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CONTENTS

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Contents

Berlin’s districts

Getting streetwise

Arrival & Transport

BERLIN

Get your bearings on S, U and ICE

Culture & Events

Roll up for theatre, show and cinema

Fête de la Musique

Potsdam

Berlin’s friendly neighbour

River Tours

Berlin’s midsummer music festival

Green Berlin

Sail the Spree

Wellness

CITY TOUR CARD

How to be an ecotourist

Where to stay

Get pampered

Shopping

From park bench to Park Grand

Restaurants in Mitte

Buy buy buy

Directory

DAS TOURISTEN-TICKET

Fine dining, food with a view, and more

Nightlife in Mitte

From light drinking to debauchery

Food & Drinks around town

Maps & Index

Street register

Centre map

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Going out in Berlin’s happening ‘hoods

Transport map

72-73

What to see

Index

Palaces, squares and museums

Cold war Berlin

Behind the Wall

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FOREWORD

BERLIN DISTRICTS

Magic is in the air in Berlin in summer; as business and

traffic slows down for the holidays the city seems to

stall, becoming calm, and seemingly stretching out to

enjoy the long, warm, sunlit days. In the city centre the

pace picks up as the tourist streams increase along

the main routes – but take any side road from the main

boulevards and you’ll often find yourself alone on a

pretty street.

There’s no way you can get bored this season; for the

annual Fête de la Musique midsummer festival music

is performed free on more than 100 stages; there’s a

fantastic exhibition about the Star Trek TV series and

films at the Filmpark Babelsberg in Potsdam and a

variety of museums has put on excellent exhibitions.

This issue we also highlight the new green initiatives

in Berlin, many of which have to do with transport.

This city is already quite friendly to non-drivers, with

wide pavements and bike paths and an excellent

public transport system, but getting around on an

electric bike, tuk tuk or car is just that more fun.

Besides mobility, the restaurant sector is also getting

eco-friendlier, with a greater selection of biological

products. Read more on page 18.

Whatever you do this summer, let us know what you

think of Berlin and this guide; emails welcome at

berlin@inyourpocket.com. Enjoy Berlin.

Greeting

Berlin is four times the size of Paris, and even though the

city consolidated its 23 districts into 12 in 2001, you’re still

left with 23 self contained areas (Kieze) in which Berliners

often find everything they need. Public transportation is

far-reaching and effective though, and you’ll grow to love it

as you shuttle between the four areas with the most sights:

Charlottenburg, Tiergarten, Mitte and Kreuzberg.

Mitte (MI)

Since reunification, Mitte has rightly snatched back the title

of most-visited district from Charlottenburg. On and off the

boulevard Unter den Linden, whose trees Marlene Dietrich

once extolled in song, are baroque and classical monuments

to Prussian culture. The proximity of state libraries, the State

Opera, Humboldt University, the old Arsenal (now the German

History Museum), Gendarmenmarkt, Museum Island, Berliner

Dom, and the abandoned East German Parliament building

make for more talk, less walk tours. The architecturally

humbler area of Mitte is the Scheunenviertel, whose layout

looks as if 17th-century planners got interrupted during a

game of pick-up sticks. It’s on these streets that the casually

chic saunter from courtyard gallery to sidewalk café, pointing

out directions to tourists seeking out the latest hotspots or

traces of the Jewish community that lived here from the late

17th-century until the mass deportations of the Nazi era.

Prenzlauer Berg (PB)

On a low hill northeast of Mitte, ‘Prenzl’ Berg’ is an old

working-class district in the former East Berlin that came

through the war relatively unscathed. The best places to

soak up the atmosphere are Kollwitzpl, Helmholzpl. and along

Kastanienallee (all near U-Bahn Eberswalderstr.). Prenzlauer

Berg’s few attractions include the Vitra Design museum and a

19th-century brewery complex that is now the Kulturbrauerei

culture centre. A good time to visit is Saturday when the eco-

market is open on Kollwitzplatz, or Sunday when everyone

sits outside being cool and eating breakfast all day.

