AMEE Berlin 2002 Programme

Conference Venue
General Information
Berlin
How to reach Berlin
Weather
Banks and Post Offices
Currency Exchange
A simplified map of Berlin and a plan of the campus showing the conference buildings
and rooms appear on pages 1.5 and 1.6. A detailed map will be included in your
registration pack.
Berlin has a wide range of attractions. Annual highlights include theatre weeks,
international concert performances and film festivals. Multiple theatres offer a range
of performances from classic to modern drama, opera, ballet and light comedy. Berlin´s
artistic treasures and museums, palaces, galleries and archives have earned high reputation
all over the world. A great number of monuments bear witness to the history of Berlin
and Prussian culture. Leisure time may be used for shopping downtown around the
‘Kurfürstendamm’ and the ‘Friedrichstraße’. There are opportunities for every taste
and purse. Shopping hours are from 9.00-20.00 hrs Monday to Friday and from 0900
hrs to 1600 hrs on Saturday. All shops are closed on Sunday.
Berlin can be reached easily by all means of transportation. Most airlines offer direct
flights to Berlin Tegel airport, some also fly to Berlin Tempelhof or Berlin Schönefeld.
A taxi from Berlin Tegel to the city centre (main hotel district) costs approx. DEM
30,00. There is also a bus service (line no. 109) between Berlin Tegel airport and the
city centre. The fare is DEM 4,00. Main railway stations are Berlin Bahnhof Zoo,
Berlin-Ostbahnhof, Bahnhof Berlin Lichtenberg. As the main airports are quite close
to the city centre, no special arrangements have been made to transfer participants to
the Conference hotels.
The congress takes place during the late summer/beginning of autumn where the
temperatures are around 19°C (66°F) during the day and 10°C (50°F) at night. It may
be useful to bring a sweater and raincoat.
Banks are open Monday-Friday between 0800-1800. Post Offices are open Monday-
Friday between 0800-1800, and on Saturday between 0800-1200.
The unit of currency is the DeutscheMark (DEM). 1 DEM comprises 100 Pfennig .The
rate of exchange at the time of going to press is £1 = DM 3.2; US$1 = DM 2.3;
Euro 1 = DM 2. Major credit cards are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops.
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