It is always good to carry a map with you when in an unknown city, and Berlin is no exception. But what maps should you get and where?
What’s special about Berlin is that if you know how to make good use of it’s public transportation and have a suitable map, you can easily get anywhere you want.
Berlin’s public transportation system includes two sophisticated train systems (U-Bahn and S-Bah » Read more: Berlin Maps: a Few Useful Tips
Berlin, city in northeastern Germany, capital of a united Germany from 1871 to 1945 and again since 1990. It lies on the flatlands of the North German Plain at the confluence of several rivers and amid many lakes. The city’s slight elevation made it a site for human settlement even in prehistoric times. Berlin has a population of ab » Read more: Berlin
We had been thinking about going to Berlin for a few years and with the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down later this year decided we must make a booking.
We had seen a comment in Simon Calder’s travel page in The Independent on Saturday about flying there and decided to fly to Tegel that is the closer of the two to the city centre. This meant flying with British Airways and using the new Terminal 5 at » Read more: Berlin In February Is Fantastic, But Can Be Very Cold
