Berlin Guide provided by Dies ist ein Auszug auf dem Guide, der für den Youth 20 Dialogue 2017 erstellt wurde. Conference Schedule

Sports Programme

Berlin Tours and Events

Meet Experts in Berlin

Places to See, Places to Be

Guide Contact Persons and Phone Numbers

Imprint Dear participants of Youth 20 Dialogue, To make your stay in Kleinmachnow and in Berlin during Youth 20 Dialogue 2017 an unforgettable experience, we have prepared this special guide for you. This guide aims to make you feel comfortable while in Berlin and Kleinmachnow. Apart from information on important contacts and numbers, it provides a lot of ideas for spending a great free time with your peers. The guide starts of with a detailed conference schedule informing you about all the offi cial meetings and planned activities. Nothing refreshes more than sports. Therefore, a section on the sports activities in Kleinmachnow is included, giving you also a map with the jogging routes. In the next section, you fi nd information about the guided tours in Berlin we have organized for you to get familiar with the city. A short introduction to the special events is also included. This section is followed by Meet the Experts in Berlin where you fi nd descriptions of the people and institutions you are going to visit on Tuesday, 6 June. At Places to See, Places to Be we briefl y present the must-sees of the city alongside the places you are going Berlin to visit during the offi cial programme. And of course, we offer you the fi nest selection of places, restaurants, cafés, hang-outs, and bars we love to go ourselves. It is of course not an extensive guidebook on Berlin, therefore do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to know something in particular. Have a great time in Kleinmachnow and Berlin! Your FI ELDS, team Sports Programme

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Kleinmachnow Sports Programme

1 6 NH Conference Center Lock Route 1 Route 2 Zehlendorfer Damm 190 This monumental lock from Your headquarters the early 20th century Around Machnower See Into the woods allows boats to access the This lovely jogging course of about Another jogging course, a little canal, a shortcut 2 4 km will lead you around the lake. shorter at about 3 km, leads you around Berlin From the hotel, cross the parking through the nature reserve Bäketal, Sportforum and TC lot and go down the stairs to the which is a typical marshland for this Kleinmachnow 1961 e.V. 7 canal. Follow the canal to the right. part of . The route ends with Join your peers in a round of Festwiese After a few meters, cross the street a round of the Festwiese, a meadow squash, badminton, tennis, The so-called fairground, with Zehlendorfer Damm — you’ll see the with special information on the local basketball, table tennis, special information on the lake in front of you. On the right, fl ora and fauna. From there you can or football! local fl ora and fauna, as well there is a path. Take this path around also spot the former castle of the as the ruins of the former the lake through a small forest. If knights of Hake. Route: From the 3 castle of the knights of Hake you are lucky, you can take a peek at hotel, cross the parking lot and go Freibad Kiebitzberge the Neue Hakeburg, a neoromantic down the stairs to the canal. Follow Fontanestraße 30 8 manor built in 1901 by an heir of the the canal up towards the lake, turn knights of Hake, who ruled this area left to cross the bridge and enter the Swim and relax at an 16th century church open-air pool in the past. Watch the boats going street Am Weinberg. There you will This church used to lie right through the monumental lock, before pass a couple of pretty villas and one in the former city centre of crossing the canal again. Follow of Kleinmachnow’s high schools. At 4 Kleinmachnow the street Allee am Forsthaus. You the end of the road, you will reach Football and sports yard will fi nd your way back to the hotel the small nature reserve Bäketal. 9 passing by an old forester’s house Turn right there. The path will lead 400 years-old oak tree and the 16th century church that you up to the church passing by a 5 marks the former city-centre of little gardening shop and a 400 year- Neue Hakeburg Kleinmachnow. old oak tree. Turn left at the church A neoromantic manor built 10 and do a round of the Festwiese. in the early 20th century Bäketal nature reserve by an heir of the knights of This protected area covers Hake, who once ruled over a typical northern German 4 km 3 km these lands marshland Berlin Tours and Events

Boat trip through the heart of Berlin with MS Phantasia

MS Phantasia will take you further to Berlin’s district of , passing by the offi cial residence of the German president, Bellevue Palace, and the cultural centre House of the Cultures Berlin Tours of the World. Enjoy the nice fresh breeze and Events The MS Phantasia will take you and the riverside view on the over the waves of the river through buildings you surely will want to see the heart of Berlin! The one-and- more closely while in Berlin. You Tour by boat Dinner a-half-hour trip by boat shows you can fi nd more information on the the main sights of the city from the buildings in Places to see, Places Guided city walk Theatre perspective of the river. The tour to be. will start at Schiffbauerdamm. City tour by bus Party It will take you to the www.-havelschifffahrt.de Island and to the oldest quarter of Berlin, the Nicolaiviertel. Rounding On the next pages, we present different tours to discover the island, you will pass by the Berlin and the special cultural and evening activities of Youth Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs 20 Dialogue. The boat trip is part of the offi cial programme and after a while you will see the for the whole group. The guided tours are a set of optional Government quarter with the walking tours to choose from on Monday afternoon. The bus Friday, 2 June | 11:00-12:30 Reichstag, seat of the Parliament, 100 is yet another way to meet Berlin and see lots of sights The ship waits for you at the quay the Federal Press Offi ce and on the go. at Schiffbauerdamm 12. the Chancellery. We will go there together. A Berlin Tours and Events

Krongut Bornstedt Political Berlin

We will have dinner at city and how two this nice estate in the cities became one Italian style, whose after 1989. During origins date back to the two-hour walk, the beginnings of you will visit the old the 16th century, on centre of power at Saturday night. It is Wilhelmstraße where in fact a whole little the government village with a church buildings during and gardens designed World War II were by the famous located. The walk landscape architect will lead you to the The Krongut Bornstedt welcomes Peter Joseph Lenné and gives a nice current Government you with a delicious choice of impression of the architecture and Become an expert on Berlin’s quarter with the Reichstag, seat typical dishes of the region. The landscape of Brandenburg. historical development in the 20th of the national parliament and the restaurant forms part of a former and 21st century! The tour provides Chancellery, which you will visit estate of the Prussian emperors an overview of Berlin’s current and Thursday, 7 June when you present and is part of the palaces and www.krongut-bornstedt.de former political importance. It is the position paper to Chancellor gardens of . It is under the Ribbeckstraße 6-7 an ideal introduction to Berlin’s Angela Merkel. protection of the UNESCO. 14469 Potsdam history, focussing on Interested? Please sign up on the development during World War II lists you fi nd on the billboard. and the Cold War. The tour guide can tell you interesting stories www.berlin-tour-and-guide.de about what life was like in a divided  political berlin walking tour

Monday 5 June | 16:30-18:30 Saturday, 3 June | 20:00 The tour starts in front of the Reichstag, the seat of the German The dinner starts at 20:00. parliament. The guide waits for you in front of the ticket box. The group will go there together by the Y20-bus. The group will go there together, either on foot or by public transport. Meeting: Lobby of the hotel, at 19:30. Meeting: Assembly room of the hotel, around 16:00. Berlin Tours and Events

