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How does the Travel Honey Contributor describe their trip? A long, 3 day weekend exploring coffee shops, culture and clubs in Berlin, Germany. This trip for anyone visitig the city for the first time and especially those who want to drink amazing caffeinated beverages, learn more about the city’s culture and hang out in some of the world’s best music clubs. Stay in a stylish hotel, rent a bike and eat tasty meals. Be prepared for lots of concrete, steel and underground vibes – true Berlin style.
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DAY 1: WHERE TO STAY: Arrive in Berlin and explore! Sleep @ Soho House Berlin ACTIVITIES Reflect @ Memorial to the Michelberger Hotel Sleep @ Soho House Berlin Murdered Jews of Europe Gorki Apartments Appreciate Contemporary Art @ Dance @ Berghain KW Institute Party @ About Blank INSIDER TIPS: More Contemporary Art @ Thing to Do/Book Ahead Hamburger Bahnhof MEALS What to Pack Visit the Historic Reichstag Coffee @ Father Carpenter Arrival Tips Building Coffee @ BARN Cafe Photos @ Brandenburg Gate and Dinner @ Lokal Spending Tips Tiergarten Park Transportation Tips What to Eat & Drink How to use your cellphone? DAY 2: What to do in an Emergency? Continue to explore the city with more tasty, craft coffee, historic sites and art venues, and then a hip dinner followed by aggressive nightlife. Departure Tips ACTIVITIES MEALS One More Day/One Less Day Bird’s Eye View @ Fernsehturm Coffee @ Silo What to Say? TV Tower Lunch and Culture @ Pauly Saal Explore 5 Museums @ Dinner @ Tausend Cantina Museumsinsel NOTE: We do our best to check regularly, Art in a Bunker @ Sammlung but hours and costs are subject to Boros change. Party @ Tresor SHARE YOUR AWESOME DAY 3: EXPERIENCE! More coffee, museums and down time at the spa. Fancy dinner and then back Make sure you tag us @travel__honey to the clubs. You can sleep when you’re home. & use the hashtag #travelhoney ACTIVITIES MEALS Shop Latest Trends @ Voo Store Coffee @ Five Elephant Learn About Berlin’s Tech Scene Coffee @ Companion Coffee @ Betahaus Coffee Lunch @ Chapter One Marvel @ Photography Museum Coffee Relax @ Liquidrom Spa Dinner @ Alpenstück Restaurant Dance @ Watergate
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Costs The Basics • Average accommodation cost per night: EUR 425 Why here? • Average dinner cost for 1 person (includes The trip was to visit two good friends who live apps and wine!): EUR 45 and work in Berlin in April and three full days • Average costs of activities per day: EUR 50 was the perfect time to explore the city. The • Average cost of travel per day total: EUR 30 other places I’ve visited in Germany include Munich for Octoberfest and the German Pace of travel: Medium-paced Black Forest for a foodie tour. In Berlin, I was keen to see the nightlife and culture. Transport? Get around by bikes and taxis.
A mix of mainstream and off-the-beaten-path Time of year Mix of key sights and activities off the beaten April. It was sunny and warm during the day path. so I went running in Tiergarten park in shorts and a tee shirt. At night, the weather cooled, so jeans and a light jacked Physical activity level As they say, worked well. Spring, summer and fall are the don’t go clubbing if you’re not going to dance. best times to visit, if possible avoid the bleak Foodie winters. Art/architecture focused Cultural/historical
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Arrive in Berlin and start exploring the city! Coffee shops, art galleries and museums, historical sites and parks. Eat hip dinner and then head for the bars/clubs. Day 1 Transport: We flew into Berlin on a direct flight from London on EasyJet. Flight time of 1 hours and 50 minutes and roundtrip ticket cost about EUR 120. We got around Berlin by walking, biking and taxis. When flying in, keep in mind that Berlin has two main airports, Berlin-Tegel and Berlin-Schönefeld. Both airports are located relatively close to the city center and are serviced by major airlines. A taxi from to the city center will cost around EUR 30 and take 25 minutes.
