Prague to Berlin or Vienna?!

Omega28

Hey!
Im going to Prague soon and considering goin to either Berlin or Vienna for a night as part of it, Which would you recommend?!
Also, transport getting there, which is the best and cheapest way?, train,car etc
Im thinking about renting a car and drivin, but would it better to take a train?!

thanks!

dereko1969

Berlin is great enjoyed Vienna years ago but i'd go for Berlin.

However, it's a long trip for just a day, you're talking a 4 hour drive or nearly 5hour train journey each way, also complications with hiring a car is that some policies don't allow you to take it across borders and there's the Czech highway tax (and Austrian too if you decide to do that).

If it were me i'd just do Prague and save Berlin and Vienna for another trip.

See here for car journey times and directions
www.viamichelin.co.uk
and here for train times
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?rt=1&

potlatch

Both are good options. But both totally different.

Vienna is more instantly attractive with a very compact museum quarter (museum quartier) at the end of Mariannehilferstrasse and down towards the Ringstrasse, the main regal thoroughfare built during the city's restoration. Historically, Vienna is one of the homes of modernism, so nothing significant like the Hofbau (royal palace) and the Loos Haus (opposite the read entrance to the palace) are interesting oppositions.

Berlin is harder to get into if there for a day, I think. I say this because I've been many times and find most of the cool things about the place to be completely hidden away. Still, a taste of the place is doable, especially due to the ease of getting around on public transport.

I think a day in Vienna to get a feel of the grand palaces, architecture, etc, is the lazy, doable option. Completely different is to make the effort in Berlin to get out of Mitte (the touristy centre, including avoiding Oranienburgerstrasse)(but visit the Altes and Pergamon museum and Nationalgalerie) and go to Prenzlauerberg (get off at Eberswalderstrasse U-bahn/S-Bahn and walk around Kastanienallee, some of the streets of Danzigerstrasse). Better still, go to Friedrichshain (Warschauerstrasse U-Bahn/S-bahn) and walk around the area down Grunbergerstrasse. Kreutzberg is hipsterville. Don't know that area so well.

As for travel, Berlin's much further than Prague. I did the Prague-Vienna thing, transport was fine, and Vienna also meant an opportunity to visit Bratislava. Trains are the best way to go, unless you're driving.

netwhizkid

Doing Budapest-Prague next month, a 7hr 1 minute train Journey between the two :eek: Should be sweet!