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Getting There: Climate Cheap Eats
Getting There: Climate Cheap Eats
Getting There
By plane: Berlin is served by two airports - Tegel and Schönefeld. From Tegel, buses #109, #128 and
#X9 will bring you to the city centre. From Schönefeld the easiest way is via train. Berlin is a city that enjoys warm, sunny summers, Schlotzsky's Deli, Friedrich Str. 200, Mitte
that rarely get unbearably warm during months like Blatantly cashing in on its proximity to Checkpoint
July and August. You could find yourself wearing Charlie, Schlotzsky's Deli deals in hunger-busting
By train: Trains travelling to Berlin from other European cities either arrive at Zoo Station (West Berlin) or only a t-shirt up until mid-October but it is then that sandwiches rammed with ingredients you'd expect to
Lichtenberg Station (East Berlin). temperatures begin to drop. Winters are cold but find in any American deli. Choose from a wide range
not extreme. Spring and autumn are very pleasant of sandwiches for between €3 and €5 or save a few
By bus: Travelling to Berlin by bus, you will end up in the city's main bus terminal on Messedamm in times to visit. euros by getting one of the combo-meals which start
Charlottenburg, West Berlin. at €4. Open daily from 9am-6.30pm.
Café Zapata, Oranienburger Str. 54-55, Mitte If Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, Mitte January - Lange Nacht Der Museen Every Global Callcenter, Budapester Str. 45,
somebody was to tell you this unique venue was Rembarkably untouched during both World Wars, January over 150,000 culture vultures take to the Charlottenburg This cybershop is in the busy
originally a part of 'The Matrix' set you'd tend to the Brandenburg Gate was originally commissioned Berlin streets to visit the city's museums after dark. Europa Center in West Berlin. It's a quiet place, but
believe them - old tins, barbed wire, metal and other by Friedrich Wilhelm II to represent peace. Ironically, Taking place on the last Saturday, one ticket covers it's right in the middle of things in the west side.
materials decorate this large bar. The building itself it was later incorporated in the Berlin Wall. Today all museums. There is street entertainment too. Open from 9am-midnight; €2 per hour.
was meant to be destructed before squatters took Berlin's most instantly recognisable landmark is a
over and saved from its ill-timed fate. Open daily symbol of the reunification of East and West.
from 10am-open end. February - Berlin International Film Festival
Germany's largest film festival attracts movie
makers from both home and abroad, some of whom
Wohnzimmer, Lette Str. 6, Prenzlauer Berg This A Culture Vulture's Dream Come True compete for the coveted 'Golden Bear' award.
cosy bar is one of the most intimate places in the
city. Within five minutes of sitting down with a beer
and a friend you'll feel as if you're relaxing in your March - Spandau Spring Festival You may have
own sitting room. Funnily enough, its name to travel to the suburb of Spandau for this festival
translated into English means 'living room'. Open deep in West Berlin, but do and you'll be treated to
daily from 10am-4am. funfairs, parades and more.