Since the fall of the

Berlin Wall around 20

years ago, Berlin has

experienced breakneck

change: its infrastructure

was modernized from the

ground up, while entire city

districts were either created

from scratch or thoroughly

remodeled. Moreover, Berlin

has become a capital not

only in the political sense,

but culturally and intellectually as well. As a result, it is

now considered one of the most exciting and diverse

cities in all of Europe.

Further afield

Districts mostly known for their restaurant and nightlife

scene are Schöneberg (SB), the centre of gay Berlin,

and Friedrichshain (FH), filled with creatively tattered and

tattooed students. Berlin has green spots galore, and after

Tiergarten the most popular getaways are the Grunewald

forest and lake Wannsee, in the southwest district of

Zehlendorf (ZD).

Berlin finds its positive image reflected in its tourist

industry statistics: more and more people are visiting

our city to see its countless attractions for themselves.

These include, for example, the ubiquitous traces

of a turbulent and emotional history and the city’s

compelling museums, which invite you to browse the

world’s cultures. The contemporary art scene, too, has

long since found a home in Berlin, proof of which can

be seen in the city’s hundreds of galleries, many stellar

collections – often exhibited in innovative settings –

and, most recently, the new temporary art gallery in the

heart of the city.

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Charlottenburg (CB)

If downtown to you means wide, traffic-filled streets,

crowds of shoppers, five-star hotels and tall buildings, then

Charlottenburg comes closest to fitting the bill in Berlin.

Much of what was here was bombed in the war and built

anew in the 1950s. The nexus of activity is the knot where

Kufürstendamm, Joachimsthaler Str, Bahnhof Zoo and

Tauentzienstr. come together. Follow what becomes an

increasingly silken ribbon down Kurfürstendamm (Ku’damm)

and the setting becomes more genteel where you can’t see the

buildings for the trees. Nearby but isolated from the hoi polloi

is Schloss Charlottenburg, the residence of King Friedrich I.

Northern

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Estonia

Russia

Latvia

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Lithuania

Great art can of course also be experienced in Berlin’s

opera houses and its many renowned theaters. Its

wide range of orchestras – including the Berliner

Philharmoniker, the Staatskapelle, the Deutsches

Symphonie Orchester, the Rundfunksinfonie Orchester,

and countless others – is unmatched in its quality and

diversity. And let’s not forget Berlin’s exciting club scene

and the many different restaurants, pubs, and bars

that make the city the place to be for anyone looking for

cosmopolitan flair and the latest trends.

In this spirit, I would like to wish you an eventful stay

in Germany’s capital city –

welcome to Berlin!

People relax beneath the

trees of Tiergarten park, near

the railway bridge over the

Landwehrkanal. Tiergarten in

Berlin’s very own Central Park,

used by Berliners and visitors

for activities ranging from mass

family picnics to sports and just

lazing around on the grass. The

western end where this bridge

is to be found has an attractive

lake as well. There’s no better

place for going green.

Belarus

Netherlands

Poland

Germany

Ukraine

Czech

Republic

Tiergarten (TG)

Tiergarten is both a district and the name of the 255 hectare

park that began as the Great Elector’s hunting grounds in

the 1600s and became increasingly more civilised with

landscaping in the 1800s. Traffic passes through it, doing a

dosey-doe around the Siegessäule (Victory Column). Slicing

though the park’s length is Str. des 17. Juni, which leads to

the Brandenburg Gate at the eastern end. Just south of it

are the museums of the Kulturforum and Potsdamer Pl.

Kreuzberg (KB)

Thanks to a large Turkish community and more hippies,

anarchists and alternative folks than you can shake a

didgeridoo at, Kreuzberg feels neither East nor West. It

was the black sheep of West Berlin, left alone in its far-off

room to play loud music and draw on the walls (literally, it

was parked in a dead-end, cornered by The Wall). In 1987

social and economic frustration exploded into violence and

vandalism during the traditionally political demonstrations

of May Day. Every year since, the city prepares for a long

night of stone-throwing and burning automobiles. May 1st

is essentially Kreuzberg’s way of reliving its 15 minutes of

fame. The rest of the days are marked by backgammon at the

men’s clubs, café-sitting on the Landwehrkanal, and ambling

down the popular drags Oranienstr. and Bergmannstr. Two

major museums, the House at Checkpoint Charlie and the

Jewish Museum, are planted in the staid parts of the district.

