Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Gourmet two-course dinner with wine €70
Cab ride €20
Cabaret ticket €50-80
Advance Planning
Two to three months
Book tickets for the Berliner Philharmonie, the Staatsoper, Sammlung
Boros and top-flight events.
Up to one month
Book online tickets for the Reichstag dome, the Neues Museum and the
Pergamonmuseum.
Up to two weeks
Reserve a table at trendy restaurants, especially for weekend dinners.
Useful Websites
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com
) Destination information, hotel bookings, traveller for-
um and more.
Visit Berlin
(
www.visitberlin.de
) Official tourist authority info.
Museumsportal
(
www.museumsportal-berlin.de
)
Gateway to the city's museums.
Resident Advisor
(
www.residentadvisor.net
) Guide to parties and clubbing.
Exberliner
(
www.exberliner.com
) Expat-geared monthly English-language Berlin culture
magazine.
Arriving in Berlin
Tegel Airport
TXL express bus to Alexanderplatz (40 minutes) and bus X9 for City West (eg
Kurfürstendamm 20 minutes) €2.60; taxi €20-25.
Schönefeld Airport
Airport-Express trains (RB14 or RE7) to central Berlin twice hourly (20
to 30 minutes) and S9 train every 20 minutes for Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg €3.20;
taxi €40.
Hauptbahnhof
Main train station in the city centre and served by S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram, bus
and taxi.
Zentraler Omnibus Bahnhof
(ZOB) The central bus station is on the western city edge. U-
Bahn U2 to city centre (eg Bahnhof Zoo 8 minutes, Alexanderplatz 28 minutes) €2.60; taxi
€18.
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