Berlin. Linienstraße 139/140, Berlin start Saturday February 1 end Saturday March 22 event url www.trvl.es/e/2Umq

Marin Majic 'Nursery' (ARNDT Berlin) place ARNDT. Potsdamer Straße 96, Berlin start Friday February 7 end Wednesday March 12 event url www.trvl.es/e/35o9

Leunora Salihu (Corner Space und Kabinett) place Galerie Thomas Schulte. Charlottenstraße 24, Berlin start Saturday February 8 end Saturday March 22 event url www.trvl.es/e/2Ump

Iris Schomaker 'one day soon' place Galerie Thomas Schulte. Charlottenstraße 24, Berlin start Saturday February 8 end Saturday March 22 event url www.trvl.es/e/2Umo

Tagträumer² - Electric Monday place Tresor Club. Köpenicker Str 70, Berlin start Monday March 3 event url www.trvl.es/e/3dJ9 distance 11.1 km. approximate from city center

Jeremy Wade - Together Forever and Ever place HAU3. Stresemannstraße 29, Berlin start Monday March 3, 18:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3dJ8

James Blunt place O2 World. Mühlenstraße 12-30, Berlin start Monday March 3, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wtp

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Berliner Zimmer Und KabinettstÜcke place ZELLERMAYER Galerie. Ludwigkirchstr. 6, Berlin start Tuesday January 14 end Friday March 7 event url www.trvl.es/e/2SME

Harald Metzkes: Bilder von 1956 - 2013. Zum 85. Geburtstag place Galerie LEO.COPPI. Auguststr. 83, Berlin start Saturday January 25 end Saturday March 22 event url www.trvl.es/e/2SMM

Stijn Ank - dISTANCES place Galerie Michael Janssen. Potsdamer Str. 63, Berlin start Saturday February 1 end Saturday March 15 event url www.trvl.es/e/2WrJ

Tuesday March 4 Berlin Stadtführungen Sightseeing Tours place Berlin, DE. Berlin Germany, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 09:00h end Tuesday March 4, 13:00h description Individuelle Berlin Stadtführungen und Stadtrundfahrten zum Wunschtermin vom Startpunkt nach Wahl; z.B. direkt von Ihrem Hotel in Berlin.

Mehrsprachige, qualifizierte Berlin Stadtführer. Offering guided Berlin sightseeing tours and Berlin city walks.

Starting time and starting point at your wish; i.e. directly from your Berlin hotel. Multi-lingual, certified Berlin tour guides. Info on our ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2WtA

Stadtrundgang Das Neue Berlin

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place Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz SBahnhof Unter den Linden. Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz S-Bahnhof Unter den Linden, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 10:00h end Tuesday March 4, 12:00h description Vom Pariser Platz durch das Brandenburger Tor zum Reichstag und Regierungsviertel; entlang des ehemaligen Mauerverlaufs zum "Holocaust Mahnmal" und zum neuen Geschäftszentrum Potsdamer Platz.

Dauer ca. 2 Stunden. Highlights auf der Route: Pariser Platz inklusive Hotel Adlon, Französische Botschaft, Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, DZ Bankgebäude, Brandenburger Tor, .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2Wtz

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 11:00h end Tuesday March 4, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/35o8

Berlin Walking Tour: The New Berlin place Pariser Platz, S-Bahn-Eingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin, BE. Pariser Platz, S-BahnEingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 14:00h end Tuesday March 4, 16:00h description See Berlin from a different vantage point!

Discover with us Berlin past, present and future on a guided sightseeing walking tour "The New Berlin". Start / Meeting point: Entrance of Hotel Adlon, Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden 77 Berlin Public Transport: U-S-Bahn Brandenburger Tor, Bus 100 Duration: approx. 2 hours Highlights on the route: Pariser Platz - French Embassy - ...

sich - neben der Popularität mit der Gruppe – auch einen Namen als einige der auffälligsten Solisten Nordeuropas auf ihren jeweiligen Instrumenten .. event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYm

Orxata Sound System place Bi NUU Club. Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 20:00h description Orxata is one of the most unusual musical collectives of the current electronic scene in Valencia.

They have managed to integrate the legacy of valencian 90's techno and mediterranean tradicional sounds with many peripheral rhythms like cumbia, kuduro, funk carioca, moombahton and dubstep. Throughout their almost 10 year carrer, the band has toured the Catalan speaking area, Spanish ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYl

Black Stone Cherry place C-Club. Columbiadamm 9-11, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 21:00h description Dienstag, 04. März 2014 - Beginn: 21:00 | Einlass: 20:00. Website | Tickets. Black Stone Cherry: Hardrock der Moderne.. event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYk

A Classic Rock Ballet starring Bad Boys Of Dance - Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 19:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYj

Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 19:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYi

Backstreet Boys place O2 World. Mühlenstraße 12-30, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 19:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYg

Bonnie Prince Billy place Apostel Paulus Kirche. Grunewald/Ecke Akazienstr., Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 19:30h

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La traviata

distance 14.7 km. approximate from city center

place Schiller Theater. Bismarckstraße 110, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 19:30h description Oper von Giuseppe Verdi; Inszenierung: Peter Mussbach.

