Wikimedia Conference 2012/Sightseeing/March 29

Main sights in the inner-city

general information

Where will we meet: en:Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station, Burger King
When will we meet: 9:30 am
Where will we split: en:Berlin Alexanderplatz station or en:Berlin Friedrichstraße station, depends on time
When will we split: later than 6:00 pm, possibly about 8:00 pm for dinner (certainly, we can eat together!)
How much you have to pay: one bus ticket (1.40 €) plus maybe 7.—/4.— € for tour 4, but we will walk a lot!
Choose your tour: This day, Martin offers different tours that can be chosen by you; majority wins. ;o)

tour

en:Berlin Zoological Garden (no visit)
en:Breitscheidplatz (with de:Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church)
en:Europa-Center (with the de:Uhr der fließenden Zeit)
en:Kurfürstendamm
en:Nordic Embassies (passing by double-decker bus)
en:Berliner Philharmonie (no visit)
en:Kulturforum (with en:Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (can be visited; tour 1), en:Neue Nationalgalerie [no visit])
en:Berlin State Library, House 2
en:Potsdamer Platz (with en:Sony Center, de:Filmmuseum Berlin (can be visited; tour 2), parts of the en:Berlin Wall, a shopping mall for lunch, de:Spielbank Berlin, de:Theater am Potsdamer Platz, etc.)
en:Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (with a visit of the museum; entrance is free)
en:Brandenburg Gate (with en:Berlin Victory Column, en:Leipziger Platz)
en:Reichstag (building) (with en:German Chancellery; no visit)
en:Friedrichstraße
en:Checkpoint Charlie
en:Gendarmenmarkt (with en:Konzerthaus Berlin, en:Deutscher Dom, en:Französischer Dom, en:Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities with a en:paternoster [we'll try to use it])
en:Bebelplatz (with en:St. Hedwig's Cathedral, en:Nazi book burnings memorial, en:Berlin State Opera)
en:Humboldt University of Berlin
en:Neue Wache, en:Maxim-Gorki-Theater, en:Deutsches Historisches Museum, en:Museum Island (see day before) and en:DDR Museum (tour 3)
en:Lustgarten, en:Berlin Cathedral (tour 4, 7.—/4.— €)
en:Stadtschloss, Berlin, de:Staatsratsgebäude (no visit)
en:Marx-Engels-Forum
en:Nikolaiviertel (with en:Nikolaikirche)
en:Alexanderplatz (with en:Rotes Rathaus, en:Marienkirche, en:Neptunbrunnen, en:Fernsehturm Berlin, en:World clock, etc.)

Depends on time:

de:Hackesche Höfe
en:Oranienburger Straße, passing en:New Synagogue (Berlin) (free entrance)

participants

Please add which tour you prefer.

—DerHexer (Talk) 19:28, 16 February 2012 (UTC) (tour 1; but our walk will take a lot of time nonetheless)[reply]
~~— [ Tanvir | Talk ] 20:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)~~ Problems with his flight.[reply]
Ali Haidar Khan Tonmoy (talk) 20:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Salvador alc (talk) 03:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC) (I prefer tour 2)[reply]
--Oscar_. ^(talk) _w:spanish 23:39, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
mzito (talk) 18:41, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Xelawafs (talk) 18:45, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
-- Tinu Cherian - 10:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reached on March 28 and staying in baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel @ Ziegelstrasse 28. Anyone staying here? -- Tinu Cherian - 21:14, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Laurentius (talk) 16:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
~~MetalBrasil (talk) 10:23, 28 March 2012 (UTC)~~ Same problem as Tanvir … —DerHexer (Talk) 21:33, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]