Ten days in Berlin in August
Jul 23, 2014, 12:08 pm
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Ten days in Berlin in August
What would you do?
We will be spending ten days in Berlin next month (ten days total, with a week in the Frankfurt area in between the two stays, so six days in Berlin, a week in Frankfurt, then four days in Berlin, then leave). What would you do in Berlin, if this were your trip? We have visited before, in winter, and enjoyed the Christmas markets (which obviously won't be there), museums, restaurants, and a bit of shopping.
We definitely need to return to Museum Island (that sounds like a bad movie sequel, doesn't it?). Do a lot more strolling, since the weather will be much nicer. Are there events in summer that should be on our radar? Concerts? Is it ballet season? Opera?
Tell me about summer in Berlin.
We will be spending ten days in Berlin next month (ten days total, with a week in the Frankfurt area in between the two stays, so six days in Berlin, a week in Frankfurt, then four days in Berlin, then leave). What would you do in Berlin, if this were your trip? We have visited before, in winter, and enjoyed the Christmas markets (which obviously won't be there), museums, restaurants, and a bit of shopping.
We definitely need to return to Museum Island (that sounds like a bad movie sequel, doesn't it?). Do a lot more strolling, since the weather will be much nicer. Are there events in summer that should be on our radar? Concerts? Is it ballet season? Opera?
Tell me about summer in Berlin.
Jul 24, 2014, 3:51 am
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Usually in Summer, Opera and concert halls are on their summer break and do not have any operas or concerts (though there might be some events nevertheless).
A trip to Wannsee or Potsdam comes toy my mind, enjoying the sunny weather in one of the restaurants with outdoor seating in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg in the evening would be a good option, maybe Schloss Charlottenburg.
(you might already know it, but maybe http://www.berlin.de/en/ gives you also some suggestion regarding your interests.
Are you going to Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt (Main) ?
A trip to Wannsee or Potsdam comes toy my mind, enjoying the sunny weather in one of the restaurants with outdoor seating in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg in the evening would be a good option, maybe Schloss Charlottenburg.
(you might already know it, but maybe http://www.berlin.de/en/ gives you also some suggestion regarding your interests.
Are you going to Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt (Main) ?
Jul 24, 2014, 5:22 am
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Usually in Summer, Opera and concert halls are on their summer break and do not have any operas or concerts (though there might be some events nevertheless).
A trip to Wannsee or Potsdam comes toy my mind, enjoying the sunny weather in one of the restaurants with outdoor seating in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg in the evening would be a good option, maybe Schloss Charlottenburg.
(you might already know it, but maybe http://www.berlin.de/en/ gives you also some suggestion regarding your interests.
Are you going to Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt (Main) ?
A trip to Wannsee or Potsdam comes toy my mind, enjoying the sunny weather in one of the restaurants with outdoor seating in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg in the evening would be a good option, maybe Schloss Charlottenburg.
(you might already know it, but maybe http://www.berlin.de/en/ gives you also some suggestion regarding your interests.
Are you going to Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt (Main) ?
As to Berlin. Potsdam and Charlottenburg sound wonderful (my husband has already put the former on the list, and I have always been tempted by the latter -- it looks so beautiful!).
Thank you for the website. That is perfect!
Jul 24, 2014, 3:54 pm
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Usually in Summer, Opera and concert halls are on their summer break and do not have any operas or concerts (though there might be some events nevertheless).
A trip to Wannsee or Potsdam comes toy my mind, enjoying the sunny weather in one of the restaurants with outdoor seating in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg in the evening would be a good option, maybe Schloss Charlottenburg.
(you might already know it, but maybe http://www.berlin.de/en/ gives you also some suggestion regarding your interests.
Are you going to Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt (Main) ?
A trip to Wannsee or Potsdam comes toy my mind, enjoying the sunny weather in one of the restaurants with outdoor seating in Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg in the evening would be a good option, maybe Schloss Charlottenburg.