Auch das noch...

"Stachelschweine"

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place Die Stachelschweine.

Tauentzienstraße, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 20:00h

Ibrahim Electric

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place Die Nordische Botschaften,. Rauchstraße 1, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 20:00h end Tuesday March 4, 22:00h description EKÖNIGLICH DÄNISCHE BOTSCHAFT BERLIN lädt ein: IBRAHIM ELECTRIC hat sich in den letzten paar Jahren zu einer der beliebtesten europäischen JazzGruppen entwickelt. Diese 3 Instrumentalisten haben

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Mitch Ryder Feat. Engerling place FRANNZ Club. Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2WtI

Doctordate.De BERLIN-STEGLITZ place Schlosspark Theater. Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 20:00h

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English Comedy Night - With Kim Eustice (English Show) place Comedy Club Kookaburra. Schönhauser Allee 184, Berlin start Tuesday March 4, 20:30h event url www.trvl.es/e/3aYh

Events · Wednesday March 5 end Wednesday March 5, 21:00h description Where Hackers Meet Startups. www.hackerx.org This is a must-attend event for any employers looking for front-end talent in the Berlin area.Note: Each employer ticket is for one employer. If you'd like more people attend, feel free to buy another ticket! (Max 2 tickets per ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8F

Loversrock Nightlife

Wednesday March 5 Bilanz und Buchhaltung - Rechnungswesen für Entscheider place Leipziger Platz 7. c/o Addison Wolters Kluwer, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 09:00h end Wednesday March 5, 17:00h description BILANZ UND BUCHHALTUNG VERSTEHEN! Es sind keine Vorkenntnisse nötig. 09:00 10:00 Diese Grundlagen brauchen Sie . Finanzierung einer Firma: Passiva . Vermögen einer Firma: Aktiva . Die Eröffnungsbilanz . 10:15 - 11:00 Fundiert erklärt: Die reine Buchungstechnik . Belege. Buchungssätze und TKonten . Soll und Haben . 11:00 - 12:00 .. event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8x

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 11:00h end Wednesday March 5, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/375F

eat-the-world Food and Culture Tour in Friedrichshain (English) place Berlin, DE. Berlin Germany, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 11:30h end Wednesday March 5, 14:30h description Come and see the transformation of Friedrichshain as we take you on a tour of its historic buildings, scenic hangouts, and alternative spots. Sample specialties as diverse as its people: from French to Austrian – and German too – we’ll take you to the best places. Since 2008, eat-the-world has been offering food and culture tours in Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJH

HackerX-Berlin (Front-End) Employer Ticket place Nokia House 1. 116 Invalidenstraße, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 19:00h

place LOVERSROCK at TAM TAM CLUB BERLIN. BACHSTR. 475, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h description Loversrock Nightlife Der Loversrock Nightlife ist der Treffpunkt für junge Leute, die sich den Mittwoch als festen Partytag im Kalender angekreuzt haben. In einer der ältesten afro-karibischen Locations Berlins schallt jeden Loversrock-Mittwoch der feinste Dancemix aus dem Soundsystem des Tam-Tam Club Berlin am Tiergarten. Karibisches Design und Afro-LatinRythmen sorgen für Urlaubsfeeling ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJI distance 11.3 km. approximate from city center

Improtheater Paternoster - Dein Held - Deine Geschichte place Palais in der KulturBrauerei. Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h description Wer schon immer mal seine eigene Heldengeschichte kreieren wollte, ist in dieser Improshow von Paternoster genau richtig! Das Publikum selbst bestimmt durch Zuruf den Charakter und den Verlauf der Geschichte, welche von den Schauspielern spontan auf die Bühne gebracht werden. Ob glückliches oder tragisches Ende, Komödie oder Actionstory – hier werden wahre Helden zum Leben erweckt und alles .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJC

Threshold place C-Club. Columbiadamm 9-11, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h description Dienstag, 05. März 2013 - Beginn: 20:00 | Einlass: 19:00. Website | Tickets. + Support.