The Jewish Berlin

The tour of course you along the former will provide you with deathstrip to the new meaningful insights government quarter. into the darkest part During this tour, you of German history, will see the longest the Holocaust. Otto part of the Berlin Weidt, Berlin’s Oscar Wall still in existence Schindler, saved many which is close to the of his Jewish friends , and colleagues from a documentation deportation and you centre about Nazi The tour helps you discover the will have the opportunity to visit his terror. Part of the tour Jewish life in Berlin from the past small workshop for the blind, which Why did the German Democratic is a visit to the last existing guard and present. It will take you to the tells this story. A visit of the Old Republic build a wall around West towers. You will learn a lot about former centre of Jewish intellectual Cemetery, where the philosopher Berlin and why did it fall almost by the divided city of Berlin during the and cultural life before World War of The Enlightenment Moses accident in 1989? You will certainly Cold War and what it was like to II, the so-called . Mendelsohn is buried, is also part get answers to these questions on live under these conditions. It is a district with a high Jewish of the walk. this walk which leads you to the Interested? Please sign up at the population since the 17th century. Interested? Please sign up on the most signifi cant places that will lists you fi nd on the billboard. You will see important buildings lists you fi nd on the billboard. give you an understanding of the such as the , division of Germany. The two-hour , and Tacheless. www.berlin-tour-and-guide.de tour starts at , www.berlin-tour-and-guide.de  jewish berlin walking tour symbol of the Cold War, and leads  berlin wall walking tour

Monday, 5 June | 16:30-18:30 The tour starts at the S-Bahn station Hackescher Markt. The guide will Monday, 5 June 5 | 16:30-18:30 wait for you in front of the bar am to pm, located in one of the arcades The tour starts at Checkpoint Charlie. The guide waits for you at the under the tracks. corner Friedrichstraße / Mauerstraße. The group will go there together by public transport. The group will go there together on foot. Meeting: Assembly room of the hotel, around 16:00. Meeting: Assembly room of the hotel, around 16:00. Berlin Tours and Events

Vive Berlin Bus Line 100

squatters‘ movement The bus passes by helped protect some the Cathedral, the of the most beautiful , parts of the city. Let us the Reichstag, from discuss gentrifi cation where you can see the and its effects on modern society. Street behind you on the left. art on every corner From there, it adds to the colourful continues through picture of the district Park to the and urban gardening west of Berlin. It goes projects provide near Kurfürstendamm, You are looking for the alternative green oases for residents as well as The public bus line 100 is an a big shopping boulevard and Berlin? Then let us introduce you visitors. alternative way to have a tour of passes Gedächtniskirche, a famous to this most colourful district of Interested? Please sign up on the Berlin. This bus line was the fi rst bombed church which is now a the city, just south of the centre: lists you fi nd on the billboard. line connecting East and West monument. Next, it passes the Zoo Kreuzberg. On this tour, the guide Berlin after the Wall was opened. of the city. will show you how Turkish migrants www.viveberlintours.de It is a lot cheaper than the tourist And for those, who have an shaped what is now often called  kreuzberg buses, since a regular public trans- iPhone, you can download the app ‚Little Istanbul‘ and how the 1980s port route. You can get on the bus “Audioguide Berlin Bus 100” and at the stop Memhardstraße, close get some more information on the to , where the large sights you pass. TV Tower is located. Make yourself comfortable, preferably upstairs www.berlin.de where you have a better view.  public bus line 100

Monday, 5 June | 16:30-18:30 Monday 5 June | 16:30-18:30 The tour starts at Baerwaldbrücke, where you will meet the tour guide. Start: /Friedrichstraße is the closest station to the hotel The group will go there together by public transport. (10 minutes on foot) Meeting: Assembly room of the hotel, around 16:00. Ending: Hertzallee (1 station after the Zoo) Berlin Tours and Events

Maxim Gorki Theatre Tube STAT ION

crisis and the cultural confl icts Near Tube STATION in our diversifi ed societies. The there are some other theatre sees itself as an open forum bars. We recommend for all kind of people, whether Bravo Bar (Torstraße they are seeking asylum, being 230), a typical Berlin- exiled or emigrating and fi nding hipsters bar that themselves living in Berlin. We are surely opens until late, going to see the play “The situation” and Neue Odessa Bar written by the Israeli director Yael (Torstraße 89), which Ronen, which deals with migrants also is a cool place from different Middle Eastern to go. countries that happen to meet up in Berlin. The play was awarded Located in the city centre on Friedrichstraße, “Play of the Year“ by the German next to Berlin’s posh shopping area, Quartier theatre magazine Theater heute in 205, Tube STATION is an ideal spot to spend The Maxim Gorki Theatre is 2016. After the play, we will have a night out. Here we are going to have our one of Berlin’s most innovative the chance to speak in an open farewell party on Wednesday night. The club theatres. It is internationally discussion with Irina Szodruch counts on the support of international DJ’s www.tube-station.de renowned for its hand-picked, very (dramatic advisor). fl ying in from all parts in the world and is Friedrichstr. 180-184 political programme. Since the famous for its Hiphop and House parties. 10117 Berlin season 2013/2014, the Gorki is run by Shermin Langhoff and Jens Hillje and has won several awards. The theatre plays shown there www.gorki.de tackle diffi cult issues such as the Am Festungsgraben 2 continuous economic and political 10117 Berlin

Tuesday, 6 June | 19:30 Wednesday, 7 June | 21:00. The group will go there together by the Y20-bus. The group will walk there together.

Meeting: Assembly room of the hotel, at 19:00 AB Meeting: Assembly room of the hotel, at 20:45. AC Berlin Tours and Events

Places to See , Places to Be

Reichstag

probably the most striking modifi cation. It is made out of 360 mirrors, which bring additional daylight into the plenary chamber. At the same time, the outgoing air can be transported from the chamber outside through the funnel. Part of the Places to See The in Berlin building is open to the public. A lift has been the seat of the German takes you to the roof terrace, where Places to Be Bundestag, the national parliament, you can walk to the top of the glass since 1990. It is one of the most dome and enjoy a great view. If historical and imposing monuments you would like to visit the building Time (starting History/Famous Sight at the hotel) in Berlin. Designed by German but have not booked in advance, ⏱ architect Paul Wallat, it was built register at least two hours in Culture/Entertainment Bus between 1884 and 1894. The advance at the service centre near  building, damaged by fi re in 1933 the Reichstag Building. Bars/Restaurants  Metro and again severely damaged during World War II, has been repaired www.bundestag.de Parks Walking and remodelled several times. Platz der Republik 1 The glass dome by the British 11011 Berlin Shoppping 1 Mark on map architect Sir Norman Foster is Roof terrace and dome 8:00-0:00

