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About Berlin
Berlin is a very extended city with over 889 square kilometers of covered area. Ater the reunification of West and eastern Germany, Berlin is emerging as an exciting international metropolis and one of the major centres of the European Union.
Local highlights
- The Berlin Wall - Monument of the German division and its overcoming
- The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, which serves as a brutal reminder of World War II
- Alexanderplatz
- Brandenburg Gate
- Checkpoint Charly
- Unter den Linden
- Charlottenburg Palace-the biggest castle complex of Berlin
- Nikolaiviertel with the Nikolaikirche
- Potsdamer Platz
- Kurfürstendamm
- Friedrichstraße
- Holocaust memorial
- Reichstag
- Berlin has more than 170 museums and offer everything from the ancient to the ultra-modern - the Egyptian Nefertiti, the greek Pergamon Altar, the painters of the "Brücke" and the "Bauhaus" and works by Baselitz and Beuys.
- Visit the Museum Insel in the Spree river in the city centre-this museum complex is on the UNESCO cultural heritage list and houses Berlin's five major museums like the world famous Bode Museum, the Pergamon Museum and the Alte Nationalgalerie
- Judisches Museum
Highlights in the vicinity
- Nearby Potsdam is worth while a visit. Potsdam is the capital of Brandenburg and has kept its small town image in tact. Highlight is a visit to the well preserved Dutch district, a legacy of Dutch immigrants dating back to the early 18th century.
- Wannsee-an el dorado of watersports
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants: 3.4 Million
- Timezone: UTC +1
- Emergency: Tel nr. 110
- Road traffic information: VMZ Berlin
Local transport
- Berlin's integrated public transport system (known as the BVG) is the best way to get about. An interconnected three-zone system (ABC) which only requires one ticket, allows you to hop from bus to underground (U-Bahn) to surface rail (S-Bahn) and tram with one ticket. Trams are fast and convenient and small ferries will get you across Berlin's lakes.
- Berlin also has an excellent bus transport system
- The BVG tickets also give access to the ferries covering Berlins Wasserstraßen
Inbound transport
- Airport
- Tempelhof Airport
- Schoenefeld Airport
- Tegel Airport
- Train-Berlin has excellent high velocity train connections to other major European capitals-cctual information: Deutsche Bahn
- Car-actual information: VMZ Berlin
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