Sleep @ Soho House Berlin Artisanal Coffee @ Father Carpenter Description: Stay here for the best creative ambiance and views of the city. Rooms have Description: Start your tour of Berlin’s best retro décor and muted colors. Beds are small coffee shops here. Order the banana bread but cozy with Egyptian cotton sheets and and any type of coffee. Or get the poached a nice variety of Cowshed toiletries in the eggs and avocado and sit in the courtyard bathrooms with decadent showers. There outside. Green, black and herbal teas are is an onsite gym, stunning contemporary available as well. Look cool and bring your artwork in the lobby and the rooftop pool is sunglasses. FINAL THOUGHTS: If you’re not a heated to 26C year-round. We loved hanging coffee drinker, this may be the time/place to out in the lobby, catching up on emails and start. people watching too. FINAL THOUGHTS: One Cost: EUR 3-4 for espressos, cappuccinos, of the pricier hotel options in the city but fun lattes. for a few days! Hours: 9am-6pm, but closed Sundays. Cost: EUR 425 per night Address: Münzstraße 21, 10178 Berlin Address: Torstrasse 1, 10119, Berlin
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Notes on Berlin’s New Airport Berlin has been working on opening a new airport, Brandenburg Airport (BER), since 2006 when construction started. The airport was supposed to open in 2011, and then again in late 2017. The opening has been pushed back again, this time by at least a year. The delays are caused by construction issues/mismanagement and the opening has now become a running joke in the city’s papers.
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Other lodging options? More Gourmet Coffee @ Our other favorites include the Michelberger BARN Cafe Hotel (hip spot with great common spaces for hanging out) located in Warschauer Str. 39- Description: Minimalist coffee shop with 40 in the Friedrichshain district and the Gorki amazing baked treats. You can’t go wrong with Apartments (fantastic design and luxurious the regular coffee or a flat white. Baristas beds) located at Weinbergsweg 25 in the create incredible latte art designs so be ready Mitte district. to Instagram. There is fresh orange juice and you can purchase coffee beans to go. The shop also offers classes on how to roast and Appreciate Contemporary Art brew at home! @ KW Institute Cost: EUR 3 for coffee Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Weekends 10am- Description/tips: Founded in the early 1990’s 6pm. in a decrepit margarine factory, this has Address: Auguststraße 58, 10119 Berlin become the best spot to view contemporary art in Berlin. Visit not only for the current exhibitions but also visit for the evening talks More Contemporary @ and events. Check the website for what’s on. Hamburger Bahnhof Cost: EUR 8 Hours: Wed–Mon 11am–7pm, Thu 11am–9pm. Description/tips: This museum was once the Tuesdays closed last station of a rail line that ran between Approximate time: 1-2 hours Hamburg and Berlin. The building was then repurposed into an art museum with 10,000 Physical activity: square meters of exhibition space. The Address: Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin museum contains art from1960 until the present and includes various mediums such as sculpture, painting, photography, film and Renting bike in Berlin? Here’s how. video. FINAL THOUGHTS: Inspiring and fun, don’t miss. Berlin’s streets are wide and flat, perfecting for getting around by bike. Drivers keep an Cost: EUR 14 eye out for bikers (unlike elsewhere in Europe, Hours: Tues, Weds, Fri 10am-6pm, Closed where it’s biker beware), there is ample bike Mondays. Weekends 11am-6pm and open late parking and it’s ok to ride through the city’s on Thursdays. parks (unlike in so many other European Approximate time: 1-2 hours cities). Sound like paradise? Deutsche Bahn has numerous bike rental stations throughout Physical activity: the city, so download the app and punch in Address: Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin the code at the bike station to rent your ride. The official DB Bike website ishttps://www. bahn.de/p/view/service/fahrrad/call_a_bike. shtml is in German but you can find additional information on the program on the DB Bike Wiki page. You can download the app for the iPhone here and the Android version here.
