View Poll Results: Please vote for the activities you are interested in

Tour of the old Tempelhof Airport

86.36%

Historic Berlin tour

50.00%

Berlin street art tour and workshop

18.18%

Spree River cruise

40.91%

Underground Berlin tour looking at the Berlin Wall and escape routes

81.82%

Anything else you would like to see (please post suggestions in the thread)

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

Sep 29, 2016, 1:30 pm

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Hi Guys

Feel free to add your arrival/departure and hotel information below.

*A Flyer

The BerlinDo Map

The Intinerary

Thursday 6 October

Welcome Drinks
Time: 18:00
Venue: John Muir
Address: Skalitzerstrasse 51, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Closest Transport: U Gorlitzer Bahnhof
Please have cash to pay your tab.

Dinner
Time: 20:00
Venue: Hasir Ocakbasi Restaurant
Address: Adalbertstrasse 12, Berlin-Kreuzberg
Closest Transport: U Kottbusser Tor
Please have cash or card to pay your tab.

Friday 7 October

Berlin Express Tour
Time: 09:50 for 10:00
Meeting Point: Gendarmenmarkt (directly opposite Hilton hotel)
Closest Transport: U Stadtmitte (U2) Exit Charlottenstrasse
Ending Point: Brandenburg Gate

Free time to find lunch and explore the area. Perhaps try and get a booking to visit the Reichstag Dome, head to the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe or take a walk through the Tiergarten.

Rebel Berlin Tour
Time: 14:20 for 14:30
Meeting Point: Pariser Platz/Brandenburg Gate (outside French Embassy)
Closest Transport: S+U Brandenburger Tor
Ending Point: Schillingbrucke, Berlin-Friedichshain

Dinner
Time: 19:00
Venue: Weihenstephaner Berlin
Address: Hackeschermarkt, Berlin-Mitte
Closest Transport: S Hackeschermarkt
Please have cash or card to pay your tab.

Beer Tour
Leaving after we have finished dinner in two groups. We will head on different routes to avoid overcrowding.

Saturday 8 October

Tempelhof Airport Tour
Time: 09:15 at Meeting Point for 09:45 at Tempelhof Airport
Meeting Point: Gendarmenmarkt (directly opposite Hilton hotel)
Closest Transport: U Stadtmitte (U2) Exit Charlottenstrasse
Tour Start: Tempelhof Airport General Aviation Terminal, Tempelhofer Damm 1-7
Closest Transport: U Platz der Luftbrucke

Free time to find lunch and return to Gendarmenmarkt for the Spies and Escapes Tour. Maybe checkout Mehringdamm (home to some of Berlin's most famous Currywurst (Curry 36) and Doner Kebap (Mustafa's)) or head back into the centre of town.

Spies and Escapes Tour
Time: 14:20 for 14:30
Meeting Point: Gendarmenmarkt (directly opposite Hilton hotel)
Closest Transport: U Stadtmitte (U2) Exit Charlottenstrasse
Ending Point: Mauerpark

Dinner
Time: 19:30
Venue: Maximilians
Address: Friedrichstrasse 185-190, Berlin-Mitte
Closest Transport: U Stadtmitte
Please have cash to pay for drinks.

Sunday 9 October

Brunch
Time: 09:30 at Meeting Point for 10:00 at Restaurant
Meeting Point: Gendarmenmarkt (directly opposite Hilton hotel)
Venue: Hofbrau Berlin
Address: Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 30, Berlin-Mitte
Closest Transport: S+U Alexanderplatz
Please have cash or card to pay your tab.

Cruise
Time: 12:15 for 12:30 (Do Not Be Late!)
Meeting Point: Stern und Kreis Schiffahrtstelle Reichstag Ufer/Friedrich Strasse
Closest Transport: S+U Friedrichstrasse

Flights

Example User: Arrive BA001 06OCT 1000, Depart BA002 09OCT 2000

polkacat: Arrive BA992 06OCT 13:45, Depart BA991 11OCT 11:00
gvdIAD: Arrive SN2581 06OCT 11:10, Depart 4U8460 10OCT 12:55
violist: Arr by land; depart UA 963 11OCT 09:40
cistavoda: Arrive BA8493 07OCT 15:40, Depart AY918 08OCT 19:10
NewbieRunner: Arrive LH192 06OCT 17:55, Depart LH201 09OCT 19:45
kirkwoodj: Arrive LH184 07OCT 13:55, Depart LH2045 09OCT 18:00
arollins & +1 Arrive BA992 06OCT 13:45, Depart BA991 11OCT 11:00