(you might already know it, but maybe http://www.berlin.de/en/ gives you also some suggestion regarding your interests.
Are you going to Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt (Main) ?
Jul 25, 2014, 10:16 pm
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OK, so I would rent a car and drive to Dresden. There is so much to see there and the countryside is beautiful. Visit some vineyards. The Spree area also is very nice. The other part of your trip you could drive up to the island of Rügen or Binz for some seaside time. We are having really hot weather in Europe and the Baltic will be nice to cool off in.
Jul 26, 2014, 9:01 am
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We actually are thinking of going up to the Baltic this time. Such a traditional thing to do in summer, and it is a lovely part of the country . . .
Aug 5, 2014, 11:49 am
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I was just about to suggest a trip to Usedom or Rügen.
I would second the idea of hiring a car (we pay around €100 for 3 days over the weekend Mercedes E class from Hertz Friedrichstr) and seeing some of the countryside.
I would second the idea of hiring a car (we pay around €100 for 3 days over the weekend Mercedes E class from Hertz Friedrichstr) and seeing some of the countryside.
Aug 8, 2014, 2:43 pm
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Hi,
since most concert halls are on summer break, you have to look for the exceptions. One would be "the waldbühne"
http://www.waldbuehne-berlin.de/programm.html
which is an open-air venue built for the olympic games 1936. They have a very mixed program, maybe you could find something which suits your taste.
since most concert halls are on summer break, you have to look for the exceptions. One would be "the waldbühne"
http://www.waldbuehne-berlin.de/programm.html
which is an open-air venue built for the olympic games 1936. They have a very mixed program, maybe you could find something which suits your taste.
Aug 9, 2014, 5:15 am
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I spent a few days in Leipzig. From Berlin, you could do a day trip or even one night in Leipzig--there's enough to do.
Don't know how far you penetrated in Berlin museums and such, but there is much more than Museum Island. For example, there is the Bauhaus museum, and a museum with a lot of Klee works, Kollwitz museum, etc.
Don't know how far you penetrated in Berlin museums and such, but there is much more than Museum Island. For example, there is the Bauhaus museum, and a museum with a lot of Klee works, Kollwitz museum, etc.
Aug 13, 2014, 3:04 pm
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I would have liked to Berlin this summer as well but was over allowable mileage. Anyway, I would have put a river cruise on the itinerary. Did one in the 80s and the guide said that only Venice had more bridges ...
http://www.berlincitytours.rezgo.com/tag/river+cruises
As mentioned above, a trip to Wannsee and that should also include the Pfaueninsel.
http://www.berlincitytours.rezgo.com/tag/river+cruises
As mentioned above, a trip to Wannsee and that should also include the Pfaueninsel.
Aug 18, 2014, 9:03 pm
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Absolutely fascinating.
I concur with Alan. Do a day trip to Leipzig!
I loved the Gemäldegalerie.
Are you up to seeing a concentration camp? You can take the S1 to Oranienburg (45 minute ride from Berlin-Friedrichstraße) or the regional train RE 5 (25 minute ride from Berlin-Hauptbahnhof) and walk to Sachsenhausen which was both a Nazi and later a Soviet concentration camp.
Originally Posted by AlaninDC
I spent a few days in Leipzig. From Berlin, you could do a day trip or even one night in Leipzig--there's enough to do.
Don't know how far you penetrated in Berlin museums and such, but there is much more than Museum Island. For example, there is the Bauhaus museum, and a museum with a lot of Klee works, Kollwitz museum, etc.
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Aug 19, 2014, 1:25 pm
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If DDR-era history interests you, check out the old Stasi prison in Hohenschönhausen. (If you've seen The Lives of Others, it's where the interrogation scenes are set.) Very creepy and moving, and different from the concentration camps which were focused on labor and death, as it was instead focused on deliberately inflicting both physical and psychological discomfort on enemies of the state.