There are many fun things to do in Berlin. To make it easy for
our travelling clients, we have compiled this unbiased list of
recommendations.The Altes Museum was one of the first buildings in Europe to have
been constructed expressly as a museum. Here, the royal art
collections were exhibited publicly for the first time and became
accessible to all. The Altes Museum, houses some of the oldest and
artistically significant architectural works of Karl Friedrich
Schinkel. Art lovers shouldn’t miss this great museum, it’s a fine
place to enjoy on a European short break.
The Berlin Beer Festival on Karl-Marx Allee, takes place 6th-8th
August. One hundred stalls offer beers from around the world. It’s a
cracking event, filled with beer lovers from all over the world and
the usual Berlin stag do’s, seeing off there last nights of freedom
in a drunken heaven.
The Hi-Flyer flies 150m above the city and offers an alternative
view over the capital than the other popular viewing spots, like the
TV Tower and Reichstag dome. For great holiday snapshots and
panoramic views, buy a ticket for the Hi-Flyer.
July means its time for the Berlin ‘Love Parade’. A fantastic
procession of trucks and floats deliver the Love Parade’s message of
peace, love, respect and tolerance in the world, with up to 250
different DJs spinning the music. In the founders words: ‘music
knows no boundaries and no nationalities’. The love parade is
something special, coincide your Hen weekend or stag weekends in
Berlin with this crazy music festival.
The exotic flea market, Treptower Flomarkt on the banks of the
river Spree offers the best bargains every weekend from 10am-5pm.
With a bit of haggling, you can even get most items for less than
their extremely cheap asking price. This market is great for those
who love shopping, so we advise husbands to plan to do something
else, whilst the wife is busy hunting for little treasures.
Football fans will love the Olympic Stadium, which was originally
built in 1936 for the Olympic Games. The Hertha BSC football team
plays at the Olympic Stadium, competing boldly against the other top
German sides in the Bundesliga or 1st Division. It offers something
different to do on a short break away and is especially a great idea
for stag do’s and lads holidays. Interestingly, German football was
given a massive boost by the announcement that the country will
stage the 2006 World Cup. Book your flights early in time for the
2006 World cup.
The Berlin international film festival, the Berlinale, is not
only the cities largest cultural event, but also one of the most
important dates on the international film industry’s calendar. The
Berlinale is truly a colossal event. It is also a festival of
encounters and discussions. With 150,000 tickets sold, the Berlinale
is not only a film industry meeting. It also enjoys by far the
largest audience of any film festival in the world. For two weeks,
art, glamour, parties and business meet at the Berlinale. Time your
stay in the capital during this event, it could be the ideal
birthday weekend treat.
Germany is a popular stag weekend destination, due to Berlin’s
vibrant nightlife and cheap flight carriers servicing the city.
Instead of just drinking your livers away, why not plan to do some
fun stag activities in the day time? Try paintballing, quad biking,
Car safari trips, click here for all our stagdo packages. Did you
know Easy Jet fly to Berlin from Bristol!?!
Take an incredible River Tour through the heart of the capital
and discover that this city boasts more bridges than Venice. Get a
different perspective and catch glimpses of the city, which couldn’t
be possible from anywhere else. We organise many types of river
cruise. From wine & cocktail boat trips for corporate functions or
the ‘Berlin booze cruise’ for lads on sports tours abroad.
The Brandenburg town of Krausnik, less than an hour from the
capital, is home to the largest tropical park in the world, with an
area of 66,000 m². Even the New York Statue of Liberty (93 metere)
could stand upright in it, and the Paris Eiffel Tower (322 meters)
could lie in it. The Dome offers enough space for the skyline of
Berlin's Potsdamer Platz including the Sony Centre, the Gatehouse
and the DaimlerChrysler skyscraper. This new development is a Berlin
stag weekend destination, theme park and congress centre all rolled
into one. In the evenings the Tropical Islands theme park will be
transformed into ‘Fantasy Islands’, which becomes a clubbing
paradise. Tropical Island is a great idea for those Berlin party
nights or even a hen do. There’s plenty of things to experience from
massages, rainforests, swimming and beach parties. All types of
travellers will love the tropical Islands, whether on a romantic
weekend or family holiday. If you’ve spent the best part of your day on your feet why not relax
and unwind in Berlin’s ‘Tiergarten’ and enjoy the 255 hectares of
parkland including paths, waterways a café and a beer garden. True
to the free spirited feeling of Berlin you may also find some nude
sunbathers so don’t be surprised. Inside the park is the Zoo. The Zoologischer Garten, Germany's oldest zoo opened in 1844 and today
holds more species than any other zoo in Europe. Home to more than
14,000 animals, they have: pandas, Gorillas, hippos, crocodiles and
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