Austria

Switzerland

Slovenia

Romania

Croatia

Bosnia

Serbia

Bulgaria

Montenegro

Kosovo

FYR Macedonia

Albania

Editorial

Editor-in-Chief Jeroen van Marle

Editorial Contributors

Wendy Wrangham, Christina Knight,

Jenny Pons, Michael Nevermann,

Philippe Krueger, Alex Zuckrow

Research Monika Kierewicz

Layout & Design Tomáš Haman

Photos Ansgar Meemken (AM),

Jeroen van Marle (JvM)

Maps Kartographie Eichner,

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Accounting Martin Wollenhaupt

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ARRIVAL & TRANSPORT

CULTURE & EVENTS

Trains

DB ( Deutsche Bahn , German railways) runs ICE trains (high

sp e e d), EC (E u roCi t y) a n d I C (I n ter Ci t y). S eat res er vati ons are

sometimes obligatory; check before boarding. Tickets can

be purchased at the the DB Centres in the stations, or book

online in advance at DB’s fabulous online train timetable at

www.bahn.de.

With three opera houses, seven resident orchestras, doz-

ens of variety and theatre companies and ticket prices to

match all wallets, Berlin is truly a culture-lovers’ paradise.

Here we present a selection of Berlin’s cultural highlights

that are suitable those who don’t speak German. Tickets

for theatre, concerts and other events can be purchased

at the venues, the tourism offices as well as at one of

many ticket kiosks (convenient ones are in Friedrichstraße

and Alexanderplatz stations). Online bookings and pay-

ments for most events can easily be done via the venue

websites or www.btm.de.

Opera & Classical music

Deutsche Oper B-3, Bismarckstr. 35, CB,

M Deutsche Oper, tel. (+49)(0)30 343 84 01/(+49)

(0)700 67 37 23 75 46 (tickets), www.deutscheoper-

berlin.de. A functional, introvert 1960s building houses

the only opera stage available to West Berliners during the

Wall era. Italian conductor Renato Palumbo is the current

music director.

Konzerthaus F-3, Gendarmenmarkt 2, MI, M Stadt-

mitte, tel. (+49)(0)30 20 30 90, www.konzerthaus.de.

Together with the neighbouring Deutscher and Französischer

Dom churches, the Konzerthaus forms Berlin’s most spec-

tacular architectural ensemble. Originally built as a theatre by

Friedrich Schinkel in 1821, it was destroyed in WWII and only

reopened as a concert hall in 1984. The Berliner Sinfonie-

Orchester (conductor Eliahu Inbal) plays at the venue.

Ask the concierge

Berlin’s top hotels all have concierges that are there

to make the guest’s lives easier. They can inform you

about current events, book tickets, make restaurant

reservations and hand out copies of Berlin In Your

Pocket , transport maps, and brochures. Concierges

can be recognised by the crossed golden keys on the

lapels of their jackets.

Berlin’s huge new glass-sheathed Hauptbahnhof main

station is where all regional and intercity trains stop.

The station has all the essentials; shopping mall, post

office, toilets and showers and the Infostore tourist

information centre. Zoo Bahnhof (Zoologischer Garten)

and Ostbahnhof (in Friedrichshain, 20 minutes away by

S-Bahn from Zoo Bahnhof) have been reduced to regional

train stations. All three stations are connected by the

main S-Bahn line, and some to the U-Bahn. Regional (RE)

trains along the elevated east-west track stop at Mitte’s

Alexanderplatz and Friedrichstraße stations as well. If

your ticket destination is ‘Berlin Stadtbahn’ you can use

it to travel further on the elevated S-Bahn track between

Charlottenburg and Ostbahnhof stations.

