Berlin tips for tourists
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- A few tips for those planning on visiting Berlin: sightseeing on the cheap, public transport and personal safety.
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A really useful tip when buying public transport tickets in BErlin: If you know exactly what kind of ticket you need (e.g. a day pass, or a single ticket), and there are long queues at the ticket machines, with other tourists taking ages to figure out what ticket they need, and how to use the machines:
Watch out for a Kiosk nearby! Most of the kiosks selling newspapers and snacks also sell BVG tickets. That's very fast, and you dont need to fiddle with the ticket machines. Has saved me so much time already!
Remember, too, that BVG tickets can be bought from either BVG machines, but also most DB machines in the station.
If you are on a budget, you may want to get the _VBB Umweltkarte_, valid for 7 days in Berlin (tariff zone AB) or in Berlin plus its direct surroundings (including Potsdam; tariff zone ABC), on ALL public transport (Bus, Tram, U-Bahn, S-Bahn and trains). The prices are comparable to the CityTourCard, but instead of a map full of touristy mass market balderdash you get two extra days of travel!
The Deutsches Historisches Museum on Unter den Linden is worth visiting if you are interested in art and it's a rainy day - an extraordinary collection of portraits.
You truly are an excellent tour guide. I look forward to seeing your Berlin video someday.
opl500 Yes, you can rent bicycles. I didn't think to mention that, but there were several shops in central Berlin where you could rent a bike for what seemed like a very reasonable rate.
you can also rent bycycles from deutsche bahn at some places
37683769 Don't support big concerns, support local businesses.
When you rent a bike do you have to pay a deposit? Thanks!
Ah Berlin, best city in the world. Make sure you eat some street food while there. Döner, currywurst, chinabox etc. Also if you go to a restaurant, you might find the portions quite large so have a look around to see what other people are having before ordering a three meal course. Just a few notes from a foodie:).
True. And even though there are some spots worth mentioning there are so many good ones it would almost be unfair.
Interesting to see that the German "Fahrkarte entwerten" translates to "Validate your ticket", because "entwerten" would be "invalidate". So in English, you validate your ticket, while in German you invalidate it so you can't use it again.
A similar concept/logic in English applies to postage stamps on a letter: the post office will "cancel" them with a postmark, which indicates that they've lost their value and cannot be reused, while the letter can be delivered.
Great tips, I'll definitely be using these when I visit.
Ah, the validation thingy. I missed that on my first trip to Berlin and surprise, surprise, a checker asked for my ticket. I managed to bring forth my puppy eyes and bad German and I was let go with a warning. :-) I found the Berliners helpful, especially when I presented myself as a Swedish tourist on rather bad German. I compensate my bad German with talking loud, with eye-contact and confident.
Great tourist information! Keep them coming please!!
Some people (including me until I went there) assume that Berlin will be expensive as are many capital cities. The opposite is true: it's very cheap. For example: we stayed in an excellent hotel near the Zoo that cost less than half what a dingy little hole in Paris cost only two weeks before. We thought we'd got lucky but found it was pretty much the going rate. Similar story for eating out. AT prices like that we wished we'd stayed longer and taken more time to look at things slowly.
Although it is changing rapidly, Berlin is indeed one of Europe's most affordable capitals to visit. It's even much cheaper than most big German cities, it's certainly cheaper than say Munich. I guess it's because it's still a very open city, with lots of developing possibilities, which brings down the pressure on Berlin real estate prices.
What Paris is concerned, I agree, but I do understand why, Paris is densely populated, space is very expensive, and the same can be said for London. Where I didn't expect it to be as expensive as it was, is Dublin. I mean, yes, it is Ireland's capital, but it's not that big or has that much to see...
In addition to the normal cabs (always colored the same: blogimgs.only-apartments.com/images/guide/big/2870/funk-taxi-berlin.jpg), there are so called "velo taxis", which are also ideal to give round trip tours for tourists. They look something like this: www.olympiastadion-berlin.de/uploads/pics/110620_velo_540x360.jpg (they come in different colors) and often provide for a fun trip through the city.
To get tickets like a day or a single ticket simply download the BVG app and buy your ticket shortly before you enter the train, bus or tram. Most of the trams also have a ticket machine on board. This ticket is already validated.
Danke! I'm going next week, love your videos
Fantastic video. Really helps
Well I had to travel from Munich-East (train station) to Munich main station.
There is no connection between the two biggest train stations in Germany but one single underground train (because the river Isar crosses the line). Well it was an experience I would never miss...