Nach den phänomenalen Reaktionen auf THRESHOLDs neues, geniales Progressive-Metal-Meisterwerk “March Of Progress” (seit dem 24. August via Nuclear Blast erhältlich), kündigt die ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8A

Hjaltalin place FRANNZ Club. Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h description Age Limit: All Ages. Hjaltalin. . event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8C

Kodo: Japanese Drum Sensation place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h

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Events · Thursday March 6

description Experience a living, breathing and breathtaking art form - the traditional Taiko - a heartbeat of an ancient art presented by the Japanese drum ensemble 'Kodo' at the Philharmonie Berlin. event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8w

Alland Byallo place Anita Berber. Berlin start Wednesday March 5 event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8D

Andre Crom place Suicide Circus. Revaler Straße 99, Berlin start Wednesday March 5 event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8B

Blue Man Group place Bluemax Theater. Marlene-dietrich-platz 1, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 18:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJB

Semino Rossi - Das Konzertereignis

Thursday March 6 Clean Energy Building place ESTREL Festival Center. Sonnenallee 225, Berlin start Thursday March 6 end Saturday March 8 description Clean Energy Building allows for the international growth of the markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency through its international focus and communication. Clean Energy Building comprises international, national and regional conferences, congresses and workshops in the fields of technology, R&D, marketing, consulting, international markets, software, finance, promotional programmes, ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YK1

„Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen“ - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin

place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h

place Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Potsdamer Strae 33, Berlin start Thursday March 6 end Saturday March 29 description Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) war der berühmteste der Bach-Söhne. Seine Bezeichnung "Berliner Bach" rührt von den fast 30 Jahren Dienstzeit am Hof Friedrichs des Großen her, wo er sich einen guten Ruf als Komponist und Lehrer von Werken für Tasteninstrumente erwarb.Die Ausstellung der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin anlässlich des 300.

Geburtstages stellt Bachs ...

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event url www.trvl.es/e/3gOe

place Friedrichstadt-Palast. Friedrichstraße 107, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 19:30h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8E

Doctordate.De BERLIN-STEGLITZ place Schlosspark Theater. Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJD

A Classic Rock Ballet starring Bad Boys Of Dance - Romeo and Juliet

Auch das noch...

"Stachelschweine"

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...das

place Die Stachelschweine.

Tauentzienstraße, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h

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Europacenter

event url www.trvl.es/e/375G

Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8u

Olaf Schubert & seine Freunde: So! ERFURT place C-Club. Columbiadamm 9-11, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8z

Immigrantenstadl - Comedy-Mix-Show Mit Lustigen Einwanderern place Comedy Club Kookaburra. Schönhauser Allee 184, Berlin start Wednesday March 5, 20:30h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8y

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 11:00h end Thursday March 6, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/375J

intrinsify.me Stypetisch Berlin (März 2014) place Andrä AG. Schwedter Straße 263, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 18:30h end Thursday March 6, 21:00h description Der Berliner Stypetisch ist das monatliche Treffen von Mitgliedern und Interessierten der intrinsify.me Bewegung in Berlin. In geselliger Runde diskutieren und arbeiten wir an den Themen "Moderne Unternehmensführung" und "Neue Arbeitswelt". Dabei wollen wir insbesondere daran arbeiten, wie wir konkret in Berlin etwas unternehmen können, .. event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8K

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Leipziger Streichquartett place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h description Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Streichquartett B-Dur KV 458 »Jagdquartett« Jörg Widmann Jagdquartett (3. Streichquartett) Ludwig van Beethoven Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 127 .

Events · Friday March 7 place Galerie Max Hetzler. daad-galerie(Mitte) Zimmerstraße 90/91 10178 Berlin Mitte, Berlin start Thursday March 6 end Saturday April 19 event url www.trvl.es/e/2XDt

Hanno Hinkelbein place Schwuz. Berlin start Thursday March 6

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Leipzig String Quartet: Mozart, Widmann & Beethoven

Blue Man Group

place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h description The Leipzig String Quartet perform works

by Ludwig van Beethoven, Jörg Widmann, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Stefan Arzberger, 1st violin . Tilman Büning, 2nd violin . Ivo Bauer, viola . Matthias Moosdorf, cello event url www.trvl.es/e/2YK3

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vassily Sinaisky, Daniil Trifonov

place Bluemax Theater. Marlene-dietrich-platz 1, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 18:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJS

Limbo place Zimmerstr. 90-91. Zimmerstr 90-91 vor DAAD Galerie Zimmerstr 90-91 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 19:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJR

Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/375M

place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h description Dirigent: Vassily Sinaisky; Peter Tschaikowsky Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 bMoll op. 23 Edward Elgar Symphonie Nr. 2 Es-Dur op. 63 .