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Visit the Historic Reichstag Photos @ Brandenburg Gate Building and Tiergarten Park
Description/tips: Beautiful, historic building Description/tips: The Brandenburg Gate that dates back to the German Empire and is monument was built in the 18th century under now the meeting place for German parliament. orderds from King Frederick William II. The Visit the giant glass dome at the top of the monument marked the start of a road from building which offers panoramic views of the Berlin to the then-capital, Brandenburg. The Berlin skyline. FINAL THOUGHTS: Register monument signifies peace and is most striking ahead of time online to visit the dome here: at sunset. Snap a few photos and walk under https://visite.bundestag.de/BAPWeb/pages/ the gate to enter Tiergarten urban park. About createBookingRequest.jsf?lang=en 520 acres in size, the park is Berlin’s equivalent Cost: Free of NYC’s Central Park or London’s Hyde Park. The space is filled with walkers, joggers, bikers Hours: 8am to midnight and people sitting in the grass and enjoying Approximate time: 1 hour the sun. It’s a great place to get some fresh Physical activity: air and stretch the legs. There are plenty of Address: Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin snack shops around the park as well so it’s a good place for a lunch bite on the go. FINAL THOUGHTS: Grab lunch at one of the snack stands and sit on a bench to enjoy the quick meal. Reflect @Memorial to the Cost: Monument and park are free, lunch Murdered Jews of Europe snacks all under EUR 10. Hours: Anytime Description/tips: This is a memorial to the six million Jewish people who were killed during Approximate time: 20 minutes to look around the Holocaust. The memorial was designed the monument, then it’s up to you how long to by Peter Eisenman and is composed of 2,711 spend walking around the park/grabbing bite concrete pillars placed in a grid formation. The to eat. gray pillars differ in height, some lower, some Physical activity: higher, and visitors can walk around/through Address: Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin the pillars. This is a good place for quiet reflection and to pay one’s respects. Cost: Free Reichstag Building with Glass Dome Hours: Anytime Approximate time: 1 hour Physical activity: Address: Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin
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Dinner @ Lokal Party @ About Blank
Description: Tasty farm to table cooking Description/tips: Club with serveral spaces: with a menu that changes based on what’s garden with a dance floor and two dance floors fresh/in season. Phenomenal bread, the best inside. Check the calendar for what party is lamb, whole roast chicken and decadent happening each night, the most well known cheesecake. Also, try their perfect soups and one is Homopatik, a fun LGBT party. Most of make reservations, even if it’s a school night. the same clubbing rules apply as listed for Bergain: no photos, wear black, go easy on the Cost: Mains EUR 15-25. drinks to start. Amazing house and techno Hours: 5pm to midnight beats with occasional disco night. Check out Address: Linienstraße 160, 10115 Berlin the bonfire in the winter. Cost: EUR 10 admission. Hours: Check website for specific days, club Dance @ Berghain generally opens after midnight. Approximate time: 1 hour to however long you Description/tips: One of the world’s best stay. music clubs with an impossible door policy. Physical activity: Industrial warehouse/factory building with Address: Markgrafendamm 24c, Berlin solid sound system blasting techno/house music. Don’t pull a rookie move and pregame. Don’t’ arrive before midnight, aim for 2 or 3am. Wear something dark, hip and chill. No flashy clothes or high heels, opt for flat shoes or East Side Gallery boots. Get in line and look somber. Be ready At some point during your visit to Berlin, to wait for hours and bring a backpack filled explore the East Side Gallery. The gallery with toiletries, fresh shirt and pants and toilet includes a 1.3 kilometer stretch of the Berlin paper in case the bathrooms run out. Once Wall which was painted by 100+ artists past the door, be ready to dance for hours. from over 20 countries in 1990. The murals You many not leave the next two days. Don’t are outside have faded due to weather take any photos because you will get kicked and vandal marks. It’s a stunning sight out. Go easy on the drinks when you arrive, nonetheless. You can learn more: http://www. explore the club first and take in the scene. eastsidegallery-berlin.de/data/eng/index- FINAL THOUGHTS: If you don’t make it past the door, you’re not the first. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other spots for great nightlife in the Holocaust Memorial city. Cost: Admission EUR 10-15, varies. Hours: Check the website as varies by events. Approximate time: 1 hour to 2 days. Physical activity: We’ll say it again, don’t go clubbing if you’re not going to dance. Address: Am Wriezener Bahnhof, 10243 Berlin
8 Return to Overview | FIRST TIME: GERMANY | Berlin Day 2
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Continue to explore the city with more tasty, gourmet coffee, historic sites and art venues. Then a hip dinner followed by aggressive nightlife. Day 2 Transport: Walk, taxi or bike. Any option works, but if you’re short on time, opt for the bike or taxi.
