BERLIN TRAVEL GUIDE

Berlin Travel Guide
➤ BBV Tours Behindertenfahrdienst Bizetstr. 51–55 •
(030) 92 70 36 30
➤ Micky Tours Sewanstr. 2 • (030) 515 33 36
➤ Berlin Erkundungen Gangart Berlin Calandrellistr. 19
• (030) 32 70 37 83
➤ Reisebegleitung E. Schielzeth Parchimer Allee 55c •
(030) 601 01 07
6 Kobinet.De
The internet website www.kobinet.de gives
information on wheelchair access to restaurants, hotels
and shops in Berlin. This association also offers
interactive guided tours of the city, covering the areas
that are most popular with tourists, and it provides
information on disabled access to sights.
➤ www.kobinet.de
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Berliner Behindertenverband e. V.
This charitable association gives advice and support
on all issues concerning disabled people in Berlin.
➤ Information hotline (030) 204 38 47 • Call times:
11:30am–5pm Wed
8 Landesamt
Berlin’s Regional Office for Health and Social
Security runs a citizen’s advice bureau with a telephone
helpline.
➤ Albrecht-Archilles-Str. 62 • Map B5 • (030) 90 12 61
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➤ Information for young disabled people (030) 26 54 24
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➤ Service for the disabled and senior citizens (030) 859
40 10
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Wheelchair Hire
The Regional Office also rents out wheelchairs for
a fee. Order one in advance by telephone.
➤ (030) 341 17 97
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Sight-impaired Visitors
Berlin’s charitable association for the blind and
sight-impaired advises on facilities that are available for
blind visitors.
➤ Allgemeiner Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverein
Auerbacherstr. 7 • (030) 89 58 80
Banking & Communications
1 Banks
All the large German banks have branches in the
centre of town. Most banks open 9am–6pm Mon–Fri;
many open for shorter periods on Fridays and
Wednesdays.
➤ Commerzbank Europa-Center, and Tauentzienstr. 9
Uhlandstr 181–183 • Map N/P5 and P3 • 9am–4pm
Mon, 9am–6:30pm Tue, Thu, 9am–3pm Wed,
9am–1:30pm Fri.
➤ Deutsche Bank Otto-Suhr-Allee 6–16 • Map M3 •
9am–3:30pm Mon, Wed, 9am–4pm Tue, Thu, 9am–6pm
Fri.
traveldk.com
➤ Berliner Sparkasse Rankestr. 33–34 • Map P4 •
9am–6pm Mon–Fri
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Changing Money
Money is changed at a Wechselstube (bureau de
change); you can find these near Bahnhof Zoo, at the
airports or at a bank. Make sure you ask about
commission and charges. Hotels will also change money,
but may charge higher fees.
➤ American Express Bayreuther Str. 37 • Map P5 •
9am–7pm Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm Sat • (030) 21 47 62 92
➤ ReiseBank Bahnhof Zoo • Map N4 • 7:30am–10pm
daily • (030) 881 71 17
➤ Thomas Cook Friedrichstr. 56 • Map L4 • 9am–8pm
Mon–Fri, 9am–4pm Sat • (030) 20 16 59 16
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Credit Cards
Everywhere in the centre of Berlin you’ll be able to
use a standard credit card, such as Visa or
Euro/MasterCard, to pay at most restaurants, cafés and
shops. American Express and Diner’s Club are less
commonly accepted. You can also use your credit or EC
card (plus PIN number) to withdraw money from a
machine. Should you lose your card, tell your bank or
provider immediately.
➤ American Express (069) 97 97 10 00
➤ EC Cards (069) 74 09 87
➤ Eurocard and MasterCard (069) 79 33 19 10
➤ Diner’s Club (05921) 86 12 34
➤ Visa (0800) 814 91 00
4 Telephones
There are public phones (both enclosed cells and
open phones) all over the centre of town. These are
almost exclusively card phones. Telephone cards can be
bought from post offices, in department stores and at
kiosks.
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Post Offices and Letter Boxes
Post offices are hard to miss – they are painted a
bright yellow. As elsewhere in Germany, Berlin letter
boxes are also yellow, but there are some blue “historic”
boxes.
➤ Center-Filiale Joachimstaler Str. 7 • Map P4 •
8am–midnight Mon–Sat, 10am–midnight Sun and
holidays
➤ Bahnhof Friedrichstr., Georgenstr. 12 • Map K4 •
6am–10pm Mon–Fri, 8am–10pm Sat, Sun
6 Postage
A standard letter (up to 20 g) to anywhere in the EU
costs €0.55; a compact letter (up to 50 g) €1.44; a
postcard €0.45. Stamps can be bought at the post office,
from card shops and machines.
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Internet Cafés
You can surf the internet and pick up your e-mails
anywhere. Easy-everything is one of the largest internet
cafés.
➤ easy-everything Kurfürstendamm 224 • Map P4 •
around the clock • (030) 88 70 79 70
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Getting there