Doctordate.De BERLIN-STEGLITZ

event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8I

place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h

Leipzig String Quartet place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h description The Leipzig String Quartet will perform at the Kammermusiksaal (Chamber Music Hall) of the Philharmonie Berlin. event url www.trvl.es/e/2YK2

Robby Maria at reverbnation place WABE. Danziger Straße 101, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h description Robby Maria at Troubadour - Modern Minstrels Festival

place Schlosspark Theater. Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YJT

A Classic Rock Ballet starring Bad Boys Of Dance - Romeo and Juliet

event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8G

Eskimo Callboy - We are the mess Tour place Matrix. Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8M

Auch das noch...

"Stachelschweine"

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place Die Stachelschweine.

Tauentzienstraße, Berlin start Thursday March 6, 20:00h

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event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8J

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daniel stefanik place Ms Hoppetosse. Eichenstrasse, Berlin start Thursday March 6 event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8O distance 12.8 km. approximate from city center

Chris Wood - Free The Bass place Ms Hoppetosse. Eichenstrasse, Berlin start Thursday March 6 event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8N distance 12.8 km. approximate from city center

Then and Now (Bleibstreustr.)

Friday March 7 Agile & Scrum Wrokshop in Berlin, Germany place Berlin. Grüntaler Straße 51, Berlin start Friday March 7, 09:00h end Friday March 7, 18:00h description The one day Agile & Scrum Training will introduce you to fundamental principle of Agile & Scrum Practices. If you organization is exploring ways to improve your software development process, the session might introduce you to some concepts that can help

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serve your current needs. Agile & Scrum Training well versed and experiences Agile Coaches. The delegates will come to know Agile ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKi

experimentation, co-operation and friendly competition, teams will have 48 hours to develop brand new services inspired by a shared theme. On Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m., teams will publish ...

Stadtrundgang Das Neue Berlin

event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8Y

place Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz SBahnhof Unter den Linden. Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz S-Bahnhof Unter den Linden, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Friday March 7, 10:00h end Friday March 7, 12:00h description Vom Pariser Platz durch das Brandenburger Tor zum Reichstag und Regierungsviertel; entlang des ehemaligen Mauerverlaufs zum "Holocaust Mahnmal" und zum neuen Geschäftszentrum Potsdamer Platz.

Dauer ca. 2 Stunden. Highlights auf der Route: Pariser Platz inklusive Hotel Adlon, Französische Botschaft, Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, DZ Bankgebäude, Brandenburger Tor, .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKb

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Friday March 7, 11:00h end Friday March 7, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/375N

Berlin Walking Tour: The New Berlin place Pariser Platz, S-Bahn-Eingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin, BE. Pariser Platz, S-BahnEingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Friday March 7, 14:00h end Friday March 7, 16:00h description See Berlin from a different vantage point!

Discover with us Berlin past, present and future on a guided sightseeing walking tour "The New Berlin". Start / Meeting point: Entrance of Hotel Adlon, Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden 77 Berlin Public Transport: U-S-Bahn Brandenburger Tor, Bus 100 Duration: approx. 2 hours Highlights on the route: Pariser Platz - French Embassy - ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKa

Service Jam Berlin place Service Innovation Labs. Heinrich-Heine-Platz 10, Berlin start Friday March 7, 18:30h end Sunday March 9, 18:00h description It is happening again! Time to Jam! On Friday, 7 March, 2014, people who are interested in service design and creativity will meet all over the globe for the 4rd Global Service Jam. . In a spirit of

Events · Friday March 7

The Magic Flute: Komische Oper Berlin place Komische Oper Berlin. Behrenstraße 55-57, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h description The Komische Oper Berlin presents the most performed German opera in a startling interpretation: Barrie Kosky will produce The Magic Flute in combination with the British theatre group “1927”.

Audiences around the world have been thrilled with the humorous performances of '1927', which feature interaction between film animation and live-performing actors: “A .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKf

Artemis Quartett place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h description Johannes Brahms Streichquartett Nr. 3 BDur op. 67 Béla Bartók Streichquartett Nr. 3 Sz 85 Ludwig van Beethoven Streichquartett cis-Moll op. 131 . event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8T

Afro Black Multi Kulti PARTY Music @ SURPRISE Club Berlin Germany place · surprise club berlin. Potsdamer Straße 84, Berlin start Friday March 7, 22:00h end Saturday March 8, 06:00h description Ab 22:00 Uhr darf gefeiert, getrunken und getanzt werden. Die Party im Surprise geht dann solange bis auch der letzte Partygast genug hat, also bis Open End. Zum VIP Bereich haben im Surprise aber nicht nur handverlesene Stars und Sternchen Zugang.

