Travel Information
We provide informations about directions to the meeting, about available hotels, sightseeing tips, and other useful information.
Directions …
Berlin has three airports, Tegel, Schönefeld and Tempelhof. While Tegel is very close to the city, Schönefeld is about an hour away from the TU Berlin.
… from Berlin-Tegel (TXL)
Take bus no. X9 from airport Tegel to "Zoologischer Garten" and leave the bus at "Ernst-Reuter-Platz".
… from Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF)
Take city train (S-Bahn) no. S9 to "Spandau Bhf" and leave the train at "Zoologischer Garten". Change to the metro (U-Bahn) no. U2 to "Ruhleben" and leave the metro at "Ernst-Reuter-Platz".
You can also take the S-Bahn no. S45 to "Hermannstr.", change at station "Neukölln" to the U-Bahn no. U7 to "Rathaus Spandau" and change again at the station "Zoologischer Garten" to the U-Bahn no. U2 to "Ruhleben", to leave the U-Bahn at "Ernst-Reuter-Platz.
… from Berlin-Tempelhof (THF)
From airport Tempelhof take the U-Bahn no. U6 to "Alt-Tegel" and
change at the station "Halleysches Tor" to the U-Bahn no. U2 to
"Ruhleben". Leave the U2 at "Ernst-Reuter-Platz".
Click on the thumbnail to view the picture that shows the location of the airports and the TU Berlin, and the DT Labs, respectively.
Hotels
FG Hotel
Dennewitzstraße 710785 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 25 35 85 22
Ibis Hotel Berlin-Mitte
Prenzlauer Allee 410405 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 44 333
e-mail: hotel-berlin@fuu.de
Further Hotels
Hotel Gates
Knesebeckstr. 8–910623 Berlin
e-mail: info@hotel-gates.com
single room: roughly € 93,– per night
Otto Hotel
Knesebeckstr. 1010623 Berlin
e-mail: info@hotelotto.com
single room: roughly € 59,– per night
Or try the Hotel Reservation Service.
Sightseeing
There are lots of sights in Berlin. The official website of Berlin lists 180 sights (german) in general (not including museums), with empasis on the 21 most important sights.
berlin-tourist-information.de gives a general overview over about 60 sights. Some of the most important (some are just close to the TU Berlin) are probably the following:
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the Brandenburg Gate,
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the Reichstag, the historical and current seat of the federal government,
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the Alexanderplatz, the famous square of Berlin, with the Fernsehturm,
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the Kurfürstendamm (or "Ku'Damm") with the KaDeWe, the "Kaufhaus des Westens" or "department store of the west", and the Kaiser-
Wilhelm- , the memorial church for the german emporer Wilhelm, andGedächtniskirche -
the Schloss Charlottenburg, a beautiful castle close to the TU Berlin and the T-Labs.
More (general) information about Berlin and its sights can also be found at Wikipedia.
Misc
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As mentioned before, we have in Berlin some local transport, the BVG, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. They provide group tickets for 3 to 5 persons.
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For information about the airports of Berlin, check out their joint aiport website.
net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de