Berlin Mitte/ Center, Berlin

Berlin-Mitte is a district of the Mitte district. Other districts of the Mitte district are: Tiergarten and Hansaviertel, Moabit, Wedding and Gesundbrunnen.

In Berlin's usage, “Mitte” is still referred to today's Berlin-Mitte district, which comprises most of the city's historical center. The district was enlarged around the districts of Tiergarten, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Wedding and Gesundbrunnen in 2001. Important sights can also be found in Tiergarten.

In the Mitte district is the Brandenburg Gate with Pariser Platz and Berlin's boulevard Unter den Linden, the Museum Island, the Gendarmenmarkt, the "Alex" and the Potsdamer Platz traffic junction. The area Potsdamer Platz with the Sony Center, on the other hand, is already in the Tiergarten district, also the Reichstag. The government district runs across both districts.

History · On today's Spreinsel, on which the former city palace and the former palace of the Republic were stood, in the northern part the museum island with its world -famous museums was founded in 1237 Cölln and on the right of Spree 1244 Berlin. From here the double town of Berlin-Cölln increased. It was not until 1710 that Berlin, Cölln, Friedrichswerder, Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt were merged into the royal main and residence city of Berlin. The new Zoll and Akzisemauer was built between 1734 and 1737 and surrounded Pariser Platz with the Brandenburg Gate, the Leipziger Platz with the Potsdam goal, the Hallesche, Kottbuser and Silesian goal (Kreuzberg district), the Frankfurter Tor (Friedrichshain) and north The Torstraße with Rosenthaler Platz and Robert-Koch-Platz. Behind the Brandenburg Gate was the elector's hunting ground, from which the zoo later emerged. But even in front of these goals, the surrounding villages emerged rapidly at the end of the 19th century, rapidly growing wealthy cities such as Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf and Schöneberg.

GDR time · The old district in the eastern part of the city was separated from West Berlin until 1990. The government district of the GDR was also located here. 3/4 of the district were surrounded by the GDR from 1961. The S-Bahnen on the light rail ended at Friedrichstrasse train station, from east of the S-Bahn station, from West Berlin on the long-distance station. Long -distance trains had longer stays on the train due to the border control. West Berliners were able to change from the upper train station to the underground S-Bahn station of the North-South S-Bahn and to the subway line 6. Both lanes drove through on all other platforms in the darkened train stations slowly without stopping under the border guards under the district. The subway line 8 also drove through without stopping under Alexanderplatz. A change was only possible between the subway line 5 (Friedrichsfelde - Hönow) and the interrupted line 2 (Mohrenstraße - Pankow). Alexanderplatz was not approached by trams.

The Brandenburg Gate with Pariser Platz and Potsdamer Platz were not accessible from both sides. Here the insurmountable border strip went with the wall.

Today · Alexanderplatz is still the busiest place and offers many shops, but city life has shifted north of the Hackeschen Markt, Oranienburger Straße and Prenzlauer Berg. The noble shopping street has become Friedrichstrasse and the boulevard is still under the Linden.

 

District district in the Middle Ages

Alt Berlin was between the Spree and the Stadtbahnviaduct. It consisted of the districts:
Nikolaiviertel (from 1230) first settlement with the Nikolaikirche, which only had one tower until 1878.
Monastery district (from 1260) with the whey market and the ruin of the monastery church.
Marienviertel (from 1270) with the still preserved Marienkirche at the television tower.
Heilig-spirit district (from 1270) with the Holy Spirit Hospital and the still preserved Holy Spirit Chapel.

Very few buildings are preserved from the historical, densely built -up city of Berlin. The buildings were heavily destroyed, but rebuilt. The GDR government wanted to create a new Berlin with a free axis from the Palace of the Republic to Alexanderplatz and the 368 m high television tower. For this purpose, 2/3 of the historical center were planned. What remains is the Marienkirche, the Holy Spirit Chapel and the ruins of the monastery church. The Red Rathaus from 1869 was rebuilt until 1956 after serious damage. For the 700th anniversary of Berlin in 1987, the Nikolaiviertel was partially rebuilt in an adapted industrial plate construction with historicizing facades in compliance with the floor plans. The few existing buildings have been restored. In this context, the Nikolaikirche was rebuilt between 1980-1987. Parts of the old Berlin are only preserved in the monastery district. The Marienviertel and the Holy Spirit Quarter has completely disappeared. This resulted in some green spaces with the television tower and north of Karl-Liebknecht-Straße Hochhäuser and Hotelanlagen, the latter being rebuilt after 1990.

Cölln: There is nothing left of the medieval buildings of the Berlin sister city.
The Hohenzollern city lock was in the middle of the spree island until 1950. The swampy north of the spree island was not built on in the Middle Ages. The museums and the Berlin cathedral were only built in the 19th and 20th centuries. South of the castle is the historic district of Fischerinel. It was only between 1967 and 1972 that the last received houses were demolished and replaced by six high -rise buildings.

Friedrichswerder: The first expansion of the city was created in 1662 in the west of the double town of Berlin-Cölln. Here are the Friedrichswerdersche Church of 1830, the Zeughaus, the crown prince palace rebuilt in 1968 and the commander house rebuilt in 2003.

Neu-Cölln: First city expansion in 1662 in the south of the double town of Berlin-Cölln. The Spittelmarkt and the Märkische Museum have been located on the edge of Neu-Cölln and since the beginning of the 20th century. To the west and south of the city expansion, a fortress ditch that is no longer available today was built.

City extensions in the late Middle Ages
Dorotheenstadt and Unter den Linden: From 1674 the city grew to the west to today's Brandenburg Gate. A wide avenue with 1000 nut and 1000 linden trees became a wide avenue from the riding path from the castle to the Jagdrevier Tiergarten. Little by little, splendid buildings were created on the south side the commander's house, the Crown Prince Palace, the Princess Palace, the State Opera, the Old Library and the Old Palace.

Friedrichstadt - 1691 was founded by the suburb of the suburb until 1710. It is located south of the Dorotheenstadt and first reached to Zimmerstraße, later to Mehringplatz in today's Kreuzberg district. The city was laid out in strict planning with rectangular roads. Many French refugees (Huguenots) settled here. A German and a French church was built on the Gendarmenmarkt, on which a large coupling tower was grown in 1785.

 

Getting here

For national arrival see Berlin.

By train and bus
The Berlin main station is approx. 1 km away: long-distance traffic connections from home and abroad. From there you can go to the Friedrichstraße train station, Hackeschen Markt or Alexanderplatz with every S-Bahn in an easterly direction (S3, S5, S7, S9, S9, S9). The U5 subway line runs from the main train station to Hönow.

Regional trains take Wikipediacommons and Wikipediacommons and Alexanderplatz Wikipediacommons and WikipediaMons in the North-South Tunnel on the Stadtbahn with a stop at Friedrichstraße Wikipediacommons and Alexanderplatz Wikipediacommons. S-Bahne on the light rail (S3, S5, S7, S9) also hold Wikipediacommons at the Hackescher Markt Wikipediacommons and Jannowitzbrücke. The north-south railway (S1, S2, S25) has stations at the Nordbahnhof Wikipediacommons, 8 Oranienburger Straße, Friedrichstrasse train station, Brandenburg Gate Wikipediacommons (formerly: Unter den Linden), Potsdamer Platz.

The subway lines line U2 (Potsdamer Platz-Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz), U5 (Hönow), U6 (under Friedrichstrasse) and U8 (north-south via Alexanderplatz) drive in the middle district. With the U1, the U2 is the oldest route with very beautiful train stations.

The bus: With the tourist lines 100 or 200 at no extra charge from Zoo station to Alexanderplatz.

By bicycle
Arrival across the Spree is particularly beautiful.
On the edge of the Mitte district, west and east, the Wall path runs along the former sector border to the former West Berlin districts of Wedding, Tiergarten and Kreuzberg. In places, the guide is confusing.

