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Welcome to Berlin! Welcome to Berlin! visitBerlin.com Includes five city tours Hotels, Tickets, Information +49 (0)30-25 00 25 visitBerlin.com Berlin has lots to off er – every single day. Find 365 tips for your trip and an extensive calendar of events at www.365-24.berlin Long Night of Museums Welcome to Berlin! 3 Berlin has lots to off er – every single day. Find 365 tips for your trip and an extensive calendar of events at Koschel Philip Photo: www.365-24.berlin Berlin – modern, creative and cosmopolitan Contents Berlin is unique. This 3.5-million metropolis in the heart of Europe TOP 5: See 4 stands for innovation and new TOP 5: Experience 6 ideas, lived freedom, and creating TOP 5: Tour 8 tomorrow’s future today. It attracts Fast track Berlin 8 people from around the world – a place which international politicians, Museums 10 renowned scientists and scholars, and Berlin Wall 12 successful artists all call home. Berlin Shopping 14 can look back on a chequered history, Berlin 24/7 16 even in the recent past. Yet today TOP Events 18 Germany’s capital city has reinvented The Basics itself, and is now a world city with an inimitable feeling for life. Getting here and around 25 Berlin WelcomeCard 26 With famous museums and three Berlin Tourist Info 27 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a Addresses A–Z 28 lively international art scene and Berlin’s transport network 30 trendy shopping districts, this is a place to stroll and explore. Berlin’s nightlife is also a living legend: Visit us at: clubs, bars and discos with no official closing time. Creativity and inspiration are vibrantly alive at this visitBerlin.com Long Night of Museums former East-West interfac e, and facebook.com/visitBerlin freedom and tolerance a lived reality. facebook.com/Berlin twitter.com/visitBerlin Discover Berlin – a diverse, exciting youtube.com/Berlin metropolis in the heart of Europe instagram.com/visit_Berlin where you can always expect the blog.visitBerlin.de unexpected! Welcome to Berlin! #visitBerlin 4 TOP 5: See Photo: Pierre Adenis Pierre Photo: German Parliament Photo: Philipp Koschel Philipp Photo: Berlin Wall Koschel Philipp Photo: Museum Island Hohmut Jürgen Photo: HorstStiller photo: visitBerlin, Welcome to Berlin! 5 TOP 5: See P Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) Visit Berlin’s world-famous land- mark – the Brandenburg Gate. After the fall of the Wall, this became a symbol of German reunification. P Reichstag (German Parliament) Since 1990, the historic Reichstag building has housed the German Parliament. The publicly accessible modern glass dome offers a stunning 360° panorama of the city. P Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall) The Wall was the inner German border through the heart of the city, and came to symbolise the Brandenburg Gate division of Germany and the Cold War. Trace the course of the Wall through the city – a route marked by the remains of the Wall and border complex and a double row of cobblestones. P Museumsinsel (Museum Island) The world’s largest museum ensemble is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The five museums on the island house a fascinating display of over 6,000 years of art and cultural history. P Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) This charming baroque palace, the largest surviving residence of the Prussian kings in Berlin, also has romantic palace gardens and a Charlottenburg Palace charming landscaped park. 6 TOP 5: Experience Book your TV Tower ticket online now and skip the queues to enjoy fantastic Photo: Wolfgang Scholvien views across the city! visitBerlin.com Berlin TV Tower Photo: Pierre Adenis Berlin Philharmonic Tickets for boat and city tours – book now! Berlin Tourist Info, on T+49 (0)30-25 00 25 or visitBerlin.com Boat tour through the government quarter Photo: Wolfgang Scholvien Welcome to Berlin! 7 TOP 5: Experience P The bird’s-eye view from P Berlin from the water the Fernsehturm (TV Tower) Relax and let the city slide past. At 368 metres high, Berlin’s TV Take a seat on the deck and enjoy Tower is Germany’s highest viewing the sights, river banks building. Ultra-modern elevators and beaches from the water. speed you to the observation floor where you can take a seat in the P The legendary KaDeWe Sphere Restaurant, relax and enjoy gourmet department spotting the city sights - while the Surrender to temptation! Visit restaurant slowly revolves for the the sixth floor of the European perfect ‘all round’ view! mainland’s largest department P store with its array of food bars A concert by the Berlin and cafés, as well as culinary Philharmonic specialities from around the Enjoy one of the world’s leading world, including 1,300 cheeses symphony orchestras, with a and 2,400 wines. global reputation forged by conductor Herbert von Karajan P Berlin’s famous and continued today by Sir Simon currywurst snack Rattle. Berlin offers the entire The classic Berlin currywurst spectrum of music and theatre: sausage – outside crispy, inside opera, musicals, revue shows firm, and served with a tasty and around 