Für jeden, der sich auch ein mal wie ein echter Star fühlen möchte, hat der Surprise Club & Disco ein ganz besonderes Angebot. Beim Kauf einer ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YK5

Ü25 Party, das Original in Berlin place Pirates. Mühlenstr. 78 - 80, Berlin start Friday March 7, 22:00h description Jeder fragt sich sicherlich: Warum eine Ü25 Party? Wir schließen jetzt die Lücke, damit auch die Leute ab 25 feiern gehen können und sich weder zu alt oder zu jung fühlen. Musik: All Time Club Favorites, Electro, House und die Hits von heute Die Party findet im Pirates Berlin (ehemaliger Speicher) Mühlenstraße 78, 10243 Berlin, 5 min vom S/U Bhf Warschauer Str. statt. > !! LADYS ... event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8U

HEDO - Young Love place Club Insomnia. Berlin start Friday March 7 event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8V

Thabo Getsome

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Events · Saturday March 8

place Ritter Butzke. Ritterstr. 24, Berlin start Friday March 7 event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8S

Auch das noch...

"Stachelschweine"

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...das

place Die Stachelschweine.

Tauentzienstraße, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h

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Dauer ca. 2 Stunden. Highlights auf der Route: Pariser Platz inklusive Hotel Adlon, Französische Botschaft, Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, DZ Bankgebäude, Brandenburger Tor, .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKr

Europacenter

event url www.trvl.es/e/375O

Doctordate.De BERLIN-STEGLITZ place Schlosspark Theater. Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YK7

Blue Man Group place Bluemax Theater. Marlene-dietrich-platz 1, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YK6

Rotfront place Astra Kulturhaus. Revaler Strasse 99, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8R

A Classic Rock Ballet starring Bad Boys Of Dance - Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8Q

Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Friday March 7, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8P

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 11:00h end Saturday March 8, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/375R

eat-the-world Food and Culture Tour in Kreuzberg (English) place Berlin, DE. Berlin Germany, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 11:30h end Saturday March 8, 15:00h description Get to know what life is like in the diverse and vibrant district of Kreuzberg. With tours conducted by local guides, you can try everything Kreuzberg has to offer. From dhal soup to doener, brownies to German apple pie, Kreuzberg is truly a place where different flavors of the world come together. Since 2008, eat-theworld has been offering food and culture tours in Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKp

Saturday March 8 Mahler's 2nd Symphony with Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 07:00h description Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin presents: Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection" event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKv

Stadtrundgang Das Neue Berlin place Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz SBahnhof Unter den Linden. Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz S-Bahnhof Unter den Linden, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 10:00h end Saturday March 8, 12:00h description Vom Pariser Platz durch das Brandenburger Tor zum Reichstag und Regierungsviertel; entlang des ehemaligen Mauerverlaufs zum "Holocaust Mahnmal" und zum neuen Geschäftszentrum Potsdamer Platz.

Berlin Walking Tour: The New Berlin place Pariser Platz, S-Bahn-Eingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin, BE. Pariser Platz, S-BahnEingang vor dem Hotel Adlon, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 14:00h end Saturday March 8, 16:00h description See Berlin from a different vantage point!

Discover with us Berlin past, present and future on a guided sightseeing walking tour "The New Berlin". Start / Meeting point: Entrance of Hotel Adlon, Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden 77 Berlin Public Transport: U-S-Bahn Brandenburger Tor, Bus 100 Duration: approx. 2 hours Highlights on the route: Pariser Platz - French Embassy - ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKq

Surprise Club Berlin - Black Music PARTY Saturday place · surprise club berlin. Potsdamer Straße 84, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 22:00h end Sunday March 9, 08:00h description Ab 22:00 Uhr darf gefeiert, getrunken und getanzt werden. Die Party im Surprise geht dann solange bis auch der letzte Partygast genug hat, also bis Open End. Zum VIP Bereich haben im Surprise aber

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nicht nur handverlesene Stars und Sternchen Zugang.

Für jeden, der sich auch ein mal wie ein echter Star fühlen möchte, hat der Surprise Club & Disco ein ganz besonderes Angebot. Beim Kauf einer ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKk

Afro Black Multi Kulti PARTY Music @ SURPRISE Club Berlin Germany place · surprise club berlin. Potsdamer Straße 84, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 22:00h end Sunday March 9, 08:00h description Ab 22:00 Uhr darf gefeiert, getrunken und getanzt werden. Die Party im Surprise geht dann solange bis auch der letzte Partygast genug hat, also bis Open End. Zum VIP Bereich haben im Surprise aber nicht nur handverlesene Stars und Sternchen Zugang.