Berlin is a big city with numerous places, neighbourhoods, Take metro ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Französische Straße. Change to bus cafes, parks, and the like to visit. The following list is by no 100 ( Zoologischer Garten) and get off at Reichstag/Bundestag. means complete. But it is an overview to start with! ⏱ 25 min  or 25 min 1 Places to See , Places to Be

Federal Chancellery Federal Ministry for Youth

Furthermore, there The Federal Ministry for Family is the Gallery of Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women Chancellors, the and Youth (BMFSFJ) is headed Cabinet room by the Federal Minister Manuela where the heads of Schwesig. State Secretery Dr. Ralf department meet, Kleindiek is the highest-ranking the international civil servant in the Ministry and is conference room, responsible for all administrative and a press area. The affairs. The Ministry is divided building is made of into 70 departments with 700 concrete and glass, employees in total. The majority giving it a postmodern of the employees are women The Federal Chancellery is the and solid style and at the same and there is also big women executive offi ce of the Chancellor time transmitting the impression participation in management of Germany, head of the federal of transparency. The Chancellery positions. government, Angela Merkel. Since is closed most of the year to the 2001, it has been located in a new public, but a virtual tour is possible. building of the same name designed by Alex Schultes and Charlotte www.bmfsfj.de Frank in the government district Glinkastraße 24 of Berlin, on the banks of the river www.bundeskanzlerin.de 10117 Berlin Spree. The building hosts the offi ces  Chancellery of the Chancellor and of about 450 Willy-Brandt-Straße 1 staff members. 10557 Berlin

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Französische Straße. Change to Glinkastraße is at walking distance from the hotel. Turn right into bus 100 ( Zoologischer Garten) and get off at Platz der Republik. Mauerstraße and follow the street until Glinkastraße.

⏱ 25 min   or 25 min 2 ⏱ 10 min 3 13 Places to See , Places to Be

Bellevue Palace Brandenburg Gate

the chariot to be transported from Berlin to Paris. After the Battle of Waterloo the statue was returned to Berlin and became a symbol of victory for the city. After World War II, when Germany was divided, The Bellevue Palace, a white “beautiful view” – due to its the Brandenburg neoclassical palace, is the offi cial beautiful surroundings. Today, Brandenburg Gate is one of the Gate was located on the boarder residency of the German Federal the President’s offi ces are located most famous monuments in Berlin. between East and . President. The building was in the new building, south of the Carl Gotthard Langhans designed With the fall of the Wall, many designed by the architect Philipp Palace. the Gate in the 18th century. It is people went to the Gate to Daniel Boumann and built in the 65.5 metres long and 28 metres celebrate and soon the boarder 18th century. It is situated in the www.bundespraesident.de high. Its design is based on the crossing was opened. From then on, Northwest of the Tiergarten park  Schloss-Bellevue propellers of the acropolis of the Bradenburg Gate was a symbol on the banks of the river Spree and Spreeweg 1 Athens. Its decorations represent of peace and unity. gets its name – French for 10557 Berlin scenes from Greek mythology. On top of the Gate, there is a bronze www.brandenburg-gate.de chariot driven by the goddess of peace. Napoleon ordered 10117 Berlin

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Französische Straße. Change to Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Friedrichstraße. Change to bus 100 ( Zoologischer Garten) and get off at Schloss Bellevue. ( Wannsee) and get off at Brandenburgertor.

⏱ 25 min   4 ⏱ 20 min  or 20 min 5 Places to See , Places to Be

Holocaust Memorial Checkpoint Charlie

feel like a graveyard The Checkpoint Charlie is one or a labyrinth and is of the top symbols of the Cold a strong symbol of War and a spot that illustrates the the bureaucratically separation of the city. It is one of organized murder of the three former checkpoints for the Jewish people in diplomats and allies entering and Germany and Europe. exiting West Berlin erected after Under the Memorial is the Wall was built. Checkpoint an information centre. Charlie has been referenced in A free exhibition many fi lms and books. The most provides information well known episode between U.S. on the persecution and Soviet soldiers is that of their The Memorial to the Murdered and extermination of the European tanks facing each other at this Jews of Europe is in the heart Jews, the Holocaust victims and point. This checkpoint not only of Berlin and is the Holocaust the historical crime sites. The represents the division of Berlin, memorial for Germany. memory is personalized through but global political upheaval. Close Constructed out of 2711 the depiction of daily life and family to the checkpoint, you can fi nd the rectangular concrete blocks and histories, among other things. Wall Museum which was founded designed by the American architect shortly after the construction of Peter Eisenman, the Memorial the wall. represents how a supposedly www.stiftung-denkmal.de ordered system can lose touch with Cora-Berliner-Straße 1 www.mauermuseum. de humanity entirely. The abstract but 10117 Berlin Friedrichstraße 43-45 deeply emotional monument can Information Centre 10:00–20:00 10117 9:00-22:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Friedrichstraße. Change to S1 ( Wannsee) and get off at Brandenburgertor. At Brandenburg Gate turn left and walk a few meters. Walk south on Friedrichstraße for 400 metres.  ⏱ 15 min or 20 min 6 ⏱ 10 min 7 15 Places to See , Places to Be

Alexanderplatz Nikolai Quarter

At 368 metres, this symbol of Berlin church of Berlin, called is the tallest tower of the country St. Nicholas. It was and the second tallest in the EU. built during the 13th At its top, the tower has a visitor century. Next to the platform and a restaurant with a Nikolai quarter is the great view. fi rst municipal town At Alexanderplatz, you can also hall of Berlin, called fi nd the World Time Clock and after the the Fountain of International red bricks of its walls. Friendship. If you are interested The building serves in shopping, the shopping mall as the permanent Alexa lies just across the street residence of the mayor. with fi ve fl oors, a variety of shops, Near Alexanderplatz is one of snack bars and restaurants. The the oldest residential areas with Museum Island and the impressive medieval lanes and a variety Karl-Marx-Allee, which showcases of bars and restaurants — the www.berlin-nicolaiviertel.de socialist architecture, are also (Nikolai quarter). In Around Am Nussbaum around the corner. the centre of the area is the oldest 10178 Berlin Alexanderplatz, also simply called Alex, is one of the most visited squares in Berlin and the old centre of the German Democratic www. tv-turm.de Republic. You can fi nd the famous Alexanderplatz 1 “Fernsehturm” (TV Tower) 10178 Berlin on the square. TV Tower 9:00-0:00

Take the bus M48 ( Alexanderplatz) at U Stadtmitte and get off Berliner Rathaus. Cross the road, walk into the direction of the town hall and turn Take metro ( Pankow) and get off at Alexanderplatz. left into the street Am Nußbaum.

