Travel in Berlin

amacachi

Anyone know if there's a handy site (preferably in English) for travel in Berlin? Booked a little trip in a couple of months and it's a city that I haven't the slightest idea about.

ardmacha

http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/

Public transport is needed in Berlin, as it is too far to walk, but is very efficient.
Get a three day/weekly ticket at the airport and away you go. One small point is that Potsdam is an extra zone on these tickets, there is a "add zone" type ticket for one day as well if you have the Berlin ticket.

maybe try the travel forum also.

enjoy.

oharach

but beware the left-wing crazies..

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20101220-31917.html

AlekSmart

If you`re any way able to use a Bus or Train in Eire then travel in Berlin should present no difficulties.

I`d suggest staying away from the "Visitor Card" offerings which are really marketing orientated and front loaded.

I found buying a Zone ABC day ticket each day to be just the ticket (!).

But do remember to Validate your ticket after you purchase it from a vending machine,usually the validator will be a small seperately located unit close to be not always directly beside the vending unit.

Even buying a single ticket (Zone AB €2.40 Zone ABC €2.60 ) offers you access to a vast,efficient and,of course,Integrated Public Transport System.

If you`re looking for a nice comprehensive Bus Tour without the commentary,just take a spin on the Bus Routes 100 and 200, which will pass most if not all of the tourist attractions in the City.

For example a Zone ABC Day Pass costing €6.50 each,brought us all the way out to Sachsenhausen Concentration camp outside Oranienburg some 35 Km from berlin itself.

It`s perhaps worthwhile bearing in mind that Berlin is a vast City compared to any of our versions of Urbanity and it may be difficult to come to terms that the place has several "Centres" without necessarily having one over-riding An Lár...:)

Whatever ticket you eventually do decide on,remember the Validation gig...cos Germanic ethic doesn`t really go a bomb on the "I Never saw the signs" type of excuse....:P

Mr Simpson

A bit OT but when your travelling on the S-Bahn and U-Bahn don't forget to validate your tickets after purchasing them. A hefty fine for not doing so. The BVG website is quite good. It's a bit expensive but I found the lonely planet guidebook quite helpful too.

Mr Simpson

Sorry Double Post

Just noticed AlekSmart got there before me

Mike 1972

Some (All ?) of the automatic ticket machines have several language options (including English)

parsi

If you're flying into Schoenefeld there are ticket machines on the station platforms as well. There are often queues at the ones in the passages.

As mentioned don't forget to validate - you only do this once per ticket.

Schoenefeld is in the C-Zone so you'll need an ABC ticket.

AngryLips

Berlin is also a good city to cycle round so that's another option with bike hires a plenty.

amacachi

Thanks all. Saw the tickets available in Schonefield or however it's spelled and they looked like the best option.

AngryLips wrote: »

Berlin is also a good city to cycle round so that's another option with bike hires a plenty.

It's a little big to cycle for me I think and if I'll do anything over the next few months to prepare for heading over it'll be brushing up on my Junior Cert German, not losing 10 stone. :pac: