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All You Need for Your Trip to...Berlin
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items My favourite city on Earth with history everywhere you look and a drinking scene unlike anywhere else in Europe. With a bit of planning, it may well become yours too.
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Before You Go...
While You're There
Eat Drink and Be Merry
Before You Go...
Of all the guide books available for Berlin, Bradt's is the most detailed and informative - highly recommended for planning!
Berlin Travel Guide (The Best One Around)
I love this series as it gives a real - and cheeky - insight into a whole range of spots only the locals know about. I read these on the plane over and see which stay with me…
The 500 Hidden Secrets of Berlin - well worth a peruse
The network of buses, trains, subways and trams is unsurpassed - familiarise yourself with the network in advance and download the BVG app to buy tickets (the Tageskarte / day ticket for zones A+B will do the job just fine)
Quick guide to to the public transport network and fares
My blog on where to head to once you've seen the main sights. Includes driving a 70s Trabi round East Berlin and pubs which serve pilsner by the urinal - so you really should have a read!
Second Time in Berlin (The Lesser Known Spots You Should Check Out)
I pretty much agree with the recommendations here (some very fun options I want to try myself) for first time visitors - just don't pay for the Reichstag when you can do it for free
48 Hours in Berlin (For First-Timers)
While You're There
Berlin’s best sightseeing tour costs less than your morning coffee. A €3.80 single ticket, a front-row seat and a view of my favourite city on Earth as it unfolds like a real-time postcard. My reel explains how...
The cheapest sightseeing tour you'll ever take
So much cool stuff in Berlin is free to do, meaning you can have a packed day for less than 30 Euro without comprising on history, culture or beer! Here's my blog explaining how.
Berlin on a Budget - have a blast for 30 Euro a day
While you need several days to experience all that Berlin has to offer, if it's a flying visit and you don't want to go solo, this tour whisks you round the main sights with a knowledgeable and humorous - no really - guide
If you're short of time, hit up this - excellent value - tour
This is one of Berlin's iconic sights and 100% worth adding to your itinerary. Free too ;-) You need to register in advance - use this link - and bring ID with you. That's it/
Visit the Reichstag Dome FOR FREE
100% my favourite activity from my last trip to Berlin - driving round the old East Berlin in a 1970s Trabi with only three gears (good luck getting into third) and a steering wheel with the weight of an anchor. If you get down Karl-Marx Allee without stalling and panicking, you're doing better than me!
Berlin Wall Self-Drive Trabi Tour - my favourite tour in all Berlin!
The longest open gallery in the world and the longest stretch of Berlin wall. What's not to like? This symbol of oppression has been turned into a vibrant, political, subversive canvas that I always stroll along whenever I'm back in the city. Come early to avoid the crowds (U-Bahn Warschauer Strasse)
My Favourite Tourist Site in Berlin - East Side Gallery
If you insist on trying Berghain (I only went once…in 2005…and thought it was overrated but anyhow), give this new tool a whirl to see if you pass the notoriously strict face control. Air BnB used to run ‘experiences’ where locals would dress and coach you to guarantee you'd get in…go figure!
AI's latest use case - getting you into Berghain!
Eat Drink and Be Merry
A cocktail bar with 1,500 local ingredients? Smoke-filled dive bars that are stuck in 1985, with prices to match? A pub-club that models itself on ‘bordello chic’? Yep, that's Berlin - my blog picks out five of the quirkiest places to drink
5 Quirkiest Berlin Bars - your night starts here!
I went one step further and created a whole Benable list of best pubs (breweries, dive pubs, gay bars, bars with views, speakeasies, the lot!) If you can't find something here that tickles your fancy, you're officially hard to please.
Best Places To Drink In Berlin - A Whole Benable Guide!
Berlin is the epitome of melting pot and this excellent food tour brings things to life. From the - obvious - currywurst to syrian mezze and Vietnamese tacos, you'll experience the fusion cuisine of this city…and they even throw a beer in to keep you going
Berlin Food and History Walking Tour - (don't eat lunch beforehand!)
If you're looking for one page with a series of very good recommendations for where to eat in Berlin, use this one - it's exemplary
First Timer’s Guide to the Best Restaurants in Berlin - Ausländer