Map of Berlin

Berlin is the capital of Germany and from one of the 16 component indicates (Länder) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Berlin is the largest city in Germany and has to a population of approximately 4,2 million inside its metropolitan area (3,4 million people inside the urban perimeter). Berlin is known better for its historic associations as the German capital, for its nocturnal life I live, for its many coffees, for the clubs, and for the bars, and for its numerous museums, for the palaces, and for other places of the historic interest. The architecture of Berlin varies enough: although badly damaged in the final years of World War Two (in which Berlin formed the fund to the Nazi fall of Germany), Berlin has been reconstructed a lot, and is now possible to see representatives of many different historic periods in a short time inside the compact center of the city, of a few to survive medieval buildings Alexanderplatz nearby, to the structures Of the glass and the steel in Potsdamer Platz. Districts

Since Berlin was a city divided for a so long time, there is not really a center of the city. Berlin has many districts, they called Bezirk, and each district has its extraordinary style. Each Bezirk is composed of various Kiez - a term of Berlin that refers al "neighborhood", with its extraordinary style. Some districts of Berlin are more worthy of the attention of traveler that the other. The districts of Berlin Expand the Districts of Berlin

Following is the districts of the largest interest:

* Mitte - the historic center of Berlin and the nucleus of the Berlin This previous one. Many coffees, the restaurants, the museums, the galleries and strikes through the district, along with many places of the historic interest. * Charlottenburg - heart of the City al western and concentrated on the Schloss Charlottenburg * Schöneberg - comfortable area to age to hippies and young families. Famous they are the markets Saturdays, the coffees of the street (for example. Akazienstrasse) and the liberal style of the life. * Kreuzberg - associate with the left culture of the youth of wing and Turkish immigrants, this district is something noisier than the majority of the * Prenzlauer Berg - a fashionable area that experiences regeneration, al north of the center of the city. Popular with students, many coffees and impedes * neighborhood of working class of Neukölln in the south with large contrasts

The areas of the interest that are not the districts but enough acquaintance by the name that by the district

* Ku' Damm - the alive district of Kurfürstendamm, the nucleus of Berlin Western, has many stores (of Gucci to C&A), the restaurants and barely beginnings that revise. The main interest indicates the fall among OR-Bahnstation Wittenbergplatz and Kurfürstendamm * Potsdamer Platz - divided into two by the Wall of Berlin, this area again has developed since reunification in a modern style. Has a central large purchases and the complexes of the theater of movie (IMAX 3D).

Berlin has been divided officially in 12 large districts (Bezirke) from January 2001, a simplification of the prior 23 smaller districts (Stadtteile, Bezirke) that was undertaken purely for administrative efficiency. The smallest districts remain first in popular conceptions of the city, nevertheless, and they are generally of a more practical size and cultural division for the purposes of the traveler. New names are composed generally of the old names (for example. Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf united al Charlottenburg Wilmersdorf) New neighborhood Old neighborhoods I Mitte Mitte, Tiergarten, being Married Friedrichshain Kreuzberg II Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg III Pankow Prenzlauer Berg, Weissensee (Weißensee), Charlottenburg Wilmersdorf of Pankow IV Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf, (namente official shared between these two) that of Ku' Damm V Spandau Spandau district (equal) Steglitz-Zehlendorf of I SAW Steglitz, Tempelhof-Schöneberg of Zehlendorf VII Tempelhof, Schöneberg (Schöneberg) VIII Neukölln Neukölln (equal) Marzahn, Lichtenberg-Hohenschönhausen of Hellersdorf Reinickendorf Reinickendorf (equal)

Due to the cold war in Berlin the majority of the greater articles of infrastructural they want for example that airports were they build two times. One in the east and in one in Berlin western. The challenge should combine today be two previous systems and to build an infrastructure that serves all people in the metropolitan area of Berlin . by airplane

Berlin has three airports

* International Airport of Tegel (TXL) - located in the northwest of the city; the main airport for the flagcarriers (Lufthansa, BA, France Air, KLM, the Delta etc) and the axis for domestic flights as well as those of Europe western and the US. The buses to operate of Tegel al S + Alexanderplatz OR (bus TXL) and S + Zoologischer OR Garten (buses X9 and 109) for the price of the uniform bill of entrance.

* Schönefeld (SXF) - southeast of the center of the city; each time more the focus for lineas air of low cost (for example. Ryanair, Easyjet and GermanWings) and the charter flights to negotiate besides Asia and Europe of the east. The airport is served for the S-Bahn: the line S9 will take conveniently to (and by) the center of the city way such greater stations as Ostbahnhof OR, S + Alexanderplatz OR, S Hauptbahnhof and S + Zoologischer OR Garten.

* Tempelhof (THF) - a small relic of it was prewar owed for the closing in March 2007, Tempelhof south of the center of the city is located immediately but has only a small number of connections attended to mainly by European and domestic flights (Eurowings, DBA, Air of Windrose, the SN Brussels and numerous secondary bearers of the business).

The construction of the new Airport Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) [3] has begun in Schönefeld and the new airport is planned to open in 2011. After this, air every traffic in the region of Berlin-Brandenburg will be bundled in BBI, and other airports in the region closed.

