The Berlin Baby Project

A selection of links to make planning easy

Berlin

http://wikitravel.org/en/Berlin

http://www.visitberlin.de/english/berlin-infos/e_bi_anreise.php

http://indietravelpodcast.com/video/video-explore-berlin/

http://www.berolina-berlin.com/en_index.html

Flights

You can select either Berlin-Tegel airport or Berlin-Schönefeld, the distance to the centre is roughly the same!

http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book/index.asp?lang=en

http://www.ryanair.com/en

http://www.germanwings.com

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb?countrycode=GB&eId=101001

http://www.lufthansa.com/uk/en/Homepage

to search among various carriers at the same time:

http://www.edreams.co.uk/

www.kelkoo.com

Getting to the city centre/the clinic from the airports

http://www.btm.de/english/berlin-infos/e_bi_anreise_flug-flughaefen.php

Taxi:

The easiest way, 25-30 minutes, around 25-30 € ( from both airports )

Public transport:

From Berlin-Schönefeld

• S-Bahn (commuter train)-direction Alexanderplatz or Friedrichstrasse stations (30 mins)
• Airport bus shuttle- all the way to the centre (ask the driver for your desired stop) (40 mins)

From Berlin-Tegel

• Airport bus shuttle- all the way to the centre (ask the driver for your desired stop) (40 mins)
• Bus to S-Bahn (commuter train)-direction (Kurt-Schumacher-Platz) (10 mins), then change to U-Bahn (underground) Linie 2- south, direction Alt Mariendorf, this gets you right into the centre.

Accommodation

http://www.booked.net/Hotels-in-Berlin-18056/ here in the bottom left hand corner select location: Gendarmenmarkt, Potsdamer Platz, Unter den Linden or Brandenburg Gate for a hotel close to the clinic

http://www.berlin.de/international/index.en.php here you fill in location (top center): hotels in eastern city, hotels at Gendarmenmarkt or hotels nearby Potsdamer Platz for hotels close to the clinic.

If an apartment is more what you like:

http://www.berlin-flats.de/html/en/index.htm

http://www.ferienwohnung-zimmer-berlin.de/Unterkuenfte-eng/suche.php?lang=de&unr=1365& here in location (middle-left) write: Mitte or Kreuzberg-Schöneberg (not as close but acceptable)

If you prefer a different page to search for a hotel or apartment these are the locations/landmarks to use – to ensure finding a location near the clinic and the centre of the city:

• Berlin-Mitte
• city centre east
• Kreuzberg
• Schöneberg
• Gendarmenmarkt
• Unter den Linden
• Brandenburg Gate
• Potsdamer Platz,
• Checkpoint Charlie,
• Hackescher Markt (Hackesche Höfe)
• Alexanderplatz

Things to do, Infos, Tickets

You don´t want to spend precious time searching?
Use the hotline of VISIT BERLIN:

http://www.berlin.de/tourismus/berlin_anders_erleben/zille_express.php

http://citysegwaytours.com/berlin

http://fattirebiketours.com/berlin

http://www.insidertour.com/tours.php

http://berolina-berlin.com/en_index.html

http://www.berlinwalks.com/

Berlin from a long way up! Reservation strongly recommended!
http://www.tv-turm.de/en/index.php

http://www.berolina-berlin.com/en_index.html

http://www.berlin-rikscha-tours.de/english/index.html

Can we help ?

Send an e mail: service@berlin-baby.co.uk