Spreepark Berlin This amusement park is located not far from the city centre in the harmonious surroundings of Plänterwald leisure area. It offers 30 carousels and other fairground rides, including the little Britzer train with its warning bell, big dippers and a big wheel with a fantastic view of Berlin.
You can also visit the theme areas like "Las Vegas County" or see stage shows here.
Connections: S Plänterwald
Openings: Apr-Oct Mo-Fr 9am -6pm, Sat + Sun + public holidays 10am -7pm.
Admission: 28DM, school classes (with school pupil's identity cards) 19DM, children (under
12) 26 DM.
Address: Kiehnwerderallee 1-3, Treptow Tel: +49 (0)30 - 533350
Email:
Volkspark Friedrichshain A green breathing-space in the eastern part of Berlin with a big variety of
sports activities and lots of performances on the open-air stage in summer.
The imposing Cemetery of Honour for Fallen revolutionaries is worth seeing.
The charming fairytale fountain is the landmark of the district. In summer
it's a hunting ground for wet dreamers -but not for girls.
Connections: Tram 2,3,4
Address: Am Friedrichshain/Friedenstr. Berlin-Friedrichshain Tel:
Email:
Mauerpark (Wall Park) It's pretty young for a park, but the site has a turbulent history and you can see this from the lawns - they look rather bare, and the kind of embankment at the foot of Jahn Stadium with the view of Wedding district has a rather strange feel. The park was created in 1993 on the site of a former freigt depot which the Wall ran through. It's proximity to Wedding makes it a bit of a melting pot and lots of people come here to
chat, drink, read and doze. More energetic types go skating and jogging at the Jahn Stadium.
Connections: U Eberswalder Str. Address: entrance: Schwedter Str./ Eberswalder Str./ Gleimstr., Prenzlauer Berg Tel:
Sowjetisches Ehrenmal (Soviet War Memorial) Memorial centre for the soldiers of the "great patriotic war" who died in 1945 in the battle for Berlin - Stalinism in its most petrified form. In autumn and winter this is the ideal place to indulge those melancholy feelings. Impressive!
Connections: S Treptower Park
Address: Treptower Park, Treptow Tel:
Email:
Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) On this romantic island in the Havel you'll meet peacocks walking around in the "wilds", you can admire the castle built as a ruin in 1796, or simply go for a nice stroll. Note the smoking ban. You get there on the ferry.
Connections: S Wannsee, bus 216, 316, then
ferry.
Openings: Nov-Feb 10am -4pm. March+Oct 9am -5pm. Apr+Sep 8am -6pm. May-Aug 8am -8pm.
Admission: 2DM, red. 1DM, palace: 4DM, red. 2DM
Address: Pfaueninselchaussee, Zehlendorf Tel: +49 (0)30 - 8053042
Email:
Englischer Garten im Tiergarten (English Garden) Summer concerts are held in this part of the Tiergarten, to the north of the Victory Column between spreeweg and Altonaer Straße. At Neuer See you can hire boats or take a break at the nice café.
Connections: U Hansaplatz, S Bellevue
Address: Tiergarten Tel:
Email:
Viktoriapark On a clear day you get a fantastic view of Kreuzberg from up here. A big city oasis with a waterfall, a beergarden in Golgatha, a zoo for small animals and lawns for lazing or sports. The multicultural festival in summer offers music and stage acts in the open air.
Main entance Kreuzbergstr.
Connections: U Mehringdamm
Address: Kreuzbergstr. Tel:
Email:
Zoologischer Garten In 1844 Germany's first zoo opened its gates here at Hardenbergplatz. Today
the zoo houses more than 14000 animals in its buildings and enclosures. The
aviary, aquarium, hippo house and brand-new shark house are especially worth
seeing. Hardenbergplatz 8, Tiergarten,
+49 (0)30 - 254010, U+S Zoologischer Garten,
daily 9am till dusk, 6,30pm at the latest; aquarium daily 9a -6pm, admission
14DM, red. 7,50DM; combined ticket for zoo+aquarium: 22,50DM, red.17DM,
reductions for groups of 20 or more.
http://www.zoo-berlin.de/
E-mail: info@zoo-berlin.de
Address: Hardenbergplatz 8, 10787 Berlin Tel: (030) 25 40 12 55
Email: E-mail: info@zoo-berlin.de
Jüdischer Friedhof (Jewish Cemetary) If you're looking for traces of vanished Jewish life in Berlin, this is the place for you. Here you can find the tombs of some of
Berlin's great Jewish founding families like those of Liebermann, Ullstein, Meyerbeer. In the north-east corner a small white stele commemorates an unknown Jewish girl who was hidden in the neighbourhood. She was killed by a shell splinter just before the Liberation and was buried here.
