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Berlin Games Week Computer game events Spring has sprung Enjoy the parks April - May 2015 Maps Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Shopping Events Hotels N°74 - €1.75 inyourpocket.com April - May 2015 3 facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Contents Berlin Charlottenburg & The West 34 Genteel western Berlin Berlin Prenzlauer Berg 44 The gentriﬁ ed north Berlin Kreuzberg 48 Immigrants, anarchists and hipsters River Tours 57 City Tours 58 Guided walks, bike rides and drives Directory & Street register 60 Maps & Index City map 61-63 Public transport map 64-65 Index 66 Transport 5 Getting around by S&U Sports in Berlin 6 All about Berlin’s top teams Basics 8 Essential travel tips Golf in Berlin 9 The best courses in and around the city Culture & Events 10 Roll up for theatre, shows and cinema Berlin Mitte 20 The delights of the city centre Berlin Friedrichshain 33 Worker’s paradise, student’s playground BERLIN BOXES Scattered throughout the guide you’ll ﬁ nd boxes with more information about these topics: Berlin in books 41 Cold War Berlin 43 Erasmus Student Network 8 SYMBOL KEY T Child friendly U Facilities for the disabled V Home delivery E Live music N No credit cards M Nearest S/U-Bahn station B Outside seating G Non-smoking room S Take away R Internet W Wi-Fi Additional symbols for hotels P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted L Guarded parking H Conference facilities F Fitness centre K Restaurant D Sauna C Swimming pool Dinner price guide The number of euro symbols in our restaurant, café and nightlife reviews indicates the approximate price level based on a main course with a glass of wine. €€€€ Expensive; more than €30 per person. €€€ Not cheap; €20-30 per person. €€ Middling; from €10-20 per person. € Cheap; less than €10 per person. © Dreamstime.com All day long Germany’s widest range of undubbed blockbusters and Arthouse films under one roof at Sony Center: Explore nothing but brand-new English originals at CineStar Original and dive into both English and German 3D-feature films and 3D-documentaries at CineStar IMAX on Berlin’s largest screen! Info and tickets on cinestar.de 4 Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com April - May 2015 5 facebook.com/BerlinInYourPocket Foreword Transport After a mild winter, it’s time for Berliners and their visitors to head outdoors again. The city’s bars will regret the drop in income, but the cheap beers and booze sold at the ubiquitous Späti late-night shops and the lush park lawns beckon once again. If you’re in town during the ﬁ rst warm weekend of the year, we recommend you visit Tempelhofer Freiheit park, and watch the scene of thousands of Berliners crammed on the Grill-areas, enjoying the ﬁ rst barbecue of the season. For those who like their outdoors to be calm, manicured and ﬁ tted out with holes for aiming little white balls at, check out our new golf feature (p. 9) and discover where you can play in and around Berlin. Some people who will shun the sunlight this season are the visitors of the international Gamesweek event, who’ll spend their time trying out and discussing digital games; see p. 19 for details. Whatever you do this spring, do write in to tell us about your experiences, tips and complaints, at berlin@inyourpocket.com. Enjoy Berlin. CZECH REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA DUTCH CARIBBEAN POLAND ROMANIA HUNGARY SERBIA BOSNIA ALBANIA GREECE FYR MACEDONIA BULGARIA MONTENEGRO ITALY CROATIA SLOVENIA AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND UKRAINE GEORGIA BELARUS LITHUANIA LATVIA ESTONIA RUSSIA GERMANY BELGIUM NETHERLANDS NORTHERN IRELAND IRELAND COVER STORY Berlin’s impressive Reichstag build- ing is one of the most well-known parliament buildings in the world. It was burnt down, conquered by the Soviets, fenced in by the Wall and wrapped in pink canvas before it returned to its original purpose, now with a new dome that’s free to visit. CITY CARDS Discounts are a welcome relief, so if you are planning to travel around town a lot and see more than one museum, get a reduced rate card. Note that students and youths may get better reductions at museums using their student ID cards. BERLIN WELCOMECARD The Berlin WelcomeCard is a combined transport and reduction card (museums, bike tours/rental, boat tours, etc) valid for zone AB or zone ABC (which includes Potsdam and Schönefeld airport). Cards are valid for 48 hours (AB €18,50, ABC €20,50), 72 hours (€25,50/27,50) or 5 days (€32,50/37,50). There’s also a 72-hour variety (€38,50/40,50) that includes free admission to the ﬁ ve Museumsinsel museums. Cards are sold online and from BVG ticket machines, tourist oﬃ ces, S-Bahn oﬃ ces, hotels and kiosks. The similar CityTourCard (www.citytourcard. com) is a little cheaper, with restaurant, bar and club discounts geared towards younger travellers: 48 hours (AB €16,90, ABC €18,90), 72 hours (€23,90/25,90) or 5 days (€30,90/35,90).Qwww.berlin-welcomecard.de. MUSEUM PASS BERLIN 50 museums, including the permanent collections of the Staatliche Museen (state museums), can be visited with the Berlin Museum Pass (€24/12, valid three days). It’s for sale at the museums, tourism oﬃ ces and online. Qwww.berlin-welcomecard.de. Publisher In Your Pocket GmbH Axel-Springer-Straße 39 10969 Berlin Tel: +49 30 27 90 79 81 Fax: +49 30 24 04 73 50 germany@inyourpocket.com www.inyourpocket.com ISSN 1611-9037 Printed by Druckteam GbR Berlin. Circulation 20,000 copies bimonthly The public transport map is used under license no. BVG-0079.11. Editorial Editors Jeroen van Marle, Philippe Krüger, Christina Knight Research Cecilia Engvall; Layout Tomáš Haman Photos Jeroen van Marle (JvM), Emilie Guilland (EG) Maps Kartographie Eichner Cover © Draghicich | Dreamstime.com Sales & Circulation General Manager Stephan Krämer Production Manager Philippe Krüger Accounting Martin Wollenhaupt Advertising Managers Philippe Krüger, CoCoMedia (cj@coco-media.de) Copyright notice & Editor’s note Text, photos and maps (unless otherwise stated) copyright In Your Pocket GmbH. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the copyright owner. The brand name In Your Pocket is used under license from UAB In Your Pocket (Bernardinu 9-4, Vilnius, Lithuania tel. (+370-5) 212 29 76). The editorial content of In Your Pocket guides is independent from paid-for advertising. We have made every eﬀ ort to ensure the accuracy of all information and assume no responsibility for changes and errors. Although Berlin is lodged in the middle of the great empty vastness of northeast Germany, it’s very well connected to the rest of civilisation by bus, train, Autobahn and air. Once in Berlin, you’ll wish that your home town had such good public transport. PUBLIC TRANSPORT Berlin’s integrated network of U-Bahn (Untergrundbahn, underground trains), bus, and Straßenbahn (trams) run by BVG and S-Bahn and RE (Schnellbahn and regional commuter trains run by DB) usually works like a dream. Just remember the number or colour and end station of the line you want to use, and you’ll be navigating the labyrinth-like stations like a local. Most S/U-Bahn trains, buses and trams run every 5-15 minutes during the day. M buses and trams run every half hour at night; U-Bahn trains run every 15 minutes on weekend nights, with N buses following their routes every half hour (starting from Hackescher Markt) on weekday nights. Tickets can be used on all BVG, S-Bahn and local RE train services. Vending machines have instructions in English and accept coins, often bank notes and cards too. Berlin’s AB travel zone contains nearly everything; you’ll only need an ABC-ticket for Potsdam and Schoenefeld airport. With an Einzelfahrschein ticket (AB-zone €2,70, ABC €3,30) you can travel one-way for up to two hours with unlimited transfers; it’s cheaper to buy four tickets at once (Vier-Fahrten-Karte, €9). Buy a €1,60 Kurzstrecke (short distance) ticket if you want to travel up to three S/U-Bahn stops, or up to six stops by bus or tram. If you anticipate a lot of travelling, get the Tageskarte (day ticket, valid until 03:00 the next morning; €6,90) or the seven-day pass (€29,50). Groups of up to ﬁ ve people are best oﬀ with a Kleingruppenkarte (group day ticket, €16,90). The multi-day Berlin Welcomecard (€18,50-38,50) is valid for transport and some attractions. Before boarding the S- or U-Bahn, always validate your ticket by punching it in the yellow or red machines near the end of the platforms. On buses and trams, the machines are on board. Public transport uses the honour system, and there are regular checks by uniformed and plainclothes inspectors. If you are caught without a valid ticket you’ll be ﬁ ned €40 on the spot. BVG The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe run the U-Bahn, buses and trams. Their handy trip planner can be found at www. fahrinfo-berlin.de.Qtel. +49 30 194 49, info@bvg.de, www.bvg.de. TAXIS Berlin’s friendly and ubiquitous beige Mercedes taxis can be called or hailed on the street. They can also be found queing at S/U-Bahn stations and near nightlife hotspots. Not all taxis accept credit cards, ask when you book. Prices are the same day and night; ﬂ agfall plus the ﬁ rst kilometre is €3,40; then up to 7km it’s €1,79/km, thereafter €1,28/km. Waiting costs €25/ hr. For short hops hail a taxi already driving in the direction you need to go and immediately ask uploads/Sports/ berlin-pocket-guide.pdf