Taxis

Taxi drivers have a fine reputation in Berlin, and not only for

the splendid cream-coloured Mercedes they drive. Taxis

queue outside S- and U-Bahn stops, and can also be hailed

from the street at the same rate. The special €3.50 Kurz-

strecke is a set fare for short trips (2km or 5 minutes), and

can onl y be used in hail ed cabs an d i f you m ention i t as soon

as you board. Calling a taxi is an option as well; mention to

the operator if you want to pay by credit card, as not all taxis

h ave card -rea di n g e q uipm e n t. B y th e way, Fu n k m ea ns ra di o.

Public transport

Berlin’s integrated network of S-Bahn (Schnellbahn), U-Bahn

(Untererdische Bahn, underground), bus , and Straßenbahn

( tram , in eastern Berlin only) is run by the BVG (tel. 194

49, www.bvg.de) and the system runs very smoothly, even

though they confuse everyone by naming buses and trams

the Metro network. If you remember the number (or colour)

and end station of the U or S line you want to use, you’ll soon

be navigating the labyrinth-like stations like a local. Signs

display the destination of the train, and at U-Bahn stations,

display when the next train will arrive.

Philharmonie E-4, Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1, TG,

M Potsdamer Platz, tel. (+49)(0)30 25 48 89 99,

www.berlin-philharmonic.de. The crumpled-looking yellow

modernist building behind the chrome glitz of the Potsdamer

Platz developments was once just as revolutionary as its

new neighbour. The excellent Phil orchestra is directed by

Liverpudlian Sir Simon Rattle.

Staatsoper F/G-3, Unter den Linden 7, Mitte, M Franzö-

sische Str, tel. (+49)30 20 35 45 55, www.staatsoper-

berlin.org. A grand building on Berlin’s grandest boulevard,

with beautifully rebuilt interiors and an in-house confectionary.

Daniel Barenboim has been named chief conductor for life

of the award-winning Staatskapelle orchestra, one of the

oldest (1570) orchestras in the world. The Staatsoper will

be performing in the Schillertheater until renovations are

finished in 2013.

Shows

Admiralspalast F-3, Friedrichstrasse 101, MI, tel.

(+49)(0)30 47 99 74 99, www.admiralspalast.de.

Reopened to the public in 2006, the Admiralspalast was

originally a bathhouse and club for Prussian soldiers to relax

in. Rebuilt in 1911, it was famous in Berlin’s Roaring 20s for

its cabaret, operetta house, spa and brothel. Hitler cleaned

up their acts in the 1930s, installing a private box so that he

could watch his favourite operetta ‘The Merry Widow’, and

in the 1940s the building was spared war damage. Bertold

Brecht used the theatre for his eyebrow-raising new theatre

in the 1950s and 60s before the theatre went into decline.

The complex has been restored (without the brothel) and is

a new centre of nightlife.

Berliner Residenz Konzerte B-3, Spandauer Damm

22-24, Große Orangerie of Schloss Charlottenburg, tel.

+49 30 25 81 03 50, www.concerts-berlin.com. The

Berliner Residenz Orchestra plays famous Baroque-era works

by candlelight, with musicians in period costumes. Guests

can combine the concert with a tour of Charlottenburg castle

or a trip on the river Spree, and dinner amidst 500 candles.

Concerts take place 3 times weekly. Q Admission €29-75.

Dinner starts at 18:00, the concert at 20:30.

The same tickets serve all BVG services. Vending machines

at stations and on trams have instructions in English and

accept coins (and on platforms, banknotes too). At larger

stations there are S-Bahn information and sales counters.

On buses, the driver can sell you a ticket.

Venue list Berlin

AD – Admiralspalast, Friedrichstrasse 101-102, tel.

(+49)(0)30 47 99 74 99, www.admiralspalast.de.

CC – C-Club, Columbiadamm 9-11, tel. (+49)(0)30 698

09 80, www.columbiaclub.de.

CH – C-Halle, Columbiadamm 13-21, tel. (+49)(0)30 698

09 80, www.columbiahalle.de.

