# Berlin

What to see in Berlin in three or four days: the Wall, the Reichstag, Museum Island and Kreuzberg, and train trips to Potsdam, Dresden or Leipzig.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/berlin · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Berlin is the capital of Germany and a city best understood on foot: the Wall that split it between 1961 and 1989 left its mark on pavements, vacant lots and neighbourhoods, and almost everything worth seeing from the twentieth century is where it happened. It is also a green, flat city, with districts such as Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg where life is lived on the street. And it is a good base: by train, Potsdam is half an hour away, the Spreewald an hour, and Leipzig and Dresden less than two.

## What to see in Berlin in three or four days

Day one, the centre. Start at the Brandenburg Gate, go up to the Reichstag dome —free, with advance registration— and walk down to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, five minutes away. In the afternoon, follow Unter den Linden to Museum Island and the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues Museum. Note that the Pergamonmuseum is closed until July 2027.

Day two, the Wall. In the morning, the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße, the only place where you can see the whole death strip. In the afternoon, the East Side Gallery, the painted stretch of Wall beside the Spree, and cross the Oberbaum Bridge towards Kreuzberg. If you prefer to do it by bike, the guided Wall bike tour brings it all together in three and a half hours.

Day three, hard history. The Topography of Terror, where the Gestapo and the SS were based, and the DDR Museum to see what life was like in the East. In the afternoon, an hour on a boat trip on the Spree and, at dusk, the TV Tower.

Day four, out of town. Half a day at the Sachsenhausen Memorial, in Oranienburg, 45 minutes away by S-Bahn; or one of the day trips we suggest below.

## How do you get there from Spain?

By air to Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER), the only one in the city, with direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities. The station is beneath Terminal 1: the FEX express train leaves every 15 minutes and reaches Hauptbahnhof in 23 minutes, and the S9 S-Bahn goes to Alexanderplatz and Friedrichstraße. You need an ABC ticket, because the airport is in zone C. Everything is in the entry for BER airport.

## How do you get around Berlin?

By public transport: metro (U-Bahn), suburban train (S-Bahn), tram and bus on the same ticket. Zone AB covers the whole city; ABC adds the airport, Potsdam and Oranienburg. And by bicycle: the city is flat and has cycle lanes everywhere. You do not need a car.

## Where to stay

The most convenient districts for a first visit are Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg, for the transport and what you have within walking distance. The Circus Hostel, on Rosenthaler Platz, is the budget option, with dormitories and private rooms. The Hotel Oderberger occupies a public bath house from 1902 with its historic swimming pool. The Adlon Kempinski is the grand hotel by the Brandenburg Gate.

## Where to eat

Berlin's street food is the currywurst: Curry 36, on Mehringdamm, is open from morning until the small hours. The Markthalle Neun is a market with food stalls in Kreuzberg; on Thursday evenings, street food. For dinner, German cooking in a proper tavern, Max und Moritz, from 1902, or Zur letzten Instanz, which claims to be the oldest restaurant in the city.

## Day trips from Berlin

You can leave Berlin by train, without a car:

Potsdam, half an hour away: Sanssouci Palace, its gardens and the Dutch Quarter.

The Spreewald, an hour away: punt boats along the canals from Lübbenau.

Leipzig, a little over an hour away by ICE: Bach, the Peaceful Revolution and Auerbachs Keller.

Dresden, less than two hours away: the Frauenkirche, the Zwinger and the Elbe; better with a night, and with Saxon Switzerland next door.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: LEGO and Playmobil
- Cerca: Potsdam (a 26.6 km), Werder (Havel) (a 35.1 km), Chorin and Niederfinow (a 52.0 km), Brandenburg an der Havel (a 58.5 km)

