Anyone been to Berlin?

[Brumblue]

Going at the start of December with the GF. Staying in the Mitte. Heard so many good things about it but I'd be keen to know what people who've been thought was unmissable as we only have three days to see the place and want to leave plenty of time for drinking and eating sausages.

Danke

 

[pee dubya]

Drinking beer and eating sausages is the unmissable.

edit: if you want to feel cultural, there's some museums and stuff.

 

[Brumblue]

I know but I probably want a small side serving of culture with my bratwurst.

 

[Brad Cliff]

there is some old war stuff that goes down well with a bevvie and a sausage butty

 

[MCFCTrick]

Went last summer, fantastic place. Especially if you like beer and sausages! Get to Hackensach Market area of an evening, a short train ride from centre of Berlin into the old East, for great bars, restaurants and 'indie' type music clubs with bands on.
Try any of the 'hop on- hop off' bus tours to get a good overview of the city.
The Berlin Zoo is a great, well run place, and worth a look if the weather is good.

 

[honkytonkman187]

My Grandad went in 1942 - he wasn't there long, though - I don't think he even landed !

 

[Trig]

Used to live there. 15 years ago mind you. There is sh1tloads to see and do, most of it went over my head seeing as I was 12 but really depends on what you want to do.

Get yourself to a place called "the blub" possibly the worlds best swimming pool, wave pools and everything.

 

[Wheelsy]

I'm there from the 10th to the 13th. Should be great.

 

[Trig]

The Berlin Zoo is a great, well run place, and worth a look if the weather is good.

My Mate tried to nick a wallaby from there, he got rumbled by some angry looking zoo keepers and got thrown out. Teachers made him sit on the bus on his own for three hours.

 

[Brumblue]

Went last summer, fantastic place. Especially if you like beer and sausages! Get to Hackensach Market area of an evening, a short train ride from centre of Berlin into the old East, for great bars, restaurants and 'indie' type music clubs with bands on.
Try any of the 'hop on- hop off' bus tours to get a good overview of the city.
The Berlin Zoo is a great, well run place, and worth a look if the weather is good.

Hackensach sounds right up my street mate.

 

[MCFCTrick]

My Mate tried to nick a wallaby from there

Try and resist Wheelsy, try hard............ ; )

 

[Lark Lane Blue]

My mate loves Berlin, he's been a few times with his girl. I'm meant to be goin for a stag do in Feb.
I just got back from Germany, only had one day off and spent in Hamburg, which is like a smaller, dirtier Amsterdam.

 

[scorer]

Fantastic City.

Go to the usual haunts they're worth it...

look at the wall and the museum @ checkpoint charlie. You will find it hard to fathom that such conditions could have existed in such a civilised country in such recent history.

The development of the east side of the City is nothing other than remarkable.

 

[MCFCTrick]

The development of the east side of the City is nothing other than remarkable.

Yup, the west side of Berlin, in the centre at least, is very modern, and 60's/70's buildings. The old East has kept a lot of its architecture.

Anyone else know Hackensach (Hackseker? sp?) Market area I mentioned? If so, we saw another area, a couple of train stops before it, that had a river, with great bars and restaraunts all along it, and off the side streets too. We got off the train and went there one evening, but don't remember the name of the area?

 

[Wheelsy]

My Mate tried to nick a wallaby from there

Try and resist Wheelsy, try hard............ ; )

Mate I've got a couple spare in my backyard if you want.

 

[goatfood]

For great views of the city the tele tower in alexanderplatz is superb.

There is a revolving restaurant at the top but it can get quite busy. The food is good (but not special) and not pricey (not cheap either mind)....but it's the view you want to be up there for. I liked it the first time I went as a student and made another visit when I returned to Berlin on my jollies with the other half.

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[mostonblue]

I'm going Berlin in February with college! Its a history trip, going Berlin then to Krakow. I'm well excited.

Everytime we speak about it in class, it seems less fun. We have an early curfew and aren't allowed to go out ANYWHERE without a teacher, so that'll be fun lol. My teacher keeps reminding us "Its not a chance for a massive piss up, you have to actually do some work!" Killjoy lol!

Anyone been to Krakow? What's it like? We're going to Auschwitz, that's going to be depressing! Anyone been there? Is it really emotional coz im not good with those sorts of things.

 

[blue jim]

Look around for Terrys walking tour, top class, the fella is from London and lived in Berlin right through the cold war as a British diplomat. Dunno if he does them in the winter though.

Really takes the feet off you but you see most of east berlin and a bit of the west, was fascinating, I'm going to go on it again if I ever go back.

 

[scowy68]

Went there just over twelve months ago,fantastic City.Me and the wife stayed near Alexanderplatz,plenty going on there in the evenings.I would definately reccomend one of the walking tours.We done the bus tour and it was ok,booked the walking tour the following day and it was the best city tour we have ever done.Covers the lot,the wall,Reichstag,Jewish memorial,the Berliner Dom,Hitlers Bunker,the Brandenburg gate,the new Goverment buildings and much more,20 odd Euro's each for a four hour tour,the guide is a Glaswegian but surprisingly easy to understand!