Special opening hours are in place for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (state museums) for early 2021. Free timeslot reservations are essential for all museums. Note: All Berlin State Museums are currently closed! Almost all of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (national museums and galleries) are due to reopen in early 2021 but with special arrangements that require … [Read more...]
Online Reservations for the Reichstag Dome in Berlin
Free advance online reservations are the best way to see the Reichstag parliament building and cupola in Berlin. Prior reservations and official identification are essential for all visitors. The cupola on the Reichstag building in Berlin is the second most popular sight in Germany. Queuing for tickets is no longer necessary, or indeed possible, for free admission to the … [Read more...]
Visit the Best Christmas Markets in Berlin
The best Christmas markets in Berlin, Germany, are at Gendarmenmarkt, Opernpalais, Rotes Rathaus, and the Gedächtniskirche. Many are open on Christmas day and a few continue into early January. In 2020, many Christmas markets in Berlin intend to open but none will be allowed to function before 1 December 2020. Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) are very popular in … [Read more...]
Visit Museums in the Humboldt Forum in the Berliner Schloss
The museums and exhibitions in the Humboldt Forum in the reconstructed Berlin Schloss will open for visits in phases from December 2020. The Humboldt Forum in the rebuilt Berlin Palace will finally open to visitors on 17 December 2020. However, museums and exhibitions will open in phases with the Ethnological and Asian Art museums only opening from September 2021. The … [Read more...]
List of Top Ten Best Christmas Markets to Visit in Germany
The list of the top ten best Christmas markets (Weihnachstsmärkte / Christkindlesmarkt) to visit in Germany include Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Lübeck, Leipzig, Rothenburg, Cologne, and Dortmund. A selection of the top ten best Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) to visit in Germany is not easy. Every town in Germany seems to have a Christmas market in … [Read more...]
R301 Transportation to Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL)
Cheap and Fast Jet Express Bus TXL and X9 to Flughafen Tegel Public transportation is the cheapest and fastest way to Flughafen Berlin-Tegel Airport with JetExpressBus TXL, X9 and 109 running from Mitte, Hauptbahnhof, and Zoologischer Garten areas. NOTE: Berlin Brandenburg International Willy Brandt Airport (BER) will replace Berlin Tegel (TXL) and Berlin … [Read more...]
R301 Cheap Public Transportation to Berlin Airports
Buses and Trains to Flughafen Tegel (TXL) and Schönefeld (SXF), Germany Buses and trains provide cheap and fast transportation from downtown Berlin (Mitte, Zoo, Hauptbahnhof) to Flughafen Tegel (TXL) or Schönefeld (SXF) airport. Public transportation is the easiest, cheapest, and often fastest way to reach Berlin's two airports: Tegel (TXL) and Schönefeld (SXF). Buses … [Read more...]
Save with the Berlin Welcome or City Tour Cards
Buy the Berlin Welcome Card and City Tour discount passes for big savings and cheap deals on transportation fares, sightseeing, culture, entertainment, and restaurants. Visitors to Berlin can save on public transportation tickets, admission fees to popular sights, restaurants, culture, and entertainment by using the Berlin Welcome Card or the Berlin City Tour Card. These … [Read more...]
Buy the Berlin Welcome Card All-Inclusive to Save on Sightseeing Tickets
Get free admission tickets and big savings on top attractions, museums, shopping and tours with the Berlin Welcome Card All Inclusive. The Berlin Welcome Card All Inclusive gives free admission to 33 top sights and attractions in Berlin and discounts to a number of further museums, tours, attractions, concerts, restaurants, shopping, adventures, palaces and tourist sites … [Read more...]
Top Temporary Exhibitions in Berlin’s State Museums in 2020
In 2020, the state museums in Berlin will arrange several special exhibitions to enhance its vast permanent art, historical and cultural collections. The top temporary cultural exhibitions in Berlin in 2020 will include a fresh look at the Germanic tribes in the Rhine region and an examination of the influence of the Late Gothic on the birth of modernity. Numerous further … [Read more...]
Top Temporary Exhibitions on Berlin’s Museum Island in 2020
A critical look at Germanic tribes is the most-interesting temporary exhibition on Berlin’s Museum Island in 2020, although the opening of the Humboldt Forum will be the cultural highlight of the year. The opening of the Humboldt Forum with museums from the Asian Art and Ethnological collection is the main cultural event on Berlin’s Museum Island (Museumsinsel) in … [Read more...]
Top Art Exhibitions in Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof in 2020
Special exhibitions in Berlin’s Contemporary Art Museum include artists Katharina Grosse, Michael Schmidt and Pauline Curnier Jardin in addition to the museum's own extensive collection. In 2020, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin will host a variety of temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. The main exhibition — Magical Soup — draw mostly on works from … [Read more...]