## Qué hacer
- **Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz** (30 min · All ages · Free): What it is
The neoclassical gate of six columns with the quadriga on top is the symbol of Berlin. Between 1961 and 1989 it was trapped in the strip of the Wall, with no passage from one side to the other; today it is a pedestrian square, Pariser Platz, at the end of the Unter den Linden boulevard.
How to see it
Come twice: by day, to walk through it from Unter den Linden towards the Tiergarten, and at night, when it is lit and almost empty. The Reichstag is five minutes on foot to the north and the Holocaust memorial five to the south. The nearest station is Brandenburger Tor (S-Bahn and U5).
- **Glass Dome of the Reichstag** (1 h · All ages · Free, with booking): What it is
The Reichstag is the seat of the Bundestag, the German Parliament. On top it has a glass dome with a spiral ramp that climbs to the top: from it you see the plenary chamber below and, outside, the Brandenburg Gate, the Tiergarten and the TV Tower. At the top there is a rooftop terrace.
How to book
It is free, but you must register beforehand using the form on the Bundestag website, with your name and date; at weekends it fills up, so on weekdays you have more options. The dome and the terrace are open daily from 8:00 to 21:45, last admission; you can stay until midnight. Bring your ID. On some session days or for building work the dome closes, but not the terrace.
Eating at the top
On the roof is the Käfer restaurant, which only admits customers with a prior reservation, for breakfast, lunch or dinner with views.
- **Museum Island and Nefertiti at the Neues Museum** (3 h · Adults and teenagers · Desde 24 € per person, one-day ticket for the whole island): What it is
In the north of the Spree island, right in the centre, there are five museums together: the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Bode Museum and the Pergamonmuseum. If you only have time for one, go into the Neues Museum: it holds the bust of Queen Nefertiti in the ancient Egypt exhibition.
What you need to know now
The Pergamonmuseum is closed for building work and is due to reopen on 4 July 2027; in the meantime, some of its pieces can be seen at the Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama, next door. The Neues Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 and closed on Mondays.
Tickets
The Museumsinsel ticket, at €24, is valid for one day for all the exhibitions on the island. Under-18s do not pay, but they must get their free ticket at the ticket office or on the website and show it with ID. Buy online: tickets come with a time slot.
- **Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße** (1 h 30 · Adults and teenagers · Free): What it is
On Bernauer Straße the Wall split the street: the houses were in the East and the pavement was in the West. Here a stretch is preserved with the complete border strip behind it, the one they called the death strip, and an outdoor exhibition more than a kilometre long with photos, remains of escape tunnels and the marks of the demolished houses.
What the visit is like
The outdoor part is open daily from 8:00 to 22:00 and is free. The visitor centre (Bernauer Straße 119) and the documentation centre (Bernauer Straße 111) are open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00; climb the documentation centre tower, last ascent at 17:45, to see the strip from above. All the exhibitions are free; public guided tours cost €5.
How to get there
By S-Bahn (S1, S2, S25, S26) or tram M10 to Nordbahnhof, or by U8 metro to Bernauer Straße. At Nordbahnhof station there is a small exhibition on the ghost stations of divided Berlin.
- **Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe** (1 h · Adults and teenagers · Free): What it is
A field of 2,711 concrete stelae of different heights, on ground that rises and falls, a step from the Brandenburg Gate. You enter from any side and, as you advance, the blocks hide the city from you. Below, the information centre tells the stories of specific families and people murdered in the Holocaust.
Opening times and price
The field of stelae is open 24 hours and is accessible. The information centre (Cora-Berliner-Straße 1) is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00, with last admission 45 minutes before, and is closed on Mondays and from 24 to 26 December. Entry is free; the audio guide costs €3.
- **East Side Gallery, the Painted Wall beside the Spree** (45 min · All ages · Free): What it is
A long stretch of the Wall, on the bank of the Spree, which artists from all over the world painted in 1990, after the fall. It is an open-air gallery that is now looked after by the Berlin Wall Foundation. The most photographed murals, such as the kiss between Brezhnev and Honecker, are around the middle.
How to see it
Get off at Ostbahnhof and walk towards the Oberbaum Bridge; at the end, cross the red-brick bridge towards Kreuzberg. It is always open and free. First thing in the morning there is room for photos without crowds.
- **Topography of Terror** (1 h 30 · Adults and teenagers · Free): What it is
A documentation centre built on the site where the Gestapo headquarters, the SS leadership and the Reich Security Main Office were located. The permanent exhibition explains how Nazi terror worked from here; outside, a tour of 15 stations through the remains of the site. Until 31 January 2027 there is also an exhibition on what Germans knew about the Holocaust.
Opening times and price
Open every day from 10:00 to 20:00 and entry is free. The outdoor area closes at dusk, at 20:00 at the latest. It is at Niederkirchnerstraße 8, ten minutes' walk from Potsdamer Platz and close to Checkpoint Charlie.