 

Transport

Bicycle and bike tours
Fat Tire Bike Tours, Panorama Straße 1a (at the television tower). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2404 7991. mainly offer tours, but also a bike rental depending on the load, since primarily intended for tour participants. Free luggage storage during the tours, Internet Café WiFi. Open: Mon-Sun 09: 30-18: 00 (in summer until 8:00 p.m.). Price: from € 12.
Berlin Cycling Tours, Reichtagufer 19, 10117 Berlin. At the traditional company Berlin Cycling Tours, guided bicycle tours are offered by Berlin, various city tours in the Berlin districts Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain and Potsdam city tours in the old town of Potsdam. The travel offer is particularly aimed at families, couples, groups, clubs, companies, school classes and universities. The bike rental Berlin Cycling Tours rents modern bicycles and E - bikes in Berlin, Potsdam. A timely request is required for the guided bike tours in Berlin and Potsdam city tours! Open: Mon - Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. by arrangement, appointment, registration required!.

Bicycle rental
Alex Rent a Bike, Alte Schönhauser Straße 31 (Weinmeisterstraße U-Bahn U8). Mobil: +49 (0) 176 6709 2856, email: info@alex---a-a-bike.de. Also offer bike tours. Open: Mon-Sun 08: 00-22: 00. Price: bicycle rental price for 1 day: 15 €.
Bicycle frank (member of VSF), Torstraße 220. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2859 9750, email: mail@fahrradfrank.de. Open: Mon-Fri 10: 00-7: 00, Sat 10: 00-17: 00. Price: Bicycle rental price for 1 day: 15 € per wheel, from 2 days 10 €, ID card template and rental deposit (€ 100/bicycle).
Bicycle Service, Friedrichstraße 129 (entrance from Claire-Waldoff-Straße 2). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 447 6666, mobile: +49 (0) 179 9924 039. Open: Mon-Sun 09: 00-20: 00. Price: Bicycle rental price for 1 day: 15 € per bike, from 2 days of price reduction.
Bicycle station Mitte (Ortliebstation), August Straße 29 a. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2250 8070, (0) 180 510 8000 (reservation), fax: +49 (0) 30 2250 8069. Tandem, electrical and 7-seat conference bicycles are also offered on pre-order . Also offer bike tours. Price: Bicycle rental price for 1 day: from 15 €, from 2 days price reduction, bicycle trailer € 10, bicycle helmet 5 € extra.
Bicycle station HU Berlin (e-bike station at Friedrichstrasse train station), Friedrich Straße 95 (entrance from Dorotheenstraße 30). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2838 4848, (0) 180 510 8000 (reservation), Fax: +49 (0) 30 28384877. Tandem, electrical and 7-seat conference bicycles are also offered. Also offer bike tours. Price: Bicycle rental price for 1 day: from 15 €, from 2 days price reduction, bicycle trailer € 10, bicycle helmet 5 € extra.
Bicycle station Trek Pro-Shop, Leipziger Straße 56 (entrance from Dorotheenstraße 30). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 6664 9180, (0) 180 510 8000 (reservation), Fax: +49 (0) 30 66649188. Tandem, electrical and 7-seat conference bicycles are also offered on pre-order. Also offer bike tours. Price: Bicycle rental price for 1 day: from 15 €, from 2 days price reduction, bicycle trailer € 10, bicycle helmet 5 € extra.
Famos Berlin, Oranienburger Straße 16. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2808 432. Open: Mon-Fri 10: 00-13: 00/13: 30-20: 00, Sat 10: 00-16: 00.
Spinning Wheel, Torstraße 70. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 24038 345, Mobil: +49 (0) 177 2832 942, Fax: +49 (0) 30 24038346, email: bikes@wheelz.de. Open: Mon-Fri 10: 00-7: 00, Sat 12: 00-16: 00.
3 Take A Bike, Neustätische Kirchstraße 8. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2065 4730, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2065 4731, email: info@takehabike.de. For an additional charge (depending on the distance to the rental), delivery to the hotel/private stay is possible when reserved, stating the name, address and number. Open: Mon-Sun 09: 30-19: 00. Price: Bicycle rental price for 1 day: 3-course € 12.50, 7-course € 14.50, e-bike € 29. Price discount with a rental of several days.

Bicycle workshop
Bicycle self -help workshop of the ADFC, Brunnenstraße 28, 10119 (right in the backyard). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 4484 724, email: self-help workshop@adfc-berlin.de. Here you can repair the bike. The club also offers regular courses and photo lectures by bicycle travelers (from € 10 for non-members of the ADFC): for ADFC members Tue, Wed, Fri 16:00-20: 00, for non-members Wed+Fri 17: 00-20: 00. Price: costs: material, donations welcome.
Helicopter (for students), Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7 (in the former Friedrich-Engels barracks). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2093 4169. Here you can repair the bike. Workshop on the HU, open to students. Open: Mon+Thu 16: 00-18: 00, Fri 18: 30-20: 00. Price: costs: material, donations welcome

 

Sights

Churches and synagogues
1 Berlin Cathedral, Am Lustgarten 1st Tel.: +49 (0) 30 202 69 111. · The Berlin Cathedral is a central place of the Evangelical Church in Germany and is located on the northern part of the Spreinsel, which is called Museum Island. The 78 m high dome was built at the beginning of the 20th century based on the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Open: Mon. - Sat.: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. 12 noon, April - September: until 8 p.m. Price: entry: € 7 including children up to 18 years, reduced: 4,- €, audio guide: 3,- €.
2 Sankt-Hedwigs-Cathedral. The cathedral has been the Catholic Bischofskirche since the diocese of Berlin was founded in 1930 and, with the title of a Basilica Minor (since 1927), is one of the most important Catholic sacral buildings in the city. As a round central building, the church on the Pantheon in Rome was based. From 1747 to 1773, the construction period extended to the plans of Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. The construction, which was initially only temporarily completed, was only brought to the end in the 19th century by Max Hasak based on the original ideas. The church burned out in 1943 and was rebuilt between 1952 and 1963, without the "lantern" on the big dome. Inside it was completely redesigned and received access to the Unterkirche with the newly created eight chapels in the middle of the room. This access will be concluded with the renovation of the interior in June 2014. The new altar is to be built in the middle and the 550 believers will sit in a circle.
3 Friedrichswerdersche Church (on Werderscher Markt). The Schinkel Museum is now housed in the Church built in the neo-Gothic style.
4 Nikolaikirche, Nikolaikirchplatz, Berlin. 13th century, destroyed in 1945 to the surrounding walls, rebuilt in 1980-1987. Today: permanent exhibition of the city museum: "From the city ground to the dual leadership - 800 years of Berlin Nikolaikirche".
5 Marienkirche. Around 1270 in the Marienviertel of Altberlin on the former Neuer Markt. After a city fire in 1380 it was rebuilt. Today's appearance dates from 1893/94, when the church was converted into Gothic in the course of the return. Today it is the only historic building in the area with the Red City Hall.
6 Holy Spirit Chapel. Around 1250 in Spandauer Straße.
7 Parochial Church, Klosterstraße 66, Berlin. In 1703 Berlin's first important baroque church was inaugurated for the reformed community in the historic monastery district. Until 1944, the striking obelical -class -like tower tip shaped the cityscape. She burned out and collapsed with her 37 bells and the roof. In 1961 last service took place in the emergency church. Then it initially served for exhibitions and concerts, from 1970 as a furniture store. After the turn, the church was restored until 2004. The planned reconstruction of the tower is initially put on ice. Today, in addition to rare services, the church interior is used as an exhibition room for art projects and for other events.
Ruin of the monastery church, Klosterstraße 73a, Berlin. The last remnant of the Franciscan monastery, founded in 1249.
8 New Synagogue, Oranienburger Straße 30 (Oranienburger Straße North-Süd-S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25, Metrotram M1MetroTram M5) Wikipediacommons. The Jewish church was built by Knoblauch in 1859-66, partially destroyed in 1938 and only restored between 1988 and 1995. Germany's largest and most splendid synagogue represents a masterpiece of the engineering art at the time. The 50 m high dome has small side storms ("miniminarette"). These and the facade of the building give the building a Moorish appearance. An exhibition is housed in the building. The dome can be climbed from April - September. Open: Sun. - Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in winter Fri to 3 p.m. Price: 5,- €, reduced: € 4, dome: 3,- € / € 2.50
9 St. Michael's Church, Michaelkirchplatz 15 (Luisenstadt; Heinrich-Heine-Straße U-Bahn U8 or Heinrich-Heine-Platz bus 147). Catholic Church, built in 1851–56 in the historic arch of the arch, based on a design by the Schinkel student August Soller. The angel basin is located opposite the Michaelkirchplatz.

