From my partner who I know has spent long periods in Berlin
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Take a bus around the city. The best way to see the whole of Berlin very quickly is to spend an hour or so on a No 100 bus, which passes by all the main sights, including the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, and the State Opera. It also goes into East Berlin and offers some opportunity to see what the east of the city was like under Communism, before the collapse of the Berlin wall.
Buy a 24-hour travel pass from one of the main railway stations (such as Zoologische Garten in the centre of town), as this gives you unlimited access to buses – and once you’ve validated your ticket once you don’t have to show it again, unless you travel on the buses after 8pm.
Go shopping at the Ka De We. Kaufhaus Des Westens, more commonly known by the shortened version of its name, is the second largest department store in Europe (only Harrods is bigger), selling everything from clothes and household goods to stationery, toys and souvenirs. The quickest way to travel is in one of the glass-panelled lifts which give a superb view of the store as they whiz up and down.
Go to Berlin Zoo, visit the Brandenburg Gate, take a trip to Checkpoint Charlie and Visit the Jewish Museum -Address: Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin
Tel: 030 25993 300
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