- **Alexanderplatz TV Tower** (1 h · All ages · Desde 20 € per person): What it is
The East German television tower, on Alexanderplatz, can be seen from almost everywhere in Berlin. At the top, in the sphere, there is a 360-degree glazed viewing platform and, above it, the Sphere restaurant, which turns slowly while you eat.
Opening times and tickets
The viewing platform and the restaurant are open from 10:00 to 23:00. The basic ticket costs €20 and includes the virtual reality experience when it is working; there are combined tickets with a drink, from €31, or with a meal in the restaurant. Buy online with a time slot: in high season there is a queue. It is at Panoramastraße 1A.
- **One-Hour Boat Trip on the Spree** (1 h · All ages · Desde 22.5 € per person): What it is
An hour by boat on the Spree in the very centre: you pass Museum Island and the cathedral, under the bridges of Mitte and in front of the Parliament and Chancellery buildings. It is the most relaxing way to see half of Berlin, and children love it.
How it works
Stern und Kreisschiffahrt's historic round trip leaves from the Friedrichstraße landing stage or the Alte Börse one, next to Hackescher Markt, and costs from €22.50. If you have more time, the bridges route along the Landwehrkanal lasts 3 h 15 and passes through Kreuzberg. Buy online or at the landing stage; check the day's timetable, which changes with the season.
- **Guided Bike Tour of the Wall and the Cold War** (3 h 30 · 13.5 km · Teenagers and adults who ride bikes · Desde 27 € per person): What it is
Berlin is flat and has cycle lanes everywhere: it is the ideal city to see by pedalling. Berlin on Bike's Wall and Cold War tour follows the line where the Wall ran, passes along Bernauer Straße and sites of escapes and tunnels, in 3 h 30 and about 12 to 15 km at an easy pace.
How it works
It leaves from the Kulturbrauerei, in Prenzlauer Berg, by the entrance at Knaackstraße 97, three minutes from Eberswalder Straße station (U2). The bike is included. It costs from €27. Group departures are in English or German; if you want the tour in Spanish, ask for it privately. If you are short of time, the essential tour lasts two hours, from €24.
- **Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, in Oranienburg** (4 h · Adults and teenagers · Free; audio guide €3.50): What it is
Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Oranienburg, north of Berlin, and afterwards a Soviet special camp. Today it is a memorial with museums in the barracks, the entrance tower, the roll-call square and the remains of the crematorium. It is a hard and necessary visit: allow half a day for getting there, returning and seeing it.
Opening times and price
Entry is free. The grounds and the exhibitions are open daily from 8:30 to 18:00 from 31 March to 26 October, and from 8:30 to 16:30 the rest of the year; the information centre, from 8:30 to 17:00. The audio guide, which we recommend, costs €3.50 and is available in Spanish; you do not need to book it.
How to get there from Berlin
By S-Bahn, line S1 to Oranienburg: about 45 minutes from Friedrichstraße, every 20 minutes. Faster, the RE 5 regional from Berlin Hauptbahnhof or the RB 12 from Ostkreuz or Lichtenberg, about 25 minutes, every hour. Get off at Oranienburg, not at Sachsenhausen. From the station it is about a 20-minute walk, or bus 804, every hour to the Gedenkstätte stop. You need an ABC ticket.
- **DDR Museum** (1 h 30 · Families and teenagers): What it is
A hands-on museum about how people lived in the German Democratic Republic: a furnished tower-block flat, the kitchen, the school, the Trabant, the Stasi. You open drawers and cupboards, you touch almost everything, and that is why it works very well with children and teenagers.
Opening times and tickets
Open every day of the year from 9:00 to 21:00, at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1, on the bank of the Spree opposite the cathedral. Buy your ticket online with a time slot; in high season, by mid-afternoon it is full.
- **LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Berlin at Potsdamer Platz** (2 h 30 · Small children · From €19.50 online): The LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Berlin is not an outdoor amusement park like the ones at Windsor or Billund: it is an indoor centre, in the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz, designed for small children and rainy days.
What is inside
According to its website, the centre brings together more than five million LEGO bricks and several zones: LEGO NINJAGO City Adventure, Dino Explorer, the dragon ride, a Miniland with Berlin landmarks made from bricks, the DUPLO Village for children aged 2 to 5, a 4D cinema, Merlin's Apprentice, a racing zone, a factory with a tour and a model builders' workshop. There is a café and a large LEGO shop.
Hours and tickets
The centre advertises visiting hours of 10:00 to 19:00, with last entry at 17:00. The online ticket costs from €19.50, against €25 at the box office, and the happy-hour ticket, from 14:00 and with limited places, from €18 online. Under-2s go free. On weekdays, from 10:00 to 13:00, there are sessions for parents with children up to 3 at €18 online. The annual unlimited-play pass costs €49 per person.
From 25 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 the Holiday Workshop, the Christmas workshop, takes place. One Thursday a month, from 18:30 to 22:00, there is an adults-only night; outside those nights, adults enter accompanied by a child.
Getting there
It is at Potsdamer Straße 4, in the Sony Center. You get there on the U2 or the S-Bahn S1, S2, S25 and S26 to Potsdamer Platz, and there is parking in the Sony Center Tiefgarage and the Potsdamer Platz one. It is a short walk from the Holocaust Memorial and the Brandenburg Gate.

