Berlin
Top hotel location for visitors to Berlin and event enthusiasts
Berlin's sights are easy to reach from our hotel: The "Rohrdamm" is around 300 metres from the hotel and the popular shopping street Kurfürstendamm (Ku´damm) can be reached in just a few stops. Wittenbergplatz with its shopping paradise KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) is around 20 minutes away. And the sightseeing highlights Brandenburg Gate, Friedrichstraße and Museumsinsel (Museum Island) are within easy reach of our hotel. Away from the top highlights of the German capital, visitors to Berlin can enjoy a relaxed shopping experience in the nearby old city of Spandau www.altstadt-spandau.de.Fans of the sophisticated beer culture should not miss a visit to the Brauhaus Spandau brewery pub (www.brauhaus-spandau.de).
Bundesliga football games, ISTAF broadcasts, concerts and culture – if you want to attend an event in Berlin, you are right at home at the Holiday Inn Hotel Berlin City-West: Olympiastadion and the Zitadelle Spandau (www.zitadelle-spandau.de, www.olympiastadion-berlin.de), which shine with their international music highlights and high-quality events, are just a few minutes away.
Berlin for sports enthusiasts and nature fans
Sports fans find a real Eldorado around the Holiday Inn Hotel Berlin City West: Beautiful jogging routes through the Jungfernheide community park and the Siemensstadt sports club with its pool, tennis courts and beach volleyball are right by the hotel (http://www.scs-berlin.de/).
A real sightseeing highlight: Cruise through Berlin with Segways
Discovering Berlin with the sporty Segways has long since become cult. Holiday Inn Hotel Berlin City- West provides its guests with Yoove 2 Segways, in cooperation with Segways. Rental costs 14.90 Euro per hour. The price includes personal instruction, fully-comprehensive insurance a helmet and a free Segway driving licence. Prerequisites are: Minimum age 16 years old, car, moped or motorbike driving licence, maximum weight 118 kg. For more information and pictures visit www.yoove.com
Berlin highlights – recommendations of our hotel team
The Messe/ICC Berlin trade fair centre is one of the world's most modern congress centres. www.messe-berlin.de
Berlin's Kurfürstendamm (Ku´damm) is a legendary shopping street with glamorous shops, international restaurants, cafés and cultural highlights.
www.kurfuerstendamm.de
The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) on Ku´damm is the landmark of Berlin's West City and meeting place for Berlin's residents, tourists, jugglers and pantomime artists.
www.gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de
The Europacenter shopping centre is host to cultural events and exhibitions.
www.europa-center-berlin.de
Berlin Zoologische Garten is one of the most diverse zoos in the world, the adjoining Aquarium is world famous.
www.zoo-berlin.de
The famous Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) is the largest luxury department store in Europe and is a cultural institution in Berlin!!
www.kadewe.de
The multimedia exhibition Story of Berlin is an impressive interactive exhibition on the German capital with scenes to walk through and multimedia technology. It teaches you about 800 years of Berlin's history.
www.story-of-berlin.de
From the glass dome of the Reichstag designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster, you can experience Berlin from a birds' eye view and enjoy an amazing view of the city.
www.bundestag.de
The former border crossing Checkpoint Charlie at Friedrichstraße houses the Berlin Wall Museum and Memorial.
www.mauermuseum.de
Charlottenburg Palace is the largest Baroque palace complex in Berlin and is home to impressive palace gardens, art exhibitions and open air concerts.
Berlin's Museumsinsel (Museum Island) in the middle of the River Spree is a UNESCO world cultural heritage site and one of the most important museum complexes in the world.
www.museumsinsel-berlin.de
Alexanderplatz with its famous Weltzeituhr (World Time Clock) and Fernsehturm (TV Tower) is a meeting place, shopping paradise and symbol of the East City. The TV Tower with its Telecafé provides an impressive panoramic view of Berlin.
Brandenburg Gate is a symbol of the separation of Berlin, one of the top attractions in the city and meeting place for people from all over the world.
The Theater des Westens (Theatre of the West) is one of Germany's most beautiful musical theatres; visitors experience the colourful world of musicals from Sister Act to Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires).
www.stage-entertainment.de
Komödie and Theater am Kurfürstendamm in the Ku'Damm-Karee are Berlin's most well-known boulevard theatres.
www.komoedie-berlin.de
