{"id":87296,"date":"2011-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/berlin-what-to-do-and-how-to-get-around-germanys-24-hour-capital\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:50:02","slug":"berlin-what-to-do-and-how-to-get-around-germanys-24-hour-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/berlin-what-to-do-and-how-to-get-around-germanys-24-hour-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin &#8211; what to do and how to get around Germany&#8217;s 24 hour capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19463\" href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/berlin-what-to-do-and-how-to-get-around-germanys-24-hour-capital\/brandenburg-gate-by-lilithis-on-flickr\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19463\" title=\"Brandenburg Gate\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Brandenburg-Gate-by-Lilithis-on-Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"berlin at night\" width=\"571\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Berlin, Germany&#8217;s capital offers a lot to a variety of travellers. It&#8217;s cheap, it&#8217;s easy to get around in at any time of the day and the city&#8217;s history practically jumps out at you without the need to do serious research. Here&#8217;s what I thought of Berlin and my tips to making the most of it.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Getting around Berlin is super easy, there&#8217;s the choice of the extensive bus network, S-Bahn (overland city train) or U-Bahn, Berlin&#8217;s well-developed underground network. Here are my tips for the U-Bahn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As with the rest of German cities, there are no booms stopping you from getting on trains without a ticket, but there are regular ticket-checks by conductors on the train, so make sure you buy one, the fine is hefty!<\/li>\n<li>The U-Bahn runs from 04:30 till 00:30, Mondays till Thursdays and then from 04:30 on Fridays continuously throughout the weekend until 00:30 on Monday morning again, meaning it&#8217;s 24 hours a day during that time! So going out on the weekend is a dream.<\/li>\n<li>During the late-night trains, keep to full carriages and be vigilant of drunk people &#8211; try to steer clear and not engage them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stuff to see in Berlin<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bundestag, the German Parliament building gets very busy during the day, get there early to ensure you don&#8217;t have to queue too long &#8211; first tours start at 10:30am (Bundestag U-Bahn station). <strong>NB:<\/strong> You must <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/htdocs_e\/visits\/kupp.html\" target=\"_blank\">register to visit<\/a> in order to gain entry.<\/li>\n<li>The Wall is synonymous with the city of Berlin, very little of it remains today, in most places it is only marked by a line scored in the ground or a line of different paving stones. I recommend visiting the bustling, modern square of Potsdamer Platz, it has a small memorial with remnants of the wall and is the site of one of the earliest breachings of the wall in 1989. (Potsdamer Platz U-Bahn Station)<\/li>\n<li>Nearby Potsdamer Platz are a number of Architectural masterpieces like the striking Sony Centre, Deutsche Bahn Building and the Modernist Berlin Philharmonic building.<\/li>\n<li>The Brandenberg Gate is well worth a visit for snapping those iconic photos, nearby is Holocaust memorial made of black granite slabs and you&#8217;re just across the road from the mammoth &#8220;Tiergarten&#8221;, Berlin&#8217;s own Central Park where you can completely escape the noise of the city and be amongst nature. (Brandenburgertor U-Bahn Station)<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you visit the Eastern side of the city, that which was &#8220;behind the wall&#8221;. I recommend visiting Alexander Platz as the best &#8220;taste&#8221; of life there with its brutal cold-war era architecture. Nearby is the extremely hard to miss Fernsehturm, Berlin&#8217;s TV Tower with it&#8217;s ball-shaped viewing deck, you can go up the 200m lift and enjoy views of the entire city &#8211; I recommend doing it in the evening to enjoy the city lights!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cheap flights to Berlin<\/h2>\n<p>Travelstart&#8217;s website is a great comparison tool allowing you to check the prices of multiple airlines for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">cheapest flights to Berlin<\/a>! You can use the hotel booking engine to find the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/index.jsp?view=bed\" target=\"_blank\">best prices on hotels<\/a> too. Payment for flights can be made conveniently via credit card, electronic transfer, cash deposit and debit card at your local bank too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin, Germany&#8217;s capital offers a lot to a variety of travellers. 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