Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Flughafen Tegel
Centre
The ICE to Berlin
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Three typical road signs
Arriving in Berlin
Flughafen Tegel
Berlin's largest airport
is situated a mere 8 km
(5 miles) to the north-
west of the city centre.
Though it is a relatively
small airport, Lufthansa,
Deutsche BA, British
Airways, KLM, Air
France, Iberia and Alitalia
and others all operate
direct flights here. There
are no intercontinental
flights to Berlin. A taxi
from the airport to
Ku'damm costs around
€13 and takes about
20-30 minutes (depending
on traffic). Less expensive
and nearly as fast is the
journey by bus - Nos X09
or 109 (about €2.10) stop
everywhere in the centre.
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Airport information:
(01805) 00 01 86
Bahnhof
Lichtenberg
Trains from Southern and
Eastern Europe arrive at
this station, and many
through trains from the
West stop here, too. This
is the best place to arrive
if your final destination is
in the eastern part of the
city. d
Weitlingstr. 22
•
(01805) 99 66 33
Zentraler Omni-
busbahnhof (ZOB)
The coach station near
Funkturm in Charlotten-
burg offers fast and inex-
pensive coach connec-
tions to all German and
European cities. d
Masurenallee 4-6
•
Map A4
•
(030) 302 53 61
Motorways
If you're travelling to
Berlin by car, you will
have to get there via
Berliner Stadtring, an
orbital motorway around
the city. From the north
you will reach the city
motorway on the A111
motorway via Stolpe in
the direction of Auto-
bahndreieck Funkturm;
from the south you will
reach the centre on the
A115 - the famous Avus
motorway.
Flughafen Tempelhof take
U-Bahn line U6 from Platz
der Luftbrücke station or
bus No. 119 to Ku'damm.
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Airport information:
(01805) 00 01 86
Airlines
Lufthansa has an
office downtown on
Ku'damm, while other
airlines like Deutsche BA
have ticket offices at Tegel
airport.
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Lufthansa: Kur-
fürstendamm 21 (Neues
Kranzler-Eck)
•
Map P4
•
10am-7pm Mon-Fri,
10am-4pm Sat
•
(030) 88
75 38 00
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Deutsche BA: Flughafen
Tegel
•
(01805) 35 93 22
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8am-8pm Mon-Fri,
9am-6pm Sat, Sun
Bahnhof Zoo-
logischer Garten
Most long-distance trains
from Germany and West-
ern Europe arrive at
Bahnhof Zoo in the west-
ern part of the centre.
There are excellent con-
nections from this station
to other parts of town by
S- and U-Bahn, and taxis
are always waiting at the
taxi ranks outside the
station.
Hardenbergplatz
•
Map N4
•
(01805) 99 66 33
Ostbahnhof
Ostbahnhof is the
point of arrival from
Eastern Germany or
Eastern Europe. S-Bahn
lines S5 and S7 will take
visitors straight to the
main Bahnhof Zoo
station. d
Straße der
Pariser Kommune
•
(01805) 99 66 33
Flughafen
Schönefeld
Located approximately 20
km (12 miles) southeast
of Berlin, in Brandenburg
province, this airport is
served by charter and
East European airlines.
S-Bahn lines S9 or S45
will take you directly to
the city centre. A taxi trip
from Schönefeld is not
recommended because it
is too far out of town.
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Airport information:
(01805) 00 01 86
By Car
The speed limit on
the orbital Berliner Ring
is mostly 100 km/h (62.5
miles per hour); on the
urban motorways in
Berlin you are limited to
80-100 km/h (50-62.5
miles per hour). There are
frequent radar checks.
Flughafen
Tempelhof
The small historic city
airport south of Kreuz-
berg provides regional
connections to medium-
sized German towns and
to Scandinavia. From
Berlin's airports:
www.berlin-airport.de
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