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Left A historic double-decker bus Centre Sightseeing by bus Right Visiting the city by velotaxi
Guided Tours
Sightseeing by
double-decker bus
Nothing is more fun than
a sightseeing tour of the
city on the double-decker
nostalgia bus, which is
open-top in summer.
Buses depart from the
corner of Ku’damm and
Rankestraße. English and
German commentary is
available. d Stadtrundfahrtbüro
Berlin, Kurfürstendamm
236 • (030) 261 20 01
Buses 100 and 200
The cheapest and
fastest way to see the city
is a journey on buses Nos
100 or 200. These doubledeckers
go from Bahnhof
Zoo and Alexanderplatz
right into Prenzlauer Berg,
passing all the important
sights between West
and East en route. A
Berlin tour for only €2.10.
StattReisen
StattReisen was one
of the first agencies in
Germany to offer informative
themed walks
through the city. Among
the most popular themes
for guided tours are
“Jewish Berlin” and a
guided overview tour of
the centre (lasting up to
three hours).
d Malplaquetstr. 5
• (030) 455 30 28
Sightseeing Bus
Tours
Traditional sightseeing
tours by bus, with commentary
in up to eight
different languages, are
good for getting a quick
overview. The tours
depart from Kurfürstendamm
(corner of Meinekestr.
or Rankestr.), and in
summer they leave every
hour. These bus tours
usually last between two
and four hours, and take
in all the most important
sights of Berlin. There are
special tours to Potsdam.
Departure points:
d Berolina Berlin-Service,
Kurfürstendamm 220
• (030) 88 56 80 20
d Severin & Kühn, Kurfürstendamm
216 u. Alexanderplatz
• (030) 880 41 90
d Bus Verkehr Berlin
(BVB), Grenzallee 13–15
• (030) 683 89 10
art:berlin
This agency cuts a
swathe through Berlin’s
artistic jungle. Small,
well-conducted tours
lead visitors through
the museums, galleries,
cultural events and –
of course – to the city’s
most exciting architectural
treasures.
d Oranienburger Str. 32
• (030) 28 09 63 90
Boat Tours
Berlin’s waterways –
Havel and Spree Rivers,
Landwehrkanal and the
lakes Wannsee and
Müggelsee – can all be
explored by boat. Many
tours allow you to take
in Berlin’s historic sights
between Charlottenburg
and the centre from the
water. Tours last two or
three hours, and there are
piers at Schloss Charlottenburg,
next to the Haus
der Kulturen der Welt in
Official guided tours: www.stattreisen.berlin.de
or: www.severin-kuehn-berlin.de
Tiergarten, next to the
bridge Schlossbrücke
as well as in Treptow.
d Stern- und Kreis-Schifffahrt,
Puschkinallee 15
• (030) 536 36 00. d Weiße
Flotte Potsdam, Lange
Brücke • (0331) 275 92 10
Berlin from the
Air
Several enterprises offer
sightseeing trips over
Berlin and Brandenburg
province by helicopter
and in historic planes.
d Kanzler International
Executive Services,
Kommandantenstr. 14
• (030) 694 94 90
d Air Service Berlin, Flughafen
Tempelhof • (030)
695 35 90
Berlin Walks
This small agency
conducts themed Englishlanguage
walks, departing
daily from the taxi rank
outside Zoologischer
Garten. d Bahnhof Zoo
• 10am daily (summer also
2:30pm) and by prior
arrangement • (030) 301 91
94 • www.berlinwalks.com
Velotaxis
An inexpensive, and
personalized way to see
the town is by velotaxi
(see p162).
Berlin
Underground
A very special sort of tour
are these guided walks
through the spooky underbelly
of Berlin, making
your way through bunkers
and ancient tunnels.
d (030) 49 91 05 17