⏱ 15 min  or 30 min 8 ⏱ 10 min  or 20 min 9 Places to See , Places to Be

East Side Gallery Oberbaumbrücke

liberation of those and , days. Two of the most which are separated famous pieces of the by the Spree river. gallery are the “mortal During the Cold War, kiss” (a kiss between when Berlin was the secretaries of the divided, there was a communist parties of checkpoint for people and the who wanted to go Soviet Union) and the from West to East “Trabi” which presents here. The bridge is a an east-German car to famous place, cited in break the wall. many books and fi lms. The is a part of From the brick, Gothic-style bridge For example, in Tom Tykwer’s movie the Berlin Wall, along 1.3 kilometres. Oberbaumbrücke, you can have “Run Lola run” the bridge appears It is the biggest open exhibition an amazing view on the river Spree prominently. with 105 art pieces. These art and the city. There are almost pieces have been made by artists www.eastsidegallery-berlin.de always street musicians and artists after the fall of the wall and they Mühlenstraße 3-100 who make for a good atmosphere. www.berlin.de manifest the feeling of freedom and 10243 Berlin The bridge is located near the East  attractions-and-sights Side Gallery and connects the two Warschauerstraße 43 Berlin districts of Kreuzberg 10243 Berlin

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Friedrichstraße. Change to S 75 ( Wartenberg) or S5 ( Strausberg Nord)and get off at Berlin Ostbahnhof. Go down to Mühlenstraße and turn left. You will reach the Take the U6 ( Alt Mariendorf) and go to Hallesches Tor. Change to East Side Gallery after 10 min walking. metro ( Warschauer Straße) and get off at Schlesisches Tor.

⏱ 30 min   10 ⏱ 20 min  11 Places to See , Places to Be

Gendarmenmarkt Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden is said to be the most beautiful boulevard in Berlin. Its starts at Brandenburg Gate and ends at the bridge Schlossbrücke, close to the Museum Island. It is the address of a lot of important buildings such as the State Opera and the Humboldt University. During World War II the area was heavily bombed and many buildings had to be reconstructed. Currently, there The is a very are again constructions going on beautiful square in the city centre. as the Berlin City Palace is being It was created by Johann Arnold rebuilt, the State Opera is being Nering at the end of 17th century renovated, and a new metro line is and reconstructed by Georg planned. Christian Unger in 1773. The concert hall (Konzerthaus) and the www.berlin.de French and German Churches are  attractions-and-sights situated here. Gendarmenmarkt is Unter den Linden a great place to wander around or www.gendarmenmarkt.de 10117 Berlin you can relax in the variety of cafés Gendarmenmarkt 5-6 and restaurants located here. 10117 Berlin

Walk down Leipziger Straße and turn left into Friedrichstraße. Keep walking until you reach Taubenstraße. Turn right and after few meters Take metro U6 ( Alt Mariendorf) and go to Französische Straße. Follow you will be at Gendarmenmarkt. Friedrichstraße until Unter den Linden.

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Rotes Rathaus Kaiser W ilhelm Gedächtniskirche

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is a protestant church in the city-centre and is now an anti- war memorial. It was built in the 1890s and damaged during the Second World War. The spire of the old church is still damaged and the ground fl oor has been turned into a memorial hall. It is possible to visit the church or do a guided tour, except during services and concerts, which take place on The Red Town Hall or as it is known Saturdays and Sundays. Rotes Rathaus – seat of the mayor, is located in Mitte, near Alexander- platz Square. It was built between 1861 and 1869 by the German architect Hermann Friedrich Waesemann, based on the Town Hall of the city of Torun in . Many rooms such as the Hall of www.gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de Arms and Grand Ballroom, are www.berlin.de Breitscheidplatz open to the public. The hallway on  attractions-and-sights 10789 Berlin the third fl oor holds the portraits Rathausstraße 15 Daily 9:00–19:00 pm (Church) of every honorary citizen of Berlin. 10178 Berlin Monday–Saturday 10:00–8:00 There are also exhibitions. Monday – Friday 9:00-18:00 Sunday 12:00–17:30 (Memorial Hall)

Take the bus M48 ( Alexanderplatz) at U Stadtmitte and get off at Take metro U2 ( Ruhleben) and go to Wittenbergplatz. Follow Berliner Rathaus. Tauentzienstraße until you reach Breitscheidplatz.  ⏱ 10 min or 20 min 14 ⏱ 25 min 15 19 Places to See , Places to Be

Berlin Wall Memorial Martin-Gropius-Bau

A central memorial site of Germany’s division, located at the former border strip in Bernauer Straße, is the Berlin Wall Memorial. It is a 1.4 km wall with watchtower and In this museum you can sample border strip that illustrates how some cultural history as well as the border divided the city until contemporary art and photography. 1989. It features a free open-air www.berliner-mauer- The building was disigned by the exhibition explaining the history gedenkstaette.de atchitectures Martin Gropius of the division and the infl uence Bernauer Straße 111 and Heino Schmieden. It opened it had on people’s lifes. A visit to 13355 Berlin in 1881. It has been classifi ed as www.berlinerfestspiele.de the documentation centre and the Documentation Center a historical monument and some  gropiusbau Chapel of Reconciliation can create Tuesday – Sunday 10:00-18:00 say it has become one of the most Niederkirchnerstraße 7 a further impression of the impact Open-Air Exhibition beautiful and famous exhibition 10963 Berlin of the wall-border and the division and Memorial Grounds: halls of the country. Wednesday – Monday 10:00-19:00 of the city. Monday – Sunday 8:00-22:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Naturkundemuseum. Change to tram M10 ( Warschauer Straße) and get off at Gedenkstätte Berliner Martin-Gropius-Bau is at walking distance. Walk to Wilhelmstraße and Mauer. turn left. Turn right into Niederkirchnerstraße.

⏱ 25 min  16 ⏱ 10 min 17 Places to See , Places to Be

Museum Island

on the same day. 2012 and has become Don’t miss the bust of one of Germany’s Nefertiti or the Ishtar most prestigious gate at the Pergamon! construction sites Starting at the and cultural projects. opposite It is hoped that the the cathedral, you Humboldt-Forum can walk between will be inaugurated in the neoclassicist 2019. It will host the buildings on little ethnological and non- streets and enjoy the European collections view over the Spree on of the Berlin State A UNESCO world heritage site Monbijoupark. Do not miss the bust The Humboldt Forum is the , a part of the city since 1999, the Museum Island of Nefertiti at or rebuilding of the Prussian City museum, and a lab of the Humboldt features Berlin’s major museum, the Ishtar gate at the Pergamon! Palace, the residence of Prussian University. You can see the progress the city’s cathedral and several kings and German emperors. of the construction work and visit gardens. You can visit the It was demolished for the the info centre Pergamon, Bodemuseum, Altes www.smb.museum German Democratic Republic located next to the construction. Museum, Neues Museum and Bodestraße 1-3 parliament and cultural centre. – there 10178 Berlin In 2002, an initiative of citizens are combination tickets as well, See single museum, decided to collect money for the www.sbs-humboldtforum.de allowing you to visit all museums mostly 10:00–18:00 reconstruction of the palace. The Unter den Linden 3 reconstruction of the building now 10117 Berlin called Humboldt-Forum started in Daily 10:00-19:00

 Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Friedrichstraße. Change to Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Friedrichstraße. Change to   S 75 ( Wartenberg) or S5 ( Strausberg Nord) and get off at Hackescher S 75 ( Wartenberg) or S5 ( Strausberg Nord) and get off at Hackescher Markt. Follow the signs. Markt. Cross the Museum Island.  ⏱ 15 min  or 20 min 18 ⏱ 10 min or 15 min 19 21 Places to See , Places to Be

Otto Weidt,s Workshop Topography of Terror for the Blind

Close to Hackesche Höfe there is a small museum that tells the story of Otto Weidt, a workshop owner, who protected his Jewish employees from being persecuted and deported to concentration camps during World War II. The workshop of Otto Weidt for brushes and brooms was a social institution for blind and deaf people. In three small rooms of the former workshop, the museum presents The Topography of Terror is a very the lives of the Jewish people and frequently visited documetary families connected to Otto Weidt centre in Berlin. Here, the head- and saved by his efforts. It is a small quarters of the Secret State Police, but touching insight, which helps to the SS and the Reich Security Main understand day-to-day life of Jewish Offi ce were located during the people during World War II. Third Reich. It is an interesting historical information centre on www.topographie.de www.museum-blindenwerkstatt.de Nazi terror. You can fi nd it near Niederkirchnerstraße 8 Rosenthaler Straße 39 Postdamer Platz and next to the 10963 Berlin 10178 Berlin Martin Gropius Building. 10:00-20:00 10:00-20:00 entry free of charge

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Friedrichstraße. Change to S 75 ( Wartenberg) or S5 ( Strausberg Nord)and get off at Hackescher Topography of Terror is at walking distance. Walk to Wilhelmstraße and Markt. Cross the square Hackescher Markt and go to Rosenthaler Straße. turn left. Turn right into Niederkirchnerstraße.

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Kulturforum Haus der Kulturen der Welt

The forum is home to a readings, fi lms, and variety of institutions academic conferences (Wissenschaftszentrum, on visual art and Ibero-American culture. The institute), libraries programme provides (State Library) concert inspiration and halls (Philharmonic engages with such Orchestra and Chamber questions as how Music Hall), art respective living galleries, and museums conditions impinge (New National Gallery, upon each other, what Gemäldegalerie, kind of a future we The is one of the most Museum of Decorative Arts, The Haus der Kulturen der Welt want to live in, or how to shape our important sites for art and culture Museum for Music Instruments, (House of the World’s Cultures) is a world more intelligently, in addition in Berlin. The building concept was Museum of Graphic Arts). In beautiful building in Tiergarten and to more poetic questions. developed by German architect summer, there is also an open-air the national centre of international Hans Scharoun, known for his cinema. contemporary arts, with a focus on organic architecture. non-European cultures and societies. www.hkw.de www.kulturforum-berlin.de Due to its shape, the Berlin people John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 www.yorck.de call this building “pregnant oyster”. 10557 Berlin Matthäikirchplatz Operating since 1989, it presents Daily 10:00–19:00 10785 Berlin art exhibitions, theatre and dance Exhibitions: Wednesday – Monday 10:00-18:00 (all museums are performances, concerts, author 11:00–19:00 closed on Monday)

Take bus M48 ( Zehlendorf, Busseallee) at U Stadtmitte and get off at Take bus M48 ( Zehlendorf, Busseallee) at U Stadtmitte and get off at Kulturforum. Kulturforum.

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ifa Art Gallery KW Institute for

Currently, you can Contemporary Art visit an interesting exhibition on a former colonial town which is today a ghost town in the Namib Desert called “Kolmanskop”. This installation made by Pascale Marthine Tayou presents memories, forms of knowledge, social and ifa Art Gallery is run by the institute cultural relations, mindsets, and for foreign relations, a cultural practices that show hidden colonial The Institute of Contemporary institution that enhances inter- structures. Art is one of Berlin’s major hubs for national dialogue through culture contemporary art. Every two years, and art. It is supported by the www.ifa.de KW organizes the Berlin Biennale Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Linienstraße 139/140 D which has become an important 10115 Berlin art happening. KW Institute for Tuesday – Sunday14:00-18:00 Contemporary Art offers changing www.kw-berlin.de exhibitions, mostly of installations, Auguststraße 69 video works, and sculptures of 10117 Berlin political and social impact. Do not Wednesday-Monday miss having a coffee in the nice 11:00-19:00 court yard at Café Bravo. Thursday 11:00-21:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Oranienburger Tor. Turn into Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Oranienburger Tor. Turn into Linienstraße from the Oranienburger Straße. Auguststraße from Oranienburger Straße.

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Blain Southern Gallery Strandbar and Monbijoupark Theater

Sculpture Collection and the Museum of Byzantine Art. The Monbijou Theater, which is located in the Monbijourpark next to the beach-bar, is one of the most beautiful open-air theatres. On Monday, 5 June at Blain|Southern is an international 19:00 you can watch gallery, located in an old industrial the play Faust written building in Potsdamer Straße, A beach bar, called Strandbar, is by Germany’s national poet Goethe representing some of the world‘s located in a beautiful green park with English subtitles. If you prefer leading contemporary artists. called Monbijoupark, next to dancing, you can take a tango lesson Monumental installations, paintings the Museum Island. It creates a at 16:00 and/or a swing lesson at and video works are presented Mediterranean atmosphere on the 20:00. to an audience in spacious rooms. www.blainsouthern.com river Spree. Exotic cocktails, palm From April 29th to July 29th you Potsdamer Straße 77-87 trees, beach baskets and parties - can visit the Zeitlaich exhibition by 10785 Berlin all with the historical background www.monbijou-theater.de the painter Jonas Burgert. 11:00-18:00 of the . This museum Monbijoustraße 3b is on the north side of the Museum 10117 Berlin Island and is home to the Strandbar daily from 9:00

Take bus M48 ( Zehlendorf, Busseallee) at U Stadtmitte and get off at Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Oranienburger Tor. Go back to Lützowstraße/Potsdamer Straße. Follow Potsdamer Straße. the river and turn towards the Museum Island.

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Mount Mitte-Beach Berlin Zoo Berlin

At Mount Mitte, you fi nd a spot for climbing – a trail of 90 obstacles with differing ranges of diffi culty awaits you. There is a mountain to climb for everybody, beginners as well as trained climbers and mountaineers. Brave ones can try Mount Mitte is an adventure park out attractions such as the Skyfall, The Zoo Berlin is located on the in the heart of Berlin. Activities, a bungee jump from a 13-metre southwest side of the Tiergarten sports, and events are combined height, and the SkySwing. Enjoy Park right in the centre of the city. with a spot to chill out, have a snack, a special adventure and a well- It was opened for the public in 1844 or enjoy a drink at the bar. deserved view over Berlin! and hosts 15,000 animals with more than 1,400 species. There are www.beachberlin.de not many cages, most animals are in  mountmitte large enclosures. The zoo has two Caroline-Michaelis-Straße 8 entrances. One is called the lion‘s www.zoo-berlin.de 10115 Berlin gate as it has two lions on each side. Hardenbergplatz 8 Monday – Friday 14:00-19:00 The other is fl anked by elephants 10787 Berlin and is called … the elephant gate. Daily 9:00-18:30

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Naturkundemuseum. Follow Chausseestraße. Turn right into Zinnowitzer Straße and follow, then turn Take metro U2 ( Theodor-Heuss-Platz) and go to Zoologischer Garten. right into Caroline-Michaelis-Straße. Follow the signs for the zoo.

