Europe 2008

A trip from June 05, 2008 to June 16, 2008, travelling to Berlin
Trip to Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.
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Location:
Berlin
Day:
06/05/2008 to 06/16/2008
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Fri 06/06/08 (day 2) - Berlin


Transportation
Berlin, Germany
Fri Jun 6 12:30pm - Fri Jun 6 1:00pm
Notes
Reserved.
 

Hotel
Bregenzer Strasse 5
Berlin, 10707
Germany
+49- (0) 30- 88 14 307
Fri Jun 6 1:00pm - Sun Jun 8 8:00am
Notes
Reserved.
Average Rating (2):
     
There are very few medieval buildings left in Berlin, and this fortress is one of the rare survivors. Designed …
Thing to Do
Zitadelle Spandau
Am Juliusturm 1
Berlin, BE 13599
Germany
+49 (0)30 354 9440
Fri Jun 6 2:00pm - Fri Jun 6 2:30pm
Notes
Pics - Time permitting.
Open: Tues - Fri 9-5 Sat - Sun 10-5
Fee: 2,50 €
Surrounded by blossoming trees and peaceful lakes, Plötzensee seems a pleasant place on first appearances. Yet Plötz …
Thing to Do
Hüttigpfad
Berlin, BE 13627
Germany
+49 (0)30 344 3226
Fri Jun 6 2:00pm - Fri Jun 6 11:00pm
Notes
Pics of Memorial.
Open: 3/01 - 10/31: 9-5 daily, 11/01 - 02/28: 9-4 daily.
Fee: Free
Built by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympic Games, the Olympic Stadium conjures up memories of fanatical crowds of swast …
Thing to Do
Olympiastadion (FIFA World Cup)
Olympischer Platz 3
Berlin, BE 14053
Germany
+49 30 300 633
Fri Jun 6 2:45pm - Fri Jun 6 3:15pm
Notes
Outside Pics
Open: 6/01 - 9/15/08: 9-8(last entrance at 7:30)
Fee: 4 € (25% off w/ Welcome Card)
The ruins of this railway station, once Berlin's largest, and one of the biggest in Europe, would seem to be a remin …
Thing to Do
Anhalter Bahnhof
Stresemannstraße / Anhalter Straße
Berlin, BE 10963
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Fri Jun 6 4:15pm - Fri Jun 6 4:30pm
Notes
Pics
Average Rating (2):
     
Anyone visiting Berlin today would find it hard to imagine that this vibrant and cosmopolitan city was until only re …
Thing to Do
Pariser Platz
Berlin, BE 10117
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Fri Jun 6 4:45pm - Fri Jun 6 5:15pm
Notes
Pics.
Memorial located on Bernauer Strasse.
Open Tues - Sun 10-6
Fee: Free

Eastside Gallery located on Mühlenstrasse.
Average Rating (3):
     
This imposing communist monument was built in memory of the 20,000 Soviet soldiers who died during the battle …
Thing to Do
Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Treptower Park
Puschkinallee
Berlin, BE 12435
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Fri Jun 6 5:30pm - Fri Jun 6 6:00pm
Notes
Pics
Average Rating (1):
     
If you expected the graves of the Brothers Grimm to remind you of their fairytales, you'll be deeply disappointed …
Thing to Do
Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof
Großgörschenstraße 12
Berlin, BE 10829
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Fri Jun 6 6:15pm - Fri Jun 6 6:45pm
Notes
Time Permitting - pics.
Average Rating (1):
     
Schöneberg's best-known landmark was erected in 1911-14. The imposing city hall played a pivotal role in post-war po …
Thing to Do
Rathaus Schöneberg
John-F.-Kennedy Platz
Berlin, BE 10825
Germany
+49 (0)30 7 8760
Fri Jun 6 7:00pm - Fri Jun 6 7:30pm
Notes
JFK Plaza "I am a doughnut!" - Liberty Bell copy-chimes at midday.

