"I am a Berliner!" – you may want to shout out, at the end of a visit to Berlin Germany and then decide that once just isn't enough. You'll have to come back soon for more. Full of energy and a zeal for modernity, Berlin is Germany’s capital and largest city: over 4 million people call it home. Abundant in important historical sites and museums, Berlin continues to pay tribute to the past in honest and progressive fashion. Plus, it’s an incredibly green city, and Berlin is packed with leafy parks and (fun fact) more bridges in total than a particular city of canals in northern Italy. Fly in with cheap flights to Berlin to Tegel (TXL) Airport with airBalticTravel.com and get started discovering the Berlin for you.
Languages
Berlin’s dialect of German, the national language, can sound a bit different than other strains of the language – thanks to its distinctly Prussian and French roots. Plus, English is so widely spoken in Berlin that any prior knowledge of German may not prove necessary at all. So book cheap tickets to Berlin (Tegel airport) on great last minute deals and leave off learning a few quintessential phrases for the plane.
See and Do
Start off early enough and you’re bound to find a cheap hotel in Berlin. And for this city, getting around by public transportation is convenient, efficient and well-maintained. But then again, rent a car in Berlin and explore at will, if only to drive past Check Point Charlie at the old divide between the east and west blocks of the city. No matter how you get around in Berlin, you’ll find many neighbourhoods revamped with meticulous care, since the fate of the Wall in 1989. Older architecture makes a good showing too, especially in the work of Alexander Platz, spread throughout the city. And museums! Berlin’s Museum Island hosts the fabulous Ishtar Gate of Babylon, one of many such artefacts at the Pergamon-Museum. Still, besides, visit the Bode Museum or the National Gallery for paintings and other art. And don’t leave before ascending to the top of Berliner Dom, to see the city spread out in every direction below – it’s truly a magnificent viewing spot. Many tourists also come to Berlin for its world-famous, cheap shopping, and bargains abound in top name shops right around the city. Have a delicious meal of local cuisine or treat yourself to just about any international kitchen: the city is packed with excellent restaurants to rival other major capitals (New York and London included). Then, at night, join in the partying like a true Berliner in club hot spots, for nobody has more fun – so they say – than the inhabitants of this forever young capital with a flair and a taste for high-powered good times.