Craft Coffee @ Silo Explore 5 Museums @ Museumsinsel Description: Small and hip craft coffee shop. Fantastic coffee with a generous breakfast Description: One island, five museums. Check offering. Order anything with caffeine and out the Bode Museum, for sculptures from the pancakes. Or the toast with eggs and the medieval times to the late 18th century. avocado. Great place to start the day after a See the New Museum for Egyptian artifacts long night out. including the bust of Nefertiti and classical Cost: EUR 3 for coffees. Breakfast dishes EUR antiques. Visit the Old National Gallery to view 8-12. paintings by Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Auguste Renoir. Or try the Old Museum for Hours: Mon to Fri, 8:30am to 5pm. Weekends art dating from ancient Greece to the Roman 10am to 7pm. Empire. The Pergamon Museum in under Address: Gabriel-Max-Straße 4, 10245 Berlin heavy renovations. Visiting all 5 museums in one go is a lot to take in, so just pop into one or two spots that you’re most interested in. Bird’s Eye View @ Cost: For all 5 museums, EUR 18. Fernsehturm TV Tower Hours: Tues, Weds, Fri, Weekends 10am-6pm, Thurs. 10am-8pm. Closed Mondays. Description: Visit the observation deck to get Approximate time: 2 hours + a bird’s eye view of Berlin from 203 meters up. Physical activity: This is slao the location for Berlin’s highest bar, Bar 203. Built in the 1960’s for broadcast Address: Friedrichsbrücke, 10178 Berlin tv, the tower is supposed to resemble Soviet Russian sputnik satellites. Touristy but cool to TV Tower and Museum Island check off the list and great views on a sunny day. Cost: Fast Track ticket EUR 17.50. Hours: March to October: daily 9am to midnight. November to February: daily 10 am to midnight. Approximate time: 1-2 hours Physical activity: Address: Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin
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Lunch and Culture @ Dinner @ Tausend Cantina Pauly Saal Description: Located under a train bridge Description: Art deco, taxidermy, chandeliers with no obvious signs, you’ll need to knock on and avant-garde bites. Order the tasting menu a metal door. Inside, a lively bar scene with and be ready for “new German” food. Service music and amazing food at the kitchen in is incredible. Choose any type of seafood. the back. You can spend the whole evening Chocolate desserts are a highlight too. here or just pop in for dinner/drinks. Food is a Cost: 7 courses for EUR 115. mix of Peruvian, German and Asian – sounds Hours: Lunch noon to 2pm, dinner 6pm to awkward but dishes are amazing – like the 2:30am. Closed Sundays. bok choy and beef. Address: Auguststrasse 11 - 13, 10117 Berlin Cost: EUR 20-30 for mains. Hours: 7:30am to 5am. Closed Sundays. Art in a Bunker @ Address: Schiffbauerdamm 11, 10117 Berlin Sammlung Boros Party @ Tresor Description: War bunker that has been converted to 3,000 square meter art gallery Description/tips: Largest club in Berlin, showing works from 1990 through today. perfect for people watching and hard techno. Walls are made of thick concrete and building Neon laser lights, smoke and multiple dance is cool inside so bundle up. Schedule an floors. Check the online calendar and know appointment online to visit as you can only who is playing when you go. view the gallery in a tour group no larger than 12 people, all due to safety reasons. Cost: EUR 10 Cost: EUR 12 Hours: Midnight to 6am. Closed Thursdays, Sundays. Hours: Thurs to Sun by online appointment only. Approximate time: 2 hours + Approximate time: 2 hours Physical activity: Physical activity: Address: Köpenickerstr. 70, 10179 Berlin Address: Reinhardtstraße 20, 10117 Berlin Berlin’s green spaces: walking around Prenzlauer Bergy
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More coffee, museums, down time at the spa. Fancy dinner and then back to the clubs. You can sleep when you’re home. Day 3 Transport: Bike or taxi.