 

Castles and palaces

Berlin Palace, Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin.

Started as a medieval castle complex in the middle of the Spreinsel, where Cölln was created in the neighborhood of the sister city of Berlin, in 1442 the self -made Elector Friedrich II, called Eisenzahn, decided to build a castle against the bitter resistance of the Berlin and Cöllner. In 1448 there was an uprising that went down in history as a “Berlin unwilling”. They tore the walls of the castle and put the excavation pit under water. However, the citizens were inferior to the electors called. In 1451 the first part of the castle was completed. From 1538 converted to the Renaissance castle of the electors.
Another renovation 1698–1716 to the baroque lock. In 1699 Andreas Schlüter started building renewal, but fell out of favor because in 1706 the increased unfinished coin tower threatened to collapse. In 1716 the baroque castle in 1716 was now twice as large. However, the dome was only built with the castle chapel on the west side from 1845 to 1853. The east side on the banks of the Spree remained characterized by older parts of the building. In the final expansion, the castle had two large and two small farms and 1210 rooms. The castle was badly damaged in World War II, but by no means as strong as Charlottenburg Castle in the west of the city. Between 1945 and 1948 there were even exhibitions in the less damaged parts.
Because the new GDR government in the castle saw a symbol of the hated Prussian absolutism, she had the castle blow and remove between September and December 1950. The resulting place to the large Aufmarschplatz with grandstands for the government's government on May 1, 1951 could be produced. In the eastern part of Marx-Engels-Platz, the Palace of the Republic was built between 1973 and 1976, which was called "Palazzo Proczo", "Ballast of the Republic" and "Erich's lamp shop". The latter alluded to the countless lights of the foyer ceiling lighting and the state and party leader Erich Honecker. On September 19, 1990, the palace was closed at the instructions of the People's Chamber for asbestos contamination. The GDR Palace was demolished between February 2006 to December 2008, so that the square was orphaned for years and the subway construction site.
In July 2002, the Bundestag approved the immediate reconstruction of the castle with its outer forms to allow the Humboldt Forum to arise. On November 28, 2008, the jury decided on the design of the Italian architect Francesco Stella, which was largely based on the historical model. The Italian succeeded in "creating the historical again and on the other hand to find a modern answer". Three facades are reconstructed. The river side, on the other hand, is designed modern. Critics Spötteln, the "Loch facade will receive the character of a parking garage". Even after the foundation stone was laid, there are repeated demands on this page to give a different face or to leave this page open based on the Louvre model. The reconstruction was postponed by a lack of money. In June 2012, the construction work for the Humboldt Forum began removing the old wooden piles. The official laying of the foundation stone took place on June 12, 2013. At the end of 2014 the top floor was completed in the shell, but the official celebration of the topping -out ceremony was not celebrated until June 12, 2015. Work on the historical facade started in spring 2015. The plaster models are already ready for the 3000 stone elements of the three -sided facade and the Schlüterhof. Now these are set in sandstone. The first facade parts have been attached to concrete construction since spring 2015.
The new castle becomes a Humboldt forum for the forum for culture, art and science. It should develop education, knowledge and culture as the spiritual heritage of Alexander and Wilhelm of Humboldt. Cultural and artistic activities want to be paired with aspects of research and science. Museums, library and university should return to their place of origin. In addition to the research and museum library for non-European art and cultures, there will be a Humboldt laboratory with 1000 m² of exhibition space. The Central and State Library of Berlin wants to set up a “world of languages” on 4,000 square meters. In the upper two floors, in addition to the Museum of Asian Art, the Ethnological Museum with the departments of Asia, Africa, America and the South Pacific/Oceania are to move in. So far, these museums are in Berlin-Dahlem.
Crown prince palace. Built in 1663, in 1732 it was converted into a baroque palace with a ascent ramp and middle risalite for the crown prince, the later King Friedrich II. Today, exhibitions and cultural events take place in the Crown Prince Palace.
Princess palace. Today: Opera Palace.
Old palace. City Palace from 1837 for the then Prussian prince and later German Emperor Wilhelm I.

 

Buildings

Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburg Gate S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25U-Bahn U5). In the years from 1788 to 1791, by Carl Gotthard Langhans, the Dorotheenstadt on Pariser Platz was built from 1788 to 1791 on the instructions of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II. It is the symbol of the city and at the same time a national symbol. It has symbolic meaning as a triumphal gate of the former imperial capital, after the World War as a symbol of the division of Berlin and the nation. The gate is a 26 meter high, 65.5 meters wide and 11 meters deep early classicist natural stone construction from Elbeandstein. It is crowned by the quadriga with the goddess of victory Gottfried Schadows.
Reichstag, Square of Republic 1, 11011 Berlin (U5 U5 Bundestag, Brandenburg Gate S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25U-Bahn U5). Email: mail@bundestag.de. In the Tiergarten at the gates of the old Berlin, the seat of the German Bundestag is today and was the conference location of the Reichstag and the Federal Council of the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic.
Embassy of Russia, Unter den Linden 63-65.
Unter den Linden library
Humboldt University, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin.
Berlin television tower/ Fernsehturm Berlin. Email: info@tv-turm.de. 368 m high with glazed panoramic floor at 203.7 m and rotary restaurant at approx. 207.5 m. The elevators need about 40 seconds for the height difference. Wheelchair users cannot drive the tower for safety reasons.
Rotes Rathaus/ Red City Hall, Rathausstraße 15. (1861-69)-Monumental construction built from red bricks with 74 m high tower. He is the seat of the ruling mayor.
Court arbor. In a baroque appearance as a plastered prefabricated concrete building with a restaurant. Originally, the court arbor made of Ziegelstein stood in the Gothic version at the corner of the Red Town Hall. The original is today in Potsdam Park Babelsberg.
District Court of Berlin - Littenstraße. Littenstraße 12-17 (opposite the ruin of the monastery church; 250 m by S+U Alexanderplatz), representative Palace of Justice from the imperial era, built in a mix of neobarock, Gothic and Art Nouveau in 1896–1905. At that time one of the city's largest areas. The stairwell is particularly impressive.

 

