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NEED TO KNOW
Tickets
It's always advisable to buy tickets in advance, but essential in the case of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, the Staatsoper and big-name concerts.
Credit-card bookings by telephone, or online through a venue's box office, are fairly
common but usually come with a small service charge. Some places only take reserva-
tions, requiring you to pick up tickets before the show.
Ticket agencies
(Theaterkasse)
may still have tickets when the theatre's own contingent
is sold out. These are commonly found in shopping malls. Service fees can be hefty.
The main online agency is
Eventim
(
www.eventim.de
)
.
Hekticket sells left-over tickets for same-day performances at half price between 2pm
030-230 9930;
www.hekticket.de
;
Hardenbergstrasse 29d, Foyer of
Deutsche Bank;
10am-8pm Mon-Sat, 2-6pm Sun;
Zoologischer Garten,
Zoolo-
www.hekticket.de
;
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 13, next to Berlin-Carree;
noon-8pm
Mon-Sat;
Alexanderplatz,
Alexanderplatz) (cash only).
Some theatres sell unsold tickets at a discount 30 minutes or an hour before curtain.
Some restrict this to students.
It's fine to buy spare tickets from other theatregoers, though you might want to make
sure they're legit (eg by showing them to an usher or the box-office clerk) before fork-
ing over any cash.
1313;
www.koka36.de
;
Oranienstrasse 29; 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat;
Kottbusser Tor) in Kreuzberg. Takes orders from out-of-country.
Classical-music aficionados under 30 can get cheaper tickets by buying the
Clas-
sicCard
(
www.classiccard.de
)
.
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