Germany - Berlin for a weekend ??

Hi Folks,

Was planning a trip to Berlin during one of the weekends..
Reaching on Sat morning and leaving Sun nite.. any ideas / advice for things to do..
1st day, will ofcourse go around Berlin historic center..Any things we should not miss and any specific advise is appreciated..

thanks
Abhi

Having been here for quite some time, I remember that this question has been asked umpteen times....

Having been here for quite some time, I remember that this question has been asked umpteen times....

ok.. have some more details now..
am arriving on friday morning, leaving sun night.. so about 3 whole days with us.. ofcourse the standard berlin tour will be done.. we will be there on 1st may weekend so is there anything else (apart from berlin) we can do in those 3 days ?

I went thru some of the links in FT for this, but more info is appreciated on side trips possible on a 3 day trip to berlin..

The Berliner Unterwelten (http://berliner-unterwelten.de/start.1.0.html) tours are a good way to see a hidden history of Berlin.

It's a little north of the city but well worth it. On your way back into town you can check out Prater Garden (http://www.pratergarten.de/e/index.php4), a great beer garden.

The Berliner Unterwelten (http://berliner-unterwelten.de/start.1.0.html) tours are a good way to see a hidden history of Berlin.

It's a little north of the city but well worth it. On your back into town you can check out Prater Garden (http://www.pratergarten.de/e/index.php4), a great beer garden.

thanks for the advise.. will plan it out :)

ok.. have some more details now..
am arriving on friday morning, leaving sun night.. so about 3 whole days with us.. ofcourse the standard berlin tour will be done.. we will be there on 1st may weekend so is there anything else (apart from berlin) we can do in those 3 days ?

I went thru some of the links in FT for this, but more info is appreciated on side trips possible on a 3 day trip to berlin..

Ok, plan to spend the Sunday in Potsdam. Easy 20 minutes train ride from Hauptbahnhof or Zoo. You need to see Sanssouci Castle, Neues Palais Castle, Pfingstberg, the historic town centre, the Dutch Quarter, the Russian (historic, not red army) Quarter, Nikolaikirche, Orangerie, Krongut Bornstaedt (have lunch there), Neuer Garten. You will hardly find so much of German 17th to 19th century history in on place.