Berlin Essentials — 3 days
History, memory and Berlin's buzz. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Mitte; Museum Island & the Berlin Wall; Alexanderplatz & departure.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & Mitte
- 09:30 — Arrival at Berlin Brandenburg (BER)
- 10:30 — FEX train/S-Bahn → city centre — BER → Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- 12:00 — Hotel check-in — Mitte
- Walk to the Brandenburg Gate — Mitte → Pariser Platz
- 14:00 — Brandenburg Gate — Pariser Platz
- Walk to the Reichstag — Pariser Platz → Mitte
- 15:00 — Reichstag & glass dome — Mitte
- 17:00 — Holocaust Memorial — Mitte
- Metro to Prenzlauer Berg — Mitte → Prenzlauer Berg
- 20:00 — Currywurst & craft beer dinner — Prenzlauer Berg
Day 2 — Museum Island & the Berlin Wall
- 09:00 — Museum Island (Pergamonmuseum) — Museumsinsel
- Walk to the market — Museumsinsel → Hackescher Markt
- 12:30 — Lunch at Hackescher Markt — Hackescher Markt
- Train to the East Side Gallery — Hackescher Markt → Rive de la Spree
- 14:00 — East Side Gallery — Rive de la Spree
- Metro to Checkpoint Charlie — Rive de la Spree → Friedrichstraße
- 16:00 — Checkpoint Charlie & Wall Museum — Friedrichstraße
- Metro to Kreuzberg — Friedrichstraße → Kreuzberg
- 18:30 — Stroll in Kreuzberg — Kreuzberg
- Walk to dinner — Kreuzberg → Kottbusser Tor
- 20:00 — Turkish dinner in Kreuzberg — Kottbusser Tor
Day 3 — Alexanderplatz & departure
- 09:00 — TV Tower (Fernsehturm) — Alexanderplatz
- Walk to the Nikolaiviertel — Alexanderplatz → Vieux Berlin
- 11:00 — Nikolaiviertel — Vieux Berlin
- Metro to Prenzlauer Berg — Vieux Berlin → Prenzlauer Berg
- 12:30 — Berlin brunch — Prenzlauer Berg
- 15:00 — S-Bahn/FEX → BER Airport
- 18:00 — Return flight