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@Bagheera
Had a great long weekend in Berlin.
A few tips:
use the Berlin Welcome Card for 16.90 euros for 48 hours discount and travel all in one, time the start well so you get max benefit (it runs from the moment you validate it on your first journey)
cycling would have been 'orrible imho, tram tracks, cars wrong side of the road etc. Relax and walk/public transport - so much to see.
Did the national museum thing, along with the special exhibition on mentioned above. Fascinating and chilling in equal measures. One or two memories will stay with me for a lifetime.
Had a great meal here http://www.fleischerei-berlin.com/
This was bonkers and very very jolly http://www.kleine-nachtrevue.de/
Loads of architecture - old and new, some with fascinating histories - important to check out the Speer Finance Ministry as the new all glass railway station (I love the radio antenna)
Lots of memorials around, and an interesting debate to be had around the subject of 'national guilt'. The “Bibliotek” memorial http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkmal_zur_Erinnerung_an_die_B%C3%BCcherverbrennung amazing and beautiful in its subtlety.
All in all three exhausting days - but a fascinating and beautiful City, well recommended for a City break.
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