Enjoy a Weekend in Berlin For 0 Euro
How to enjoy a weekend in Berlin without paying a nickel? Believe it or not, it's possible, or at least nearly possible, considering expenses for hotel and flights have already been paid.
In times of economic hardships, these expenses are not too high anyway.
And food should be paid for too.
Assuming that we, visitors, are willing to fast, is going too far.
And yet, here's an example of a short visit in Berlin for free! We'll start the trip in the Sony's center, Potsdam Square.
Culture free of charge If our weekend starts on Thursday evening, we should not miss the great opportunity that the Berlin State Museums grant us.
Thursday evening, the entrance to these museums is free.
Painting fans may walk a few yards to west, to the neighboring Cultural Forum.
This is a complex of museums and galleries.
The New National Gallery and the Paintings Gallery (Gemaeldegalerie, in German) are the most recommended.
If we go to the north east, we reach another cultural compound: the Museum Island.
Pergamon Museum, displays there a reconstructed ancient Greek temple, and the New Museum (Neues Museum, in German) shows the famous statue of Egyptian queen Nefertiti.
Remember! Thursday Free! Potsdam Square is close to most famous sites of Berlin, such as the Holocaust Monument, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and government campus.
Whether West or east Entrance to the Reichstag building and climbing the glass dome does not cost anything.
We can see from there a spectacular view of downtown Berlin.
There is one catch, however.
The queue of visitors is usually long.
Getting impressed from the brand new federal government buildings, we may keep walking along one of two routes.
Walking east along the river Spree will take us to the vast parks of Tiergarten neighborhood.
On the other hand, walking west along the boulevard Unter den Linden will allow us a good look at a series of famous sites, ending at Alexander Square.
Two free tips are given here: shoes should be comfortable, and a camera should not be left behind.
Window Shopping On our way along the linden trees, we turn left for a while to the famous shopping street, Friedrichstrasse.
Window shopping there costs nothing.
For the same price, we may recall the days of the Cold War by visiting Check Point Charlie, the border crossing of the U.
S.
Army.
As our ramble ends at Alexander's square, we may walk to the adjacent picturesque Kreuzberg district to probe second-hand goods and all kinds of bargains in shops (we don't have to buy anything, if we don't want to spend what we already have saved).
As mentioned above, there is no free lunch, but the national sausage of Berlin, the "Currywurst", costs two- three euros and leaves us sated.
First class football - Free On Sunday at 10:00 am, football (soccer) fans enjoy free entrance to the elite club of Hertha Berlin's training matches.
Though the club is in hardships at the present time, German football never disappoints its audience.
The gratis show takes place in the Olympic compound, located in Hanns-Braun-Strasse, where you get the opportunity to take a look at the Olympic Stadium (from the outside).
Lovers of bargains who have given up window shopping in Friedrichstrassse on Saturday, cannot avoid Sunday flea market along 17th June Avenue.
It may be combined with the western walking route suggested above.
Just continue walking alongside the avenue west toward Victory Column, topped by a golden statue of the goddess of victory, nicknamed "golden goose" by Berlin residents.
Adieu Berlin The afternoon walk should include the (free) museum "Topography of Terror".
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse 8.
The museum (for the moment, under the open sky), is located where previously had been the torture cellars of the Nazi internal security forces Gestapo and SS headquarters.
A nice farewell to Berlin is a visit in Victoria Park (Viktoriapark in German; Address: Kreuzbergstrasse.
Admire the beautiful artificial waterfall there and enjoy one last look from the observation post at the city, in which we (at least ostensibly) did not leave a single euro.
In times of economic hardships, these expenses are not too high anyway.
And food should be paid for too.
Assuming that we, visitors, are willing to fast, is going too far.
And yet, here's an example of a short visit in Berlin for free! We'll start the trip in the Sony's center, Potsdam Square.
Culture free of charge If our weekend starts on Thursday evening, we should not miss the great opportunity that the Berlin State Museums grant us.
Thursday evening, the entrance to these museums is free.
Painting fans may walk a few yards to west, to the neighboring Cultural Forum.
This is a complex of museums and galleries.
The New National Gallery and the Paintings Gallery (Gemaeldegalerie, in German) are the most recommended.
If we go to the north east, we reach another cultural compound: the Museum Island.
Pergamon Museum, displays there a reconstructed ancient Greek temple, and the New Museum (Neues Museum, in German) shows the famous statue of Egyptian queen Nefertiti.
Remember! Thursday Free! Potsdam Square is close to most famous sites of Berlin, such as the Holocaust Monument, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and government campus.
Whether West or east Entrance to the Reichstag building and climbing the glass dome does not cost anything.
We can see from there a spectacular view of downtown Berlin.
There is one catch, however.
The queue of visitors is usually long.
Getting impressed from the brand new federal government buildings, we may keep walking along one of two routes.
Walking east along the river Spree will take us to the vast parks of Tiergarten neighborhood.
On the other hand, walking west along the boulevard Unter den Linden will allow us a good look at a series of famous sites, ending at Alexander Square.
Two free tips are given here: shoes should be comfortable, and a camera should not be left behind.
Window Shopping On our way along the linden trees, we turn left for a while to the famous shopping street, Friedrichstrasse.
Window shopping there costs nothing.
For the same price, we may recall the days of the Cold War by visiting Check Point Charlie, the border crossing of the U.
S.
Army.
As our ramble ends at Alexander's square, we may walk to the adjacent picturesque Kreuzberg district to probe second-hand goods and all kinds of bargains in shops (we don't have to buy anything, if we don't want to spend what we already have saved).
As mentioned above, there is no free lunch, but the national sausage of Berlin, the "Currywurst", costs two- three euros and leaves us sated.
First class football - Free On Sunday at 10:00 am, football (soccer) fans enjoy free entrance to the elite club of Hertha Berlin's training matches.
Though the club is in hardships at the present time, German football never disappoints its audience.
The gratis show takes place in the Olympic compound, located in Hanns-Braun-Strasse, where you get the opportunity to take a look at the Olympic Stadium (from the outside).
Lovers of bargains who have given up window shopping in Friedrichstrassse on Saturday, cannot avoid Sunday flea market along 17th June Avenue.
It may be combined with the western walking route suggested above.
Just continue walking alongside the avenue west toward Victory Column, topped by a golden statue of the goddess of victory, nicknamed "golden goose" by Berlin residents.
Adieu Berlin The afternoon walk should include the (free) museum "Topography of Terror".
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse 8.
The museum (for the moment, under the open sky), is located where previously had been the torture cellars of the Nazi internal security forces Gestapo and SS headquarters.
A nice farewell to Berlin is a visit in Victoria Park (Viktoriapark in German; Address: Kreuzbergstrasse.
Admire the beautiful artificial waterfall there and enjoy one last look from the observation post at the city, in which we (at least ostensibly) did not leave a single euro.
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