Wikimedia Conference 2015/Social events/Thursday
Main sights in the inner-city
[edit]- general information
- Who offers this tour?: Martin Rulsch (DerHexer), born and living in Berlin
- How can I reach you?: I will contact you in advance via wikimail to give you further information, but you can also contact me by derhexer
wikipedia.de - Where will we meet?: reception desk at your hotel
- When will we meet?: 9:30 am
- Where will we split?: TBD, I'll take you back to the hotel after dinner though
- When will we split?: about 7:00 pm (certainly, we can have dinner together)
- How much do I have to pay?: probably just local transport (a day ticket would be useful, group tickets are feasible), but we will walk a lot nevertheless
- tour
- en:Berliner Philharmonie, en:Kulturforum (with en:Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, en:Neue Nationalgalerie [no visit]), en:Berlin State Library
- en:Potsdamer Platz (with en:Sony Center, de:Filmmuseum Berlin, parts of the en:Berlin Wall, a shopping mall for lunch, de:Spielbank Berlin, de:Theater am Potsdamer Platz, etc.)
- en:Nordic Embassies, en:Großer Tiergarten (passing by double-decker bus)
- en:Europa-Center (with the de:Uhr der fließenden Zeit)
- en:Kurfürstendamm
- en:Berlin Zoological Garden (no visit)
- en:Breitscheidplatz (with de:Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church)
- en:Reichstag (building) (with en:German Chancellery) (for a visit I will ask you for some personal data via mail)
- en:Brandenburg Gate (with en:Berlin Victory Column, en:Leipziger Platz)
- en:Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (free entrance, depends on time)
- National Debt Clock, en:Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- en:Friedrichstraße (with de:Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Ritter Sport Chocolate Museum (free entrance))
- en:Checkpoint Charlie
- en:Gendarmenmarkt (with en:Konzerthaus Berlin, en:Deutscher Dom, en:Französischer Dom, en:Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
- 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 and en:DDR Museum (depends on time, not for free)
- en:Lustgarten, en:Berlin Cathedral (depends on time, about 5 €)
- en:Stadtschloss, Berlin, de:Staatsratsgebäude, de:Humboldt-Forum (no visit)
- en:Marx-Engels-Forum, en:Nikolaiviertel
- en:Alexanderplatz (with en:Rotes Rathaus, en:Marienkirche, en:Neptunbrunnen, en:Fernsehturm Berlin, en:World clock, etc.)
- eventually en:Hackesche Höfe, en:New Synagogue, Berlin (no visit)