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Tiergarten and Siegessäule

and fresh air while walking from sight to sight. The park is bisected by the street Straße des 17. Juni, which connects the Brandenburg Gate with the Siegessäule, a monumental pillar serving as a memorial to the unifi cation wars that created the Right in the centre of the city, German Empire in the second half Mauerpark is the green corridor the Tiergarten is a large green of the 19th century. You can walk between East and West Berlin. This refuge for people and animals. You up the column — all 285 — stairs is where the Wall used to run, and can come here for a good walk and get a nice view on the park. has remained an open area. People in the shadows of big trees, for from all over town hang out here sunbathing or to play a game of to enjoy the sun, have a barbecue table tennis. The park has borders www.berlin.de and meet friends. Every Sunday, the with the Reichstag, the Spree, the  attractions-and-sights whole park turns into a gigantic fl ea www.fl ohmarktimmauerpark.de presidential palace Bellevue, the Monday–Friday 9:30–18:30 market with vintage bargains, local near Eberswalder Straße 2 zoo, and , creating Saturday–Sunday 9:30–19:00 products, and delicious street food. 10437 Berlin a nice way to get some exercise (platform of the Siegessäule) Those brave enough can try their always open chances at the open air karaoke! Flea market Sunday 8:00–16:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and go to Französische Straße. Change to bus 100 ( Zoologischer Garten) and get off at Großer Stern. You see the Take metro U2 ( Pankow) and go to Eberswalder Straße. Walk down on Siegessöule in front of you. Eberswalder Straße until you reach Mauerpark.

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Viktoriapark

A longer walk around highly recommended the neighbourhood for the unusual allows you to get to perspective and sheer know the area, with its fun. Or check out restaurants, bars, and the urban gardening independent shops. project Allmende- Near the park the Kontor, where families Karneval der Kulturen from Neukölln and (Carnival of the Kreuzberg’s cultures Cultures) takes place. grow vegetables This is a four-day together. open-air urban festival Take a stroll in beautiful Viktoria with a free and open programme. What do you do with a gigantic Park, a hilly refuge for Kreuzberg’s Many music bands from all over the empty space right in the middle of inhabitants. If you make it to the world, art performances, and events your city? When the top of the hill, you will be rewarded will be in and around the Kreuzberg airport was shut down, Berliners with a lovely view on the city. Or area from June 2nd to June 5th. reclaimed the area and shaped stay on one of the meadows, read it into a park for the people. The a book in the sun or watch the grassy circle with a diameter of jugglers and street artists. over 2 km is a popular place to There is an excellent beer garden www.karneval-berlin.de have a barbecue, go kitesurfi ng www.thf-berlin.de with typical German food near Kreuzbergstraße 62 or skateboarding and to meet near Tempelhofer Damm 66 hidden in the park. 10965 Berlin neighbours. Walking or cycling on 12101 Berlin the take-off and landing strips is 6:00-21:30

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and get off . Walk Take metro U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and get off at U Paradestraße. Walk on uphill on Mehringdamm, take Kreuzbergstraße on your right. Tempelhofer Damm, the entrance to the park is own your left.

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Treptower Park Potsdamer Platz

Hidden in the park, Next to Potsdamer there is a memorial to Platz, located at Russian soldiers who Leipziger Platz, you’ll died in the Second fi nd the Mall of Berlin World War, as well as which offers on four the Friendship island. fl oors about 270 shoe, Nearby in the river fashion, and consumer Spree, you will fi nd electronic retailers, the , a but also gift shops, gigantic sculpture by a large food court and Jonathan Borofsky, a supermarket. and a popular target Known as one of the lungs of Berlin, for free climbers looking for an – Potsdamer Platz is a public square. the enormous obviously illegal- adrenaline rush. Since the , it from 1888 features a promenade has been the site of many projects. by the river Spree. Chill out below There is a variety of restaurants, the trees, hire a rowing boat or stores, bars, clubs, art exhibitions, www. potsdamerplatz.de join the locals for a game of Kub (a and a cinema there. While a lot of Potsdamer Platz mash-up of bowling and checkers, tourists love to come here, many 10785 Berlin played outdoors). You will get a www.berlin.de Berliners try to avoid the place Shopping arcades lovely view over the East of the city  attractions-and-sights since it is a very busy spot with Monday – Saturday with the Mediaspree-area known near Puschkinallee 16 heavy traffi c. 10:00-21:00 for its modern architecture. 12435 Berlin

Take metro U6 ( Alt Mariendorf) and go to Tempelhof. Change to Potsdamer Platz is at walking distance. Turn right and follow Leipziger Ringbahn S42 and get off at Treptower Park. Straße.

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Bikini Berlin Friedrichstraße

Different from other shopping terrace of Berlin Zoo , the Kaiser Friedrichstraße is one of the It creates an international shopping malls, the Bikinihaus is a Wilhelm Memorial Church, and most frequented and well- atmosphere and it is considered to combination of boutiques and surrounding area. known shopping areas of Berlin. be one of the “must see” places. gastronomic shops. Moreover, There are many shops between it enables well-known brands to Friedrichstraße train station and launch new products in modular www.bikiniberlin.de the boulevard Unter den Linden. “pop-up boxes”. Apart from the Budapester Str. 38-50 You can fi nd international designer shopping stores, the restaurants, 10787 Berlin clothing, books, CDs, vinyl records, Friedrichstraße the “pop up boxes”, and the Shops Monday – Saturday restaurants, and theatres here. You 10117 Berlin exhibitions, you can also enjoy the 10:00-20:00 can also visit the famous French www.friedrichstrasse.de view from the green rooftop Rooftop terrace daily 9:00-22:00 branch of Galeries Lafayette. 10:00-20:00, see single stores

Take the bus 200 ( Zoologischer Garten) and go to Breitscheidplatz. The bus stops in front of Bikini Berlin. Walk down Leipziger Straße until you reach Fiedrichstraße.