Für jeden, der sich auch ein mal wie ein echter Star fühlen möchte, hat der Surprise Club & Disco ein ganz besonderes Angebot. Beim Kauf einer ... event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKj

A Classic Rock Ballet starring Bad Boys Of Dance - Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 15:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8X

Hinterm Horizont - Das Berlin Musical place Theater am Potsdamer Platz. Marlene-DietrichPlatz 1, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 15:30h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKs

Blue Man Group place Bluemax Theater. Marlene-dietrich-platz 1, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 18:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKl

Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8W

Briefs: The Second Coming place Schiller Theater. Bismarckstraße 110, Berlin start Saturday March 8, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3d8Z

Events · Sunday March 9 Stadtrundgang Das Neue Berlin place Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz SBahnhof Unter den Linden. Eingang des Hotel Adlon am Pariser Platz S-Bahnhof Unter den Linden, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Mitte, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 10:00h end Sunday March 9, 12:00h description Vom Pariser Platz durch das Brandenburger Tor zum Reichstag und Regierungsviertel; entlang des ehemaligen Mauerverlaufs zum "Holocaust Mahnmal" und zum neuen Geschäftszentrum Potsdamer Platz.

Dauer ca. 2 Stunden. Highlights auf der Route: Pariser Platz inklusive Hotel Adlon, Französische Botschaft, Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, DZ Bankgebäude, Brandenburger Tor, .. event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKE

Group Exhibition place Galleri Heike Arndt DK. Voigtstr.12, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 11:00h end Sunday March 9, 19:00h description Our current Group Exhibition presents professional artists working in the Nordic countries as well as in Germany. On show are works by important artists as Hans Ticha (DE), Heike Ruschmeyer (DE), and also artists from our recent ”Fresh Legs” exhibition such as Maria Persson (SE), Anne Louise Tvete (NO), Kurihara (JP) and many more. The show Changes continuously and offers you here by a great .. event url www.trvl.es/e/39H4

Der Frühschoppen place Schlot. Chauseestr 18, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 13:00h description Mit Hans Duschke, Horst Evers, Hinark Husen, Andreas Scheffler, Sarah Schmidt und Jürgen Witte. event url www.trvl.es/e/3dJk distance 20.4 km. approximate from city center

A Classic Rock Ballet starring Bad Boys Of Dance - Romeo and Juliet place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 14:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/39H7

Romeo and Juliet

Sunday March 9 Mahler's 2nd Symphony with Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin place Philharmonie Berlin. Herbert von Karajan Straße 1, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 07:00h description Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin presents: Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection" event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKJ

place Admiralspalast. Friedrichstraße 101, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 14:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/39H6

Hinterm Horizont - Das Berlin Musical place Theater am Potsdamer Platz. Marlene-DietrichPlatz 1, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 14:30h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKF

Open Stage - "Humor Erectus" place Comedy Club Kookaburra. Schönhauser Allee 184, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 19:00h

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Events · Sunday March 9

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Briefs: The Second Coming place Schiller Theater. Bismarckstraße 110, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 19:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/39H9

Frida Gold place Huxley's Neue Welt. Hasenheide 108-114, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/2YKK

Winter Circus Wonderland place Woesnerei - Theater & Filmhaus ( via Schankhalle Pfefferberg gGmbH). Schönhauser Allee 175, Berlin start Sunday March 9, 20:00h event url www.trvl.es/e/3dJl

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Restaurants

Restaurants

Top Best Restaurants Maharadscha

cuisine Indian place Fugger Str. 21, 10777 Berlin, Germany

Don Camillo

cuisine Italian place Schlossstrasse 7/8 (Charlottenburg), 14059 Berlin, Germany

Marjellchen

cuisine German price $14 - $26 place Mommsenstr. 9, 10629 Berlin, Germany

Trattoria Del Corso

price $30 place Hauptstrasse 70, 12159 Berlin, Germany

Saigon and More

cuisine Vietnamese place Geisbergstrasse 12, 10777 Berlin, Germany

Belmondo Restaurant

cuisine French price $5 - $44 place Knesebeckstrasse 93, 10623 Berlin, Germany

Ristorante Piccolo Mondo

cuisine Italian price $26 - $301 place Reichsstr. 9, 14052 Berlin, Germany

Juleps New York Bar & Restaurant cuisine American, Bar, Grill place Giesebrechtstr. 3, Berlin, Germany

