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ARRIVING IN BERLIN
Most visitors arrive in Berlin by air. Since the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport
has been delayed indefinitely, flights continue to land at the city's Tegel and Schönefeld air-
ports.
Lufthansa and practically all other major European airlines and low-cost carriers (including
easyJet, Ryanair and Germanwings) operate direct flights to Berlin from throughout Europe.
There are a few direct flights from US gateway cities such as Miami and New York, but nor-
mally travel from outside Europe involves a change of planes in another European city such
as Frankfurt or Amsterdam.
Depending on your departure point, travel to Berlin by train or bus is a viable alternative.
Coming from London, for instance, you could be in Berlin in as little as nine hours by taking a
combination of the Eurostar and German high-speed trains.
Flights, cars and tours can be booked online at lonelyplanet.com.
Tegel Airport
AIRPORT
Tegel Airport
(TXL; GOOGLE MAP ;
030-6091 1150; www.berlin-airport.de )
Is in the northwestern suburb of Tegel, about 8km northwest of Bahnhof Zoo and 13km
northwest of Alexanderplatz. It is only served directly by bus. Buy tickets from official
transport staff, vending machines at the bus stop or directly from the bus driver (change giv-
en).
Bus
The TXL express bus connects Tegel to Alexanderplatz (€2.60, Tariff AB; 40 minutes) via
Hauptbahnhof (central train station) and Unter den Linden every 10 minutes.
For the City West around Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten take bus X9 (€2.60, Tariff AB; 20
minutes), which also runs at 10-minute intervals.
Bus 109 heads to U-/S-Bahn station Zoologischer Garten and is slower and useful only if
you're headed somewhere along Kurfürstendamm (€2.60, Tariff AB; 20 to 30 minutes).
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