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from Berlin to Prague
Hi all,
what is the cheapest and best way to travel from berlin to prague? will it be by train? are there any busses going the same route? I am on a really tight budget but if the train is the better way to travel, i don't really mind paying a little more. any website that i can get travel information?
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Re: from Berlin to Prague
Hy,
there is a overnight bus Berlin-Prague by Student Agency around 30€
timetables and booking here: http://www.cseh-busz.hu/en/323_323/Prague%20-%20Berlin
and also Eurolines runs during the day around 36€
timetables here: http://www.touring.de/index.php?id=2&L=1
both they are stopped to Florenc bus station, very close To Florenc metro station that connects both B and C lines (yellow and red).
Trains are around 50€
timetables here: http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/vlaky/spojeni/
Hope this helps
Ciao, Marco
Re: from Berlin to Prague
DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From: Berlin
To: Prague
Specials start from EUR 29,00. You can book at earliest 89 days in advance. The specials tend to sell out fast. With normal price tickets you can buy as well on spot.
> are there any busses going the same route?
Not exactly the same route. The trains travel south of Dresden through the scenic Elbe valley, the buses stick to the autobahn.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1156
http://www.dresden.de/en/05/02/01.php
http://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/start/click.system?act=lang&lang=en
Re: from Berlin to Prague
The cheapest way:
If you travel on a Sat or Sun you can go to Berlin Hauptbahnhof and try to hitch a train ride to the Czech border.
Many people in Germany travel on a Happy-Weekend-Ticket, this is a special ticket that allows 1-5 people unlimited travel through Germany on regional trains on Sat or Sun.
Go to the platform where the RE trains to Elsterwerda and Ruhland depart. That should be platforms 3 and 4 in the lowest levels of the main train station in Berlin. Ask around the other passengers whether they have a Happy-Weekend-Ticket and are willing to take you to with them. Tell them you want to go to Dresden.
From Dresden you can then try to continue to the Czech border with the same method (asking people to take you to Bad Schandau or Schoena) or you buy a ticket to Prague in Dresden. Fare is 25 EUR with the EC trains and 19 EUR using local Czech trains. I personally recommend using EC trains. But I also would try to get with local trains as far as Decin just behind the German-Czech border and then buy a ticket to Prague in Decin with Czech Kronas. Decin to Prague will be 125 CZK, about 6 EUR.
Play around with http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/d for more info on trains. To get connections to the Czech border using local trains select "only local transport". But make sure you have the right day!
www.jizdenka.cz will give you estimates for ticket prices.
Travel Tips for Berlin
Potsdamer Platz
I think it is the most modern place in architecture stye in th whole city. There are several high buildings from glass (guide books say here are 2 500 tons of glass and steel). Here is Sony Center, DB Tower and Cinema Museum as well as the modern IMAX movie center. In Christmas time there is fire tree in the center of the square. Besides some hotels are situated near by.
Visit old Bunkers...
Just the other day I watched a report on old remains of bunkers and tunnels in Berlin. The exploration of these forgotten buildings is done by well equiped and skilled members of an association called "Berliner-Unterwelten eV". Three bunkers are open to public an can be toured. I hat the opportunity to do it and it was quite scarry and fascinating at the same time. For opening hours and prices see the site below. Try it! Its worth while.
Italy in Berlin?
There are a lot of influences present in architecture of old buildings in Berlin. Like in many other European cities there are Italian influences. This brick, square part of the tower of neo-romanesque St. Mathew Church with arcaded floor reminded me many churches and towers in Italy. Am I wrong?
By the way there was a viewing platform with panoramic view over Berlin and esp. modern area with skyscrapers around Potsdamer Platz behind the arcades on my picture. Luckily iron bars put there were not seen from the distance.
Nightlife in Berlin 3
The third night several of us from our tour went on a mission to do our own pub crawl and find better bars than we were taken to on our paid pub crawl. We succeeded in finding some in the Schöneberg area. We found 2 bars which were good. Slumberland is located at Goltzstrasse 24. When you are inside you feel like you are at a beach in the Caribbean. The walls are painted pink and paste colors and there is roots reggae music playing. To top it off the floors are covered in sand. It was a pretty laid back nice bar for us to sit and talk. After leaving, another bar caught our eye since it was all red inside. This bar was the nachbar located on Maaßenstraße 12. We at first did not want to go in since it seemed like it was going to be expensive. However, our curiosity got to us and we decided to go in to have a drink. It was a pretty cool bar with the walls and furniture red in color. There are tv screens making announcements. In the back, there is a closet size room with a disco ball. We wondered what that room was for. We joked that maybe there was a hidden room or club there somewhere. Anyway, we had 2 more drinks talked and then headed back since we had an early morning. All in all it was a pretty nice night. We found a website for the nachbar
at www.nachbar-berlin.com/
There are many other places to try in Berlin. On the Mitte there are many galleries and theaters. On the Mitte, Friedrichshain and Oranienburger Straße, there are numerous bars to crawl your way through in east Berlin. In the west, the nightlife is more spread out. Although I only learned of this when I left the city, people who were on the trip suggested picking up a magazine like Zitty or Prinz to find out what is going on in the city. One thing to note is during the Oktoberfest time various beer tents pop up in the city. It is nice to hear some traditional music and beer songs when in these tents and mingle with regular German people.
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