Wonderful Berlin

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We hope you have found something interesting and hopeful in previous posts. So now we are going to talk about another Europe’s city. This city is the capital of Germany - Berlin. This city is famous for its history and historic legacy, many interesting museums, unique architecture, art and also the night life. About all these things and even more will be written here. So, we suggest you to spend few minutes to get more information about Berlin and get useful tips. And we can start now!

First important thing that you should consider is buying the Berlin Welcome Card. Its' price starts at €17 for 48 hours and covers all your transport and gives you discounts of 25-50% at over 200 attractions (visit:http://www.visitberlin.de/en/welcomecard). The other important issue is accommodation. The average price for 3 stars hotel room is about 75euros. For tourists with limited budget of 150 euros per weekend, we would offer to stay at a hostel. Hostel gives a possibility to see and feel the night life, because most of the hostels are found in the city centre. The average price per room is about 10 to 30 euros depending on the number of beds. The best hotels in Berlin would be offered for tourists with unlimited budget. You can choose the hotel from this list, because there are mentioned the most luxurious hotels. We believe that your night in one of these hotels will be spent like in heaven. These hotels are: 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin, i31 Hotel, Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Hackescher Markt, , Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Das Stue one of the fanciest, Hotel de Rome. 

Talking about the food, official foods of Berlin are The Berliner currywurst and the Berliner jelly donut. Also, you have to try traditional German beer.  Traditional Berliner currywurst is a hotdog with pork sausage with ketchup and curry powder on the top served with a bread-roll or fries. We guess it might be useful for you to know average prices of food in Berlin. Restaurants meals’ prices are about 15-25 euros for food and drink, you can choose local restaurants or cafeterias, then prices will be lower from 2 to 3 times or even more. You can choose Turkish food which is cheaper, but also delicious. Travellers with lower budget could also try to eat kebabs, because they are in the third place of most popular foods in Berlin. You can buy kebabs at all hours of the day and night. You can save money by eating from street carts, neighborhood markets and local fast food places, it’s easy to get a delicious meal for under €5 in Berlin. A beer from a convenience store will be under one euro. Travellers with unlimited budget can choose one of these restaurants. These restaurants are mentioned from the most expensive to less expensive, but prices started from €2000 to €100 per dinner. These restaurants are Wrtshaus Gatow (price: €397 - €2,156), Die Quadriga, Hugos Restaurant, Rutz Restaurant - Weinbar, Grill Royal (price: €96).

What do you have to see in Berlin? There are so many interesting and worth seeing places in this city. Firstly, Berlin is known as one of the greenest cities in Europe. So, you definitely have to visit  Berlin parks. There are many popular parks, where you can just sit and enjoy the view. We suggest to visit at least one of them: Görlitzer Park , Tempelhof , Mauer Park, Winterfeldtplatz Platz , Boxhagener Platz. Berlin has many other famous places. Also you can visit popular Olympic street or Linden street.

You should visit Reichstag. This is Germany’s parliament, with its own history from 19^th century. It is one of the biggest tourist attractions, so you should make a reservation if you want to climb the famous glass dome or around its roof in summertime. If you are interested in history or just a curious person who wants to broaden his mind, you should visit Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. You also should walk the Berlin Wall - the famous east-west border control during the Cold War. Visiting Alexanderplatz and Fernsehturm TV tower would be also a good idea. Also do not miss opportunity to see Brandenberg Gate, one of Berlin’s best-known landmarks.

There are many museum in Berlin, but we will mention just two of them, that you must see. These museums are: Deutsches Historisches Museum and Deutsche Kinemathek. Finally, you must see Berlin Zoo, which is the most popular zoo in Europe. All these mentioned places are free of charge or quit inexpensive. If you have limited budget but want to see as much as possible, you should rent a bike or even choose journey on the tour boat which are also quit cheap. For travellers with unlimited budget we offer visit the same landmarks and also more thrilling activities. You should buy a test drive in aerodrome for about 400 euros, or visit one of the most strangest hotels in the world - Propeller Island City Lodge. The average price for two nights in this hotel is 380 euros. For both types of travellers, we offer to feel the Berlin night life and visit one of clubs which are mentioned here or another: Berghain/Panorama,Chalet, Stattbad Wedding,Cassiopeia clubs.

So, that are the main ideas and things that we wanted to share with you about Berlin. We hope this information will be useful for you! Have a good trip!





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