## Dónde comer
- **Max und Moritz** (Restaurant, Berlin, €€). Qué pedir: a German dish from the menu with a draught beer
- **Zur letzten Instanz** (Restaurant, Berlin, €€€). Qué pedir: the seasonal Berlin dish; in November, St Martin's goose
- **Curry 36, Mehringdamm** (Takeaway, Berlin, €). Qué pedir: currywurst with or without skin and chips
- **Markthalle Neun** (Market, Berlin, €€). Qué pedir: whatever is at the food stalls at midday; on Thursday, the street food special

## By plane: Fly to Berlin and Take the Train into the Centre
Berlin has a single airport, the BER, with direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and many other Spanish cities. It is about 25 kilometres from the centre and you do not need a car: the FEX express train drops you at Hauptbahnhof in 23 minutes. From Berlin, day trips are also made by train.
### Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **The Circus Hostel** (Hostel): A hostel at the crossing of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg
The Circus Hostel is on Weinbergsweg, overlooking Rosenthaler Platz, a square with a metro (U8) and trams to everywhere, surrounded by cafés and restaurants. It has shared dormitories and private rooms, and an atmosphere of young travellers without being a party hostel. Its sister, the Circus Hotel, closed on 1 November 2026; the hostel remains open.
What it has
All-you-can-eat buffet breakfast from 8:00 to 11:00, a bar with beer from its own microbrewery that opens every day from 18:00, free wifi and yoga mats to borrow. It rents bicycles for €15 a day, and has parking for €20 a night. It organises activities and tours for guests.
How to get there
From BER airport, train to Alexanderplatz or Friedrichstraße and then metro or tram to Rosenthaler Platz. From Hauptbahnhof, about 20 minutes by public transport. Museum Island is about 20 minutes' walk away.
- **Hotel Oderberger** (Hotel): Sleeping in a public bath house from 1902
The Hotel Oderberger occupies the former municipal baths on Oderberger Straße, in Prenzlauer Berg, built in 1902 and reopened in 2016 after its restoration. The great pool hall, with vaults and galleries, is still a swimming pool: that is what makes this hotel different. It has 70 rooms, 5 suites in the tower and 2 apartments.
What it has
Besides the pool, a sauna, a fitness room, a rooftop terrace and a garden. Breakfast is served from 7:00 to 10:30 and the Kaminbar opens every day from 17:00. It rents bicycles for €15 a day. Ask about early check-in, which they give if available.
The neighbourhood
Oderberger Straße is a street of cafés in Prenzlauer Berg, a few steps from Mauerpark and ten minutes' walk from the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße. The nearest metro station is Eberswalder Straße (U2).
- **Hotel Adlon Kempinski** (Hotel): The hotel on Pariser Platz
The Adlon is Berlin's great classic hotel, on Pariser Platz, to one side of the Brandenburg Gate: many of its rooms look onto the gate. It has 385 rooms and suites. It is the place for a special night or for anyone who wants to sleep in the middle of everything.
What it has
The Adlon Spa by Resense, of about 840 square metres on three floors, with a pool. For restaurants, the Michelin-starred Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer, the Brasserie Quarré and the Lobby Lounge & Bar, as well as a takeaway service.
How to get there
Brandenburger Tor station (S-Bahn and U5) is on the same square. From BER airport, the FEX express train reaches Potsdamer Platz in about 19 minutes, a short walk from the hotel.
### Servicios
- **Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)**: Berlin's airport, with an FEX express train to the centre every 15 minutes (23 minutes to Hauptbahnhof) and the S9 S-Bahn; an ABC ticket is required.
- **Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Central Station**: Berlin's great station: trains to Leipzig, Dresden and Wittenberg, regional trains to Potsdam and Oranienburg, and the FEX to the airport.

