Signtseeing in Berlin

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, Schloss Bellevue, Tiergarten, the Reichstag, Berlin residence of Germany's president and the State Opera. It is one of the quickest and most cost effective ways of touring Berlin and one ticket allows you to get on and off as often as you like within the two hours permitted. It’s a good idea to pick up a map and information leaflet from the information kiosk at the station. The bus 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. With all the modernization, it’ll soon be hard to tell where West meets East.

A few other sites you will be able to see are Berliner Dom and Humboldt University, Alexanderplatz with its monster TV tower and Europe's largest Jewish cemetery. If you stay on the bus, the one way journey can take about 45 minutes depending on the traffic. These buses are frequent and punctual and you will never have to wait more than a few minutes for one.

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