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Information & Advice
Berlin Tourismus
Marketing GmbH
The municipal tourist
information service BTM
has offices in the Europa-
Center, near Brandenburg
Gate and in Tegel airport.
There you can obtain
leaflets and up-to-date
information as well as
souvenirs and general
brochures on Berlin. A
telephone hotline gives
information about all
current events.
d Berlin Tourismus Marketing
GmbH, Am Karlsbad 11
• Map E4 • (030) 25 00 25,
Fax (030) 25 00 24 24
• www.berlin.de
d Europa-Center,
Budapester Str. • Map K3
• 10am–7pm daily
d Brandenburger Tor
• 10am–6pm daily.
d Fernsehturm
• 10am–6pm daily
Berlin’s State
Museums
Detailed up-to-date
information on the state
museums and all the
establishments on
Museumsinsel can be
obtained from a bilingual
phoneline. Here you will
also find out about the
current programme of
events – for example
about the “long night of
the museums”.
d (030) 266 36 66
Sanssouci
The visitors’ advice
service for the palaces
and gardens of Potsdam
and Sanssouci supplies
accurate information and
tips as well as guided
tours and more via their
own telephone service.
d (0331) 969 42 02
Potsdam
Information
Potsdam has its own
tourist information service,
offering brochures, an
accommodation service
and guided tours.
d Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 5
• Apr–Oct: 10am–8pm
Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm Sat,
Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am–2pm
Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat,
Sun • Tel (0331) 275 580,
Fax (0331) 275 58 29
Where to Stay
The Berlin Tourismus
Marketing GmbH (BTM)
has a telephone hotline
which will help reserve a
room (for a fee). Several
offices also arrange private
accommodation, where
visitors book into shared
apartments for a period of
several days or weeks.
d Tel (030) 25 00 25, Fax
(030) 264 748 926. From
abroad: 0049 1805 754 040
What’s On
There are two fortnightly
city magazines
with detailed information
on all kinds of events –
tip and zitty. The monthly
Berlin-Programm with
detailed events listings
is also worth consulting.
For younger readers, the
magazines prinz, and 030
contain information on
nightclubs and bars. Daily
newspapers such
as Tagesspiegel, Berliner
Zeitung and Berliner
Morgenpost usually
publish listings of cultural
events on Wednesdays
and Thursdays respectively,
while tips and
reviews can be found in
the papers every day.
Radio Stations
For radio news in
English, you can tune
into Inforadio (93.1 MHz),
the BBC World Service
(90.2 MHz) or the multilingual
SFB 4 Multikulti
(106.8 MHz).
Television
In addition to the
national TV stations, the
RBB offers a regional
programme; tv berlin, a
private TV station, also
broadcasts information
on what’s on. Thanks to
cable and satellite
technology you can also
easily tune into English
programmes.
Advice for Foreign
Nationals
This Senate Office, which
deals with the concerns
of foreign nationals who
live in Berlin, is also a
good point of advice for
foreign visitors.
d Potsdamer Str. 65 • Map
E5 • 9am–1pm Mon–Fri
except Wed, plus 2–6pm
Thu • (030) 90 17 23 72
Advice for
Gay Visitors
Advice and information
for gay and lesbian visitors
is always available at
Mann-o-Meter (see p58).
d Bülowstr. 106 • 5–10pm
Mon–Fri, 4–10pm Sat, Sun
• (030) 216 80 08
Find out what’s happening this week on www.berlinonline.de
(German language only)
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