## Car-free: Berlin without a Car
Berlin is covered by metro, S-Bahn, tram and bicycle, and the day trips leave by train from Hauptbahnhof. In the centre, a car is unnecessary.
Presupuesto orientativo: 80–200 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **The Circus Hostel** (Hostel): A hostel at the crossing of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg
The Circus Hostel is on Weinbergsweg, overlooking Rosenthaler Platz, a square with a metro (U8) and trams to everywhere, surrounded by cafés and restaurants. It has shared dormitories and private rooms, and an atmosphere of young travellers without being a party hostel. Its sister, the Circus Hotel, closed on 1 November 2026; the hostel remains open.
What it has
All-you-can-eat buffet breakfast from 8:00 to 11:00, a bar with beer from its own microbrewery that opens every day from 18:00, free wifi and yoga mats to borrow. It rents bicycles for €15 a day, and has parking for €20 a night. It organises activities and tours for guests.
How to get there
From BER airport, train to Alexanderplatz or Friedrichstraße and then metro or tram to Rosenthaler Platz. From Hauptbahnhof, about 20 minutes by public transport. Museum Island is about 20 minutes' walk away.
- **Hotel Oderberger** (Hotel): Sleeping in a public bath house from 1902
The Hotel Oderberger occupies the former municipal baths on Oderberger Straße, in Prenzlauer Berg, built in 1902 and reopened in 2016 after its restoration. The great pool hall, with vaults and galleries, is still a swimming pool: that is what makes this hotel different. It has 70 rooms, 5 suites in the tower and 2 apartments.
What it has
Besides the pool, a sauna, a fitness room, a rooftop terrace and a garden. Breakfast is served from 7:00 to 10:30 and the Kaminbar opens every day from 17:00. It rents bicycles for €15 a day. Ask about early check-in, which they give if available.
The neighbourhood
Oderberger Straße is a street of cafés in Prenzlauer Berg, a few steps from Mauerpark and ten minutes' walk from the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße. The nearest metro station is Eberswalder Straße (U2).
- **Hotel Adlon Kempinski** (Hotel): The hotel on Pariser Platz
The Adlon is Berlin's great classic hotel, on Pariser Platz, to one side of the Brandenburg Gate: many of its rooms look onto the gate. It has 385 rooms and suites. It is the place for a special night or for anyone who wants to sleep in the middle of everything.
What it has
The Adlon Spa by Resense, of about 840 square metres on three floors, with a pool. For restaurants, the Michelin-starred Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer, the Brasserie Quarré and the Lobby Lounge & Bar, as well as a takeaway service.
How to get there
Brandenburger Tor station (S-Bahn and U5) is on the same square. From BER airport, the FEX express train reaches Potsdamer Platz in about 19 minutes, a short walk from the hotel.
### Servicios
- **Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)**: Berlin's airport, with an FEX express train to the centre every 15 minutes (23 minutes to Hauptbahnhof) and the S9 S-Bahn; an ABC ticket is required.
- **Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Central Station**: Berlin's great station: trains to Leipzig, Dresden and Wittenberg, regional trains to Potsdam and Oranienburg, and the FEX to the airport.

