The Rough Guide to Berlin
by diocletianvs
Berlin asks for some preparation! It is a city without a central square, without charming boulevards and without many equestrian monuments. It is not an ancient city and its development shows all traces of its history that often took dramatic and even tragic courses. Berlin sights cannot only be looked at, you have to at least try to understand the stories that happenned behind their walls.
I am a big fan of Rough Guide guidebooks and Berlin RG is a great source of background information about the city including the stories, people and off the beaten track places. (I doubt there are many guidebooks that list Marzahn on their pages ;) Written by John Gawthorp and Jack Holland they provide the usual useful information with just a right amount of other stories that make it easier to digest the Berlin puzzle.
www.roughguides.com
Reichstag
by CandS
The German word Reichstag means Common Parliament in English... I loved this place because I saw a cute boxer dog...I was sooooo happy to see him because I missed our little boxer girl soooo much! :) I only saw a couple of boxers on the whole trip but when I saw them I got real homesick!
Bottled water
by Cham
Please please bring your own bottled water as for some reason in berlin all the bottled water (i even tried starbucks, i know what a let down) has a really weird sweet taste... although some people might like it
Gelbe Musik - Experimental Music Shop
by cwest03
An excellent shop for experimental music with an amazingly knowledgeable staff. Featuring CDs, vinyl, tapes, books and magazines. This little shop has a very large focused collection. As in most music shops in Europe you are able to listen before you buy which is nice when you're exploring new music.
Gelbe Musick
Schaperstrasse 11,
Wilmersdorf (211 3962).
U1 Augsburger Strasse.
Open 1-6pm Tue-Fri; 11am-2pm Sat.
Why you came to Berlin in the first place
by jkonits1 about Wild East Pub Crawl
Humboldt Tours Berlin offers Berlin's finest and most enjoyable pub crawl. There are free drinks and drink specials all night, but the main attraction is that the pub crawl takes places in the neighborhoods of Kreuzberg- Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg: the center of Berlin's reputation for being, well, young and interesting. Check out the website: www.humboldttoursberlin.com liberal
Ultra Modern Berlin
Staatsoper
Wilmersdorf
Thomaskirche in Kreuzberg, baptismal font
