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Aviary in Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
Hoffmann. It is decorated with
106 richly ornamented figures
from popular fairy tales.
d Am Friedrichshain • Map H2
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
This small zoological garden
is situated in the middle of a
beautiful park next to Friedrichsfelde
Palace. The animal park is
particularly worth visiting for the
lions and Siberian tigers, which
are kept in rocky outdoor enclosures.
The elephant house, too,
attracts many visitors. Matibi, a
baby elephant, is the star among
the pachyderms.
d Am Tierpark 125 • Apr–Oct: 9am–7pm
daily; Nov–Mar: 9am till sunset daily
• (030) 51 53 10 • Admission charge
Gedenkstätte
Hohenschönhausen
This former secret police prison
for “political” prisoners was in
use until 1990. Before 1951, it
served as a reception centre for
the Red Army. On a guided tour,
you can visit the watchtowers
and the cells – particularly horrifying
are the so-called “submarine
cells”, rooms without
windows used for solitary confinement,
where inmates were
interrogated and tortured.
d Genslerstr. 66 • Guided tours 11am
and 1pm daily and by prior arrangement
• (030) 98 60 82 30
A Day in Berlin’s
Green Southeast
Morning
Begin your tour of Berlin’s
Southeast at Alexanderplatz,
from where you
can take the S-Bahn to
the various sights, which
are not always near each
other.
First, take S-Bahn line S3
to Karlshorst, where you
can visit the Deutsch-
Russisches Museum (see
p145). From here it is not
far to the Stasi-Museum
Normannenstraße (see
p145) – return to S-Bahn
station Ostkreuz, then
take S-Bahn line S4 and
U-Bahn line U5 to Magdalenenstraße.
After visiting
all these museums you
could recover outdoors.
Take U-Bahn line U5 to
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde,
where you can visit both
the zoological garden and
Friedrichsfelde Palace.
Afternoon
For the afternoon make an
excursion to Köpenick.
Take S-Bahn line S3 to
Köpenick, and enjoy a
typically German meal in
the Ratskeller (see p149),
the town hall cellar.
Afterwards explore
Köpenick Old Town. The
centre of the old fishing
village is especially worth
a visit. There are many
cafés near Köpenicker
Schloss (see p145),
where you could stop for
a coffee and a piece of
cake, for example Café
Kietz (see p148). Continue
your journey by S-Bahn to
Friedrichshagen, the
access point for Großer
Müggelsee. From here
take one of the tourist
boats to the restaurant
Müggelseeperle, where
you can round off the day
with a tasty evening meal.
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