Several lineas air, just as Lufthansa, the English Air Routes and France Air have the direct connections of the flight between Berlin and older German and the European cities. Lufthansa, the linea air German of bearer of flag, has various own counters in Tegel. It can be difficult to find a direct flight to Berlin of the outside of Europe . The majority of the lineas air they will fly to their greater airports of the axis such as Fráncfort and Munich and the offering that connects (or the code-action) the flights to Berlin .

Since the end of 2005 Delta and Lineas Air Continental has established directs daily the flights of new York (JFK and Newark ). in bus

Al the same as with all greater cities, many companies of bus offer the connections to Berlin , both national and international, from 350 destiny in Europe . The buses of long distance arrive in Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof (Terminal of Central buses) in Charlottenburg. by train

Berlin is served for IC, the ICE, EuroCity and the trains of InterRegio. The German corporation of the train Deutsche Bahn [4] (DB) the offerings CHILL the connections between Berlin and the majority of the other large German cities. If you arrive in Berlin in national (not regional) the trip of DB, you has the right to utilize its entrance for travel by S-Bahn (local traveler), but not OR-Bahn (the city subterranean system), to its destiny as because the S-Bahn is a part of DB.

Various from/to of trains at night Amsterdam , Paris , Zúrich and Vienna they travel each day. They are popular with backpackers, so better has a reservation. There is although some trains of the long-tug that leave to Oriental European Cities ( Warsaw , Kaliningrad and Moscow ). Most of these trains they leave Bahnhof Lichtenberg in Berlin Oriental. Affirm has a reservation because these walks are very popular. The new one Hauptbahnhof Extensive The new one Hauptbahnhof the Stations

During the times of its division, Berlin had two main stations: Zoologischer Garten (Zoo of Bahnhof for short) in the West, and in Hauptbahnhofin the east. After the fall of the wall that the Hauptbahnhof previous has been regrouped Ostbahnhof.

By car

All main highways and the freeways unite the Ring of of Berlin, or the A10, that you can obtain access to the interior city. The freeway of the city generally themselves full very during rush hour.

Travel

The city of Berlin central (in the east and al western) they are compact and most of the views and the places of greater action can be to obtain access to easily sufficient on foot. Even so, a traveler can utilize the excellent bus, the trolley, the services of the train and the meter to travel. The services of the taxi are also easy to utilize and less costly than in the majority of the European cities. You can hail a cabin (the yellow light in the top shows the cabin is free), or finds a taxi stand (Taxistand). It be sure that you obtain the attention of conductor before you enter a taxi stand, he or she may be sleeping. The conductors of the taxi are in general capable to speak English.

Verify al planning of the route of Berlin [5] (in English) to obtain maps and excellent schedules for the OR-Bahn, the Buses, S-Bahn and Trolleys, or to print their personal planner of the trip. The of Berlin Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) has a list detailed of the price of the bill in its website [6]. Berlin WelcomeCard Extensive Berlin WelcomeCard

A uniform entrance is valid in all the different types from the transportation with unlimited changes. Berlin utilizes a system of the zone, but you are improbable to need to go beyond declares A & B, less in trips to Potsdam . This is a very large area, still inclusive airport of Schönefeld . If you will be travelling a lot by the public transportation, considers obtaining a during the day of Tageskarte (€5.80 card for declares A & B) or the Berlin WelcomeCard [7], that obtains travel him unlimited in zones ONE MORE B and C for €16/22 during 2/3 days more discounts in many of places for tourists of Berlin. The weekly steps for all types of the valid public transportation inside declares AN and B is available for €25,40. (Most of the interesting places reported here they are in the A zone, some in the zone B and only Potsdam is in the zone C)

There are automatic saleswomen that sell all types of entrance in the platforms in each station of the OR-Bahn and S-Bahn. They offer the instructions in many inclusive English languages, but if you need aid the majority of the largest stations they have provided counters of entrance where you can ask questions and to buy entrances. Before you the train is mounted that you need to validate its entrance that utilizes the yellow machines in the platform (or in the bus). You do the majority of the probable needs to pay a €60 fine if you are got with an unvalidated entrance.

If you do not know how to do progresses, neither how to arrive at house in the call at night 030 (for Berlin ) 19449, the 24 service of attention al client of hour of the BVG. There are also facilities in the majority of The stations of Bahn OR to contact the service of attention al client directly. In 2005 the BVG introduced the lines of Metro (buses and trolley) that will flee June 2006 ahead 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All lines are marked with a dish anaranjado large and a white one M.

In some places wants Zoologischer Garten and people of Eberswalderstrasse will try to sell him entrances utilized to you. It is not legal, but generally insurance to utilize (verifies the seal of the validation and is careful as this could be also a contrivance of pickpocket) and extensively accepted. Do not pay more than the half of the price. You as well the need to give its entrances utilized like a present to the ones that will buy them of the machine instead of the encouraging illegal transactions.

It is also value that notes that the numbers of the house do not run necessarily in a direction (up neither downward). In many streets, the numbers rise in a side and they descend in the other. Especially in long streets verifies the plan that numbers first: you can find the name of the street and the numbers in that block in almost each corner.