Connections: U Senefelderplatz
Openings: Mo-Th 8am -4pm, Fr till 1pm.
Address: Schönhauser Allee 22, Prenzlauer Berg Tel:
Email:
Volkspark Hasenheide The Hasenheide is one of Berlin's oldest and biggest inner-city parks. The
name Hasenheide ("hare heath") says it all -the parks was once a royal hare
enclosure. This was the birthplace of the gymnastic movement in the 19th
century. Along with lawns for relaxing and open spaces for sports, in summer
there's a wonderful open-air cinema, a rose garden and lots more. Between Hasenheide and Columbiadamm, Neukölln.
Connections: U Südstern + U Hermannplatz
Address: between Hasenheide and Columbiadamm, Neukölln Tel:
Email:
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde (Zoo) More than 8000 animals live in the palace park, a spacious area of 160 hectares where you can admire all the diferent species - a real alternative to the Zoo in Charlottenburg.
Openings: daily 9am -6pm (summer), 9am -5pm
(winter), admission: 13DM, red. 6,50 DM. Address: Am Tierpark, Friedrichsfelde Tel:
Email:
Botanischer Garten (Botanical Garden) One of the world's most important botanical gardens, a collection of more than 18,000 plant species arranged according to their geographical origins. Next door is the Botanical Museum with the herbarium. A beautiful complex laid out according to scientific principles.
Connections: U Dahlem-Dorf, S Botanischer Garten, U+S Rathaus Steglitz
Openings: Nov-Jan, 9am -4pm. March+Oct 9am -6pm, Apr. Aug+Sept 9am -7pm. May-Jul
9am -9pm. Feb 9am -5pm.
Ddmission: 6DM, red. 3DM, family ticket 12DM.
http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/bgbm
Address: Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, Dahlem Tel: +49 (0)30 - 830060
Email:
Alter Jüdischer Friedhof (Old Jewish Cemetery) Moses Mendelssohn is buried here. A memorial stone, a few plaques on the wall and Mendelssohn's grave are the only reminders of this burial ground and the Jewish old people's home which once stood here. In 1942 the Nazis set up an assembly point here for deportations to concentration camps.
Connections: U Weinmeisterstr. S Hackescher Markt
Openings: Su-Th 8am -5pm, Fr 8am -noon, admission free.
Address: Große Hamburger Str. Mitte Tel:
Email:
Spreepark Berlin This amusement park is located not far from the city centre in the harmonious surroundings of Plänterwald leisure area. It offers 30 carousels and other fairground rides, including the little Britzer train with its warning bell, big dippers and a big wheel with a fantastic view of Berlin.
You can also visit the theme areas like "Las Vegas County" or see stage shows here.
Connections: S Plänterwald
Openings: Apr-Oct Mo-Fr 9am -6pm, Sat + Sun + public holidays 10am -7pm.
Admission: 28DM, school classes (with school pupil's identity cards) 19DM, children (under
12) 26 DM.
Address: Kiehnwerderallee 1-3, Treptow Tel: +49 (0)30 - 533350
Email:
Volkspark Friedrichshain A green breathing-space in the eastern part of Berlin with a big variety of
sports activities and lots of performances on the open-air stage in summer.
The imposing Cemetery of Honour for Fallen revolutionaries is worth seeing.
The charming fairytale fountain is the landmark of the district. In summer
it's a hunting ground for wet dreamers -but not for girls.
Connections: Tram 2,3,4
Address: Am Friedrichshain/Friedenstr. Berlin-Friedrichshain Tel:
Email:
Mauerpark (Wall Park) It's pretty young for a park, but the site has a turbulent history and you can see this from the lawns - they look rather bare, and the kind of embankment at the foot of Jahn Stadium with the view of Wedding district has a rather strange feel. The park was created in 1993 on the site of a former freigt depot which the Wall ran through. It's proximity to Wedding makes it a bit of a melting pot and lots of people come here to
chat, drink, read and doze. More energetic types go skating and jogging at the Jahn Stadium.
Connections: U Eberswalder Str. Address: entrance: Schwedter Str./ Eberswalder Str./ Gleimstr., Prenzlauer Berg Tel:
Sowjetisches Ehrenmal (Soviet War Memorial) Memorial centre for the soldiers of the "great patriotic war" who died in 1945 in the battle for Berlin - Stalinism in its most petrified form. In autumn and winter this is the ideal place to indulge those melancholy feelings. Impressive!
Connections: S Treptower Park
Address: Treptower Park, Treptow Tel:
Email:
Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) On this romantic island in the Havel you'll meet peacocks walking around in the "wilds", you can admire the castle built as a ruin in 1796, or simply go for a nice stroll. Note the smoking ban. You get there on the ferry.
