Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A Day in Berlin's
Green Southeast
Morning
Begin your tour of Berlin's
Southeast at Alexander-
platz, from where you
can take the S-Bahn to
the various sights, which
are not always near each
other.
First, take S-Bahn line S3
to Karlshorst, where you
can visit the
Deutsch-
Russisches Museum
(see
p145)
. From here it is not
far to the
Stasi-Museum
Normannenstraße
(see
p145)
- return to S-Bahn
station Ostkreuz, then
take S-Bahn line S4 and
U-Bahn line U5 to Magda-
lenenstraße. After visiting
all these museums you
could recover outdoors.
Take U-Bahn line U5 to
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
,
where you can visit both
the zoological garden and
Friedrichsfelde Palace.
Aviary in Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
Hoffmann. It is decorated with
106 richly ornamented figures
from popular fairy tales.
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Am Friedrichshain
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Map H2
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
This small zoological garden
is situated in the middle of a
beautiful park next to Friedrichs-
felde Palace. The animal park is
particularly worth visiting for the
lions and Siberian tigers, which
are kept in rocky outdoor enclos-
ures. The elephant house, too,
attracts many visitors. Matibi, a
baby elephant, is the star among
the pachyderms.
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Am Tierpark 125
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Apr-Oct: 9am-7pm
daily; Nov-Mar: 9am till sunset daily
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(030) 51 53 10
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Admission charge
Afternoon
For the afternoon make an
excursion to Köpenick.
Take S-Bahn line S3 to
Köpenick, and enjoy a
typically German meal in
the
Ratskeller
(see p149)
,
the town hall cellar.
Afterwards explore
Köpenick Old Town
.
The
centre of the old fishing
village is especially worth
a visit. There are many
cafés near
Köpenicker
Schloss
(see p145)
,
where you could stop for
a coffee and a piece of
cake, for example
Café
Kietz
(see p148)
. Continue
your journey by S-Bahn to
Friedrichshagen, the
access point for
Großer
Müggelsee.
From here
take one of the tourist
boats to the restaurant
Müggelseeperle,
where
you can round off the day
with a tasty evening meal.
Gedenkstätte
Hohenschönhausen
This former secret police prison
for “political” prisoners was in
use until 1990. Before 1951, it
served as a reception centre for
the Red Army. On a guided tour,
you can visit the watchtowers
and the cells - particularly horri-
fying are the so-called “sub-
marine cells , rooms without
windows used for solitary con-
finement, where inmates were
interrogated and tortured.
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Genslerstr. 66
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Guided tours 11am
and 1pm daily and by prior arrangement
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(030) 98 60 82 30
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