150 large and small curry-style sauce. Watch Berlin stages providing a top cultural life go by as you treat your taste programme. buds at Konnopke’s Imbiss snack bar under the elevated railway in the heart of cool Prenzlauer Berg. Photo: Thomas Thomas Kierok Photo: Photo: Philipp Koschel Philipp Photo: Photo: Wolfgang Scholvien Wolfgang Photo: Berlin’s currywurst snack KaDeWe 8 TOP 5: Tour TOP 5: Tour Fast track Berlin Savour your first coffee of the day at the Fernsehturm (TV Tower) 1 while enjoying the magnificent views 207 metres up. Take in the famous Weltzeituhr (the World Clock) on Alexanderplatz 2 before strolling to the Berliner Dom 3 and viewing Berlin’s cathedral church with its magnificent dome. The tour continues down Berlin’s renowned Unter den Linden boulevard 4 with its impressive array of historical buildings and monuments. At Markgrafenstraße, turn left and you’re just a few minutes away from the beautiful Gendarmenmarkt 5. With its elegant ensemble of concert hall and churches – the Konzerthaus and the Deutsche and Französische Dom – the square’s harmonious design is inspirational. This is the perfect view for lunch at one of the many restaurants and cafés lining the square. Refreshed and restored, follow the crowds down Französische Straße and cross the popular Friedrichstraße. Head straight on to the Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe) 6 with its field of stelae open on all sides. Berlin’s signature sight of the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) 7 is only a few steps away. To the west, the Siegessäule (Victory Column) 8 towers over the trees in Tiergarten park. Brandenburg Gate is very close to the Reichstag 9, home to the German Parliament. The publicly accessible glass dome (advance registration required www.bundestag.de/besuche) has stunning views across the Welcome to Berlin! 9 Tickets for Berlin’s most popular attractions – book now! Berlin Tourist Info, T+49 (0)30-25 00 25 or at visitBerlin.com city centre, the modern architecture of the nearby government buildings, and down to the highrises at Potsdamer Platz a. There, the contemporary designs of the Sony Center’s glass façades, the Potsdamer Platz quarter and the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz 1 are defining the face of modern Berlin. Potsdamer Platz is within easy walking distance of the Kulturforum b ensemble, with the Philharmonie, the Staatsbibliothek (State Library) and the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) art gallery. You can now walk on – or rest your feet on the M29 bus – and head through Berlin’s embassy quarter, past the Bauhaus Archive to the City West. Kurfürstendamm boulevard c is the heart of the western city. At Breitscheidplatz, the ruins of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) d together with the new church from 1961 commemorate the horrors of World War II. Berlin Zoo e, Germany’s oldest zoo, is close by. With around 1,500 species and over 20,000 animals, it is ranked among the zoos with the most species in the world. From here, take the 109 bus on Kurfürstendamm to finish your tour at the palace of Schloss Charlottenburg f with its lovely baroque garden and grounds. More on Berlin’s sights at visitBerlin.com 10 TOP 5: Tour Museums Start out with a hands-on experience of life in former East Germany in the DDR Museum 1. Take a simulated ride in an original Trabi car through a Berlin tower-block estate, or eavesdrop on a Stasi interrogation. Then cross the nearby Karl-Liebknecht-Brücke to the world-renowned Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2. Enjoy the spectacularly restored Neues Museum (New Museum) 3, immersing yourself in the world’s oldest cultures and marvelling at the beauty of the bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. From here, the baroque building housing the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) 4 is just a few steps away. The collection showcases 2000 years of German history, from a 4th-century Gothic silver clasp to the 1994 agreement on the Allied forces withdrawal from Germany. Now head down Unter den Linden to take the U6 line from Friedrichstraße to Kochstraße and the Jüdisches Museum Berlin (Jewish Museum Berlin) 5. This impressive and highly-modern museum, built like a broken Star of David, presents a journey of discovery across two millennia of German- Jewish history and culture. The Berlinische Galerie 6 is literally just around the corner. Dedicated to the best in the arts in Berlin since 1870, the museum showcases everything from painting and sculpture to photography and multimedia art. The Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology) 7 close to Gleisdreieck subway station is a sure winner with all the family! Here, you can climb on the footplate and explore the Welcome to Berlin! 11 One ticket for about 50 museums: cab of some historic loco motives, available in the Berlin Tourist Info, the visitBerlin Service Center admire famous planes such as online at T the Messerschmitt, and marvel at +49 (0)30-25 00 25, the world’s first computer.
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