Monuments and memorials

Equestrian statue Frederick the Great. King Frederick II of Prussia, by the Berliners he was called the old Fritz, stands on the median of the boulevard Unter den Linden. In 1950 the still image spared by World War II was removed and stored in Potsdam. In 1960 the symbol of a "reactionary policy" was to be melted down, but in 1987 it was rebuilt in almost the same place.
Schiller monument. On the Gendarmenmarkt
Neue Wache, Unter den Linden 4 (State Opera Bus 100, 300). The new guard was built between 1816 and 1818 according to the plans of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It initially served as a guard house for the king's guard and as a memorial for the fallen of the Napoleonic Wars. In 1931 the building was converted into a memorial for the fallen of the First World War. From now on, a two-meter-high base made of black granite with an oak wreath made of silver with gold and platinum pads was a two-meter-high base. The guard was almost completely destroyed in World War II and restored until 1960. From 1969 there was an eternal flame in a glass prism instead of the granite base. The flame was reflected in this glass block, so that it looked like many small flames were burning. Since 1993, the new guard has served as a memorial for the victims of war and tyranny. Today there is a copy of the sculpture "Mother with Totem son" by Käthe Kollwitz. Price: free admission.
Holocaust Memorial. The monument to the murdered Jews of Europe, which is mostly shortened in the Holocaust memorial, is a monument to the Jews murdered under the rule of the National Socialists. Between 2003 and spring 2005, the building was built as a design by Peter Eisenman on an area of around 19,000 m² near the Brandenburg Gate. On Ebertstrasse on the edge of the Tiergarten and on the back of the American embassy on Behrenstrasse, the 2711 of different high concrete stelts are available, which are freely accessible by all four surrounding streets. The location of the information located under the square includes a space of the dimensions, a space of the names, a space of families and a space of the places. The stones are popular resting place on the city tour.
The Empty Library/ Monument to memory of book burning. on the Bebelplatz. -The monument lying under a glass plate is reminiscent of May 10, 1933, as students of the National Socialist Student Association and many professors from the Humboldt University under the musical accompaniment of SA and SS chapels over 20,000 books from the old library won the university and burned in the middle of the then Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Platz.
Topography of Terror. Right on the Berlin Wall in Niederkirchnerstrasse in Kreuzberg - here, the headquarters of the secret state police, the SS and the Reich Security Main Attam were located during the "Third Reich".
The wall - the Asisi Panorama for the shared Berlin
Mason Museum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45 in Kreuzberg, (Kochstraße U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 30 2537250. Open: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. Price: entry: € 12.50.
Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Bernauer Straße 111/119, (Berlin Mauer Mauer Metrotram M10, Nordbahnhof bus 245, 247, S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25, Bernauer Strasse U-Bahn U8). The 1.3 km long memorial area on the former border strip of the former eastern district of Mitte with the window of the commemoration ”on the former Sophien cemetery and the chapel of reconciliation can be walked all year round. The German division in Bernauer Straße was the most blatant. The houses in the East Berlin district of Mitte stood directly on Bernauer Straße, which belonged to the West Berlin district of Wedding in full width. After the ground floors were bricked up on August 13, 1961, the refugees jumped from the upper windows to West Berliner Straße. Embunitory tunnels were also dug. Gradually, all houses on the East Berlin side were torn down and replaced by impenetrable border facilities. This death strip was turned into the Berlin Wall memorial and is the central place of remembrance to German division. The border facility and the situation at that time with the human fates are shown on a 1.3 km long piece of the former border. Price: free admission.
Visitor center of the Berlin Mauer Memorial with a tower and viewing platform. is located in the former western district of Gesundbrunnen. Opening times Visitor center: Tue. - Sun. 10 - 6 p.m. · One -hour tour: every Sunday at 3:00 p.m., meeting point for visitor center, € 3 fee. Two short films are shown every half and three quarters of an hour on the upper floor of the visitor center. In the entrance area of the nearby S-Bahn station in Nordbahnhof, the exhibition “Border and Ghost Streams

 

Museums

Museum Island. It is one of the most important sights in Berlin and the most important museum complexes in Europe. In the years 1830–1930 on behalf of the Prussian kings, according to plans by five architects, it was included in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The museum island consists of the old museum, the new museum, the old National Gallery, the Bode Museum and the Pergamon Museum. Since the reunification of Germany, it has been renovated and expanded as part of the Museum Island master plan. On July 12, 2019, the James Simon Gallery opened as a new visitor center.
Pergamon Museum/ Pergamonmuseum, Bodestrasse, 10178 Berlin. Email: service@smb.museum. (In which you have to expect queues, especially on travel weekends). The altar of Pergamon has not been viewed since autumn 2014 until 2023, since the museum's north and east wings are renovated. Open: Tuesday 10: 00–18: 00. Price: € 12.00 (as of 2022-12-23), € 6.00 (students, as of 2022-12-23).
Old National Gallery, Bodestrasse, 10178, Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 266 42 42 42. On behalf of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV from 1862 by Friedrich August Stüler, it was carried out by Johann Heinrich Strack in the style of classicism and the neo -Renaissance until 1876. She is currently based on paintings and sculptures of the 19th century from the Collection of the National Gallery.
Bode Museum, Am Kupfergraben 1. 1898–1904 by Ernst von Ihne built in the style of the Neobarock as an Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, it is currently home to the sculpture collection and the Museum of Byzantine art and the coin cabinet. Feature: luggage storage.
Old museum/ Altes Museum, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 266 42 42 42. On behalf of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Built in 1825–1830 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it is one of the main works of German classicism. The old museum is currently home to the antique collection and part of the coin cabinet.
New Museum/ Neues Museum, Bodestrasse. Email: service@smb.museum. On behalf of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1843–1855 built in the style of classicism and neo -Renaissance. After the destruction in World War II and the decay in the GDR period, it was restored in a simplified form in 1999-2009. It is currently home to the Egyptian Museum and the Papyrus Collection, the Museum of History and Early History and part of the Antique Collection.

 

History museums

Zeughaus (Deutsches Historisches Museum)/ German Historical Museum, Unter den Linden 2 (State Opera Bus 100, 300, Lustgarten U5; with footpath: Hackescher Markt S-Bahn, Friedrichstraße S-Bahn, French Straße (south exit) U6, Hausvogteiplatz U-Bahn U2 ). Tel.: +49 30 - 2030 4444. Constant exhibition in the Zeughaus: "German history in pictures and certificates". Open: daily 10: 00-18: 00. Price: € 8.00, € 4.00 (reduced), free of charge (up to 18 years; federal volunteer workers, unemployed, students).
German Cathedral - Exhibition: "Paths - Irrways - Detours" in the German Cathedral on the Gendarmenmarkt.
DDR Museum, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1, opposite Berlin Cathedral. Tel.: +49 30-8471 2373-0, email: post@ddr-museum.de. The museum shows the everyday life of the GDR, from the youth consecration and the education system, to full employment and defect economy to Stasi monitoring. Open: 9: 00–21: 00. Price: € 9.80, € 6.00 (reduced), free of charge (up to 6 years).
Märkisches Museum, Am Köllnische Park 5 (Märkische Museum U-Bahn U2). Tel.: +49 30 24 002-162. A building complex built at the turn of the century. The city and cultural history of Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg is presented with documents and models, as well as art, handicrafts and arts and crafts. Open: Tue - Fri 12: 00–18: 00; Sat - too 10: 00–18: 00. Price: € 7.00, € 4.00 (reduced), free of charge (up to 18 years).
Nikolaikirche, Nikolaikirchplatz, Berlin. Permanent exhibition of the city museum: "From the city ground to the dual leadership - 800 years of Berlin Nikolaikirche".
Forum Willy Brandt-politician life, Unter den Linden 62-68. Permanent exhibition on his work and the political developments of the 20th century. Price: free.
Border and ghost train stations in the divided Berlin, Gartenstrasse (in the S-Bahnhof Nordbahnhof (intermediate floor) S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25). Photo exhibition on the 1961-1989 sealed train stations of the S-Bahn and subway, which crossed the Mitte district. Near the Mauer memorial on Bernauer Strasse. The absurdity of the division is shown by the three U- and S-Bahn lines from West Berlin Wedding to the West Berlin Kreuzberg, which undermined East Berlin without a stop, while the train stations were guarded by GDR border soldiers. Open: During the operating times of the S-Bahn. Price: free admission.

