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€

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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.

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  • 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
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Chillin’ Friday

  • Brunch @ Aunt Benny, Oderatrasse, Friedichshain

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  • Métro U5 to Alexanderplatz (clock, TV antenna, Rote Rathaus)
  • Visit of the dome of Berlin (7€/ person)

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  • 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€)

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  • 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
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Busy Saturday

  • Renting bikes for the day
  • East side gallery – 1.2km of the Berlin Wall, graffitis from various artists

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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