Hotel

Example User: Hilton Gendarmenmarkt

polkacat: Grand Hyatt Berlin
gvdIAD: Hampton Berlin West (06OCT-07OCT), Hilton Gendarmenmarkt (07OCT-10OCT)
restlessinRNO: Crowne Plaza Potsdamer Platz (Oct.6), Hilton Gendarmenmarkt (Oct.7-10).
violist: Hampton Berlin West
cistavoda: Radisson Blu Berlin
NewbieRunner: Sofitel Berlin Gendarmenmarkt (06-08OCT), Hilton Gendarmenmarkt (08-09OCT)
kirkwoodj: Hilton Berlin
arollins: Park Inn Radisson (Oct 6-11)

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Nov 14, 2015, 9:14 am

#76

monitor

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lili

You must have been too young to attend the Original Berlin DO in 2006. Our host, Berlinflyer, kept us under control. Mostly.

That Medieval Dinner was done in colloquial German and tested some of us well beyond our language capabilities. However, it was thoroughly enjoyed by a good part of the group since most were local. The visuals were hilarious and we ended up forming lasting bonds with some of the Germans who were happy to accommodate and translate whenever we were clearly at sea. The next day's trip to the Museum Island was memorable as was our personal side excursion to the Jewish Museum, the best of its kind that we have ever visited.

It was one of the all-time great FT weekends capped off by a run over to the Olympiastadion on Sunday afternoon after most of the FTers had gone home. Berlinflyer's Bundesliga home team from Bielefeld was playing Berlin Huerta so some of us ventured out there with him to get a look. There was lots of Gluehwein to keep us warm in the early March cold.

Request that *A Flyer put us down as interested.

Nov 22, 2015, 12:43 pm

#77

Valim

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Berlin is always worth a Trip.Event is already marked in calendar. Count us in.

Nov 27, 2015, 10:43 am

#78

LLM

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Please add me to possible also. I was there this time last November and it turned so cold that we spent too much time in the Hilton lounge instead of sightseeing. I need a "Do" over

Nov 27, 2015, 1:11 pm

#79

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DO put me down on "possible" list. Haven't been to Berlin since 2005 & 10 years is way too long.

Dec 14, 2015, 11:45 am

#80

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Added to calendar. Berlin is always crazy fun to visit...

Dec 15, 2015, 11:52 pm

#81

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Flights booked to LHR (couldn't resist the UA R availability SYD-SFO-LHR and RT). Plenty of time to look at LHR-TXL flights

So I guess I am in

Jeff

Dec 17, 2015, 4:40 pm

#82

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All added to the list up to this point. Great to see so many familiar faces as well as some new friends looking to head to Berlin. It's looking like a big DO at this stage so lots of planning to get into in the new year.

Dec 20, 2015, 4:02 am

#83

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Hi, I am very interested! Can you put me down as... 'Possible'. Thank you.

BondAir007 ^

Dec 22, 2015, 4:56 pm

#84

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I'm a Possible too -- and I might bring some friends along! Thanks for offering to organize this!

Dec 24, 2015, 5:20 am

#85

Airwalk007

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Posts: 33

Great idea! Count me in for "possible"!

Dec 24, 2015, 2:32 pm

#86

linire

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Would love to visit Berlin! Please put me on the Possible list!

Dec 26, 2015, 3:22 am

#87

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This sounds great! Please put me on the possible list as well =)

Dec 27, 2015, 2:33 pm

#88

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Sounds exciting. Possible as of now, will look into work assignments, the flights and hotel options next week to confirm my attendance.

Dec 28, 2015, 11:14 pm

#89

jun8671

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Berlin DO

New to the forum but excited to learn. Please put me + 1 in the "possible list". I am booked for a trip in Rome at this time so will be great to include this in my trip. What are the possible accommodations nearby? Thanks.

Dec 30, 2015, 9:48 am

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Berlin? Berlin? BERLIN!!!!! Yes!!!!

Ysolde +1!!!!!