Tips & Tricks
Loxx Museum (Grunerstrasse 20, Berlin) – this museum is great for families with small children. Its 3,000 m2 showrooms has lively miniature scenes of the city of Berlin (including traffic with the Berlin S-Bahn, regional and long-distance trains, historical steamers as well as the high-speed ICE, and even the airport). Loxx is reputed to have […]
Olympiastadion (Olympischer Platz 3, Charlottenburg, Berlin) – this is the arena where the 1936 Summer Olympics took place (where famed athlete Jesse Owens won four Gold medals). This stadium, which seats 74,000 spectators, underwent a renovation in time for the 2006 World Cup. It’s the current home to the Hertha BSC football club, along with […]
Sporting Club Berlin (Parkallee 3, Bad Saarow): este curso se encuentra al sureste de Berlín (justo al lado de la ruta 246 este). Con 63 hoyos masivos, incluido un campo diseñado por el legendario Nick Faldo (y otro por Arnold Palmer), esta obra maestra está diseñada pensando en el golfista serio. Con bunkers audaces y […]
Tropical Islands (Tropical-Islands-Allee 1 – near Berlin) – this is an unusual theme park. During Berlin’s cold months, local families come to this giant biosphere (a former aircraft-building facility), located about an hour south of Berlin, that is a large tropical temperatured water park — with water slides, waterfalls, palm trees and even sand. There […]
Hofbrauhaus (Platzl 9, Munich) – this famed beer hall, located in the center of Munich, was originally built in 1598 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I (who made beer available to the masses, unlike the times before him, where it was only sold to the well-off). Hofbrauhaus includes an inn, a ballroom, and a beer garden. […]
Sony Center (Potsdamer Platz, Berlin) – during the Cold War, this entertainment center would not have existed, since it’s located in areas taken up by East and West Berlin (which was divided by the infamous Berlin Wall). With the end of the Cold War, Sony built this futuristic-looking facility in 2000 – complete with an […]