 

Other museums and exhibitions

German Spy Museum, Leipziger Platz 9. Tel.: +49 30 398200451, email: info@deutsches-spionagemuseum.de. Interactive experience museum for spy history. Open: 10: 00–20: 00. Price: regular € 12, reduced € 8, families € 35 (prices vary depending on demand when booking online).
Madame Tussauds, under the Linden 74th wax figure cabinet.
Academy of Arts, Pariser Platz 4 and Hanseatenweg 10 in the Hansaviertel.
Space of Stille and Max Liebermann Haus, Pariser Platz 7. Exhibition house and headquarters of the Brandenburg Gate Foundation.
Schinkel-Museum, Werderscher Markt in the Friedrichswerderschen Church (Hausvogteiplatz subway U2). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2081323, email: service@smb.museum.
Knoblauchhaus house, Poststr. 23 in the Nikolaiviertel. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2400 20 171. In one of the few preserved Berlin community center of the 18th century, the life of the Knoblauch citizens' family is given in the original residential rooms. Also interesting facts about architecture, business, culture and social life of the Biedermeier period. Open: Tuesday 10: 00–18: 00. Price: step in free.
Ephraim-Palais, Poststraße 16, Berlin. In the magnificent Rococo palace built from 1762 to 1766, special exhibitions on topics and culture in Berlin take place.
Zille Museum, Pratstraße 11 in the Nikolaiviertel. Tel.: +49 30-246 32 500, email: mail@zillemuseum-berlin.de. Life and work of the mocking and socially critical draftsman and graphic artist "Pinselheinrich" with original drawings, lithographs and photographs of the artist. Zille drew his Milljöh with scenes from the backyards, side streets and taverns. Open: daily 11: 00–18: 00. Price: 7 €, reduced € 5.
Museum of Natural History, Invalidenstraße 43 (U6 Natural History Museum, Bus 245, Invalidenpark MetroTram M5 MetroTram M10, Busse 120, 147, 240, Robert-Koch-Platz Bus 123, 240). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 2093 8591, Fax: +49 (0) 30 88 91 40 88 41, email: info@mfn.berlin. Germany's second largest natural history museum shows in its permanent exhibitions "Saurier World", "Evolution in action", "System Earth", "Cosmos and Solar System", as well as minerals, fossils and local animals. The alcohol research collections with fish, spiders, crabs, amphibians and mammals can also be visited since 2010. In the Humboldt Exploratory-"Explore nature and discover new things"-is practically conveyed to children and adolescents natural history, ecology and environmental protection. Highlights of preparation art are also shown. The dinosaur's skeletons in the atrium are impressive, with the Brachiosaurus Brancai being the largest assembled dinosaur skeleton in the world with a height of 13.27m. The interesting and well-known museum on natural history celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010. Feature: wheelchair accessible. Open: Tue-Fri 9: 30-18: 00, SA-SO 10: 00-18: 00. Price: 6 €, students from 6 years, students, pensioners and unemployed: € 3.50, family card: € 11.
Sea Life Berlin (Aquadom), Spandauer Straße 3, 10178 Berlin. The Sea Life Berlin shows around 4,000 water animals on an area of 1,800 m². The main attraction, the Aquadom, is broken in December 2022.
Berlin Medical History Museum/ Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum, Charitéplatz 1 (entrance to the banks of Alexander, 10 minutes from the main train station or Charité/Luisenstr. Bus 147). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 450 53 61 56, email: bmm@charite.de. On the trail of life, anatomical exhibition, collection of medicine (books, instruments, etc.) open: Tue, do, 10: 00-17: 00, Wed, Sat 10: 00-7: 00. Price: € 9, reduced: € 4. Accepted payment methods: cash.
Hemp Museum Berlin, Mühlendamm 5, 10178 Berlin-Mitte (Nikolaiviertel Bus M48, Klosterstraße U-Bahn U2, Alexanderplatz subway U2U-Bahn U5S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S7S S9). Tel.: +49 30 - 2424 827, email: info@hanfmuseum.de. Cultivation, harvesting, preliminary processing and possible uses of the crop are shown. Open: Tue - Fri 10: 00–20: 00; Sat - so 12: 00–20: 00. Price: € 6.00, € 4.00 (reduced), free of charge (up to 10 years).
Dalí - Exhibition, entrance is 7. Tel.: +49 (0) 700 - 325 423 7546 (info -photo). Open: Mon - Sat 12: 00–20: 00, Sun and Holidays 10: 00–20: 00. Price: entry € 12.50, reduced: € 9.50, children up to 6 years free.
Museum of Post and Communication (former Reichspostamt), Leipziger Straße 16, corner of Mauerstraße (Mohrenstraße U2, city center U2U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 202 94 0, email: mk.berlin@mspt.de. The museum is located in the former imperial post office (Reichspostamt) and was built between 1893 and 1898. Open: Tue 9: 00-20: 00, Wed-Fri 9: 00-17: 00, SA-SO and holidays 10: 00-18: 00. Price: 4 €, under 18 years free.
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin. An exhibition house that houses large temporary exhibitions - is located in Niederkirchnerstrasse, directly on the border between the districts of Mitte and Kreuzberg. More on this.

In the neighborhood of the Potsdamer Platz district is the cultural forum in the Tiergarten with several museums, such as museum, museum, arts and craftsmanship, copperplate cabinet and art library, painting gallery and new National Gallery.

 

The reconstructed historical quarter

Scheunenviertel. In the Spandau suburb with the Hackescher Markt and the Hackeschen Höfe.
Nikolaiviertel. in Alt-Berlin on the eastern bank of the Spree. - Reconstruction and new building on an old floor plan.

 

Streets and squares

Gendarmenmarkt in Friedrichstadt, German Cathedral, French Cathedral, Schauspielhaus, officially: "Konzerthaus".
Under the Linden in the Dorotheenstadt, including the Humboldt University, the Hedwigskathedral, Bebelplatz, the new guard, the Zeughaus and finally Pariser Platz with the Brandenburg Gate.
Pariser Platz, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin. With the east side of the Brandenburg Gate, the Academy of the Arts and the Hotel Adlon in the southeast.
Place of March 18 - the forecourt with the west side of the Brandenburg Gate, where the former wall was stood.
Friedrichstrasse. With the Checkpoint Charlie der Galeries Lafayette and the Friedrichstadtpalast.
Lust garden The big place between the old museum, the Berlin Cathedral and the city palace.
Jungfernbrücke. The Jungfernbrücke is the oldest still preserved bridge in Berlin. It connects the streets of Friedrichsgracht and underwater road. It spans the Spreearm copper ditch. The bridge was built in 1701 by the architect Martin Grünberg as a Spreegassenbrücke. It was originally a folding bridge, but the folding mechanism was put out between 1937 and 1939. The name Jungfernbrücke goes back to various legends. The most likely said that there were two handicraft shops near the bridge that were operated by young women. These were called "maidens" by the Berliners. So you went to the maidens on the bridge to buy accessories.
Alexanderplatz in the royal city-Ost Berlin's center in GDR times with the world clock.
Oranienburger Straße - New Synagogue - Ausmisgeilen with the Kunsthaus Tacheles, the new synagogue and many restaurants.
Hackescher Markt . One of the most popular and most beautiful places with market and beer gardens. More on this.
Hackesche Höfe. Eight farms opposite the Hackeschen Markt between Rosenthaler and Sophienstraße today offer space for business, small shops, gastronomy, cultural institutions and apartments. The 1st yard is particularly beautiful in the Art Nouveau. Here is also the Variety Theater Chameleon, the Sophienclub discotheque and a cinema.
Leipziger Platz. Octwear-like space with a rather boring modern high-rise building, once Berlin's most important business address with the Wertheim department store.
Potsdamer Platz Internet. The formerly busiest place with the first traffic light on the continent is today a crossroads with the adjacent district of Potsdamer Platz on the district border of Tiergarten and Mitte. The three suburban and long-distance stations have disappeared since World War II, the subway, S-Bahn and the new regional station are underground. Berlin's highest high -rise buildings are above that only parts of the former wine house Huth and Hotel Esplanade have remained. More on this.
Boulevard of the stars. Starts at Potsdamer Platz and ends on Potsdamer Straße. As on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, celebrities from film and television are honored with a star embedded in the street. With the help of the installed Pepper’s Ghost Cameras (and some skill) you can have a hologram of your star photographed.

 

Spring

Neptune fountain. The fountain originally created in 1891 was dismantled by the square in front of the Berlin Palace and restored in 1969 restored on the green area in front of the Red City Hall.

 

Parks

There is only a larger green area between the television tower and Schloßplatz in the former sealant Holy Geist district. In the middle is the green and monument system Marx-Engels-Forum on the bronze figures of Karl Marx (sitting) and Friedrich Engels between 1986 and September 2010. Because of the construction of the extension of the U5, they had to be moved. A decision on the final whereabouts should be made by 2024.

Otherwise there are only smaller parks in the Mitte district, the vineyard park, the Monbijou-Park am Hackeschen Markt, the new park at the Nordbahnhof and the invalid park on Invalidenstrasse.