4:00 Berlin's city bird has been joked about as being the construction crane. I have been there 3 times (2004, 2009, & 2013). In each year at least one major attraction I wanted to see was under construction. I was there for a month in 2009 as part of a summer course at Humboldt Universität and still didn't see everything I wanted to see. I have been to several amazing museums there and I still have a ton on my list that I couldn't make it into during any of my trips. My personal suggestion is the Film Museum. It is amazing. If I could, I would go there every time I am in Berlin. Their website is here: www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/en
It's especially bad at the moment, because they're extending an U-Bahn line along Unter den Linden, so even where the buildings themselves are not clad in scaffolding, there's a massive hole in the road.
I absolutely loved Berlin. I was there from nov 1968-Nov1972 U S Air Force at Templehof. I also went back for about 12 days in 1981. too bad about the Schengen 90 days ruling or I would go back there to live forever!. (maybe some day Schengen will cease to exist and I can return "home". I can only dream. lol
The thing about th secret bus stop at Hertzallee is that most bus drivers won't bother to stop there (or in fact react shocked if they see you standing there). Then again, taxi and bus drivers are as Berlin as it gets.
Ha ha, the view in 2:21 is exactly what I see several times a week when I go to my research group at the TU :-D
Fit it all in in a week? We have been there for just on four weeks spread over three visits and there is much we have not seen! Fatigue is your enemy.
I'd love to see a behind-the-scenes video on the gear you use to produce your vids.
You should also have mentioned the differnce between ordinary trams and buses and the MetroBuses and MetroTrams (run 24/7, mostly every 5 to 10 minutes, etc.) and that there are some Expressbuses (e.g. X7, X9, etc.)
You get a new subscriber!Im a german, but your videos are great and there are some information with even im as a german people dont know!
Thanks for the tips, u r great.
As part of the official public transport system, there are also taxicabs. This is worth mentioning, because compared to other major cities, the rates are rather cheap, so if you're an actual tourist (means: If you brought some money to spend) and do not want to hassle through overfilled busses or U-Bahns, but only want to make it to your next point of interest, you may want to check those out. Cabbies can tell you almost every time, how much a trip will cost when you ask them before getting on the cab. Also, if you wave a cab from the side of the street, instead of getting on one that waits at a taxi stand, you may ask for the "Kurzstrecke" (short trip), which is good for up to 2km and costs you only 4€ - this is something other cities don't have. But, in any case, don't forget the generous tip, because like everywhere, cab drivers are working minimum wage jobs. Also, please be prepared to pay cash, because most taxis are not equipped to accept electronic payment like credit cards or debit cards. If you ask, you can get a receipt though.
Seegal Galguntijak When you say that taxis are part of the official public transport system, that's true in one sense -- they are public transport -- but crucially, unlike the other modes of public transport, they are for hire and don't use the same ticketing system; neither are they organised by the VBB.
rewboss While it is correct, that they are a means of individual public transport and thus have other fees, there are rare occurrences where taxis are used as "Ersatzverkehr" for VBB public transport. In this case, people don't have to pay the cab driver, this is then done by the respective operating company. But it happens maybe twice a year or so.
In any case, I mentioned the taxis because, compared to other major cities, their rates are rather low and almost comparable to public mass transport fees in other cities, so for tourists with money to spend, they may be a comfortable alternative. Also, many people like riding in a Mercedes once in their lives (something I can't imagine, since these things are everywhere and nothing special, but in other countries they are).
Just watched for your lovely, British accent. Thanks :D
may I know.. to which Bahnhoff is near the Berlin Central Bus Station? So i could just walk along to Berlin Central Bus Station.
When a line of the S-Bahn, U-Bahn or Tram is suspended due to construction works, most of the time, there will be a substitution by busses that drive along that line, stopping at every stop the suspended line offers.
doof das die an der strecke zoo-alex so lange rumbauen
Bin die gesamte Strecke schon länger nicht mehr gefahren, zuletzt glaube ich von Hacke nach Friedrich, da fuhr die Bahn. Ansonsten kommst Zoo>Alex aber auch mit der U2, dauert halt etwas länger, brauchst aber net umsteigen...
im moment machen sie die etape zwischen friedrichstraße und ostbahnhof glaub ich im ersatzverkehr bis zum 25.
I'm not a travel person at all, but this has made me want to visit Berlin for some reason. Lol.
