This document provides a summary of the Local Life Berlin guide, which offers recommendations for restaurants, pubs, clubs, hotels, and other services in Berlin, as well as travel tips. It encourages readers to use the guide offline on their mobile devices for convenient access to information about the top-rated and most popular locations. In 3 sentences or less, it highlights some highly-rated restaurants and bars, recommends using Berlin's extensive public transportation system, and notes that the guide offers tips for getting around and etiquette advice for visitors to the city.
This document provides a summary of the Local Life Berlin guide, which offers recommendations for restaurants, pubs, clubs, hotels, and other services in Berlin, as well as travel tips. It encourages readers to use the guide offline on their mobile devices for convenient access to information about the top-rated and most popular locations. In 3 sentences or less, it highlights some highly-rated restaurants and bars, recommends using Berlin's extensive public transportation system, and notes that the guide offers tips for getting around and etiquette advice for visitors to the city.
This document provides a summary of the Local Life Berlin guide, which offers recommendations for restaurants, pubs, clubs, hotels, and other services in Berlin, as well as travel tips. It encourages readers to use the guide offline on their mobile devices for convenient access to information about the top-rated and most popular locations. In 3 sentences or less, it highlights some highly-rated restaurants and bars, recommends using Berlin's extensive public transportation system, and notes that the guide offers tips for getting around and etiquette advice for visitors to the city.
This document provides a summary of the Local Life Berlin guide, which offers recommendations for restaurants, pubs, clubs, hotels, and other services in Berlin, as well as travel tips. It encourages readers to use the guide offline on their mobile devices for convenient access to information about the top-rated and most popular locations. In 3 sentences or less, it highlights some highly-rated restaurants and bars, recommends using Berlin's extensive public transportation system, and notes that the guide offers tips for getting around and etiquette advice for visitors to the city.
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More on www.local-life.com/berlin/culture › Travel tips Most Berliners speak English to some degree, with the youngsters in particular tending to be somewhere between very good and fluent. Nonetheless it is still a trifle rude to presume that if you speak English you will be understood. Learning even a few pleasantries in German could prove invaluable and, even if you mangle them horribly, people tend to appreciate you giving it a go... Entschuldigen Sie bitte, Sprechen Sie Englisch? Once considered the last bastion of the smoker, Berlin is in fact leading Germany to a controversial smoking ban in public. Controversial because smoking is regarded by Berliners as something as a holy personal freedom - even by many non-smokers! Whilst there's still some confusion we advise not to light up in any public buildings or on public transport, and to check first before you light up in a pub, cafe, or restaurant. Berlin is one of the sunniest cities in Germany and summers here are normally fairly warm: 25 to 30 degrees celsius is the norm from June to August. The winters however can be bitterly cold and snow is a certainty, rather than a novelty. In short if you're coming in autumn or winter or early spring then bring some thermals and a hat and gloves, and check our weather forecast before you fly. Berlin is generally a very safe city and anyone exercising common sense should be able to avoid any unpleasant experiences. Pickpockets are more common around major transport hubs and tend to target obvious tourists. Walking around at night is fine in central areas, but it is advisable to steer clear of the eastern suburbs after nightfall if you don't look like a local. You can avoid an unpleasant experience with the Berlin ticket inspectors on public transport if you remember to validate your ticket before you get on board your train, tram etc. There should be a machine next to the ticket vendor. Ask a local if you're not sure! Berliners are very environmentally friendly and love to recycle things. Littering the streets is a big no no. Meanwhile bring your bottle back to the bar, and you will often be reimbursed 50 cents on the price of your drink! Above: Follow the neon lights... Below: Check if those bratwursts have tipped you off the scales. Tipping is generally unnecessary in Berlin as most restaurants and hotels add service charges to the bill. This is a dying trend however, so check the menu/brochure before deciding what to do as the cost of service should be clearly stated therein.
Getting around By public transport Getting around Berlin by public transport is a breeze, and dirt cheap to boot. Berlin has 15 overground train lines (S-Bahn), 9 underground train lines (U-Bahn) and 23 tram, 150 bus and 6 ferry lines, the sum total of which is referred to as the BVG. Despite seeming a trifle confusing at first, the chance to buy one ticket for all methods of transport in the ABC zone (which covers pretty much everything in and around Berlin) makes things a doddle. A two hour ticket allows you to hop from bus to U-Bahn to S-Bahn to tram for the modest price of 2.40 Euros. Simply purchase your ticket from the machines on every platform and get it validated in the box next to the ticket machine, before you board your transport. Above: South of the river? At this time of night? Below: Put your foot to the floor!
By taxi One thing's for sure, unless it's New Year's Eve, you will never have trouble finding a taxi in Berlin! Most main streets and hotels have a taxi rank and all taxis are metered so there will be no rip offs over the cost. By car Driving in Berlin can be complicated. The city is bankrupt and the streets show it, plus demonstrations and reconstruction works often block the roads. And despite the fact that parking in the centre is expensive, you still have to search to find a spot. The best thing to do, for all but the dedicated motorist, is to leave your car at home and rely on the excellent public transport. Fares are reasonable, although if you travel from one side of the city to the other expect to pay: Berlin is very large indeed!
