september-2010

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Ryanair Two-Minute Guides
GERMANY
NUMBER CRUNCHER
520,000
Berlin
EAT: DUDU SUSHI
Serving top-class Japanese cuisine with
a Californian fl air, this place is a magnet
for the arty media types that call this
vibrant area of the Hauptstadt home.
134 TORSTRASSE, TEL: +49 (0)30 5173
6854, WWW.DUDU-BERLIN.DE
DANCE: BASSY
Operating on a strict no-music-madeafter-1969
policy, Club Bassy is nestled
in the subterranean depths of a former
brewery and presents anything from
burlesque shows to vinyl-only DJs.
176A SCH0NHAUSER ALLEE, TEL: +49
(0)30 281 8323, WWW.BASSY-CLUB.DE
SEE: TEOTIHUACAN
Once one of the greatest cities in the
world, Teotihuacan, 50km north of
modern-day Mexico City, now lies in ruins.
Berlin’s Martin-Groupius-Bau presents
a rare opportunity to gaze into the
past – with over 450 relics and 15 mural
fragments over 2,000 years old.
7 NIEDERKIRCHNER STRASSE, TEL: +49
(0)30 254860, WWW.BERLINERFESTSPIELE.DE
SOMETHING UNIQUE: MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY
Housing a colossal 30 million artefacts,
including an extensive meteor collection,
this museum is the largest of its kind in
Germany. Don’t miss the largest mounted
dinosaur skeleton in the world – a 150
million-year-old Brachiosaurus (pictured).
43 INVALIDENSTRASSE,
TEL: +49 (0)30 2093 8591,
WWW.NATURKUNDEMUSEUM-BERLIN.DE
FLY TO BERLIN (SCHONEFELD) FROM 12
DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING MILAN (BERGAMO)
The average total number of chickens
eaten at Munich’s annual Oktoberfest.
Hamburg
DRINK: GRETEL & ALFONS
Local lore has it that Paul McCartney
would knock back a pint or two here while
the Beatles were carving their niche in
1960s Hamburg. Rumour has it he also
penned a tune or two at one of the tables.
29 GROSSE FREIHEIT, TEL: +49 (0)40
313491, WWW.GRETELUNDALFONS.DE
STAY: SUPERBUDE
Funky DIY design ideas like the coat hangers
concocted out of toilet plungers make
the combined hotel/hostel Superbude
(pictured) a hit with younger travellers (if
the Nintendo for hire, wi-fi throughout and
in-house cinema weren’t enough). Rooms
from €59.
152 SPALDINGSTRASSE, TEL: +49 (0)40
380 8780, WWW.SUPERBUDE.DE
HEAR: REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL
Hamburg’s most notorious neighbourhood
will be transformed for three days into
a booming mass of festival stages for
a whopping 77 musical acts, including
former Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt’s
latest band and post-rock outfi t This Will
Destroy You. Runs 23-25 September.
REEPERBAHN, TEL: +49 (0)40 4317 9590,
WWW.REEPERBAHNFESTIVAL.COM
SOMETHING ARTY: FINE ART FAIR
The Museum for Art and Design hosts the
city’s 11th annual Fine Art Fair on 22-26
September, exhibiting paintings, furniture,
antiques and jewellery from some of the
world’s most renowned art dealers.
1 STEINTORPLATZ,
WWW.FINE-ART-FAIR.DE
FLY TO HAMBURG (LUBECK) FROM NINE
DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING EDINBURGH
Munich
EAT: BLUE NILE
Ethiopian food should be scooped up and
eaten using your hands; the dishes at
Munich’s legendary Blue Nile are served
accordingly without cutlery. The portions
are generous, the atmosphere relaxed,
and the honey wine fl owing.
22A SIEGESTRASSE, TEL: +49 (0)89 342389
DRINK: OKTOBERFEST
Attracting around six million revellers
annually, Munich’s legendary Oktoberfest
(which incidentally starts in September)
celebrates its 200th anniversary this year.
Expect one big raging party heavy on the
hearty German fare, huge beers and crazy
dancing. From 18 September to 4 October.
WWW.OKTOBERFEST.DE
SEE: GIACOMETTI, HODLER, KLEE
Munich’s Hypo Kunsthalle is showcasing
over 150 selected masterpieces (pictured)
from the permanent collection of
Switzerland’s oldest art museum – the
Kunstmuseum Bern – until January 2011.
8 THEATINERSTRASSE, TEL: +49 (0)89
224412, WWW.HYPO-KUNSTHALLE.DE
SOMETHING UNIQUE: DEUTSCHES
JAGD- UND FISCHEREIMUSEUM
Exhibiting what is claimed to be the largest
fi shing collection in the world, the German
Hunting and Fishing Museum also houses
over 500 stuffed animals and the weapons
used to procure them. Expect everything
from grinning wild boar to Stone Age
fi shing utensils. Vegetarians beware!
2 NEUHAUSER STRASSE, TEL: +49 (0)89
220522, WWW.JAGD-FISCHEREI-MUSEUM.DE
FLY TO MEMMINGEN (MUNICH WEST)
FROM 16 DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING DUBLIN
CURRENCY EURO
POPULATION 81.8 MILLION
LANGUAGE GERMAN
Das ist mein
Waschbrettbauch
THAT IS MY
SIX-PACK
Das ist mein
Bierbauch
THAT’S MY
BEER BELLY
Say this… not this.
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