Lonely Planet Pocket Berlin (Travel Guide)
Lonely Planet
Language: English
Pages: 192
ISBN: 1742208819
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Berlin is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Ponder reunified Germany at the Brandenburg Gate, view the city from Reichstag's dazzling glass cupola, or catch a live music gig at a riverside beach bar; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Berlin and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Berlin:
- Full-colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
- Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
- Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Free, convenient pull-out Berlin map (included in print version), plus over 20 colour neighbourhood maps
- User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time
- Covers Reichstag, Unter den Linden, Museum Island, Alexanderplatz, Potsdamer Platz, Scheunenviertel, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg, Kurfurstendamm, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Berlin, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience.
- Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Berlin's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet's Berlin guide.
- Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Germany guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer, or Lonely Planet's Discover Germany, a photo-rich guide to the country's most popular attractions.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet and Andrea Schulte-Peevers.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
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Chestnuts of Prater (Click here), Berlin’s oldest beer garden. For dinner, either walk around the corner to Oderquelle (Click here) or – for an even more local experience – hoof it over to Frau Mittenmang (Click here). For a local’s day in Prenzlauer Berg, Click here. Prenzlauer Berg Sights 1 Kollwitzplatz D6 2 Jüdischer Friedhof Schönhauser Allee D7 3 Gethsemanekirche D2 Eating 4 Frau Mittenmang E1 5 A Magica D2 6 Oderquelle B5 7 Zagreus Projekt A8 8 W – der Imbiss B7 9 Zula.
Stock market crashed in 1929, plunging the world into economic depression. Within weeks, half a million Berliners were jobless and riots and demonstrations again ruled the streets. The volatile, increasingly polarised political climate led to clashes between communists and the emerging NSDAP, led by Adolf Hitler. Soon jackboots, Brownshirts, oppression and fear would dominate daily life in Germany. 4 Story of Berlin Museum Offline map Google map This multimedia museum breaks down 800 years.
Treasure-hunting grounds with plenty of entertainment, cafes and people-watching. (Click here) Best Made in Berlin Ausberlin Great for scene-savvy label hunters. (Click here) Bonbonmacherei Find a new favourite in this old-fashioned candy kitchen. (Click here) Frau Tonis Parfum Get a customised scent. (Click here) Ta(u)sche Ingenious messenger bags with changeable flaps to lug your Berlin purchases. (Click here) Ampelmann Galerie Berlin’s iconic traffic-light man on T-shirts, towels.
Berlin on a warm day is from the deck of a boat cruising the city’s rivers, canals and lakes. Tours range from one-hour spins around the historic centre (from €9) to longer trips to Schloss Charlottenburg and beyond (from €13.50). Most offer live narration in English and German and sell refreshments on board. Embarkation points are concentrated near Museum Island. Bus Tours You’ll see them everywhere around town: colourful buses (in summer, often open-top double-deckers) that tick off all.
Performing Arts Offline map Google map This House of World Cultures, in an eccentric building with a gravity- defying parabolic roof, presents the entire palette of contemporary, non-European creativity, from art to music, dance to readings, films to theatre. Chime concerts ring out at noon and 6pm daily from the nearby 68-bell carillon. (www.hkw.de; John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10; U-Bahn Bundestag; 100; ) 26 Konzerthaus Berlin Classical Music Offline map Google map This top-ranked classical.