Winterfeld

cuisine Italian price $22 - $33 place Winterfeldtstr.58, 10781 Berlin, Germany

Burgermeister

cuisine American price $8 - $16 place Oberbaumstrasse 8, 10997 Berlin, Germany

Entrecote

cuisine French place 5 Schutzenstrasse, Berlin, Germany

Villa Rodizio

cuisine Barbecue, Mexican, South American price $31 place Milastrasse 2, 10437 Berlin, Germany

place Potsdamer Strasse 3 | The Mandala Hotel, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Top Italian Ristorante Piccolo Mondo

price $24 - $299 place Reichsstr. 9, 14052 Berlin, Germany

Don Camillo

place Schlossstrasse 7/8 (Charlottenburg), 14059 Berlin, Germany

Winterfeld

price $20 - $33 place Winterfeldtstr.58, 10781 Berlin, Germany

Ristorante Mario

place Sudwestkorso 10, 12161 Berlin, Germany

Cavallino Rosso Restaurant

place Hannoversche Strasse 2, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Il Valentino

place Kurfurstenstrasse 56, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Zosimo

place Fasanenstrasse 42, 10719 Berlin, Germany

Die Zwoelf Apostel (XII Apostoli

place Savigny Passage,Bleibtreustr. 49, 10623 Berlin, Germany

12 Apostel

place Georgenstrasse 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Trattoria Pan Degli Angeli

place Stuttgarter Platz 20, 10627 Berlin, Germany

Top Asian Nu

cuisine Asian price $64 place Schluterstrasse 55, 10629 Berlin, Germany

Saigon and More

cuisine Vietnamese place Geisbergstrasse 12, 10777 Berlin, Germany

Vox

cuisine Asian, Contemporary, Continental, European, International, Sushi price $11 - $79 place Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 2, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Rice Queen

place Schlegelstrasse 26 | Edison Höfe Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany

cuisine Asian place Danziger Str. 13 | Prenzlauer Berg, 10435 Berlin, Germany

Cavallino Rosso Restaurant

Sasaya

Restaurant Reinstoff

cuisine Italian place Hannoversche Strasse 2, 10115 Berlin, Germany

FACIL

cuisine Eclectic, International price $35 - $143

Restaurants · Top Best Restaurants

cuisine Japanese price $9 - $27 place Lychenerstrasse 50, 10437 Berlin, Germany

Good Time

cuisine Thai price $23 - $30

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Restaurants · Top Vegetarian

place Chausseestrasse 1, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Sarod's Thai Restaurant

cuisine Thai price $12 - $21 place Friesenstrasse 22, 10965 Berlin, Germany

Thai Inside

cuisine Asian, Thai place Dircksenstrasse 37, 10178 Berlin, Germany

China-Restaurant Ming Dynastie cuisine Chinese place Brueckenstr. 6, 10179 Berlin, Germany

Mr Hai Kaiten Sushi Bar

cuisine Sushi place 10 Olivaer Platz, Berlin, Germany

Top Vegetarian Weinbar Rutz

price $6 - $361 place Chausseestrasse 8 | Berlin-Mitte, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Veggie Chinese Gourmet Cuisine place Leibnizstr 45, 10629 Berlin, Germany

Cookies Cream

place Behrenstrasse 55, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Guy Restaurant

price $26 - $133 place Jagerstr. 59_60, Berlin, Germany

Mamo Falafel

place Warschauer Strasse 47, 10243 Berlin, Germany

Yellow Sunshine

place 19 Wienerstrasse, Berlin, Germany

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Sunrise/Sunset Sun will rise at 06:48:47 and will set at 17:48:44 in local time.

Currency The currency from Germany is the Euro (EUR).

1 EUR costs: Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 EUR United States Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.38 USD Yen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.63 JPY Pound Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.83 GBP Czech Koruna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.34 CZK Danish Krone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.46 DKK Forint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.45 HUF Litas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45 LTL New Zloty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.17 PLN Swedish Krona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.85 SEK Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.22 CHF Norwegian Krone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.28 NOK Croatian Kuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.65 HRK Australian Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.54 AUD Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.54 CAD Yuan Renminbi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.49 CNY Hong Kong Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.72 HKD Rupiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,038.85 IDR Republic of Korean Won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473.27 KRW Ringgit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.53 MYR New Zealand Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.64 NZD Philippines Peso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.67 PHP Singapore Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.75 SGD Baht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.07 THB Rand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.76 ZAR

Useful phrases English

German

Welcome Hello Hello(on phone) Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Good night, Night night, Nighty Night, Good night, sleep tight, hope the bedbugs don't bite!

Willkommen Hallo / Guten Tag Hallo Guten Morgen Guten Nachmittag, Guten Tag Guten Abend Gute Nacht

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Useful info · Passport and Visa German

Goodbye How are you?

Reply Long time no see What's your name?

My name is ...

Where are you from?

I come from ...

Pleased to meet you Good luck Cheers! Bottoms up! Down the hatch! Mud in your eye!

Bon appetit! Enjoy your meal! (frm) Enjoy! Tuck in! Get stuck in!

Eat already! (inf/slang) Happy eating! Get your laughing gear round this! (inf/slang) Bon voyage / have a good journey Excuse me Sorry How much is this? / How much does this cost?