Hlo tommorrow i am going to berlin and i want to travel to city sightning bus so how can i get bus ticket and how much its cost and were i can take bus
HI am going to berlin first time travelling alone next week, do you recommend city tourcard over welcome card if you just want to go on the bus, train (u bahn and s bahn) and tram for travelling around the city? Thanks
Great video! Thanks a lot!!!!!!
good tips, thank you
Zwei Dinge, die ich über den Umgang der Berliner mit der deutschen Sprache gehört habe:
1. Ein Berliner sagt "mir" auch dann, wenn es richtig ist.
2. Man sollte nicht meinen, ein Berliner meint etwas, wenn er was sagt. Reden gehört beim Berliner zum Stoffwechsel.
lithiumdeuterid Die Amis sind doch Weltmeister darin, viel zu quatschen und dabei nichts zu meinen....
Try the bus line 218. Every other bus is a historic bus.
Can you rent bicycles?
I like that poloshirt.
bist du als inoffizeller bahnfan auch U55 gefahren?
usefull thanks
I like ur channel very much, keep doing that way.
Hallo aus Ukraine
Here today. The 100 bus driver kicked us off shortly after the Tiergarten and stated that it is not possible to continue. The 200 driver said something to the same effect sadly.
Probably the road was closed due to a demonstration, a state visit of some kind, preparations for Wednesday's Day of Unity celebrations, or construction work on Unter den Linden for the new U-Bahn line.
@@rewboss could very well be, but no explanation was given by either driver. Thank you for all of the wonderful videos you make! Informational and entertaining!
"Avoid confrontations with strangers" - I resent that! To a tourist, I for example would be a stranger, but I always love to put my English skills to a good use and appreciate everyone who is for example asking me for directions or something like that. And of course, I am always as friendly as I can be.
I also think that "rude" is the wrong term to describe the general mood of Berliners. I found several translations for the German word "mürrisch" though, among them were crotchety, crabby, grumbly/grumpily and so on.
A "confrontation" means an argument or a fight; it absolutely does not include friendly encounters. Basically, I'm telling people not to get involved in something that can turn into a bar brawl.
And yes, actually, "rude" is how outsiders experience Berliners; that's why, back in the 1990s, the bus drivers were all sent to charm school -- tourists constantly complained about how "rude" they were.
rewboss OK, I would have liked to see more focus on the friendly encounters then.
And also, "mürrisch" may be mistaken for rude, but with enough compassion you see that it's not you that is the cause of their rudeness, it's their own lifes. Which is sad of course.
Nah, "rude" is spot on. For example, smoking bans, basic rules of politeness and even many laws are considered completely optional by many of my fellow Berlinians.
The horrible burden of carrying your heavy empty paper coffee cup another two meters to the dustbin is considered too much for most of us, which is why it is usually the best solution to just leave it on the train seat. Maybe it is just because of our bad aim, since it seemingly is often preferable to throw your trash on the floor, even if you stand directly beside an dustbin.
Berlinians show a great talent for improvisation when it comes to finding an alternative to toilets and will actually even occasionally use dustbins on train stations for that purpose as I have witnessed multiple times. Another popular toilet choice are photo booths.
If all that doesn't fit the definition of "rude", then I must have a wrong idea about what the word means.
In general, it is a good idea to bring a high tolerance to body fluids when you visit Berlin for more than a day, because you will likely see and smell a lot of them.
I think what you're describing isn't rudeness, but anti-social behaviour. You get that in any major city.
1400 shots? Holy! I had a hard time going through 103 yesterday :D In my 2 years in Berlin I never got checked for a ticket on the subway but yeah, there ARE checks according to friends who did ran into some.
My ticket was checked twice in the five days I was there. And on another occasion, I was filming in a station and suddenly realised I was filming somebody in the process of being fined.
And yes, 1,400 shots, about 5 hours' worth of video in all.
Wow! They either increased the random checks or I somehow dodged them (always had a ticket subscription though)
AmbossTV From my experience after 12 years of living in Berlin, it is often like this: If you have a ticket, you'll never get checked. If you don't have one, they check you at every other station ;-)
Seegal Galguntijak Actually, you might be right. I now remember that I once saw people getting checked on my subway train but I had to get out before they arrived at my place. I was totally calm, because I thought I have a ticket. Only to realize at home that it was a new month and I still had the new one at home :D
AmbossTV It's murphys law, it works most of the time. Although, when I once worked at a place 9 tram stops away from my home for one year, I only bought a ticket twice, and never got checked (the ticket inspectors usually seem to avoid rush hours where you can't move through the car). One of the two tickets was because at my stop, inspectors were getting on the tram, and so I just went to the ticket machine and got one. However, only a Kurzstrecke (short trip) which is good for 6 stations instead of 9. I was lucky, but in other cases, I have also had bad luck.