 

What to do

City trip with bus line 100 or 200 from Zoo station to Alexanderplatz
Bridge ride on the Spree and the Landwehr Canal: Advanced "Friedrichstrasse - corner of Reichstag bank", "Friedrichstraße - Am Weidendamm", "Berliner Cathedral", "Nikolaiviertel" and "Jannowitzbrücke".
Driving prices with the star and district shipping of "Jannowitzbrücke" to the "Schloßbrücke Charlottenburg", simple: € 15,- €, tour of Spree and Landwehr Canal: € 20. · 1-hour city tour from Nikolaiviertel or Friedrichstrasse: € 12.50 (2013).
Loxx at Alex Miniatur Welten Berlin, Grunerstraße 20 in Alexa on the 3rd floor in the leisure world. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 44723022. Open: daily from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Price: € 12.00.
Segway Tour Berlin (SEG Tour GmbH), Mittelstrasse 30 (between Brandenburger Tor and Friedrichstrasse). Tel.: +493020620284, email: info@segwaytour-berlin.de. City tour on various routes through Berlin on self -balancing electrical scooters "Segway®". Individual and above all exhaust -free city tour in no groups of up to 10 people. Company excursions and customer events. Open: Mon. 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Price: 85.00 EUR. Accepted payment methods: Master, Visa, Amex, Apple Pay, Google Pay, EC.

Theatre
Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz / Linienstraße 227. Tel.: +49 (0) 30-240 65 777, email: info@volksbuehne-berlin.de wikipediacommons.
Berliner Ensemble-Theater am Schiffbauer Damm, Bertolt-Brecht-Platz (near S+U Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 28408-0, +49 (0) 30 28408-155 (cash register)
Maxim Gorki Theater (Singakademie), Am Fortungsgraben 2 (on the copper ditch Tram, State Opera Bus 100, 300). Tel.: +49 (0) 30-20221-115, email: ticket@gorki.de. With 440 places, it is the smallest of the Berlin State Theater. The game plan includes the entire width of the current theater, of literary premieres such as Olga Grjasnowas. The theater resides in the building near the Boulevard Unter den Linden, built by the Choral Association of the Sing Academy in Berlin and owned by its ownership near the boulevard. It is named after the Russian-Soviet writer Maxim Gorki. Due to its history as the choir's headquarters, the building is often referred to as a singing academy.
German Theater, Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin.
Theater in the Nikolaiviertel, Nikolaikirchplatz 5-7. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2 41 34 90, email: info@theater-im-nikolaiviertel.de.
Chameleon, Rosenthaler Str. 40/41, 10178 Berlin (in the Hackeschen Höfe). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 4000 590.
Sophiensele, Sophienstraße 18, 10178 Berlin (in the former craft club house). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 283 52 66 (card reservation)

Cabaret and variety
Friedrichstadt-Palast, Friedrichstraße 107 (Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn U6, Oranienburger Straße S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2326 2326 (ticket hotline), email: tickets@palast.berlin. Revuetheater built in 1984 in Friedrichstrasse (Erich Goes to Hollywood). Berlin's biggest show with over 100 artists on the largest theater stage in the world. Over 700,000 visitors every year. 1,899 places in the hall.
Kabarett Theater Distel, Friedrichstraße 101 (Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 204 4704, Fax: +49 (0) 30 - 208 15 55, email: distel@distel-berlin.de wikipediacommons. - Cabaret and political satire. Price: 15 € - 31 €, cash register in the foyer of the Admiralpalast.
Admiralspalast und Kabarett Distel, Friedrichstraße 101 at Friedrichstraße station (Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 4799 7499, +49 (0) 30 - 2250 7000 (cards). The historic house was built in 1910. From 1955 it was called metropolitan theater, in August 2006 it was reopened after thorough renovation. Today is the historic theater hall with 2 ranks, the studio on the 4th floor and the F101 on the 3rd floor. Musicals, shows and concerts are played. Open: Cash opening: Mon-Fri: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat, Sun + Holidays: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., box office: 2 hours before the start of the introduction.

Music and opera
State Opera Unter den Linden, Unter den Linden 7th Tel.: +49 (0) 30 203 54 240, email: tickets@staatsoper-berlin.de. has been shining in new splendor since the multi -year renovation. Open: Theranks at 12 noon to one hour before the start of the event, max. 7 p.m.
Comic opera, Behrenstraße 55-57, 10117 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 47 99 74 00.
Concert hall. Former playhouse on the Gendarmenmarkt.

 

Shopping

Parallel to the subway in Friedrichstrasse, a passage of the finest runs under several blocks of houses, which also goes under two cross streets.

Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Friedrichstraße 76-78 (French Straße subway U6). Worth seeing is the interior) architecture with the glass funnel in the center and the exclusive French food department in the basement. Open: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Several department stores and the Alexa shopping center concentrate on Alexanderplatz. The latter is the second largest shopping center in Berlin with 180 retailers, service providers and restaurants on 3 floors. Among other things, a large media market and the miniature world Loxx attract.
The Mall of Berlin with 270 shops was opened at Leipziger Platz in 2014. It is not as pompous as the Wertheim department store existed before World War II, but it ranges from the Potsdamer Platz subway outputs. From the passage between Voßstraße and Leipziger Straße you can look at the Prussian manor house, where the Federal Council resides today.
8 Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann, Friedrichstr. 90 (Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (030) 20 25 11 11. The four-storey central branch of a large book and media trade chain. Children's book department with play area. Small café. Public toilets on the 3rd floor. The English Book and grades & music book departments are somewhat separately, which specializes in the areas of classical, jazz, rock and pop. Open: Mon - Fri. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sat. to 11:30 p.m.
Fassbender & Rausch Chocolatiers on the Gendarmenmarkt, Charlottenstraße 60 (city center U2u-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30-20 45 84 43, email: info@fassbender-rausch.de. The largest chocolate house in the world. In the shop windows, Berlin sights from chocolate are exhibited, e.g. B. the Brandenburg Gate made of 300kg chocolate. There is a café on the 1st floor. Open: Mon - Sat.: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Sunday: 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
In the barn district and also in the western part of the Spandau suburb with the Hackeschen Höfe, there are many boutiques that make a bump into shopping.

Trippen, Rosenthaler Straße 40-41 Hackesche Höfe, Hof 4 & 6 (Hackescher Markt S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 283 913 37. Designer wood and leather shoes of the best quality. Open: Mon - Fri 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Sat 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Nix Design, Oranienburger Straße 32 in the Heckmannhöfen, II. In the courtyard (Oranienburger Straße S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 28 18 044. Fashion from the finest of the designer Barbara Gebhardt is sold here. Open: Mon. - Sa. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Whiskey & Cigars, Sophienstraße 8-9 (Weinmeisterstraße U-Bahn U8). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2820376, email: Laden@whisky-cigars.de. Whiskey, rum and cigars in an impressive variety, as well as a fine selection of cognac and sherry. Open: Mon-Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sa. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
13 Ms. Tonis Parfum, Zimmerstrasse 13, 10969 Berlin (Kochstrasse/Checkpoint Charlie U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 3020215310, email: post@frau-tonis-parfum.com. Niche perfumery with 36 selected manufacture perfumes-Made in Berlin. Open: Mon. - Sa. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

 

Cuisine and restaurants

Most cafes and restaurants at affordable prices are located in the Oranienburger Straße/ Hackescher Markt area with a transition to Prenzlauer Berg. Alexanderplatz, on the other hand, is known for moderate fast food. The Nikolaiviertel is dominated by tourists and the gendarmen market is surrounded with expensive restaurants. The monastery district is an insider tip. Further information on the topic of eating and drinking in Berlin.

Cheap
There are many cheap restaurants in Oranienburger Strasse and in the neighboring streets of the Spandau suburb. The Mexican Que Pasa at Oranienburger Straße 27 is particularly recommended.

Middle
Gendarmenmarkt and Friedrichstrasse
The expensive restaurants are located in the vicinity of the Gendarmenmarkt and Friedrichstrasse.

