Tickets for public transportation in Berlin are relatively cheap but for the best savings buy special discount travel passes or cards for bus, tram, and train rides. Tickets for Berlin’s excellent public transportation system may be bought on buses or from vending machines when using trams or trains (S-Bahn and U-Bahn). Mobile tickets are also … Read more
Free advance online reservations are the best way to see the Reichstag parliament building and visit the cupola dome in Berlin, or book a guided tour. Time-slot tickets and official identification are essential for all visitors. The cupola on the Reichstag building in Berlin is the second most popular sight in Germany. It is no … Read more
In 2021, the Berlin State Museums will host special temporary art exhibitions in addition to the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Humboldt Forum. The cultural highlights in Berlin in 2021 are the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its vast collection of twentieth-century art and the opening of the Ethnological and Asian Art … Read more
The Berlin Designer Outlet mall is a factory stores shopping center by McArthur Glen on the B5 just outside Berlin. The Designer Outlet Berlin shopping mall is a typical factory stores village operated by MacArthur Glen just to the north of Berlin. Around 90 designer fashion brands offer bargains and savings deal in their own … Read more
Cheap flights on low-cost airlines allow for low-priced tickets when flying from London, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Belfast, Liverpool, Bristol, Dublin, Cork to airports in Berlin. Low-Cost Airlines Flying from London, Britain, Ireland to TXL and SXF in Germany Cheap flights on low-cost airlines allow for low-priced tickets when flying from London, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Belfast, … Read more
Use Eurostar, Thalys, ICE and Night Sleeper Trains from England to Germany Fewer cheap tickets on low-cost airlines flights from England to Germany allow trains (Eurostar, Thalys TGV, ICE, CNL City Night Sleeper) and buses to compete even on London to Berlin route. Trains and buses are clearly slower than flying when traveling between London … Read more
Remains of the Berlin Wall within easy access of the city center are near Potsdamer Platz, at the East Side Gallery, and in Bernauer Straße with documentation center. Very little remains of the once 106 km (64 mile) long Berlin Wall that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. After the collapse of the Communist … Read more
The Mall of Berlin on Leipziger Straße 12 near Potsdamer Platz is the largest shopping center in Berlin. The 270 shops here have long opening hours. The variety of stores including fashion, electronics, housewares, souvenirs, toys, as well as a range of coffee shops, restaurants, and fast-food outlets making it a convenient one-stop location for … Read more
The Tränenpalast at the Friedrichstraße S-Bahn train station was the main departure point for travelers from the former East Germany to West Berlin. During the Cold War, travelers crossed the border here rather than at the far more famous Checkpoint Charlie. A free museum in the Tränenpalast – literally Palace of Tears – explains the … Read more
The Topographie des Terrors is a free documentation center, memorial and museum in Berlin on the regime of official state terror during the Nazi period. The permanent exhibitions focus on the period 1933 to 1945 when the headquarters of the Gestapo and SS were located here. The longest surviving piece of the Berlin Wall is … Read more