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Berlin

Hotel New BerlinGermany's Dynamic Capital

Whether it is one of Europe’s great travel destinations probably depends how you define that term. Though it may lack Rome’s antiquities, London’s sophistication, and the romance of Paris, no other European city can match its risk-taking, cutting-edge style, its extraordinary contemporary architecture, or its ability to get the visitor in touch with some of the 20th century’s most significant events.

Of course, we are talking about Berlin, a town that has undergone the municipal equivalent of a face-lift, tummy-tuck, liposuction and multiple organ transplants. It seems only yesterday that it was two cities, one dispirited and crumbling, the other vital and lively but hemmed in by concrete, barbed wire, and armed watchtowers. Traces of the divided city can still be found, but they are fast disappearing.

Berlin is a city of cultural as well as urban renewal, with frequent openings of new and restored museums, monuments, and institutions. A prime example opened in 2006: the spectacular, glass-canopied, multilevel Lehrter Bahnhof, said to be Europe’s largest transportation hub, able to handle nearly a quarter of a million passengers daily. Another fairly recent addition to the long list of Berlin must-see destinations is the haunting Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a short distance from the Brandenburg Gate.

Berlin is also a place of vast parks and waterways, nonstop nightlife, Germany’s best shopping, and the finest and most varied cuisine of any city in the Germanic world. Best of all, its hotels and restaurants are priced lower than any major city in western Europe.

List of articles in category Berlin
Title
12 Berlin World War II Sites
Viewing What's Left of the Berlin Wall
Five Reasons to Visit Berlin This Fall
Berlin's Focus Shifts Westward
A-Trane Jazz Club
Restaurant Alibaba
Restaurant Klemke
Restaurant Samos
Restaurant Dressler
Restaurant Paris Bar
Restaurant Filou
Restaurant Die Zwölf Apostel
Restaurant Diekmann
Restaurant 44
Restaurant Tavola Calda
Restaurant Lutter and Wegner
Restaurant Florian
Hotel Luisenhof
Hotel Märkischer Hof
Schlosshotel im Grunewald
Hotel Carmer 16
Q! Hotel
Hotel Bleibtreu
Hotel Art Nouveau
Berlin Germany Sights, Activities
Berlin Germany Public Transportation
Berlin Germany Bike & Walking Tours
Berlin Germany in Miniature
Berlin Germany's DDR Museum
Berlin Germany Welcome Card
Berlin's Rebirth Continues (October 2003)
Berlin's Film Museum
Inexpensive Berlin (June 2001)
Rogacki: Unique Berlin Seafood Restaurant
Berlin Germany by Boat
Berlin Report '95
Berlin Germany's Savignyplatz District
  • Berlin
    • 12 Berlin World War II Sites
    • A-Trane Jazz Club
    • Berlin Germany Bike & Walking Tours
    • Berlin Germany by Boat
    • Berlin Germany in Miniature
    • Berlin Germany Public Transportation
    • Berlin Germany Sights, Activities
    • Berlin Germany Welcome Card
    • Berlin Germany's DDR Museum
    • Berlin Germany's Savignyplatz District
    • Berlin Report '95
    • Berlin's Film Museum
    • Berlin's Focus Shifts Westward
    • Berlin's Rebirth Continues (October 2003)
    • Five Reasons to Visit Berlin This Fall
    • Hotel Art Nouveau
    • Hotel Bleibtreu
    • Hotel Carmer 16
    • Hotel Luisenhof
    • Hotel Märkischer Hof
    • Inexpensive Berlin (June 2001)
    • Q! Hotel
    • Restaurant 44
    • Restaurant Alibaba
    • Restaurant Die Zwölf Apostel
    • Restaurant Diekmann
    • Restaurant Dressler
    • Restaurant Filou
    • Restaurant Florian
    • Restaurant Klemke
    • Restaurant Lutter and Wegner
    • Restaurant Paris Bar
    • Restaurant Samos
    • Restaurant Tavola Calda
    • Rogacki: Unique Berlin Seafood Restaurant
    • Schlosshotel im Grunewald
    • Viewing What's Left of the Berlin Wall

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