Berlin Travel Forum

Hi!
My wife and I are going to be in Berlin for 7 days later this year.Can you tell me the places to visit.I have read about Berlin in The Lonely Planet"but would to go to the pick of the places.Also is it possible to do day day trips from Berlin.Where can we eat local food.Since we are going to be there in the last week of October,what would the weather be like.Does it rain at that time of the year.
Cheers.
jayarep.

One of the most interesting places we visited in Berlin was the Stasi Museum. http://www.stasimuseum.de/en/enindex.htm, based in the former secret police headquarters. We walked around looking at all the strange surveillance gadgets, and 1960s-style offices, then stopped for a coffee in the former staff room, where a DVD about the activities of the Stasi, narrated by Roger Moore, was playing. I think the atmosphere was helped by the fact that it was snowing outside (it was December). Very bizarre.

Obviously you must visit Checkpoint Charlie, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag and the Museum Insel as well, to name just a few.

I visited Berlin in 2002 and enjoyed it very much. Of course, it is a large city where you can find many museums and local food restaurants. But for History lovers, Berlin is a must. There you can visit the remains of the wall, Checkpoint Charlie, the wall museum, the monument to the soviet soldier, the topography of the terror exibition, the monument to the victms of the holocaust, things like that.

>>places to visit<<< there are 1ooo places, depends on your interests,
<<<day trips from Berlin>>> potsdam
>>>Does it rain at that time of the year<<< It Never Rains in Southern California as Albert Hammond sings, but in Middle Europe in every season there can be showers or pouring rain

For a day trip from Berlin, Potsdam and the Sans Souci Palace complex should be well worth the trip. Haven't been there since the reunification, but it was quite interesting when the East German government was running the place. I'm sure the availability of funds for upkeep and restoration since then have made a big difference.

I would definitely recommend the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Very harrowing certainly but worth seeing. I went in expecting to spend maybe an hour or so and stayed there for about five. Here is the website

http://www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de/site/EN/homepage.php?meta=TRUE

Although it is a few years since I visited, I found Schlogl's restaurant at Karl-Liebnecht-Strasse 9, 10178 Berlin Mitte very good and not expensive, serving local food. Website here

http://www.citytrips-europe.com/berlin/restaurants/schlogls_altberliner_gaststube

Hope this assists,

fergy.

u can Take a tour of the majestic and picturesque building of Mexikoplatz. Also u can see golden statue of Siegessaule, green park of Rehberge, Rudolph-Wilde-Park, the popular lake Krumme Lanke, the unique castle of Pfaueninsel, and the exquisite and charming Tiergarten Park
http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/berlin-d-bn-ber.htm
For details visit http://sightseeing.travour.com/sightseeing-in-germany/berlin-sightseeing.html