## By bike: Berlin by Bicycle
Berlin is flat, wide and full of cycle lanes: by bike you get everywhere before the metro does. You can hire one at your accommodation or take a guided tour along the line of the Wall.
Presupuesto orientativo: 80–180 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're cycling
- **The Circus Hostel** (Hostel): A hostel at the crossing of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg
The Circus Hostel is on Weinbergsweg, overlooking Rosenthaler Platz, a square with a metro (U8) and trams to everywhere, surrounded by cafés and restaurants. It has shared dormitories and private rooms, and an atmosphere of young travellers without being a party hostel. Its sister, the Circus Hotel, closed on 1 November 2026; the hostel remains open.
What it has
All-you-can-eat buffet breakfast from 8:00 to 11:00, a bar with beer from its own microbrewery that opens every day from 18:00, free wifi and yoga mats to borrow. It rents bicycles for €15 a day, and has parking for €20 a night. It organises activities and tours for guests.
How to get there
From BER airport, train to Alexanderplatz or Friedrichstraße and then metro or tram to Rosenthaler Platz. From Hauptbahnhof, about 20 minutes by public transport. Museum Island is about 20 minutes' walk away.
- **Hotel Oderberger** (Hotel): Sleeping in a public bath house from 1902
The Hotel Oderberger occupies the former municipal baths on Oderberger Straße, in Prenzlauer Berg, built in 1902 and reopened in 2016 after its restoration. The great pool hall, with vaults and galleries, is still a swimming pool: that is what makes this hotel different. It has 70 rooms, 5 suites in the tower and 2 apartments.
What it has
Besides the pool, a sauna, a fitness room, a rooftop terrace and a garden. Breakfast is served from 7:00 to 10:30 and the Kaminbar opens every day from 17:00. It rents bicycles for €15 a day. Ask about early check-in, which they give if available.
The neighbourhood
Oderberger Straße is a street of cafés in Prenzlauer Berg, a few steps from Mauerpark and ten minutes' walk from the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße. The nearest metro station is Eberswalder Straße (U2).

## As a family: Berlin with Children

Berlin works well with children if you alternate history with things you can touch and see from above or from the water. Distances are long: use public transport and do not string together more than two visits a day.

### What works best
The boat trip on the Spree, an hour sitting and watching the city

The DDR Museum, where you open drawers and climb into a Trabant

The TV Tower and the Reichstag dome, to see Berlin from above

The Brandenburg Gate and the walk along the Wall at the East Side Gallery

### Where to sleep
Hotel Oderberger, with a pool

The Circus Hostel, with private rooms

### Where to eat
Curry 36, currywurst without long waits

Markthalle Neun, with shared tables and a bit of everything

### Keep in mind
Under-18s do not pay on Museum Island, but they need their free ticket

The Holocaust memorial and Sachsenhausen are not for small children

The Reichstag dome requires advance registration for everyone

### Qué hacer as a family
- Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz
- Glass Dome of the Reichstag
- Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße
- East Side Gallery, the Painted Wall beside the Spree
- Alexanderplatz TV Tower
- One-Hour Boat Trip on the Spree
- DDR Museum
- LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Berlin at Potsdamer Platz

## With teenagers: Berlin with Teenagers

Berlin is one of the best cities in Europe to visit with teenagers: twentieth-century history is on the street, with the Wall, the Cold War and Nazism told where they happened, and there are murals, bikes and neighbourhoods with life.