Coffee @ Five Elephant Learn About Berlin’s Tech Scene @ Betahaus Description: Some of the best coffee drinks and cheesecake slices in all of Berlin. Description: Catch up on emails and check Baristas have manbuns and tattoos. Amazing for ongoing events at Betahaus, Berlin’s vibes to start the morning (or any part of the tech coworking space. Check for events day really). online open to the public if you don’t have a Cost: EUR 2-3 for coffee. Cake slices EUR 3-4. membership. Hours: Weekdays 8:30am to 7pm, weekends Cost: Event fees vary. 10am to 7pm. Hours: 1 hour Address: Reichenberger Str. 101, 10999 Berlin Approximate time: Depends on event. Physical activity: Address: Prinzessinnenstraße 19-20, 10969 Berlin More caffeine @ Companion Coffee and shoping for latest More Coffee and Lunch @ trends @ Voo Chapter One Coffee
Description: Fabulous danishes, croissants Description: Have another cup of coffee at and sandwiches. Obviously don’t forget the Companion Coffee, accompanied with their coffee drinks and latte art. Another great stop decadent sea salt brownies. The coffee shop on the Berlin coffee tour. is in the Voo store where you can browse for hip goods, shoes, books, clothes. Cost: EUR 2-3 coffee. Cost: EUR 2-3 coffee. Hours: Daily 9am-6pm, Sundays 11am to 6pm. Hours: 11-7pm, closed Sundays. Address: Mittenwalder Str. 30, 10961 Berlin Address: Oranienstraße 24, 10997 Berlin
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Marvel @ Photography Dinner @ Alpenstück Museum Restaurant
Description: Awesome museum of Description: Alpine German food at its best. photography which has snaps from from Asparagus, cheese noodles, veal ravioli, the 19th to the 21st century. The lower two schnitzel and potatoes. The German wine floors focus on Helmut Newton’s work. selection and cheese deserve a notable Current exhibits on the second floor include mention as well. Enjoy the warm and cozy contemporary Chinese photography and the décor. Instagram the log wall. Cultural Revolution as well as works by Mario Cost: Mains EUR 15-30 Testino. Check online for what’s on and go! Hours: 6pm-1am Cost: EUR 10 Address: Gartenstraße 9, 10115 Berlin Hours: Closed Mondays. Rest of week 11am- 7pm and later on Thursdays. Dance @ Watergate Approximate time: 1-2 hours Physical activity: Description: The club with the best sound Address: Jebensstraße 2, 10623 Berlin system in Berlin and huge glass windows. Beats focus on drum and bass, along with a Relax @ Liquidrom Spa good selection of deep house. Cost: EUR 10-15 Description: Best place to relax and take it Hours: Check online for various days, easy for a few hours in the afternoon. Enjoy generally after midnight. the pool, Finnish sauna, Himalayan salt sauna Address: Falckensteinstraße 49, 10997 Berlin and hot water pool. Sign up for any of their calming massages including the aroma oil massage, hot stone massage, herbal stamp Spree River massage or the abhyanga massage. Cost: Day ticket EUR 29.50, massage services additional. Full body massage EUR 60 for 50 minutes. Hours: Daily 9am-4pm, make appointment for massage. Approximate time: 2 hours + Physical activity: Address: Möckernstraße 10, 10963 Berlin
Day 4
Wake up at the crack of dawn and take the first flight home. Day 4 Transport: Take taxi to airport and catch 6am flight back to London. Guzzle coffee at airport and hope flight is on time.