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Kurfürstendamm KaDeWe

department store Kurfürstendamm – or Ku’damm as KaDeWe. There are also a variety KaDeWe (), it is called frequently – is a shopping of bars and restaurants to recover Department Store of the West, street, almost 5 kilometres long from your extensive shopping. is a luxurious department store (together with its extension located in Tauentzienstraße. It is Tauentzienstraße). For many 60,000 m² in size with six fl oors years, shopping and cafés in this full of high-quality designer boulevard have been a pleasure clothing, household goods, and for locals and tourists. In this area, www.kurfuerstendamm.de many services. The KaDeWe you can fi nd international fashion Kurfürstendamm is also famous for the gourmet www.kadewe.de clothing stores, sport brands, and 10707 Berlin department on the sixth fl oor, Tauentzienstraße 21 shoe stores, including the famous 10:00-20:00, see single stores where you can fi nd food products 10789 Berlin and cafés and there is a restaurant Monday – Friday 10:00-20:00 area on the seventh fl oor. Saturday 9:30-20:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt Mariendorf) and get off at Hallesches Tor. Change to metro U1 ( Uhlandstraße) and go to Kurfürstendamm. Take metro U2 ( Ruhleben) and go to Wittenberplatz.

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Hackesche Höfe Il Casolare

unifi cation of Berlin young people usually the courtyard complex gather to talk, drink, has become a symbol eat and play different of the „vibrant Berlin“. kinds of instruments. The history of this Il Casolare offers quarter starts in the Italian vibes, a busy 19th century, when atmosphere and Jewish immigrants lovely food including gave a cosmopolitan vegetarian dishes. atmosphere to it, that The price of a pizza is still remains. So, enjoy approximately €12- the bohemian side of €20. After this really Hackesche Höfe is a quite vivid Berlin while sitting in one of the Il Casolare is an Italian restaurant tasty Italian meal, a walk along colourful place of Berlin where bars or visit sights worth seeing, and pizzeria with good reviews, the canal to get an impression of you can fi nd entertainment, bars, such as the Church of St. Sophia, amazing pizzas and daily pasta Kreuzberg is highly recommended. restaurants, work offi ces and the former imperial post offi ce, offers. Situated near the canal in art galleries. It is in the centre of St. Hedwig’s Hospital, the New Kreuzberg in a very popular area, www.facebook.com the district Mitte distinctly and Synagogue and the Tacheles. the restaurant is usually crowded  Il Casalore visibly by its interesting nouveau with locals but has a great outdoor Grimmstraße 30 architecture. It consists of eight terrace. It is located opposite the 10967 Berlin courtyards accessible through www.hackesche-hoefe.de bridge Admiralsbrücke, where y 12:00-0:00 the main arched entrance at Rosenthaler Str. 40-41 Rosenthaler Straße. After the 10178 Berlin

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and go to Hallesches Tor. Change Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Friedrichstraße. Change to to metro U1 ( Warschauer Straße) and get off at Kottbusser Tor. Walk S 75 ( Wartenberg) or S5 ( Strausberg Nord) and get off at Hackescher down Admiralstraße. Cross the bridge Admiralsbrücke, the restaurant is Markt. Cross the square Hackescher Markt and go to Rosenthaler Straße. on your left-hand side.

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Freischwimmer and Umami

Club der Visionäre most beautiful places you can fi nd, with include Ipse (outdoors, great food to boot. relaxed), Birgit & Bier With chopsticks for (beergarden meets experienced foodies or playground meets forks and spoons for party place) and the ones still working Arena (indoors, more on their skills, you can alternative). Just have a nice lunch or around the corner, you dinner in this promising fi nd the Badeschiff, an place. The average outdoor pool fl oating price for a meal is €11- in the river Spree. Umami is a stylish, creatively €20. If you choose to sit outside, On a tiny island, right where decorated restaurant that serves you will have a nice view in the the Landwehr Canal meets the homemade Indochinese food. They Watertower. river Spree, you will fi nd a dense www.freischwimmer-berlin.com have plenty of dishes and a lot of concentration of bars and clubs www.clubdervisionaere.com non-meat food, such as seafood and www. pberg.umami-restaurant.de – creating a little microcosmos of At and around colourful vegetarian dishes. If you Knaackstraße 16 entertainment at and on the water. Vor dem Schlesischen Tor 2a are into Asian cuisine, Prenzlauer 10405 Berlin Good food can be had at fl oating 10997 Berlin Berg-based Umami is one of the 12:00-23:00 restaurant Freischwimmer, or relax Freischwimmer from 12:00, Club with a drink in a beach chair at Club der Visionäre from 15:00, others der Visionäre, a cosy club with open later in the evening and are world class DJs. Other clubs here open until the next morning.

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and go to U Hallesches Tor. Change  to metro U1 ( Warschauer Straße) and go to Schlesisches Tor. Walk on Take metro U2 ( Pankow) and go to Senefelderplatz. Take Schönhauser Schlesische Straße in the direction Treptower Park. Freischwimmer and Allee and turn left into Metzer Straße. Take Kollwitzstraße at your left Club der Visionäre is on the left after crossing the canal. and follow it for 400 metres. Turn right into Knaackstraße.  ⏱ 25 min  42 ⏱ 20 min 43 33 Places to See , Places to Be

Eschenbräu Ständige Vertretung

beer can only contain Mission” which water, hops and barley was the name of (and for specialty the institutions beers, yeast and performing the duties wheat). Eschenbräu of an embassy when is one of the best in the establishment of town – hidden in a a “real” embassy was courtyard in up-and- not possible in West coming Wedding, and . After this basement hall is the reunifi cation of popular with students Germany, the capital and staff from the city was relocated As much as Berliners like to have nearby University. Every three At the Ständige Vertretung people from Bonn to Berlin as the offi cial a beer, the city is not known for weeks, a new beer is on tap, which from politics, business, cultural capital city. StäV is considered its great breweries – leave that to you can enjoy with a Brezel or life, and many people from all over to have a “political gastronomy” the Bavarians. Still, a new wave traditional Flammkuchen (a crispy the world meet. There is outdoor that provided Berliners a “new of young brewers have started fl atbread with different toppings). seating along the river and a small gastronomic culture” while at the to experiment with new recipes, amount of seating inside and at the same time it offers a feeling of back and Berlin is very much Europe’s bar. With a good atmosphere and home to those who had to move center of craft beer brewing. www.eschenbraeu.de tasty food on the banks of the Spree from Bonn to Berlin. These new brewers are creatively Triftstraße 67 river, this restaurant is a well-known reinterpreting the Reinheitsgebot – 13353 Berlin and recommended place. The ave- a 500 year old law that stipulates 17:00 until the last guest leaves rage price is €11-€20. The name www.staev.de “Ständige Vertretung” (StäV) Schiffbauerdamm 8 has a very interesting political 10117 Berlin background. It means “Permanent Daily from 10:30-1:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at U Leopoldplatz. Walk down Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Friedrichstraße. To get to Luxemburger Straße, turn left on Genter Straße that leads to Triftstraße. Schiffbauerdamm 3, you need to cross the pedestrian bridge.

