Berlin, Germany

Europe's capital

A cultural marvel!

Before you go, download the Berlin In Your Pocket city guide for free from http://berlin.inyourpocket.com or grab a hard copy when you are there.

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When your feet start to feel too heavy, have a bottle of cheap sparkling wine at the Pony Bar in Berlin! http://www.pony-bar.de/

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UNIQUE PRIVATE GUIDE: if you are a luxury traveler to Berlin, or a business executive with a free day, my travel tip for the well-heeled will turn your Berlin experience into a more memorable outing.

My husband and I hired a truly unique private guide for five consecutive half-days. Jeremy turned out to be part storyteller/part actor/part historian. He doesn't just rattle off facts and dates and speak in a normal tone of voice -- he is able to spin yarns and weave tales because he uses such public speaking techniques as varying his pitch and speed as well as injecting humor into his commentary. So it's not just the well-researched content of his talks that is fascinating -- his honed delivery draws you into the storyline of that day's tour theme. I'm telling you this man REALLY knows how to hold an audience.

Another plus - Jeremy is a US expat, so he's easy to understand; and he’s lived in Berlin for almost a decade so he knows the city inside out.

He also brings Berlin to life with scores of pre-war & post-war photos. His various half-day tours of Berlin and other nearby areas, such as Potsdam, can easily fill up a week's vacation!

I can truly say he is the best private guide I've ever hired in the world, and therefore I'm delighted to share his info with you-- Jeremy Minsberg at www.theberlinexpert.com , 50 Euros an hour. So if you are planning to stay at a top hotel, dine in fine restaurants and shop at the boutiques on the Ku’dam, then consider Jeremy another must-have component of your holiday.

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Great City, nice hotel to stay. I read here lots of bad things over other hotels in Berlin, just try the Holiday Inn Mitte next time. Affordable price, central, great breakfast- don´t need more.

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You have to take a Berliner Currywurst at the Currybaude at the underground station Gesundbrunnen- one of the Best in Town!

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Greate city

The most fantastic spa I've ever been to! You can just float on the salted water in a dark room, the only lights are yellow, red and blue amblights. DJ plays music, which can be heard underwater! Here's also a bar and on fridays a glass of champagne is included on the entrance fee! Awesome!

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Museeum at Checkpoint Charlie.
You can see a lot of crazy eastern germany stuff there.

Kastanienallee is a street packed with shops, cafes and ethnic food restaurants. If you're bored with more conventional clothing brands, on Kastanienallee (and the streets crossing it) you can find some unique pieces of clothing with a reasonable price. If you're in a shopping spree and in Berlin, this place is a must. It's also nice to have an extensive (and cheap) brunch in one of its cafes after a heavy night of clubbing. Because of its nice, artsy vibe I can recommend Kastanienallee to anyone who is visiting Berlin.

If you want a good steak in Berlin with a decent price go to a Block House. It's great!

This was a pretty awful experience. The room was small and cold. However, it was cheap. Wedding is a suburb of Berlin popular among the turkish and unemployed. Not the nicest of neighborhoods... At least there's a Penny Markt close by to buy food and beer. :)

Perhaps I missed something here but to me a small shack and a crash test dummy wearing a uniform between the lanes wasn't that cool.

Under the Eberswalder Straße substation (Prenzlauer Berg), there is a brilliant Döner kiosk called Konnepke's Imbiß.

I believe Konnepke's history goes back to 1930's and they have their very own curry sauce. The best currywurst I've had in Berlin, and I've had a lot of them!

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Tommy Haus is self sufficient youth commune located in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Inside the house there's a reasonably priced bar with music ranging from punk/hardcore to ska/reggae. There's also a concert hall with weekly events. If you're into punk this is really a place worth visiting for.

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Check out yummy tibetian cuisine! I eat chicken with with peanuts and potatoes like every time i´m there...

Really nice restaurant with fair prices! Check it out!

Wild nightclub with a very, very dodgy entrance. House music, usually.

A cool top floor nightclub, conveniently located near Alexanderplatz. When we were there you could take photos with your mobile and send them as MMS to have them displayed on a large screen in the club, a cool idea! Hopefully they go through censorship first though..

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The landmark of Berlin, use it to guide you to the center if you get lost. Can also well be seen from the airplane when you land. It's pretty expensive to go up the tower and usually there's a queue. Luckily they also have a mobile service that sends you an sms half an hour before it's your turn to go up.

Artim Hotel Charlottenburgh in Berlin. The hotel is very comfort 3 star hotel, but the price isn't very high. Prices include breakfast, and the hotel is very calm. The staff is also nice. The location isn't maybe the best possible, but you can always take an U-bahn in Berlin!

I found the most amazing Punk-store from here! it is called coretex and definitely worth enjoying if you are into hc music! They sell cd's, band t-shirts and beer!!! Excellent!!! and the staff is amazing too!

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Tommy Weisbecker Haus website (in German)

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Forget the noisy restaurant on the top floor. The champagne bars and brasserie-style eateries one floor lower are better and much more fun.

The museum at Checkpoint Charlie was a very interesting site. It really conveyed the Berlin of Germany's past. With movies and pictures visitors can get a sense of what Berlin was like when it was divided. In addition to images relating to the past of Berlin's Wall, is a vast library of memorabilia associated with the wall. I remember ladders that were made to specially span the wall. There was an exhibit of a small vehicle in which many people were ferried across the checkpoint. This is a museum that shows the history of oppression.

Good Sri Lankan food.

Grünberger Str. 66
10245 Berlin

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The view wasn't actually the most beautiful I have seen, but the height! I almost fainted there! And the elevator is also an experiement. (And you can get tasty cake from the nearby bakery :P)

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Forget about the airport, Gatow is a nice little riverside village, very quiet and almost dreaming, although the metropolis of Berlin is within easy walking distance! In cold war times, the road to Gatow passed along the barbed-wire border with East Germany - no concrete wall, though!

I don't know exactly who owns the place but you can book it in Only Apartments website. The price is about 30 euros, whenthere are two person sleeping there. Location is ok, not too far away from the city. Good place for sleeping :D

We drove by the Brandenburger Tor in the day time, but then we had no time to stop. We came there with better time in the evening and I must say, it looked even better in the darkness! It was just quite difficult to get a photo of it. If you are going there in darkness, you better have a stand with you. Or maybe I'm just a poor photographer :D

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The building is looking quite impressive. We didn't even go in there and still I remember how massive and some how scary it was. When you are standing in front of the gates, you can imagine how it must have been about hundred years ago. It probably looks a bit different when there is some happening goin on.

The U-Bahn that goes there, isn't probably the safest one. I suggest that you don't go there alone.

In case you need to change trains in the main railway station in Berlin and have some extra time, it's worth exploring whats near the station. The river Spree, Reichstag building, even the famous Brandenburger Tor is well within walking distance (just about 2 kms away). So even with just one extra hour to spend, you'll be able see some of the major sights!

Don't stay here. The room is cold, there's no hot water and the room is pretty unconfortable. If you don't care about such things then at least the price is cheap and there's a decent breakfast included, which was a complete surprise compared to poor the hotel was otherwise.

The Gesundbrunnencenter is just opposite the Holiday Inn Berlin Mitte www.hiberlin.de

It's amazing place for creating arts!

Great restaurants south of the Nollendorfplats U-bahn station. Of many different nationalities.

They offer apartments with good price quality!