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Berlin is amazing; so young and urban in some areas - and of course so saturated with serious and heavy history leaving you speechless! Tips to 1-30 are from check ins on a 3-day-visit in April 2012.
Kurfürstendamm 101 (Joachim-Friedrich-Str.), Berlin, Berlin
Hotel · Joachim-Friedrich-Straße · 18 tips and reviews
Louise H: Comfort rooms are spacious and quiet - and everything is clean and stylish. Great breakfast with really nice bread and a lot of special treats.
Louise H: Nice and stylish breakfast with a chef that makes fresh omelets and pancakes of your choice. Nice rooms as well with a lot pillows! But no wireless internet in rooms!
Louise H: I love airports, but this one just made me sad! There are not enough seats and it's just plain ugly everywhere. However surprisingly nice shopping area once you get through security.
Louise H: Buy the ABC all-day-tickets for 6.80 - you can use all kinds of busses, trams, Underground-lines, S-trains and regular trains untill 3 AM! But don't forget to validate them in the yellow machines.
Scheidemannstr. (Heinrich-von-Gagern-Str.), Berlin, Berlin
Plaza · Tiergarten · 28 tips and reviews
Louise H: This is the only view you get of the Bundestag, including the Dome, if you didn't know you had to register in advance to visit inside.... (Since 2010)
Pariser Platz (Platz des 18. März), Berlin, Berlin
Monument · Unter den Linden · 534 tips and reviews
Louise H: Try not to notice the street hustlers and 'tourist entertainment' around the site - and just remember the history of this place... Looks amazing at sunset.
Louise H: Dear Rossman. Your stores are 'must-visit-stores' and I just LOVE to go on shopping frenzies - I escpecially love the shelves with travel sizes! BUT I HATE that you don't accept VISA - why oh why? :-(
Louise H: Curry Wurst is a must when in Germany. But don't expect too much here at the Ess Bahn...! And they don't accept VISA. But the decor is nice inside.
Coffee Shop · Charlottenburg · 34 tips and reviews
Louise H: Forget about the long lines of young tourists at Starbucks - this is a much more stylish place. Free Wifi, in house roasting and friendly service. Nice cakes too.
Tauentzienstr. 21-24 (Wittenbergplatz), Berlin, Berlin
Department Store · Schöneberg · 428 tips and reviews
Louise H: Not as fancy as a couple of other large department stores in Europe, but the food departement IS amazing! Especially the huge selections of chocolate and desserts
Louise H: Long and wide shopping street. All brands are represented - both the cheap and the very exclusive - so get ready to go crazy!. And don't forget to go down some of the smaller cross streets too.
Louise H: A huge selection of all kinds of beauty products - in travel sizes too. And If you are a tourist you can buy data cards for your iPhone - and snacks and drinks to take to your room.
Supermarket · Joachim-Friedrich-Straße · 5 tips and reviews
Louise H: As a tourist it's always amazing to see a large grocery store to get an impression of the selection. Don't miss out on the large chocolate shelves - and they take VISA! (Closed on Sundays)
Louise H: Just don't go there if you hate malls. But when the weather isn't at it's best it's just shopping heaven! Toilets are 60 cent, which means nice and clean. And they have a huge food court at the top.
Louise H: Nice and central place to start your holiday in Berlin: Take your picture of the world clock, the U-Bahn station and the tv tower - and then hurry away so you can explore more important areas!
Louise H: Nice place for your lunch in Prenzlauer Berg: Big sandwiches, healthy quiches and yummy cakes. Really nice staff and a lot of locals popping in to buy bread and cakes. (Free wifi: Ask for a password)
Louise H: A free memorial site with a piece of the Berlin Wall and no man's land, great information along the street, visitor's center with a tower view. A place soaked in history!
Louise H: Get out of that terrible fleamarket and enjoy the surrounding green area instead. Try the swings: you can swing really high while you enjoy the view from the park!
Louise H: This is my favorite nighttime-spot in Berlin! I love how Bahnhof Potzdamer Platz looks beside the gigantic DB-building. And there is also a post with the historical context of the train station.
Potsdamer Str. 2 (Ben-Gurion-Str.), Berlin, Berlin
Business Center · Tiergarten · 188 tips and reviews
Louise H: It's truly a gigantic tourist trap - but also a good looking one you cant miss :-) Notice the acoustics under the 'roof' - it's so strange since it's both outside and inside at the same time.
Louise H: The new tower looks boring at daytime but lights up at nighttime. (The old tower is being restored right now - but when it's visible they are an odd couple!)
Olivaer Platz 18 (Konstanzer Str. 1), Berlin, Berlin
Italian Restaurant · Fehrbelliner Platz · 5 tips and reviews
Louise H: Friendly service from what seems to be a family run restaurant. Italian food, but very German style with huge foamy beer mugs and a lot of meat on the plates.
Louise H: A bit overrated considering the price and all the waiting. Yes, the view is excellent, but actually the view from the cafeteria at KaDeWe is pretty good as well ;-)