Things to do and see in Berlin

[Super Tigers]

We spent a week in Berlin in June this year. We based ourselves in the Mitte area and stopped at the Radisson Blu. We had a great time there, the food is excellent and a reasonable price. The portions are huge, check out the restaurants under the railway arches at Hackescher Markt train station.

Museum island is a must see if you like history, art and culture, and 100m from the Radisson Blue hotel next to Berliner Dom Cathedral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Island

The German Technical museum is superb if you like aircraft, engineering, steam trains, and 2nd world war memorabilia.
http://www.sdtb.de/Home.623.0.html

Also check out the Stasi museum as well, it will open your eyes to what really happened during the cold war in Berlin.
lhttp://www.stasimuseum.de/en/enindex.htm

 

[peterwalkley]

Any child friendly recommendations ? My girls are 7 and 10 and we are there a few days. Planning to do the zoo and also meeting up with family.

 

[Super Tigers]

A bit of advice about Berlin, the shops are shut on a Sunday!! The museums, restaurants and attractions are open but all the shops are closed. The Germans value having a Sunday off, and I don't blame them either.

 

[traveyb]

Went last year, do love Germany.
Check out this place, was a really good tour of the underground parts of Berlin: http://berliner-unterwelten.de/guided-tours.3.1.html

 

[TubbyGreg]

Paris Platz, Blaue Kirche, Checkpoint Charlie, Jewish Memorial, Berlin Zoo. Umm, trying to remember what else we did on that school trip.