Flying Lawyer

it depends what you understand as a good location and what you consider as exciting. You are in Alexanderplatz within three minutes walking distance and from there there is plenty of activity within a few more minutes walking. For LA standards it is in the very heart of downtown (and indeed very well linked to public transport, too)

Flying Lawyer

You are kidding, aren't you? The hotel is in 10 minutes walking distance to Hacke'scher Markt and Oranienburger Straße and (if you can't resist) 14 minutes way by U2 to Kurfürstendamm. Friedrichshain is two stops on the U5 or 30 minutes walk. There ain't one single centre in Berlin, but Berlin is a conglomerate of several centres all with their specific charme. The Kurfürstendamm area - as long as you stick to the Boulevard - is a touristy place. The same is true for Potsdamer Platz. I lived in Berlin for long an the normal thing is you take a bus or a subway for 10 to 20 minutes and you are more or less everywhere. I would not consider it as a perfect hotel (unless you expect a typical Holiday Inn) but the location is pretty good and pretty central.

Flying Lawyer

It is 10 minutes from Hackescher Markt. If you consider the immediate vincity as pretty boring than London's Oxford Street, Paris' Place Vendome and New York's 5th Avenue @ 55th is pretty boring. The one difference between the three said locations is that the Alexanderplatz location offers public transport in all directions. And to be honest "Einstein" is certainly not a Berlin classic. Berlin is a trendy place but there is not "one Berlin". There are tons of Kiezes and areas to go to and if you stay in one you miss all the others. For me as a Berliner this a great location (albeit not a great hotel). You foreigners might know better, sure.

Flying Lawyer

1.2 km walking takes me 10, probably 11 minutes. But I believe it all depends what you are looking for. I lived in Friedrichshain, Charlottenburg and Dahlem and each district had its own charm. I still like to spend an evening on the banks of the Spree and Oranienburger and I like to stay an evening in SO36 or Boxhagener Platz. What a foreigner needs to comprehend is that there ain't any "one Berlin". There are several cities or even villages put into one big stew called Berlin.

Fanjet

I personally find Alexanderplatz to be a major tourist trap. But you cannot beat its location. It is the biggest public transportation hub in Berlin: S-Bahn, RB, 3 U-Bahn lines, several tram lines, as well as bus lines. And it will be more convenient when the westward U5 extension is completed. I find staying there to be very easy for me to get to different parts of Berlin, even though I don't do much in that immediate vicinity (except for doing some shopping at Alexa).

FLYGVA

This hotel will leave IHG and become a Premier Inn

(reference: https://www.premierinn.com/de/de/pre...utschland.html (German))

DonPedro

A shame, I love the Indigo. Great location.