Anyone got any recommendations of places to visit in Berlin?

[Cyberus]

I'll be going there next week for 5 days to celebrate being a year older. I'm really looking forward to it, and I hear there's no shortage of things to do, but I wonder if anyone here and any personal recommendations. Perhaps also of towns or villages nearby that I could visit in an afternoon....

Never been to Germany before, I can't wait!

Heh, shame I won't have time to come back with armfuls of Amiga hardware...

[odin]

Berlin is a cool place. Well, from what I remember anyway. I've been there one time in (at?) secondary school in 94 or 95. I distinctly remember all the building cranes and -sites. Apart from the usual museums and stuff our class visited the 'Sans souci' palace/castle thing from the Hohenzollern royal family, I really liked that trip.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Unfortunately, I've never visited Berlin.
But I've visited Germany more often.
From that experience, I'd say: find a nice "Biergarten" and ask for a "Große Weißen"
:-) :pint:

[odin]

The Ringel-S is no longer in use ;-).

[MAD]

Hoya!

I have heard there was a nice wall to be seen... ;-)

Be funky

M A D

[redrumloa]

If it were me, I'd visit the holocaust museum.

[Cyberus]

redrumloa wrote:
If it were me, I'd visit the holocaust museum.

I think that's already been pencilled in by the other person who's going.

[odin]

Try to visit a former concentration camp. While not a very 'fun' trip it certainly is very engrossing and impressive. Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen is very close to Berlin, about 20km IIRC.

Here's some info on Sachsenhausen.

[x56h34]

You're a bit late for visiting the famous Berlin wall. :-)

[that_punk_guy]

I've been to Germany, it's pretty. :-)

[Cyberus]

Thanks for your suggestions guys.
I'd like to think there's loads more to Germany than reminders of WWII as well though  :-(  :-o

[odin]

Well....there's beer. And bratwurst.....but other than that? ;-).

-edit-

Oh I know! Eisbein! :-D.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Da ist doch auch Schweinbratchen und Sauerkraut?

[Cyberus]

sigh

This wasn't meant to be a thread where Dutch people could take the piss out of the Germans! :-P
 
Now any Germans reading this will be put off advising me where to go in Berlin...  :-(  

[odin]

:lol: Hell no, I think any Germans reading this will jump to take the counter-piss out of NL :-).

;-)