Connections: S Wannsee, bus 216, 316, then
ferry.
Openings: Nov-Feb 10am -4pm. March+Oct 9am -5pm. Apr+Sep 8am -6pm. May-Aug 8am -8pm.
Admission: 2DM, red. 1DM, palace: 4DM, red. 2DM
Address: Pfaueninselchaussee, Zehlendorf Tel: +49 (0)30 - 8053042
Email:
Englischer Garten im Tiergarten (English Garden) Summer concerts are held in this part of the Tiergarten, to the north of the Victory Column between spreeweg and Altonaer Straße. At Neuer See you can hire boats or take a break at the nice café.
Connections: U Hansaplatz, S Bellevue
Address: Tiergarten Tel:
Email:
Viktoriapark On a clear day you get a fantastic view of Kreuzberg from up here. A big city oasis with a waterfall, a beergarden in Golgatha, a zoo for small animals and lawns for lazing or sports. The multicultural festival in summer offers music and stage acts in the open air.
Main entance Kreuzbergstr.
Connections: U Mehringdamm
Address: Kreuzbergstr. Tel:
Email:
Zoologischer Garten In 1844 Germany's first zoo opened its gates here at Hardenbergplatz. Today
the zoo houses more than 14000 animals in its buildings and enclosures. The
aviary, aquarium, hippo house and brand-new shark house are especially worth
seeing. Hardenbergplatz 8, Tiergarten,
+49 (0)30 - 254010, U+S Zoologischer Garten,
daily 9am till dusk, 6,30pm at the latest; aquarium daily 9a -6pm, admission
14DM, red. 7,50DM; combined ticket for zoo+aquarium: 22,50DM, red.17DM,
reductions for groups of 20 or more.
http://www.zoo-berlin.de/
E-mail: info@zoo-berlin.de
Address: Hardenbergplatz 8, 10787 Berlin Tel: (030) 25 40 12 55
Email: E-mail: info@zoo-berlin.de
Jüdischer Friedhof (Jewish Cemetary) If you're looking for traces of vanished Jewish life in Berlin, this is the place for you. Here you can find the tombs of some of
Berlin's great Jewish founding families like those of Liebermann, Ullstein, Meyerbeer. In the north-east corner a small white stele commemorates an unknown Jewish girl who was hidden in the neighbourhood. She was killed by a shell splinter just before the Liberation and was buried here.
Connections: U Senefelderplatz
Openings: Mo-Th 8am -4pm, Fr till 1pm.
Address: Schönhauser Allee 22, Prenzlauer Berg Tel:
Email:
Volkspark Hasenheide The Hasenheide is one of Berlin's oldest and biggest inner-city parks. The
name Hasenheide ("hare heath") says it all -the parks was once a royal hare
enclosure. This was the birthplace of the gymnastic movement in the 19th
century. Along with lawns for relaxing and open spaces for sports, in summer
there's a wonderful open-air cinema, a rose garden and lots more. Between Hasenheide and Columbiadamm, Neukölln.
Connections: U Südstern + U Hermannplatz
Address: between Hasenheide and Columbiadamm, Neukölln Tel:
Email:
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde (Zoo) More than 8000 animals live in the palace park, a spacious area of 160 hectares where you can admire all the diferent species - a real alternative to the Zoo in Charlottenburg.
Openings: daily 9am -6pm (summer), 9am -5pm
(winter), admission: 13DM, red. 6,50 DM. Address: Am Tierpark, Friedrichsfelde Tel:
Email:
Botanischer Garten (Botanical Garden) One of the world's most important botanical gardens, a collection of more than 18,000 plant species arranged according to their geographical origins. Next door is the Botanical Museum with the herbarium. A beautiful complex laid out according to scientific principles.
Connections: U Dahlem-Dorf, S Botanischer Garten, U+S Rathaus Steglitz
Openings: Nov-Jan, 9am -4pm. March+Oct 9am -6pm, Apr. Aug+Sept 9am -7pm. May-Jul
9am -9pm. Feb 9am -5pm.
Ddmission: 6DM, red. 3DM, family ticket 12DM.
http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/bgbm
Address: Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, Dahlem Tel: +49 (0)30 - 830060
Email:
Alter Jüdischer Friedhof (Old Jewish Cemetery) Moses Mendelssohn is buried here. A memorial stone, a few plaques on the wall and Mendelssohn's grave are the only reminders of this burial ground and the Jewish old people's home which once stood here. In 1942 the Nazis set up an assembly point here for deportations to concentration camps.
Connections: U Weinmeisterstr. S Hackescher Markt
Openings: Su-Th 8am -5pm, Fr 8am -noon, admission free.
Address: Große Hamburger Str. Mitte Tel:
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