### What works best
The bike tour of the Wall, 3 h 30 along the old line

The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße and the East Side Gallery

The Topography of Terror and the Holocaust memorial

Sachsenhausen, with preparation and a Spanish audio guide

### Where to sleep
The Circus Hostel, with a traveller atmosphere

Hotel Oderberger, in Prenzlauer Berg

### Where to eat
Curry 36 at any hour

Markthalle Neun, on Thursday evening, with street food

### Keep in mind
Group bike tours are in English or German

Museum Island is free up to age 18

Leave free time in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg: it is what they remember most

### Qué hacer with teenagers
- Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz
- Glass Dome of the Reichstag
- Museum Island and Nefertiti at the Neues Museum
- Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- East Side Gallery, the Painted Wall beside the Spree
- Topography of Terror
- Alexanderplatz TV Tower
- Guided Bike Tour of the Wall and the Cold War
- Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, in Oranienburg
- DDR Museum

## With friends: Berlin with friends: the Wall by bike, a covered market and long nights

Berlin is wide, which is why the bike and the river make it smaller. For a group the best are the plans you do together without ceremony: the painted Wall, a dome with views and the markets where you eat standing up. The nights last longer than the days, so keep the next morning for something relaxed.

### What works best
Guided bike tour of the Wall: 3 h 30 and 12 to 15 km from €27, leaving from the Kulturbrauerei. There are departures from mid-March to mid-November and fewer in winter.

East Side Gallery: 45 free minutes between Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaum Bridge, with the longest stretch of the Wall that remains.

Boat trip on the Spree: one hour from €22.50, with Museum Island and the government quarter from the river.

Reichstag dome: free, but with prior registration.

TV Tower: from €20, with a viewing platform and a revolving restaurant.

Brandenburg Gate: free and always open, on the way out of the dome.

### Sleeping
The Circus Hostel: a hostel on Rosenthaler Platz, between Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg, with dormitories and private rooms, a buffet breakfast, a microbrewery and bike hire.

### Eating
Markthalle Neun: a covered market from 1891 in Kreuzberg; on Thursday afternoons there is street food and it is the best time to go as a group.

Curry 36: currywurst on Mehringdamm, open from morning to the small hours every day.

Max und Moritz: a Berlin tavern from 1902 in Kreuzberg, open every night, with draught beer.

Zur letzten Instanz: Berlin's oldest restaurant, since 1621, for a dinner of Berlin cooking.

### Bear in mind
The dome requires a booking and the group bike goes at a medium pace: say so if anyone has not ridden for years.

Distances are long: to go from one district to another, public transport or a bike is better than walking.

The street food at Markthalle Neun is on Thursday afternoons: adjust the day to that.

### Qué hacer with friends
- Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz
- Glass Dome of the Reichstag
- East Side Gallery, the Painted Wall beside the Spree
- Alexanderplatz TV Tower
- One-Hour Boat Trip on the Spree
- Guided Bike Tour of the Wall and the Cold War

## Consejos

### Register for the Reichstag dome before you travel
It is free, but it fills up at weekends.

### Buy the ABC ticket at the airport
And the AB ticket to get around the city; if you are going to Potsdam or Oranienburg, ABC again.

### On Mondays, head outdoors
Many museums and the Wall documentation centre are closed: spend Monday at the East Side Gallery, the Brandenburg Gate and on a day trip.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How many days do you need to see Berlin?
Three days for the essentials; four if you want to add Sachsenhausen or a trip to Potsdam.

### How do I get from the airport to central Berlin?
On the FEX express train, every 15 minutes, 23 minutes to Hauptbahnhof, or on the S9 S-Bahn. With an ABC ticket.

### Is the Pergamonmuseum open?
No. It is under renovation and is due to reopen on 4 July 2027. The rest of Museum Island is open.

### Can you go up the Reichstag for free?
Yes, to the dome and the terrace, with advance registration on the Bundestag website.

### Where is the best place to see the Wall?
On Bernauer Straße, where the full border strip is preserved, and at the East Side Gallery, the painted stretch.

### What day trips can you make from Berlin?
Potsdam, the Spreewald, Leipzig, Dresden and the Sachsenhausen Memorial, all by train.