FT – Flughafen Tempelhof, Platz der Luftbrücke

HB – Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Invalidenstr. 50-51,

tel. (+49)(0)30 39 78 34 11, www.hamburgerbahnhof.de.

KH – Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, tel. (+49)

(0)30 20 30 90, www.konzerthaus.de.

KI – Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide, An der Wuhlheide 187, tel.

(+49)(0)30 530 79 530, www.wuhlheide.de.

MK – Museum für Kommunikation, Leipziger Str. 16,

tel. (+49)(0)30 20 29 40, www.museumsstiftung.de.

NA – Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50,

tel. (+49)(0)30 2662651, www.neue-nationalgalerie.de.

OS – Olympiastadion, Olympischer Platz 3, tel. (+49)

(0)30 688100, www.olympiastadion-berlin.de.

OW – O2 World, Mühlenstraße 12-30, tel. (+49)(0)30

20607080, www.o2world.de.

PH – Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1, tel. (+49)

(0)30 25 48 80, www.berliner-philharmoniker.de.

WB – Waldbühne, Glockenturmstr. 1, www.waldbuehne-

berlin.de.

ZS – Zitadelle Spandau, Am Juliusturm, tel. (+49)(0)30

354 94 40, www.zitadelle-spandau.de.

City Funk tel. 21 02 02

Funk Taxi Berlin tel. 26 10 26

Spree Funk tel. 44 33 22

Würfel-Funk tel. 0800 222 22 55 (tollfree), tel. 0177-222

22 77 (for mobile phones)

With a €2.30 Einzelticket (single ticket) you can travel

one-way, with transfers, within the AB zone. Buy a €1.40

Kurzstrecke (short distance) ticket if you want to travel

up to three S/U-Bahn stops, or up to six stops by bus or

tram. If you anticipate a lot of travelling, consider either the

Ta ge s ka r te (day card, valid until 03:00 the next morning;

€6.30) or seven-day pass (€27.20).

Airports

Berlin has two airports (online at www.berlin-airport.de).

If you’re in a group of up to five people, you can buy a

Kleingruppenkarte (group day ticket, €15.90). The BVG, the

tourist office, and some hotels sell a variety of great-value

multiday city cards including the Berlin WelcomeCard and

the City Tour Card (see Sights for more details). If you’re

arriving in or leaving Berlin by train and your ticket says

Berlin Stadtbahn, you can travel free on the elevated S-Bahn

line between Charlottenburg and Ostbahnhof on the day of

arrival/departure.

Te ge l (TXL), the main airport, is 7km northwest of the

city centre. Behind the airport information desk in the

main hall are the BVG public transport ticket office

and the luggage office. Nearby are a post office and

ATM s. Tegel is well-connected to the city centre by bus;

the TXL JetExpressBus runs every 15-20 minutes

between 05:00 and 23:30, and is the quickest con-

nection to Hauptbahnhof station, Unter den Linden and

Alexanderplatz. Bus X9 (ever y 5 -10 mi n u tes from 04:5 0

to 23:00) gets you to Zoo Bahnhof in 20 minutes. Bus

N°109 heads to S-Bahn station Charlottenburg and

N°128 to U-Bahn station Osloer Straße. Single €2.10

tickets can be bought from machines outside or from

the driver, and are valid for two hours. A taxi to the city

centre will cost about €18.

Before boarding the S- or U-Bahn, always validate your

ticket by punching it in the machine near the end of the

platform. On buses and trams, the machines are on board.

Public transport uses the honour system, and there are

regular checks by plainclothes inspectors . If you are caught

without a ticket (or with an unvalidated one) you’ll be fined

€40 on the spot.

Schönefeld airport (SXF) is 20km southeast of the city

centre and mostly serves budget flights and holiday char-

ters. A shuttle brings you to the nearby S-Bahn/railway

station. An Airport Express train from here reaches the

ci t y centre in 30 minu tes; th e S-Bahn take abou t 40 min -

utes. Take bus X7 to U-Bahn station Rudow for Kreuzberg.