Please Thank you Thank you very much Thank you kindly Thanks a lot Many thanks Thanks Cheers Ta (used mainly in northen England) You're welcome Don't mention it My pleasure No problem No probs Not a problem No worries No big deal Where's the toilet / lavatory / bathroom / restroom / powder room / gents/ladies? Where's the loo / bog / dunny / little boys'/ girls' room? (inf/slang) Have a nice day Get well soon Would you like to dance with me?

I love you I don't understand Please say that again Please speak more slowly Can you please write it down?

How do you say ... in english?

Do you speak english?

Yes, a little Leave me alone!

Help!

Auf wiedersehen (formal) Tschüss, Tschüs, Tschö, Tschau, Ciao, Servus (informal) Bis dann, Bis bald, Bis später Wie gehts? Wie geht es dir/Ihnen? (inf/frm) Mir geht es gut, danke, und dir/Ihnen?

Lange nicht gesehen! (see) Lange nichts voneinander gehört! (hear) Wie heißt du? (inf) Wie heißen Sie? (frm) Ich heiße ...

Woher kommst du? (inf)Woher kommen Sie? (frm) Ich komme aus ...

Schön, dich kennen zu lernen Sehr erfreut (frm) Viel Glück! Alles Gute!

Prost! Prosit! Zum Wohl! Auf uns! Auf dich!

Guten Appetit! Mahlzeit! En Guete! (Swiss German)

Gute Reise! Gute fahrt!

Entschuldigen Sie! Entschuldigung! Verzeihung!

Es tut mir leid! Entschuldigung! Ich bedaure!

Wieviel kostet das?

Bitte Danke, Danke schön, Vielen dank Tausend Dank, Danke vielmals Recht schönen DankIch danke Ihnen/dir, Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar für..., Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit Bitte Bitte schön Bitte sehr Nichts zu danken Wo ist die Toilette?

Schönen Tag noch!

Gute Besserung!

Möchten Sie mit mir tanzen? (to strangers) Möchtest du mit mir tanzen? (to people you know) Magst Du (mit mir) tanzen? (very inf and colloquial) Ich liebe Dich Ich verstehe nicht [ɪç fɪ'ɪteɪɪ nɪçt] Könnten Sie das wiederholen?

Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?

Können Sie das bitte aufschreiben?

Wie sagt man ... auf Deutsch?

Sprechen Sie Deutsch (frm) Sprichst du Deutsch? (inf) Ja, ein bißchen Laß mich! Laß mich in Ruhe! (inf) Lassen Sie mich! Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe! (frm) Hilfe!

Passport and Visa

Passport required

Return ticket required

Visa required

Australian British

Yes Yes

No No

No No

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Passport required

Return ticket required

Visa required

Canadian Other EU USA

Yes 1 Yes

No No No

No No No

Passports: To enter Germany, a passport valid for the length of stay is required by all nationals referred to in the chart above, except EU nationals (1) holding a valid national ID card.

Passport note: Germany is a signatory to the 1995 Schengen Agreement.

Visas: Visas for Germany are not required by all nationals referred to in the chart above for the following durations: (a) nationals of EU countries for an unlimited period; (b) nationals of Australia, Canada and the USA for stays not exceeding 90 days in a six-month period; stay begins when nationals enter any of the Schengen countries.

Note: Nationals not referred to in the chart are advised to contact the embassy to check visa requirements for Germany.

Emergency numbers Police: 112 Medical: 112 Fire: 112 Notes: Additional number for police - 110; 116116 for blocking credit/debit cards; 115 - uniform number for contacting local authorities about administrative issues, works in most German areas.

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Maps

Maps · City map

Maps

Maps

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Maps · Underground

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References

References ·

Reasonable care has been taken in creating this personalized travel guide by combining information from the sources identified under the section 'references'. However, the information is provided 'as is' and there is no warranty about the information in the guide being accurate, complete or up to date. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, all liability arising from the use of this guide will be denied. Verifying critical information (like visas, health and safety) before you travel is recommended.

References

References

Berlin data is from Wikitravel, urls: – http://www.wikitravel.com This page was last edited at 13:47, on 8 July 2011 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by steve, jan and Ricardo, Wikitravel user(s) Chromski and Zepppep, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.

City info data is from Wikipedia, urls: – http://www.wikipedia.com Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

Events data is from Eventful, urls: – www.eventful.com Weather data is from Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation yr.no, urls: – http://www.yr.no/place/Tyskland/Berlin/Berlin/ Sunset data is from Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation yr.no, urls: – http://www.yr.no/place/Tyskland/Berlin/Berlin/ Currency data is from Xavier Finance Api, urls: – http://finance.xaviermedia.com/ Maps data is from Yahoo Local Maps, OpenStreetMap, Qype, urls: – http://maps.yahoo.com – http://www.openstreetmap.org – http://www.qype.com

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