Egyptian Museum
by Alternative
This museum is definitely worth visiting, hours could be spent looking at all of the diverse artifacts. Once you've paid for admission, you have the option of getting a device that you slip around your neck that'll tell you more about the items you are viewing. The bust of Nefertiti is one of the main attractions luring visitors in. I've gone there once, but still haven't really seen everything. I'll deffinitely be going back, it's worth it! The museum is located in Berlin -Charlottenburg at Schloßstraße70.
Hauptbahnhof – more than a Railway Station
by Kakapo2
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This spectacular new main railway station did not come out of the blue. In former times it was Lehrter Bahnhof, located in the East-German suburb of Mitte. It is sitting on the northern bank of the river Spree. Humboldthafen is to the east. You have great views from nearly eveywhere because the huge building is nearly entirely a glass construction.
With opening this three-storey railway station, designed by the architect Meinhard von Gerkan, the whole traffic concept in Berlin had to be altered. Service started on 28 May 2006.
The station is Europe’s biggest and most modern crosspoint station. It is the centre of crossing lines of all means of railway system: the (inter-)national railway grid as well as the regional and municipal S-Bahn system. The north- and south-bound long distance trains of German Railways (Deutsche Bahn) travel at the lowest level in the basement, the east- and west-bound trains on level 1. More than 220 long-distance trains stop at the station every day, more than 300 regional trains and more than 600 S-Bahn trains. The east-west-hall is 321 metres long.
If you want to get to Hauptbahnhof from the northern or southern suburbs by U-Bahn you have to change to the S-Bahn at Zoologischer Garten, Friedrichstraße or Alexanderplatz.
Like most modern railway stations Hauptbahnhof is much more than a huge architectural achievement and a hub of transportation. It is a commercial centre, with about 80 retail stores, and office spaces. The shops are open daily from 8am to 10pm, the pharmacy is open around the clock.
Security is paramount in such a striking prestige structure. As Germany’s first railway station Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof has no lockers but only luggage storage with x-ray controls. -
(Of course, no fond memory... ;-)
The prestigious construction showed some weak points already in its first year. In a big storm named Kyrill a huge external grid-like metal board that should be kept in place by its own weight (more than one tonne) flew through the air in January 2007, so the station had to be closed for safety reasons. Some amendments had to be made, so such things would not happen again. The whole project cost about 10 billion Euro. Not only this has been critisised – but the point critics make are far too specific for the purpose of VT.
Self-guided tours with MP3 player
Guided tours:
For individuals every Tuesday and Sunday 11am, cost 8 Euro
Meeting point: Service Point Invalidenstraße/Europaplatz, bookings required.
For groups (25 persons max) 150 Euro, tours in English and French on request
Phone (030) 297-42010
Internet:
http://www.hbf-berlin.de/site/berlin__hauptbahnhof/de/start.html
badeschiff - pool in the spree
by miromi
only in Berlin: as part of a citywide art project, an architect designed a glowing floating swimming pool anchored near the Berlin arena. And of course the wild and crazy Berliners decided to dump tons of sand to make an artificial beach and wala! come with big pink plastic sunglasses and an extra skimpy bikini and you can swim while soaking in a view of the Spree and Alexanderplatz. If only the Spree were clean enough to swim in! This isn't serious swimming, but be careful to work out before you go, as all the perfect bodies prancing around you are frighteningly cellulite free! a good physique (flat tummy) and a pretty bathing suit. this is one of those people watching places
Be Part of East Side Gallery
by Kakapo2
This is really great fun. You can become part of East Side Gallery if you stand at the right spot on photos.
You can shake hands with the former well-hated uniformed GDR checkpoint monsters, tickle Erich Honecker under the chin, so he stop the kissing with Breshnev, and so on.
I especially liked the humourous painting on the Wall. Such satire makes the events – bad as they were – even worse, and when you can laugh about it you get aware that this part of German history was not just horrible and inhumane but also ridiculous.
Directions:
Mühlenstraße, between Oberbaumbrücke and Ostbahnhof
U-Bahn U 1, station Warschauer Platz
S-Bahn station Ostbahnhof
Of Course !...
by coceng
The nighlife in Berlin is a total experience !
It seems that Berliners take their fun very seriously.
The nightlife in Berlin is preaded over 7 areas. You can find the best listings of best clubs & new clubs in many periodicals published by various agencies around Berlin.
The spotlight is definitely in Mitte, with great density of bars, clubs & cafes.
The Schoneberg area, you can see bars & cafes along Goltzstrasse, the so-called main drag in this area.
I went to many bars & clubs, sorry no photo I could put up here because they are too explicitly vulgar to VT ! ...
U-bahn Entrance At Wilmersdorfer
St Nikolai Kirche, Spandau, Berlin, DE 2009
"Aktion T4" Grey Bus Monument, Berlin.
Metro Station Rathaus-Steglitz