You can go play the night owl, as the nightime transport

options are excellent and have smooth connections. All

U-Bahn trains run every 15 minutes on weekend nights;

on weekdays buses marked N travel their routes every

half hour. Also, all tram and bus lines starting with M run

every half hour at night.

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8 CULTURE & EVENTS

CULTURE & EVENTS

Events at the Jewish Museum

Ellington Hotel events

There’s a lot going on at the Jewish Museum in Kreuzberg

this summer:

Concerts

9 June, 20:00: New Voices: Caine, Sparks and Co-

hen. Uri Caine from New York performs modern piano

improvisation, while genre-breaking guitarist Tim Sparks

from Minneapolis and Masada bassist Greg Cohen from

New York create a whole new sound landscape with

their fresh interpretations of classic klezmer tunes and

regional Jewish music.

Berlin’s grooviest hotel is well-known for its relaxed Jazz

brunches, held Sundays between 11:30 and 14:30 in the

Duke restaurant. A set fee allows you to sample anything

from the buffet, while talented Jazz musicians take care

of the atmosphere. The schedule for June is: on 5 June

the Nnaji Duo; on 12th and 13th the Denisa Duo; on the

19th the Jazzville Duo featuring Al B, and on the 26th

the Jeffrey Dimen Duo.

Ellington Hotel , D-4, Nürnberger Str. 50-55, tel.

(+49)(0)30 68 31 50, www.ellington-hotel.com.

CLASSICAL SUMMER CONCERTS

& CULINARY DELICACIES

in the historical settings of Charlottenburg Palace

June - December

wednesdays, fridays & saturdays

dinner 6.00 pm | concert 8.30 pm

TICKETS

Tel.: 030 - 526 81 96-96

www.concerts-berlin.com

BLUE MAN GROUP E-4, Marlene Dietrich Pl. 1, MI,

Stage BLUEMAX Theatre, M Potsdamer Pl., tel. (+49)(0)

18 05 44 44 (€0.14/min), www.bluemangroup.de. The

(quite literally) Blue Man Group has been wowing audiences in

the US with a show that is a kaleidoscope, a whirlwind, a puzzle,

psychedelic, and many more adjectives that people just haven’t

managed to sum up the visually and musically powerful show

with. Eminently suitable for foreigners, the little text there is, is

in English. Q Tue-Fri 21:00; Wed, Thu, Sat 18:00, 21:00; Sun

18:00. Tickets from €54,90 (plus charges). A

Friedrichstadtpalast F-3, Friedrichstr. 107, MI, M O-

ranienburger Tor, tel. (+49)(0)30 23 26 23 26, www.

friedrichstadtpalast.de. No one does over-the-top better

than the producers and long-legged dancers and acrobats of

Friedrichstadtpalast. This venue normally puts on the glitziest,

biggest revues in town. Q Tickets €17 - 61.

La Vie en Rose F-6, Tempelhof airport, M Platz der

Luftbrücke, tel. (+49)30 69 51 30 00, www.lavieenrose-

berlin.de/index_english.htm. Apparently this is the only

revue theater in the world that’s in an airport. La Vie en Rose

has daily shows with magicians, acrobats, singers, can-can

girls and is the only one in town to add a touch of eroticism.

Q Shows at 21:00, Sat 20:00. Closed Mon. Admission €25-

32, €49 including dinner, €69 including dinner and drinks.

Madi-Zelt der Sinne (Madi - Tent of the Senses)

B-1, Bernhard-Lichtenberg-Pl., corner Holzhauser Str.,

M U Holzhauser Str., Tegel, tel. (+49)(0)30 1805/57 00

00, www.madi-ZeltderSinne.de. One way to cocoon yourself

from winter is to slip into this cozy, Moroccan royal-style tent in

north Berlin’s Tegel district. You’ll be whisked away to the Orient

with a Middle Eastern four-course meal and 3.5-hour show with

belly dancers, story-tellers, musicians, acrobats, and jugglers.

