Where to Stay in Berlin

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... or not, we arrived at the Berlin hauptbahnhof around 7:30am.  We worked our way through the train system to the outskirts of Berlin where our hostel was and dropped off our luggage.  Then it was back to the hauptbahnhof for a day of Berlin ...

... the wall went down he returned (much less dramatically) to live in his old area again. The maps of East Germany were blank where West Berlin was, however in West Berlin they built roads etc to link up with the East in case the city was ever unified. The ...

... for.  Off in the distance was the Victory Column, which unfortunately was covered up with construction scaffolding. Reichstag, where the Berlin government is housed.  This Parliament building is the heart of the German democracy.  It was ...

... made for, and how they were made. he also told me that a week ago, for two weeks, there was this thing where in Berlin had a professional landscape artist come into the town and decorate all the major buildings with lights. Then late at night, all of ...

... and west berlin, site of Hitlers old bunkers and much more!!! Along the street they have bricks layed down to trace the line of where the Berlin wall once stood. We got to walk along that and the guide told us a lot about the history of the wall and about ...

... did so happily. I could go on for day  but it'd take me all afternoon to type up everything that I soaked up during the Berlin tour so...I won't. Whoever may be reading this: go see it. We learned about a pub crawl somewhere along the way and we all ...

... inspired creative expression. Berlin has a tremendous history. Tourists come here to see a sight that no longer exists--the Berlin wall. After WWII, where parts of the city were destroyed, the city was divided in two. East and West Berlin and wall ...

... . We didn't fully have our acts together when we stopped at Berlin's wonderful Hauptbahnhof so we stayed onto the terminus at Berlin Sudkreuz, where it is easier to get to the hotel from anyway. The S bahn, which Steve commented on as being very wide, ...

... walking tour of the major highlights in Berlin Mitte (Berlin's central district).  We saw Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), Humboldt University, Gendarmenmarkt, Konzerthaus Berlin, Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Neue Wache, the Käthe Kollwitz statue ...

... . When we left at 4 AM, the party was still hopping. (There's no such thing as closing time in Berlin. Most bars stay open until dawn.) The next morning we had a hearty breakfast at Morgenland , located very near the Görlitzer ...

... tour of Berlin - the best thing we ever did!!! Took about 5 hours, and we went over all the hot spots of Berlin - starting with where the city originally started how many centuries ago - through the still bullet-hole laden archways to the river - past the ...

... Berlin was memorable, to say the least. First, we got semi lost. In the hotel lobby we were given a map of Berlin and the Viking people highlighted where Check Point Charlie was. I was given said map. We left the hotel and went down the street in the ...

... The treatment (and pictures) of what these people received will stay with me for a very long time. Anytime anyone is in Berlin i would recommend this exhibition - and its free.  Outside the exhibition room is an open air exhibition of the remains of ...

... morning after checking out of the hotel, I realised it was a bit early for my train. Actually, my train was leaving from Berlin's Hauptbahnhof which was only a few minutes away so I took a train (any train going in that direction will take you there) and ...

Day 1 - Left Florence airport, made a connection through Brussels, and arrived in Berlin about dinner time.  We are staying at Hotel Berlin, Berlin (that is really the name of the hotel, I did not repeat it or say the name of the city).  It is ...

... as though there was a rift between Shannon and I. We couldn't agree on a place to eat. We couldn't agree on where to stay. We toured the Berlinerdom church which I loved, whereas Shannon preferred the war torn tower of the Kaiser-Weilhelm church. Its so ...

... back home and we were seriously sleep deprived. After waking up we made the trek to Mustafa's, apparently the best kebab stand in Berlin, and it certainly didn't disappoint! However, because it is so popular the line is MASSIVE and it i literally a little ...

... Side Gallery, the Bauhaus Museum, and the Jewish Memorial were all very inspiring! Berlin also has a great assortment of photo booths which we had to take advantage of on our last night in Berlin. I think Tessa wanted to stay but I was ready to see ...

... museum/info center has been set up about the SS. So we went in there. The remnants of the SS office is right beside the Berlin wall, which is only a crumbling basement wall itself. This was a place of inside work and house prisoners. And it used to ...

... Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) movie. In English. Yep. That has been the extent of my exploration of Berlin. This time. But, I shall return. It looks like I will be experiencing a German Christmas and New Year's here in Berlin! ...