The best way to ride without a ticket works on trams (in busses also, but I don't use them very often): You buy a ticket at a subway or s-bahn station vending machine, but don't validate it. Then inside a tram, you position yourself next to the validation stamper and if you get checked, you stamp it to show it. If not, you can take another ride ;-)
Typo at 5:34. "wohn", does it meant to be "wohl"?
Yes indeed. Thank's, I've fixed it.
Berlin conseils pour les touristes
Quelques conseils pour ceux qui prévoient de visiter Berlin: visites à bas prix, transports publics et sécurité personnelle.
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awesome poloshirt :D
On the shell games the one winning is the accomplice of the culprit and his sole role is to lure other onlookers into betting
he's awesome!!!!
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I often play a little game with the Hütchenspielern myself. I take a lot of pictures, as I do a lot of "street photography in my town, and I always have a camera with me. When I see that tourists gather again around a Hütchenspieler, I go there and start to take pictures. This of course gives trouble immediately. Then comes from Him, and the buddies around it protests and threats. It is forbidden to just take pictures of people, etc. I then offer to call the police to clarify this. None has accepted the offer so far :-)
Die Haltestelle Hertzplatz wird doch von den vielen Studenten aus der Bibliothek genutzt die du da gefilmt hast
apropo woher kennst du diese insider die ich selbst anderen berlinern oft zeigen muss =D
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Ich habe früher in Berlin gewohnt -- zehn Jahre lang.
ohh und ich dachte wer einmal da war will weg ;)
3:20 where else can I watch it?
The video can be embedded on any site. If you're watching it embedded on most other sites, you don't see the video description (unless you first click through to CZcams).
rewboss Oh ok. I thought maybe you are uploading somewhere else too, where I can follow you there as well.
Well we all can't get on the bus first if you're telling everyone about it! A bit like ryanairs old policy of cattle herding before they realised they had people as pasengers not animals!
Japanese love Germany. Germany is the most beautiful country in the world. And Germany is the wonderful country in the world.
Ich kenn eine Kneipe nahe des Brandenburger Tors, die ich sowas von feiere.
Aber man sollte wirklich die Museen abklappern - mindestens eines der renomierten.
Berliners are rude? I´m a Berliner and always friendly. Sometimes i feel like a foreigner when I´m driving in the S Bahn home. The tourists always talk so loudly in their own language. Or in the morning you see drunken young tourists who no longer know their way to the hotel.
Why are so many things translated into English?
Berlin is the capital of Germany. I think that answers your question. :D
Nach Berlin mit dem Auto zu fahren ist wirklich die Hölle! Dann lieber mit Bahn oder Fernbus! Und noch ein Tipp: Statt mit dem Touri-Bus durch Berlin zu fahren, kann man die öffentlichen nehmen, denn zwei Buslinien fahren dieselben Strecken!
You forgot to mention that you even can hop on the trains with your ticket. For example it is much faster to go from "Bahnhof Zoo" to "Ostbahnhof" with the train instead of the S-Bahn.
The only problem here is, don't forget to exit the right time, because you will end up at in Frankfurth/Oder if you fell asleep.
Btw. if you already have a Cityguide or Map I would recommend to go for a Dayticket instead of a Cityticket, the Dayticket is a bit more expensive (don't include the discounts but cost 36 € for 5 Days) but it is valid until 3 am the next day (not 12 PM) and more flexible (not every tourist need 5 Days here or want to stay longer than 5, no offence intended).
There is also the "7-Tage-Karte VBB-Umweltkarte" which costs for ABC for 35,60 €, it includes no discounts, but is valid for 7 Days.
You see there are plenty of Tickets in Berlin so planing in advance, is highly recommended.
I actually did mention that you could use the regional trains -- you just missed it. Actually, though, in practice it's not always very much faster to use the RE from Zoo to Ostbahnhof, because you usually have to wait longer for them.
Regarding the tickets, the CityTourCard and WelcomeCard tickets can be bought for 2, 3, 4 or 5 days. Obviously, other tickets are available and may be more appropriate for some visitors, but most tourists only take a city break of three or four days and aren't all that interested in learning about all the other options and calculating which is the most appropriate. Explaining all the different available options would have been a whole new video.
POV: u live in Norway 4:38
I didn't like it much and i found the public transportation kind of hard to get a grab on
I like Hannover more
Hannover is just smaller, so the public transport network naturally isn't as complex.
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Vorsicht sie leute wissen müssen diese vor!!!!!!
Tip for those who want to see beautiful architecture: don't visit Berlin.
There is beautiful architecture in Berlin. Most of it is just permanently under construction.
Otherwise: I could recommend Potsdam, if you want to see some nice buildings. (It has way less tourist attractions and museums, though.)