The brainchild of a Palestinian Berlin resident, the show makes

the small audience (there is only room for 45 guests in the

tent) feel at home with rosewater, a welcome drink, gleaming

mint tea sets, and drags from a hookah waterpipe. Q Shows

Thu - Sat at 19:30, doors open 18:00. (€75).

Palazzo E-2, Humboldthafen, MI, M Hauptbahnhof, tel.

(+49)(0)1805 38 88 85 (€0,14/min), www.palazzo.

org. Not just any show, this is a three-and-a-half-hour dining

and variety experience. Enjoy a multi-course gourmet meal

while you watch a varied programme of acrobats, jugglers,

comedians, musicians and magicians in a purpose-built

‘palace of mirrors’. The emphasis is on the visual effects, so

language is not a barrier. Q Closed Mon. Admission, includ-

ing food, €79-135.

Schiller Theater C-3, Bismarckstr. 110, CB,

M Ernst-Reuter-Pl., tel. (+49)(0)30 847 20 03

12/0180-557 00 00. Musicals animate the stage of

17 July, 11:00: Jazz in the Garden – Max Doehle-

mann Trio. Composer and pianist Max Doehlemann’s

jazz trio plays Jazz with elements of Jewish songs in

a modern, melodious way. Two guest saxophonists

complete the trio.

this landmark theatre that originally opened in 1907

with the German poet and playwright Schiller’s The

Robbers (1782).

Stars in Concert J-6, Sonnenallee 225 (Estrel Festival

Center), KB, M Sonnenallee, tel. (+49)(0)30 68 31 68

31, www.stars-in-concert.de. Vegas meets Berlin in the

huge Estrel hotel and convention centre, where the Stars in

Concert show features impressive performances of lookalike

artists Elton John, Elvis, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker and Sting.

Tickets are also available for combinations with dinner and/

or a stay at the hotel. Q Shows at 20:30, Sat also at 17:30.

Closed Tue. Admission €16-45.

Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz

With over 450 exhibits, the new museum and

cultural highlight ‘Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer

Platz’ offers the most complete overview of Dalí’s

virtuous and experimental mastery in almost all art

techniques, right here in the heart of Berlin. As Dalí

once said: “Come into my brain”. In keeping with this

spirit ’Surrealism for all’, visitors to Berlin now have

the chance to discover ‘their Dalí’.

Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz ,

Leipziger Platz 7, M Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 1805

10 33 23, www.daliberlin.de. Open 12:00-20:00, Sun

& holidays 10:00-20:00. Admission €11, reduced €9.

31 July, 11:00: Jazz in the Garden – Jazzkomplott.

Jazzkomplott are five young local musicians combining

modern jazz and funk, swing and fusion with an astonish-

ing musical maturity.

Cinema

Berliner Residenz Konzerte

On selected Mondays in June

and July the museum screens

films in the ‘Montagskino’ series.

6 June, 19:30: Marc Ribot. La

Corde Perdue/The Lost String &

Descent into Baldness

20 June, 19:30: The Klezmat-

ics On Holy Ground

4 July, 19:30: A Serious Man

18 July, 19:30: The ‘Socalled’

Movie

Jewish Museum Berlin , Lindenstr. 9-14, www.

jmberlin.de.

Enjoy beautiful classical Baroque concerts held in the

beautiful Große Orangerie at Schloss Charlottenburg.

Guests can opt for a Prussian-themed, candle-lit three-

course dinner before the concert too. Dates for this

season include:

Johann Sebastian Bach’s 5th Brandenburg Con-

certo, Violin Concerto in A minor, B minor

suite, Coffee Cantata, Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni:

June 1,3,7,10,15,17,21,24,29

July 1,6,8,13,15,21,22,27,29

Masterpieces of Baroque and early classical music:

compositions by Frederick II, Quantz, Carl Phillip

Emanuel Bach, Graun

June 4,11,18,25

July 2,9,16,30

For times, prices and bookings see www.concerts-berlin.

com or contact tel. +49 30 526 81 96 96.

Berlin In Your Pocket

berlin.inyourpocket.com

June - July 2011

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