View Poll Results: Please vote for the activities you are interested in
Tour of the old Tempelhof Airport
19
86.36%
Historic Berlin tour
11
50.00%
Berlin street art tour and workshop
4
18.18%
Spree River cruise
9
40.91%
Underground Berlin tour looking at the Berlin Wall and escape routes
18
81.82%
Anything else you would like to see (please post suggestions in the thread)
0
0%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll
Sep 29, 2016, 1:30 pm
Last edit by: arollins
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)
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)
1st Berlin Do - 7 to 9 October 2016
Oct 10, 2016, 2:36 pm
#452
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A most excellent Do! Many thanks to Mr. *A Flyer for his top-notch work. I look forward to the next meeting of old and new friends!
Oct 10, 2016, 2:54 pm
#453
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Thanks to *A Flyer. Fantastic Time.
Made it back home to ORD safely! And due to Fog at TXL, Y was oversold , and I got bumped up to B on Air Berlin! Yeah!
Made it back home to ORD safely! And due to Fog at TXL, Y was oversold , and I got bumped up to B on Air Berlin! Yeah!
Oct 10, 2016, 3:50 pm
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Thank you very very much for an excellent DO! Pleased to have seen some old friends and met some new ones, and ate and drank a lot of excellent food and beer! Well done to you *A Flyer!
Oct 10, 2016, 5:23 pm
#455
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Thanks *A Flyer it was a wonderful time. I ran into flyertalkers I have not seen in years, flyertalkers that I have heard about for a while, some very nice flyertalkers I had never seen before, and there seemed to be a whole Chicago gang there.
So I saw the 2nd US presidential debate in Berlin and upon returning home the doctor fixed me up.
Thanks again. I certainly hope to return another day.
So I saw the 2nd US presidential debate in Berlin and upon returning home the doctor fixed me up.
Thanks again. I certainly hope to return another day.
Oct 11, 2016, 3:08 am
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After an epic day in PRG, I'm waiting in lounge 52 in AMS for KL611. 1A if anyone is heading on that one today.
The fog was crazy yesterday. Train was 45 minutes late too...
The fog was crazy yesterday. Train was 45 minutes late too...
Oct 11, 2016, 9:30 am
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I watched "The Bourne Supremacy" on flight home yesterday--they flew private jet into Tempelhof! ^ 
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Oct 11, 2016, 10:19 am
#458
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I just checked in to 52 myself after being offline all day, but I'm going the opposite direction (long story). Before I saw your time stamp, I thought you might be shadowing me.
Oct 11, 2016, 4:57 pm
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I'd like to add my thanks to *A Flyer for an excellent Do! Having helped organise a few FT Dos I know what a lot of work it must have been and am in awe of *A Flyer doing this single-handed. I was especially impressed by him herding cats outside restaurants and at meeting places. ^
A fantastic program of walking tours and meals with extra-curricular activities like a visit to a craft beer shop and a walk along Unter den Linden for the light shows! I'm already looking forward to the 2nd Berlin Do.
A fantastic program of walking tours and meals with extra-curricular activities like a visit to a craft beer shop and a walk along Unter den Linden for the light shows! I'm already looking forward to the 2nd Berlin Do.
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Oct 17, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Many thanks, David! This was an excellent, thought-provoking DO. We were glad to see old friends and get to know some new ones.
Oct 18, 2016, 8:11 am
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Great job, David!
Things went off without a hitch thanks to your planning. I learned a lot, thanks to the city tour. And who among us wouldn't want to explore an abandoned airport terminal! I left Berlin wanting to return sooner rather than later, which in my book is always the best recommendation for a place.
Thanks again.
Things went off without a hitch thanks to your planning. I learned a lot, thanks to the city tour. And who among us wouldn't want to explore an abandoned airport terminal! I left Berlin wanting to return sooner rather than later, which in my book is always the best recommendation for a place.
Thanks again.
Oct 18, 2016, 10:11 am
#462
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I heard this piece on NPR this morning about escapes through the tunnles. I might have to pick up the book!
May 19, 2017, 4:13 am
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Since the first Berlin do was such a huge success (hats off to everybody involved in organising it) I was hoping for a second do this year.
I suppose there is nothing in the pipeline.
Thanks again for a great event!
I suppose there is nothing in the pipeline.
Thanks again for a great event!