One place to stay
- Youth Hostel « Plus Berlin » located in Warschauerplatz alongside the Spree river, between neighborhoods Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. Swimming pool and metro in front of it.
- East side gallery nearby, and bike rental available for 12€/day (cheaper if long term rent). Great service. Costs approximately 60€/night for a room for two. Parking available for 10€/day, and breakfast for 6.50€
A Thursday afternoon
- Checkpoint Charlie and Museum
- Holocaust Museum in front of the US embassy
- Banksy temporary exhibition
- Walking around Alexanderplatz, Brandenbourg gate, Reichstag (buy tickets straight as you have to book in another place in front of the Reichstag at a specific time), walking around the museums island, the dome, etc.
- Kreuzberg for the night, lively area, bars in Sclesische Strasse and Am Flutgraben – club der Visionare, Arena Club. Careful : Bars alongside the canal are mainly open only during summer
- Urban Spree : Artistic space in Berlin-Friedrichshain dedicated to urban cultures
Chillin’ Friday
- Brunch @ Aunt Benny, Oderatrasse, Friedichshain
- Métro U5 to Alexanderplatz (clock, TV antenna, Rote Rathaus)
- Visit of the dome of Berlin (7€/ person)
- Visit of the Pergamonmuseum (12€/person) – amazing collection : Ischtar door, door of the Pergame market and museum of Islamic art
- Unter den Linden boulevard with the opera
- Potsdamer Platz and Sony Center
- Topography of Terror museum (free, 2 hours at least)
- Mustafas Gemuse Kebap – best Kebab of Berlin, usually 30 minutes queuing in Mehrindgamm Strasse (3.50€)
- The Clash bar, two blocks away from the kebab in Kreuzberg – hard rock music with games: kicker, billard and flippers
- Ephemeral techno party in the basements of the museum nearby Alexander Platz : 47 party organisers, Alte Münze, Moltenmarket 2, Berlin
Busy Saturday
- Renting bikes for the day
- East side gallery – 1.2km of the Berlin Wall, graffitis from various artists
- Breakfast at the cross between Kopernikusatrasse and Bundesatrasse 95a
- Have a stop in the Berghain institution – open from Friday night until Monday morning, in Kopernikusatrasse
- Visit of the Reichstag building, the coupole and the terrace (free, two hours)
- Urban Nation (street art museum) in Bulowstrasse, going there alongside the canals
- Tiergarten parc
- Memory Church Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis-Kirche, showing the impact of the bombings during WWII
- Walking around the neighborhood -nice buildings, art galleries and shops
- Hardwax record vinyles store at the opposite side of Berlin – going there following the canal. Shop at the last floor of the building, electronic music
- Gendarmenmarkt for typical meals and beautiful square for dinner, book in advance at Augustiner Am Gendarmenmarkt
- Going back to the hostel through the Trésor and Koppi 137, a high decorated punk squat
What we would have liked to also do
Sightseeing
- Neue Sinagoge, built in 1859, main Sinagoge of Berlin
- Jewish museum
- Walking in the Tiergarten and the Zoo Berlin
- Mauermuseum and Asisi Panorama (having a look over the wall on the east side)
- Museum Insel
- Charlottenburg Castle and the bike ride alongside the canal
Food & Party
- Curry 36: best curry wurst
- Clärchens Ballhaus: cabaret, thé dansant, institution à Berlin
- Schlawinchen bar (Kreuzberg), unclosed for the past 25 years
- Cultural and musical center: funkhaus Planterwal
- Monsieur Vuong, Alexanderplatz Kollwitzkiez
- Burgermeister, Kreuzberg, east side gallery
- Oh la la, Friedrichshain (pie bar)
- Volt, former electric plant, Kreuzberg
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