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Berlin Guide HOTEL KUDAMM alet to go – Berlin Guide RENT A/C RENT FREE 24 H YOUR HOTEL IN THE HEART OF BERLIN PRACTICAL INFORMATION 1 5 3 4 6 5 BANKS Usual opening times: 2 1 p Mon – Fri, 10am – 5pm 4 Kantstraße 2 p Sat until 2pm (only some banks) 2 p Sunday (some travel banks) 5 6 1 3 3 2 To cancel credit and mobile phone cards: CANCELLATION 5 p HOTLINE 116116 1 4 4 TOURIST INFO Telephone number: 3 p +49 (0)30 | 25 0025 Kurfürstendamm 6 EMERGENCY Police: p 110 Fire department: p 112 Youth hotline: AROUND US p 0800 | 111 0 333 PHARMACIES & SOUVENIRS & SO YOU DON‘T PAY TOO MUCH FINANCES SHOPPING 1 Pharmacy in the station 1 Ampelmann Shop 2 Apotheke at the Zoo 2 Bikini Berlin p Doner € 2.50 – € 3.50 SNACKS 3 Exchange AG 3 Europa-Center p Ice cream approx. € 1.00 4 Deutsche Bank 4 Apple Store p Coffee € 1.50 – € 3.00 5 Berliner Sparkasse 5 Karstadt Sports p Currywurst € 2.00 – € 4.00 6 Postbank Finanzcenter CULTURE p Museum entrance € 5.00 – € 12.00 CULTURE & RESTAURANTS & SIGHTS BARS TAXI p Taxi 0-7 km € 2.00/km from 7 km € 1.50/km 1 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche 1 Jim Block Basic price € 3.90 2 Zoo Palast Berlin 2 Schwarzes Café Short trip € 5.00 3 C/O Galerie 3 Hard Rock Café Berlin (up to 2km and only if 4 Theater des Westens 4 Alt Berliner Biersalon the taxi is stopped 5 Stachelschweine Kabarett 5 Dicke Wirtin on the street) 6 Story of Berlin 6 Curry 36 fast-food stand 2 alet to go – Berlin Guide 3 OUR HOTEL · 3-star comfort 24 H · 24h reception · Free Wi-Fi in the entire hotel · Large breakfast buffet FREE · Single, double and family rooms · Rooms with air-conditioning, flatscreen TV with satellite channels and radio stations, and safe · Shower/WC, hairdryer and floor heating Enter the promotion code „guide5“ · Rooms equipped and accessible for the disabled + WC on your next booking via www.aletto.de and receive a 5% discount .* The aletto Hotel Kudamm is located in the centre of Berlin‘s City West, between America House and Theater des Westens, only a few minutes’ walk away from Zoologischer Garten, Kurfürstendamm, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the department store KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens). The hotel’s convenient location offers the perfect starting point from which · Conference room to explore the vibrant capital city. Thanks to its proximity to the train station · Bar with lounge and various snacks Zoologischer Garten, any part of the city can be reached quickly and easily. · Eat-in kitchen, laundry room with washers and dryers (coin operated) · Children‘s playground, basketball court, football pitch, table tennis and boules Hardenbergstraße 21 10623 Berlin Zoologischer Garten · Roof terrace with lounge bar and view over Berlin Kurfürstendamm · Bicycle rental Tel.: +49 (0)30 233 214 100 E-Mail: kudamm@aletto.de · Private parking spaces and public parking next door · Suitable for groups * Discount on the current overnight price. Only bookable via www.aletto.de. Valid for two years 4 after having received the guide, also on special dates, it is not combinable with other discounts, 5 special offers and prices for groups (from 12 people). alet to go – Berlin Guide CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION SIGHTS Practical Information . pg. 02 Brandenburg Gate. pg. 08 Map of the surroundings . .pg. 03 Reichstag building. pg. 09 Our hotel. pg. 04 Hackesche Höfe . pg. 11 Typical Berlin experience. .pg. 31 Checkpoint Charlie . pg. 14 Rent a bike. pg. 32 Holocaust Memorial. .pg. 15 Imprint. pg. 32 Berliner Fernsehturm . pg. 18 East Side Gallery. pg. 18 Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. pg. 19 MUSEUMS Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart. pg. 09 ENTERTAINMENT Pergamonmuseum. pg. 10 Deutsches Historisches Museum. pg. 10 Blue Man Group . pg. 15 Neues Museum. .pg. 11 Theater des Westens . pg. 20 DDR Museum. pg. 14 Stachelschweine Cabaret. .pg. 21 Museum of Technology. pg. 16 Filmpark Babelsberg. .pg. 26 Museum für Naturkunde . .pg. 17 Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin. pg. 26 Computerspielemuseum. .pg. 19 Story of Berlin. pg. 24 Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. pg. 24 SHOPPING Jewish Museum. .pg. 25 Spy Museum Berlin . pg. 27 Kurfürstendamm. pg. 28 Wilmersdorfer Strasse. pg. 28 Alexanderplatz. .pg. 29 ATTRACTIONS Friedrichstrasse. .pg. 29 Madame Tussauds Berlin. .pg. 08 Berlin Dungeon. .pg. 12 Aquadom & Sea Life Berlin. pg. 12 Legoland Discovery Center Berlin. pg. 16 Berliner Unterwelten . pg. 17 Das Asisi Panorama zum geteilten Berlin . pg. 20 Olympiastadion Berlin . pg. 21 C/O Berlin. .pg. 22 Zoo Berlin . .pg. 23 Zoo-Aquarium Berlin . pg. 23 Tierpark Berlin . pg. 25 6 alet to go – Berlin Guide 7 BRANDENBURG GATE REICHSTAG BUILDING WHERE? Brandenburger Tor WHERE? Bundestag 1 Pariser Platz 3 Platz der Republik 1 10117 Berlin 11011 Berlin DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN TELEPHONE & INTERNET © 5 stations | approx. 