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Pre-Travel Advice
Thing to Do/Book Ahead What to Pack • To the extent possible, make the hotel and dinner • If you want to fit in with the locals, wear black. reservations ahead of time. If you don’t wear a lot Nothing says “tourist” like polka dots, shiny of black, go shopping for clubbing clothes and a fabric, pastels or bright colors. stylish backpack (you know, for you toothpaste • Bring comfortable walking shoes for the daytime and deodorant after you’ve been dancing for 18+ and boots or cool flats for the clubs, no heels. hours). • Swimsuit – Germans love swimming pools and • If traveling to Europe from the U.S, your passport the Soho House has a gorgeous pool on the roof. must be valid for at least three months beyond your planned date of departure. • European adapter or try this adapter with a surge protector. • Google “Berlin coffee” and read up on the coffee scene. If you have time, order the Berlin Specialty • Extra battery for iPhone to recharge your phone if Coffee Map from Blue Crow Media: https:// you’re taking photos and using the map. bluecrowmedia.com/ • Umbrella and warm layers for nighttime. • Trendy sunglasses...you won’t be getting much sleep on this trip.
Advice Once You’re There
Arrival Tips water bottles, gum, coffee. • Berlin has 2 airports. Both are located about 25- • Tipping is usually 10% for meals. 30 minute taxi ride to the city center. Expect to Transportation Tips pay around EUR 30 for a one way trip. This is the • If you’re staying in the city, there is no need to easiest option if you’re visiting the city for just a rent car. Use a bike or taxi to get around. few days. • Berlin has good public transport and you can • There is also plenty of public transport, so you can learn about routes and fares here. take the train. From SXF airport, take the train. • Renting a bike is a great way to go too. Deutsche More details @ http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/ Bahn has numerous bike rental stations travellers-sxf/to-and-from/buses-and-trains/faq/ throughout the city, so download the app and index.php punch in the code at the bike station to rent your From TXL, take the bus, additional details here: ride. The official DB Bike website is in German http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers-txl/ but you can find additional information on the to-and-from/buses-and-trains/local-public- program on the DB Bike Wiki page. You can transport/index.php download the app for the iPhone here and the Spending Tips Android version here. • Berlin is in Germany which is on the euro. The • Walking will get you to most places as well. city has some of the best prices in Germany in terms of value for money so your euros will go much further there than in Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg. • Credit cards are accepted everywhere but carry small amounts of cash for small purchases like
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Advice Once You’re There Cont’d
What to Eat & Drink Don’t miss these traditional German favorites: What To Say? • Wiener Schnitzel. Pork, veal or chicken, covered in breadcrumbs and fried. Served with noodles or • Hello -> Hallo potatoes. Calories not counted. • Goodbye -> Auf Wiedersehen • Currywurst. Cut up sausage covered in curry sauce (made of ketchup, Worcester sauce and • Please -> Bitte curry powder). Exactly what it sounds like and • Thank you -> Danke legendary in Berlin. • Eisbein. Germans love pork knuckle. Boiled or • Sorry -> Entschuldigung steamed and served with sauerkraut. • Where is the bathroom? -> Wo ist die • Apfelstrudel. Apple pasty sprinkled with Toilette? cinnamon and covered in vanilla sauce. Served • I am the best dancer in this club. -> Ich bin warm. • Pretzels and beer. Duh. hier der beste Taenzer. How to use your cell phone Get a SIM card; it’s super easy and cheap, and Berlin has great coverage. For more tips on using your cell phone abroad, including how much data you’ll use One More Day and the best calling apps, click here. Departure Tips If you had one more day, where would you Both airports are small and easy to get to/ spend the extra day? Day trip to the UNESCO around. Spree Forest Reserve. Gorgeous natural area What to do in an Emergency? that is an hour away by train from Berlin. • U.S. Embassy: +49 30 83050; Pariser Platz 2, The area has lakes for boating, biking and 10117 Berlin walking paths and tasty places to get a • What to dial in an emergency: 110 or 112 snack.
Spree Forest One Less Day
If someone had one less day, which day would you leave out? This is a tough one for Berlin and it depends what you’re interested in. Take a pen and cross a handful of activities and restaurants from this itinerary and cram the rest of the stuff into two days. If it were me, I’d skip the Reichstag Building, TV Tower and Museum Mile. If I could make it to just one club, then it would be Berhain. To two clubs, then I’d also visit About Blank.
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