Pics.
Average Rating (9):
     
KaDeWe - meaning "Department Store of the West" - bore the name even before the Wall divided Berlin into geographically …
Shopping
Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe)
Tauentzienstraße 21-24
Berlin, BE 10789
Germany
+49 30 2 1210
Fri Jun 6 7:30pm - Fri Jun 6 9:00pm
Notes
Open Mon-Thurs 10-8; Fri 10-9; Sat 9:30-8
"Am großen Wannsee 56-58". A sinister address. On 20th January 1942—on Hitler's orders—the SS and government top-br …
Thing to Do
Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz
Am Großen Wannsee 56-58
Berlin, BE 14109
Germany
+49 (0)30 805 0010
Fri Jun 6 8:30pm - Fri Jun 6 8:45pm
Notes
Outside pics.
Open: daily 10-6
Fee: Free, but some special events have an admission charge.
Public parking available across the street (Am Grossen Wannsee / Zum Heckeshorn)
Average Rating (1):
     
For decades it bridged the River Havel without ever really connecting one side with the other. This was where West B …
Thing to Do
Glienicker Brücke
Königstraße (Wannsee)
Berlin, BE 14109
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Fri Jun 6 8:45pm - Fri Jun 6 9:00pm
Notes
Pics.

Sat 06/07/08 (day 3) - Berlin

Average Rating (3):
     
Sixty years after World War II, the city of Berlin unveiled its monument to the Jewish victims of the crimes of …
Thing to Do
Holocaust Memorial
Stresemannstraße 90
Berlin, BE 10963
Germany
+49 30 2639 4311
Sat Jun 7 12:00am
Notes
Info Centre open: Tues-Sun 10am-8pm (last admission 7:15)
Field of Stela open 24hrs a day.
Fee: Free (donations welcome)
Average Rating (1):
     
Built in 1818, the Neue Wache on Unter den Linden is a fittingly simple memorial to the catastrophies of German hist …
Thing to Do
Neue Wache
Unter den Linden 4
Berlin, BE 10117
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Sat Jun 7 12:00am
Notes
Pics.
Open 10am - 6pm daily.
Fee: Free
Average Rating (6):
     
At the location of the Berliner Dom (also named Berliner Cathedral) have succeeded several churches over the centuries …
Thing to Do
Berliner Dom
Am Lustgarten 1
Berlin, BE 10178
Germany
+49 (0)30 2026 9128
Sat Jun 7 12:00am
Notes
Pics.
Open: Mon-Sat 9-7; Sun 12-7
Fee: 5 € (30% off w/WC)
Average Rating (46):
     
After the fall of the Wall in 1989, Potsdamer Platz turned from a deserted wasteland into Europe's biggest building …
Thing to Do
Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Straße
Berlin, BE 10785
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Sat Jun 7 12:00am
Sat Jun 7 12:00am
Notes
Pics.
Stop and walk around - time permitting.
Not a tree was left standing in the Tiergarten after the bombing raids and fire-fights which brought World War …
Thing to Do
Sowjetisches Ehrenmal
Straße des 17.Juni
Berlin, BE 10785
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Sat Jun 7 12:00am
Notes
Pics.
Average Rating (34):
     
Germany's most recognisable symbol is not as large as many visitors expect, yet its history is rich and fascinating. …
Thing to Do
Brandenburger Tor
Am Pariser Platz
Berlin, BE 10117
Germany
+49 (0)30 25 0025
Sat Jun 7 6:00am - Sat Jun 7 12:00pm
Notes
Pics.
Average Rating (44):
     
The imposing Reichstag reflects Germany's past, present and future like no other building. It was constructed …
Thing to Do
Reichstag
Platz der Republik 1
Berlin, BE 11011
Germany
+49 30 2270
Sat Jun 7 6:00am - Sat Jun 7 11:00pm
Notes
Tour and Pics.
Open: Dome - 8am until midnight, last tourist in at 10pm.

With reservation at the Roof Garden Restaurant - enter via the entrance below west Portal to the right (West C).
Average Rating (24):
     
Located on Alexanderplatz in the heart of eastern Berlin, this 1960s structure towers over the whole city. Built …
Thing to Do
Fernsehturm
Panoramastraße 1A
Berlin, BE 10178
Germany
+49 (0)30 242 3333
Sat Jun 7 6:00am - Sat Jun 7 11:00pm
Notes
Tour and Pics.
Open: March-October: 9-midnight.
Fee: 9.50 € [25% off w/WC].(Entrance to exhibitions is free).
 
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