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starkfacesofherart.Thissmallyetfinecollection(theonlyoneintownofKollwitz'swork)
consistsofthreefloorsofcharcoal drawings,toppedbyanattic withahandfulofsculptures.
Cost and Hours:
€6, €1 pamphlet has necessary English explanations of a few major
works, daily 11:00-18:00, a block off Ku'damm at Fasanenstrasse 24, U-Bahn: Uhland-
strasse, tel. 030/882-5210,
www.kaethe-kollwitz.de
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Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe)
The “Department Store of the West” has been a Berlin tradition for more than a century.
With a staff of 2,100 to help you sort through its vast selection of 380,000 items, KaDeWe
claims to be the biggest department store on the Continent. You can get everything from a
haircut and train ticket (third floor) to souvenirs (fourth floor). The theater and concert box
office on the sixth floor charges an 18 percent booking fee, but they know all your options
(cash only). The sixth floor is a world of gourmet taste treats. The biggest selection of deli
and exotic food in Germany offers plenty of classy opportunities to sit down and eat. Ride
the glass elevator to the seventh floor's glass-domed Winter Garden, a self-service cafeter-
ia—fun but pricey.
Hours:
Mon-Thu 10:00-20:00, Fri 10:00-21:00, Sat 9:30-20:00, closed Sun, S-Bahn:
Zoologischer Garten or U-Bahn: Wittenbergplatz, tel. 030/21210,
www.kadewe.de
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Nearby:
The Wittenbergplatz U-Bahn station (in front of KaDeWe) is a unique oppor-
tunity to see an old-time station. Enjoy its interior with classic advertisements still decorat-
ing its venerable walls.
Berlin Zoo (Zoologischer Garten Berlin)
More than 1,500 different kinds of animals call Berlin's famous zoo home...or so the zoo-
keepersliketothink.Thebighithereisthelonelypandabear(straightinfromtheentrance).
Cost and Hours:
€13 for zoo, €13 for world-class aquarium, €20 for both, kids half-
price, daily 9:00-18:00, aquarium closes 30 minutes earlier; feeding times—
Fütterung-
szeiten
—posted just inside entrance, the best feeding show is the sea lions—generally at
15:15; enter near Europa Center in front of Hotel Palace or opposite Bahnhof Zoo on
Hardenbergplatz, Budapester Strasse 34, tel. 030/254-010,
www.zoo-berlin.de
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