14 min. © 030 | 30 22 70 www.bundestag.de aletto Hotels | R. Hödebeck aletto Hotels | R. Hödebeck DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN The Brandenburg Gate, built at the end The Reichstag building in Berlin is the of the 18th century as a watchtower seat of the German Bundestag (national 4 stations | approx. 8 min. and toll gate, is today one of the most parliament) and is also a popular tourist important sights in Berlin and is a well- attraction. Groups and individuals can known symbol of Germany‘s former take advantage of guided tours, a visit to division. Located at the start of the Unter the glass dome which crowns the building den Linden promenade, it offers anyone or watch a parliament debate. Due to Tickets for this attraction are visiting Berlin the perfect backdrop for a reasons of security, advanced registration available at the reception. photo. is necessary. MADAME TUSSAUDS BERLIN HAMBURGER BAHNHOF – MUSEUM FÜR GEGENWART WHERE? Brandenburger Tor WHERE? Hauptbahnhof 2 Unter den Linden 74 4 Invalidenstraße 50 – 51 10117 Berlin 10557 Berlin TELEPHONE & INTERNET TELEPHONE & INTERNET © 01806 | 54 58 00* © 030 | 266 42 42 42 www.madametussauds.com/berlin www.smb.museum Madame Tussauds Berlin Museen zu Staatl. Berlin | M. Meisse DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN Fascinating and life-like wax figures in The Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für an interactive attraction welcome you to 5 stations | approx. 14 min. Gegenwart is home to the National Gallery 3 stations | approx. 6 min. the world of celebrities. Rub shoulders of the National Museums and the venue with your favourite stars, from Hollywood for contemporary art in Berlin. Here, works A-listers and sport heroes to famous people by the likes of Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol from history, politics and culture. and Roy Lichtenstein are on permanent Tickets for this attraction are display. There are also temporary exhibi- Tickets for this attraction are available at the reception. tions. available at the reception. * 20 Ct./Call from a German landline, from other German mobile networks maximum of 60 Ct./Call. 8 alet to go – Berlin Guide 9 PERGAMONMUSEUM NEUES MUSEUM WHERE? Friedrichstraße WHERE? Friedrichstraße 5 Bodestraße 1-3 7 Bodestraße 1–3 10178 Berlin 10178 Berlin TELEPHONE & INTERNET TELEPHONE & INTERNET © 030 | 266 42 42 42 © 030 | 266 42 42 42 www.smb.museum www.smb.museum Staatl. Museen zu Museen zu Staatl. Berlin | M. Meisse Museen zu Staatl. Berlin | A. Kleuker DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN The Pergamon Museum is another of The Neues Museum is one of the five Berlin’s National Museums. It is the home 4 stations | approx. 8 min. National Museums in Berlin on Berlin‘s so- 4 stations | approx. 8 min. of ancient architecture, German post- called Museumsinsel (“Museum Island”). post-antiquity art and Middle Eastern In 2009, it was completely restored and and Islamic art. The museum derives it‘s now exhibits many treasures from the name from the monumental construction Egyptian, classical, ancient and prehistoric of the Pergamon Altar, but it is not the Tickets for this attraction are periods. Here at the Neues Museum, one Tickets for this attraction are museum‘s only illustrious component available at the reception. can see the bust of Nefertiti, the famous available at the reception. the impressive Ishtar Gate, the Mshatta Berlin “Green Head” and the “Gold Hat”, façade and the Market Gate of Miletus are as well as Schliemann‘s Trojan antiquities. also globally celebrated artifacts. DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM HACKESCHE HÖFE WHERE? Friedrichstraße WHERE? Hackescher Markt 6 Unter den Linden 2 8 Rosenthaler Straße 40–41 10117 Berlin 10178 Berlin TELEPHONE & INTERNET TELEPHONE & INTERNET © 030 | 20 30 40 © 030 | 28 09 80 10 www.dhm.de www.hackesche-hoefe.com Dt. Historisches Bruns Museum | T. aletto Hotels | R. Hödebeck DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN The Deutsches Historisches Museum With its little boutiques, designer shops paints a fascinating picture of German 4 stations | approx. 8 min. and hip flagship stores, the area around 5 stations | approx. 11 min. history in an international context. The Hackescher Markt is an absolute paradise permanent exhibition is located in the for shopaholics. Many Berliner designers old Zeughaus with a surface area of have set up shop here and it‘s not unusual over 8,000m2. The four floors of the to see well-known celebrities sipping on I. M. Pei Exhibition Hall are devoted to the cappuccinos in one of the many cafés. museum’s temporary shows. 10 alet to go – Berlin Guide 11 BERLIN DUNGEON WHERE? Hackescher Markt 9 Spandauer Straße 2 10178 Berlin TELEPHONE & INTERNET © 01806 | 25 55 44* www.thedungeons.com Berlin Dungeon DISTANCE BY BUS & TRAIN An absolute „must“ for everyone who visits Berlin is located in the heart of 5 stations | approx.
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