Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Top Tip
For cruising on the cheap, catch the ferry from Wannsee to Kladow using just a normal pub-
lic transport ticket (€2.60).
Getting There & Away
S-Bahn
S1 or S7 from central Berlin to Wannsee, then walk or bus depending on where
you're headed.
Need to Know
Area Code 030
Location
25km southwest of central Berlin
SIGHTS
MEMORIAL SITE
GEDENKSTÄTTE HAUS DER WANNSEE-KONFERENZ
(
030-805 0010;
www.ghwk.de
; Am Grossen Wannsee 56-58;
10am-6pm;
Wannsee, then bus
114)
In January 1942 a group of 15 high-ranking Nazi officials met in a stately villa near Lake
Wannsee to hammer out the details of the 'Final Solution': the systematic deportation and
murder of European Jews in Eastern Europe. Today, the same building houses a memorial
exhibit and an education centre about this sinister meeting and its ramifications. You can
stand in the room where discussions took place, study the minutes of the meeting (taken by
Adolf Eichmann) and look at photographs of those involved, many of whom lived to ripe
old age.
The site is about 2.5km northwest of Wannsee S-Bahn station and served from there by
bus 114 several times hourly.
OUTDOORS
PFAUENINSEL
( 030-8058 6830;
www.spsg.de
;
Nikolskoer Weg; adult/concession ferry €3/2.50, palace €3/2.50,
Meierei €2/1.50; ferry 9am-8pm May-Aug, shorter hours Sep-Apr; palace 10am-4.30pm Tue-Sun Apr-
Oct; Meierei 10am-5.30pm Sat & Sun Apr-Oct; Wannsee, then bus 218)
Back to nature was the dictum in the 18th century, so Friedrich Wilhelm II had this little is-
land turned into an idyllic playground, perfect for retreating from state affairs and for frol-