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Ankerklause Brauhaus Georgbräu

really convey the Berlin feeling. When the weather allows it, the outdoor tables with a view to the river are highly recommended in this beautiful area. Enjoy their tasty meal special offers and a freshly tapped home- brewed beer next to Ankerklause is a nice little bar in Brauhaus Georgbräu is a great the river. The average price for a Kreuzkölln (the area where the pub with home-brewed beer, plate is €11-€20. districts Neukölln and Kreuzberg regional meals, and friendly service. meet) located at the waterside They have been producing beer, www. brauhaus-georgbraeu.de of the Landwehr Canal. Its ship according to their own home- Spreeufer 4 interior design makes it really cozy. recipe, since 1992. They have eight 10178 Berlin You can also sit outside, above the www.ankerklause.de individually designed rooms that 12:00-0:00 water or in a little beer garden. Kottbusser Damm 104 You can enjoy drinks and nice food 10967 Berlin with a great view on the canal. The 10:00-4:00 average price for a meal is €11-€20. Monday 16:00-4:00

Take the U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and get off at Hallesches Tor. Change to metro U1 ( Warschauer Straße) and get off at Kottbusser Tor. Take Take the bus M48 ( Alexanderplatz) at U Stadtmitte and go to Kottbusser Damm and walk down until you reach the bridge. . Cross the bridge and turn left on Spreeweg.

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Shiso Burger Clärchens Ballhaus

salad, and a delicious the decorations have aioli-like mayo puts not changed in the this restaurant a last 60 years – and scale up and clearly fall in love with its distinguishes it from excellent pizza or the average burger German dishes, enjoy places. The average a classical concert, price for a meal is or try your chance at between €11-€12. swing, tango, or salsa The restaurant is dancing. In the streets located in the heart of around Clärchens the city, near metro Ballhaus, you can visit Shiso Burger is our favourite station Rosenthaler Platz. This Clärchens Ballhaus is a quite art galleries, have a coffee in one burger place. It became famous area is also excellent for visiting art unique place in the artsy neighbour- of the many cafés, and retrace the over time and is considered a galleries or exclusive fashion shops. hood around Auguststraße. This Jewish . “must-try”. With sweet potato run-down dance hall features fries and Asian Fusion burgers, this www. shisoburger.de regular dance classes for all ages, www.ballhaus.de restaurant deserves to be on your Auguststraße 29c a peaceful garden and a beautiful, Auguststraße 24 list. Chili lemon burgers on soft 10119 Berlin burnt-out mirror chamber. Come 10117 Berlin Japanese-style buns, citrus 12:00-0:00 for its wonderful atmosphere – 11:00 until the last guest leaves

 Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Oranienburger Tor. Take Take metro U6 ( Alt-Tegel) and get off at Oranienburger Tor. Take Oranienburger Straße and turn left into Auguststraße. Oranienburger Straße and turn left into Auguststraße. 48  49 ⏱ 15 min  ⏱ 15 min Places to See , Places to Be

Klunkerkranich Lucky Leek

service and great regional wines. The ever-changing 5 course menu with wine accompaniment is a magnifi cent way to spend an evening and giving all your senses a treat. Smaller meals are possible as well. Afterwards, explore the cosy Right in the middle of hip, multi- Lucky Leek is probably one of the streets of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin’s cultural Neukölln, Klunkerkranich, best vegan-vegetarian restaurants neighbourhood for young families. this hidden rooftop bar and garden in Germany, recommended not just is popular with locals and visitors for people who do not eat meat! www. lucky-leek.com alike. You can enjoy simple, tasty This classy place by award-winning Kollwitzstraße 54 food and have a drink in the sun chef Josita Hartanto will surprise 10405 Berlin while looking over Berlin’s roofs. In www.klunkerkranich.org you with wonderful, experimental Wednesday–Sunday the evening, DJ’s turn the place into Karl-Marx-Straße 66 dishes, new tastes, excellent 18:00–22:00 a friendly in- and outdoors club. upper parking deck A small entry fee is charged in the 12043 Berlin evenings. Expect to queue. 10:00-2:00

Take metro U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and go to U Mehringdamm. Change to metro U7 ( Rudow) and get off at U Rathaus Neukölln. To fi nd the bar, enter the shopping centre by the side entrance next to the yellow post Take metro U2 ( Pankow) and get off at Senefelderplatz. Take Schön- boxes on Karl-Marx-Straße. Take the elevator to the top fl oor, then cross hauser Allee and turn left into Metzer Straße. Take Kollwitzstraße at your the indoor parking space and go up the car ramp. left. After 300 metres, the restaurant is on your right.

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Kosmetiksalon Babette Curry 36

The magnifi cent to get a Currywurst is building, made largely Curry 36 in the heart out of glass, is a great of Kreuz berg. Berlin’s example of German other national dish socialist architecture. – the Döner Kebab – If that has whet your can be enjoyed right appetite for more next to it at Mustafa’s interesting buildings, Gemüsekebab (meat- take a walk around and vegetable-stuffed Karl-Marx-Allee. bread). But be aware, This carefully planned, it is a place guaranteed monumental street to have a huge, well- Situated on the imposing Karl-Marx- is lined with socialist-classicist If Berlin had a national dish, it would deserved queue at any time of day Allee, Kosmetiksalon Babette is a living blocks covered in tiles, as be Currywurst. Not to be confused or night. Prices for the street food funky bar with great drinks, housed well as more modern cinema and with what you might associate with are around €3-€4. in an old beauty salon. restaurant buildings. “curry”, Currywurst is grilled sausage, chopped up and served with a spicy www.curry36.de www.barbabette.com sauce – invented in 1946 by Berlin- Mehringdamm 36 Karl-Marx-Allee 36 Charlottenburg street food vendor 10961 Berlin 10178 Berlin Herta Heuer. The most typical place 9:00-5:00 18:00 until the last guest leaves

Take metro U2 ( Pankow) and go to Alexanderplatz. Change to metro ( Hönow) and get off at U Schillingstraße. Take the metro U6 ( Alt-Mariendorf) and get off at U Mehringdamm.

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Cafeteria TU Skyline Kaffee Burger

The TU Skyline is a cafeteria run by One of the older clubs in Berlin, the student union Berlin. Located Kaffee Burger’s interior dates from in one of the highest buildings in way before the Wall was torn down. Charlottenburg you can enjoy a It has always been a popular spot 360° view over the Western part of for artists, actors, and academics Berlin without paying any entrance and even now retains its reputation fee, enjoying a good coffee for for great music, interesting debates, less than €2. The cafeteria offers a and random happenings. Kaffee variety of snacks and non-alcoholic www.studentenwerk-berlin.de Burger has live music on many drinks. Just go to the Technical  Campus Catering nights – from indie and rock to www.kaffeeburger.de University tower with the Telekom Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7 more obscure, eclectic genres – and Torstraße 60 sign on top and go up to the 20th 10587 Berlin stays open all through the night, 10119 Berlin fl oor. Enjoy the view! Monday to Friday 7:30-16:30 every night. Daily 22:00-5:00

Take metro U2 ( Ruhleben) and get off at Ernst-Reuter-Platz. The Take metro U2 ( Pankow) and go to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. Kaffee cafeteria is in the TU-tower with the Telekom sign right at the square. Burger is at the cross-road Schönhauser Allee/Torstraße.

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