1 brasserie at the Gendarmenmarkt, Taubenstraße 30 (Hausvogteiplatz U-Bahn U2). Tel.: +4 9 (0) 30 20453501, fax: (0) 30 204535 02, email: info@brasserieamgendarmenmarkt.de. Located directly on the Gendarmenmarkt, excellent cuisine. Nice interior, attentive and friendly service, stylish, but not "sneering". Price: main dishes of € 9.90- 36,- midday memory until 4:00 p.m.: 9 a.m. to € 24.
2 Boccondivino, Albrechtstr. 18 (Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2849 3898. Excellent kitchen. Reservation is highly recommended because it is always fully booked. Open: Mon-Fri 12: 00-24: 00 SA-SO 16: 00-24: 00. Price: starters 9,- up to € 12, main courts 18,- up to 22,- €
3 Weingalerie u. Cafe Lower Austria, Glinkastraße 23 (French Straße U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2010 871, email: info@cafe-noe.de.
4 Nolle, Georgenstraße, S-Bahnbogen 203 (Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 208 2645. Marble, mirror, leather and art deco painting in a historical atmosphere under a six-meter-high ceiling, where the S-Bahn and the west-east rail traffic rattles over it. Price: 10,- up to € 20.
5 Calice d'Oro de, Unter den Linden 39. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 202 191 90, email: info@calizedoro.de. Outstanding Italian cuisine for good taste. Menu selection depending on the season. Open: Owl from 11:00 a.m. to 00:00.
6 Alvis Restaurant (barrier-free certified), Albrechtstraße 8, 10117 Berlin (Friedrichstraße S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S7S-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 30 30 886-560, email: kontakt@alvis-restaurant.de. Culinary highlights from regional products - seasonal, creative and delicious dishes! Open: 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
7 Que Pasa, Oranienburger Str. 27, 10117 Berlin (Monbijouplatz MetroTram M1MetroTram M5). Tel.: +49 1577 9716528, email: info@restaurant-bar-berlin.de. In this restaurant with a cocktail bar, the "Hispanic Touch" is through and through the program - from the ambience to the dishes, drinks and cocktails and even at the prices. Open: 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day.

Spandau suburb
8 Hackescher Hof, Rosenthaler Str. 40/41 (Hackescher Markt S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9). Tel.: +49 30 2835293, e-mail: post@hachescher-hof.de. Good restaurant with a large selection of wines. Friendly staff, recommended for Sunday breakfast. Open: Mon-Fri from 08:00, SA-SO from 09:00. Price: 15,- to 25,- EUR pp.
9 Kaffee Confiserie Reichelt, Koppenplatz 13-14, Berlin, 10115. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2818834. The confectionery is a true land of milk and honey for cake lovers. Open: Mon-Fri 06: 00-7: 00, SA-SO 07: 00-7: 00.

Monastery district
10 Deckshaus restaurant ship, Märkisches Ufer 1Z (Märkische Museum U-Bahn U2). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 21791404. Open: Tue-Sun from 12:00.
11 for the last instance, Waisenstraße 14-16 at the Berlin city wall. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2425528, e-mail: post@zurletzenstanz.de. One of the oldest restaurants in Berlin, opened as a brandy in 1621. Today restaurant and dining room, with Berlin kitchen a la carte with exclusively regional products. Open: Mon 6: 00– 01:00, Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 - 01:00, warm kitchen 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Sophisticated
12 Restaurant Vau, Jägerstraße 54-55 (Hausvogteiplatz U-Bahn U2). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 202 973-0. Star chef Kolja Kleeberg cooks here. Open: Mon-Sat 12: 00-14: 30 /19: 00-22: 30, so day of rest.
13 Lutter & Wegner at the Gendarmenmarkt, Charlottenstraße 56 (city center U2u-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 202 954-0, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2029 5425, email: info@l-w-berlin.de. Traditional Berlin restaurant. Open: Mon - Sun 11:00 a.m. - 03:00, warm kitchen only until 01:00.
14 Habel-Wine Culture, Luisenstraße 19 (in and under the Stadtbahnviaduct, about 500 m on foot from Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S25S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2809 8484, email: info@wein-habel.de. Restaurant and wine bar since 1779. Mainly Berlin dishes, lunch table 2-course: € 10.90, 3-course: € 15 including a coffee. Open: Mon -Sat 07:00 - 00:00, Sun 07:00 - 11:00 a.m.
15 Invisible bar, Gormannstrasse 14, 10119 Berlin. Tel.: +49 30 24342500. Dark restaurant, the dishes are on the plate in times, spoons are at 12 noon, the blind waiters explain the placement to the guests so that they can be found. Price: menu 40 € to € 60.

 

Nightlife

Germany's largest closed courtyard are the Hackescher Höfe in the Spandau suburb. Here there is an interesting mixing use through art, culture, living, business and gastronomy. The Rosenhöfe is located next door and in between the non-renovated courtyard squeezes with the Haus Schwarzenberg, the Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt and the Anne Frank Center.
Further west between Oranienburger Straße and Auguststrasse are the Heckmannhöfe with the Galli Theater in the middle.
And another insider tip: the Sophie-Gipshöfe are between Sophienstraße and Gipsstrasse. The Sophiensaele is located next door in the courtyard.
1 Quatsch Comedy Club, Friedrichstraße 107 (Oranienburger Tor subway U6, Oranienburger Straße S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 27879030. Stand-up comedy. Price: from € 18.
2 Kabarett Die Distel, Friedrichstraße 101 (Friedrichstrasse U6S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 204 47 04 (telephone cash register).
3 Weinbar Rutz, Chausseestraße 8 (Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2462-8760. Open: Tuesday to Saturday wine bar from 4 p.m.
4 Standing Representation, Schiffbauerdamm 8 (Friedrichstraße U6S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S9). Tel.: +49 30 2823965, Fax: +49 30 28598735. Open: daily continuously from 11 a.m.
5 Strandbar Mitte, Monbijoustraße 3 (Hackescher Markt S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S9). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2838558-8. Open: daily from 10 a.m.
6 Newton Bar, Charlottenstraße 57. Tel.: +49 30 2029 5421, email: info@newton-bar.de.

 

Hotels

Cheap
1 CityStay Hostel, Rosenstraße 16 (Hackescher Markt S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S9). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2362 4031, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2790 7170, email: info@citystay.de. Central to Alex in the former Leipzig department store, approx. 200 beds. Price: double from € 50, multiple bed from 17 €.
2 Baxpax Downtown Hostel Hotel, Ziegelstr. 28 (Oranienburger Straße S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2787488-0, Fax: +49 (0) 30 278 748 899, email: downtown@baxpax.de. Pleasant hotel facility and attitude, roof terrace, club in the basement, giant bed in the courtyard, approx. 250 beds. Price: doubles from € 59, multi -bed from € 13.
3 Heart of Gold Hostel, Johannisstr. 11 (Oranienburger Straße S-Bahn S1S-Bahn S2S-Bahn S25). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2900 3300, Fax: +49 (0) 30 290 44 717, email: bridge@heartofgold-hostel.de. Theme hostel inspired by D. Adams' "by hitchhiking through the galaxy", approx. 150 beds. Feature: ★. Price: doubles from € 50, multi -bed from € 14. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
4 Helter Skelter Hostel, Kalkscheunenstr. 4-5 (Oranienburger Tor subway U6, S+U-Bahn: Friedrichstraße S-Bahn S3S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S7S S9U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 280 44 997, Fax: +49 (0) 30 290 44 717, email: info@helterskelskelskelskelshostel.com. Backpacker atmosphere, guest kitchen, respect at the weekend very loud, approx. 100 beds, apartments. Price: double from 50 €, multi -bed room from € 14.
5 Ballhaus Berlin Hostel, Chausseestr. 102 (Natural History Museum U-Bahn U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 28484471, email: info@ballhausberlinhostel.de. Beautifully decorated rooms in the probably first hostel in Berlin, now also with elevator, about 140 beds. Open: 24 hours. Price: double from € 59, multi -bed room from € 21. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
6 Meininger Hotel Berlin Mitte Humboldthaus, Oranienburger Straße 67/68. Located directly on Oranienburger Straße, where Alexander von Humboldt once lived. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
7 St. Christopher's Inn Hostel, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 39-41 (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, bus 240 subway U2). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 81 45 39 60, email: bookings@st-christophers.co.uk. English hostel chain, beautiful very English and pub-like bar. Feature: ★★. Price: double from 70 €, multiple bed from € 9.50. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
8 The Circus Hostel, Weinbergsweg 1a (Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn U8). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2839 1433, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2839 1484, email: info@circus-berlin.de. Nice, very hotel-like house with the same service claim, apartments with a nice look. Feature: ★★. Price: double from € 28, multi -bed room from € 19. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
9 Wombats Hostel, Alte Schönhauserstr. 2 (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz subway U2). Email: office@wombats-berlin.de.
10 Hotel Novalis, Novalisstrasse 5 (Oranienburger Tor subway U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 30874089. Price: double from € 52, multi -bed room from € 10.
11 Pangeapeople Hostel, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 34 (Alexanderplatz subway). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 886695814, Fax: +49 (0) 30 886695813, email: booking@pangapeople.de. 8 minutes from Alexanderplatz. Price: multi -bed room from 11 €.
12 One80º Hostel Berlin, Otto-Braun-Straße 65 (Alexanderplatz subway). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 280 4462 22, Fax: +49 (0) 30 280 44 62 22, email: info@one80hostels.com. Very large, stylish hostel on Alexanderplatz. Feature: ★★. Price: multi -bed room from € 13. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
13 A&O Berlin Mitte, Köpenicker Straße 127-129. Tel.: +49 (0) 3080947 5200, email: booking@aohostels.com facebook. Features: ★★, 479 rooms. Accepted payment methods: debit card, credit card.
14 Pension Varna, Leipzigerstr. 120, 10117 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30-69207150, mobile: +49 (0) 175-5146444, email: info@pension-varna.de. up to 25 people; Kitchen and TV available. Feature: pension. Price: from € 25.00 per person/night, including VAT.

Middle
15 Mercure Hotel Berlin on Alexanderplatz, Mollstraße 4 (Alexanderplatz subway). Tel.: +49 30 275727, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2757 27 57, email: h8312@accor.com. Price: doubles from € 68.
16 Hotel Aquino, Hannoversche Straße 5b (Oranienburger Tor subway U6). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 28486-0, Fax: +49 (0) 30 28486-10, email: info@hotel-aquino.de. Entry to the underground car park is on the right a few meters from Friedrichsstrasse. Good hotel in a cheap location. Feature: Free WiFi. Price: EZ € 89.00, garage place € 7.50 per night.
17 Motel One, Dirksenstraße 36 (U+S Alexanderplatz subway U2U-Bahn U8S-Bahn S5S-Bahn S7S-Bahn S75). Tel.: +49 30 200 54 08-0, email: berlin-alexanderplatz@motel-one.com. Underground car park with just a few places. Central very well-located simple 2-star motor with youth hostel charm. Very clean, well -kept and modern (cool ambience). On the rooms LCD TV with DVD! Unfortunately very well attended and therefore very disadvantageous with the breakfast square. Lounge and breakfast room in one. The many "laptop" crazy nerves are a little nerve because they take away valuable breakfast. Otherwise highly recommended. Price: from € 59/ EZ and 71 €/ DZ. Breakfast buffet € 6.50
18 Hotel Indigo Alexanderplatz, Bernhard-Weiß-Straße 5th Tel.: +49 (0) 30 5050 860, email: reservation.alexanderplatz@hotelindigoberlin.com.
19 Park Inn by Radisson Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alexanderplatz 7. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2389-0, Fax: +49 30 2389-4305, email: info@parkinn-berlin.com wikipediacommons. One of the highest hotels in Germany with a good view of Berlin. Neighboring underground car park with 600 parking spaces, spa, restaurants, bar with live music, public roof terrace with Jochen Schweizer Base Flying. Feature: ★★★★.
20 Hotel Albrechtshof, Albrechtstraße 8, 10117 Berlin (Friedrichstraße U-Bahn-Bahn). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 30886-0, Fax: +49 (0) 30 30886-100, email: albrechtshof@albrechtshof-hotels.de. Feature: ★★★. Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check-out: 11:00 a.m. Price: from € 75. Accepted payment methods: credit cards, debit cards.
21 Hotel Augustinenhof (barrier-free certified), Auguststraße 82, 10117 Berlin (Oranienburger Straße S-Bahn). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 30886-0, Fax: +49 (0) 30 30886-700, email: augustinenhof@albrechtshof-hotels.de. Feature: wheelchair accessible. Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check-out: 11:00 a.m. Price: 55 €. Accepted payment methods: credit cards, debit cards.
22 Hotel Allegra, Albrechtstraße 17, 10117 Berlin (Friedrichstraße U-Bahn-Bahn). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 30886-0, Fax: +49 (0) 30 30886-100, email: allegra@albrechtshof-hotels.de. Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check-out: 11:00 a.m. Price: € 65. Accepted payment methods: credit cards, debit cards.

Sophisticated
23 Hotel Adlon Berlin, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Berlin (east, at the Brandenburg Gate). Tel.: +49 (0) 30 226 10, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2261 22 22, email: hotel.adlon@kempinski.com. Traditional and well -known luxury hotel. Features: ★★★★★, ★★★★★ S, free WiFi, wheelchair accessible, underground car park, bar, bike rental, conference room, restaurant, swimming pool, wellness center, dogs allowed. Check-in: 15:00. Check-out: 12:00.
24 The Westin Grand Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 158-164. Tel.: +49 30 20270.

 

Security

1 State Police Directorate, Invalidenstraße 57, 10557 Berlin.
2 police station, Keibelstraße 36, 10178 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 46640.
3 Police Directorate 5 - Section 56, Brunnenstraße 175, 10119 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 4664556701.

 

Health

Hospitals
1 Charité Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 45050.
2 Alexians St. Hedwig Hospital, Große Hamburger Str. 5-11, 10115 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 23110, Fax: +49 (0) 30 23112422, email: st.hedwig@alexianer.de.
3 Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik, Lützowstraße 26, 10785 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 25061.

Pharmacies
4 Bären-Apotheke, Friedrichstrasse 60, 10117 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 20166173, Fax: +49 (0) 30 20166174, email: baeren-apotheke-berlin@gmx.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
5 Galenus-Apotheke, Reinhardtstraße 5, 10117 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2827871, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2825537, email: info@galenus-berlin.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
6 pharmacy at Koppenplatz, Koppenplatz 13-14, 10115 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 28598313, Fax: +49 (0) 30 28598314, email: info@apotheke-am-koppenplatz.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8.30 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
7 pharmacy Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Weydingerstraße 18, 10178 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 30878788, Fax: +49 (0) 30 30878789, email: info@apotheke-rlp.de. Open: Mon, Wed + Fri 8 a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Tue + Thu 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sa closed.
8 Merlin-Apotheke, Linienstraße 13, 10178 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 24720388, Fax: +49 (0) 30 24720387, email: info@merlin-apotheke-berlin-mitte.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
9 Humboldt-Apotheke, Chausseestraße 7, 10115 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2828790, Fax: +49 (0) 30 28099502, email: Humboldtapo@gmail.com. Open: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
10 Leipzig pharmacy, Leipziger Str. 43, 10117 Berlin. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 2043031, Fax: +49 (0) 30 2043041, email: info@leipziger-apotheke.de. Open: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

Practical information

Berlin Tourist Info in the Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz 1, 10117 Berlin. Open: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day.
Berlin Tourist Info in the main train station, Europaplatz 1, 10557 Berlin. Open: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day.

Services
Catholic Church Herz Jesus, Fehrbellinerstraße 98 (center, U2 Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz). Open: Sun: 10:30 a.m.; Mon, Wed - Fri: 7:00 p.m.; Tue: 9:00 a.m.
Catholic Church of St. Adalbert, Torstr. 168 (center, U8 Rosenthaler Platz). Open: Sun: 9:00 a.m.; Tue: 6:00 p.m.; Wed: 9:00 a.m.