Travel Dec 2010 Berlin

Travel Dec 2009 Berlin

Must have

• Vodafone Websessions - Mobile Internet on Vodafone's fast HSDPA network
  • Top-up card: get German Vodafone CallYa prepaid SIM-card from Ebay for 4 EUR, buy Vodafone CallNow 15 EUR credit anywhere in Germany, insert SIM-card in phone, top-up using CallNow code *100*(code)#[call], also possible to top-up via webpage, see next point
  • Activate Internet: set APN to event.vodafone.de, open browser, wait for captive portal redirect, pick 7-days for 14 EUR and payment 'Charge from CallYa-Credit' (credit card is also possible but to extend SIM-card validity, call 12007 and press 1 every 12 months), before using iPhone apps open Safari to activate session, more details
• ALDI Talk Mobile Internet - Mobile Internet on E-Plus 3G 384kBit/s network in Germany, 13 EUR with 10 EUR credit
  • Get the Starter Set, register SIM-card online, use any German address, put card in phone, use APN tagesflat.eplus.de, username eplus, password gprs, flatrate is 2 EUR/day, i.e 5 days, more details
• BVG 7-day AB zone ticket 26 EUR + one-time extension ticket for Schönefeld zone C 1.40 EUR

Places

[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid= 213757800921453552542.00049723a7a48c565bf71 Google map view] of the places mentioned below.

• Asia Mekong - Asian supermarket, Korean, Thai, Vietamese, Japanese [1] - Henriette-Herz-Platz 1, 10178 Berlin
• Vinh-Loi Asien Supermarkt - Chinese supermarket, try King Noodles - Ansbacher Str. 16, 10787 Berlin
• Amazing Asien Supermarkt - Asian supermarked Charlottenborg, near Bioladen [2] - Kantstrasse 101, 10627 Berlin
• Bouakeo Asia Shop - Nearby Amazing Asien - Kantstr. 122, 10625 Berlin
• Bio Company Shop Friedrichshain - Bioladen, fair prices - Voigtstraße 38, 10247 Berlin
• fresh´n´friends - Organic veggies, food shop, open Sundays, pricey - Kastanienallee 26, Foodstore, 10435 Berlin - Friedrichstraße 120, 10117 Berlin
• Berlin Wall - Mühlenstrasse by the Spree river and Bernauer Straße 111, 13355 Berlin
• Oberbaumbrüke - Double-decker bridge - Friedrichshain, 10243 Berlin
• Deutsches Technikmuseum - Rail, maritime, aerospace, photo, and some other exhibitions - Trebbiner Straße 9, 10963 Berlin
• Siegessäule - Victory column from 1873, climb to the top, for a fee - Großer Stern 1, 10785
• Zionskirche - Mighty church in die Mitte - Zionskirchstraße 44, 10119 Berlin
• Öz-Gida - Turkish supermarket for fresh fruit and veg, also arabic, italian, indian, russian, greek, and balkan items [3] - Hauptstrasse 16, 10827 Berlin
• Rotation - Record shop, electronica, techno, house, open from 12am - Weinbergsweg 3, 10119 Berlin

Eat

Restaurants/Imbiss

• Meyman - Mediterranean restaurant, try Meyman-Teller 5.90 EUR has everything; Hallomi, Falafel, coleslaw, rice, meat [4], also salad-mix, pizza [5], great bread [6] Menu - Krossener Str. 11a 10245 Berlin
• Seerose Naturkost - Vegetarian buffet, persian owners, small plate 4.5 EUR more than enough - Mehringdamm 47, 10961 Berlin
• Baharat Falafel - Fresh well-made falafel, take-away, best in the city [7] - Winterfeldtstraße 37, 10781 Berlin
• Habibi Imbiss - Falafel, same level as Babel, Baharat, Nil [8] - Akazienstraße 9, 10823 Berlin
• Mamo Falafel- Falafel in pita or box 3 EUR with choice of salada and sauce, Hummus pita - Warschauer Strasse 47, 10243 Berlin
• King Of Falafel/Mo's kleiner Imbiss - Best Falafel place apparently, without conservatives [9] - Graefestrasse 9, 10967 Berlin
• PriMaria - Bulgarian/Russian, try Pelmeni, Creation 2, crepes, free wifi - Menu - Boxhagener Straße 26, 10245 Berlin
• Manna - Organic, creative vegetarian dishes - Marienburger Straße 38, 10405 Berlin
• 1001 Falafel - Stargarder Str. 73, Berlin
• Hasirs - Supposed the first place that served germanized Döner [10] - Adalbertstr. 10, 10999 Berlin
• Maroush - Lebanese restaurant, good atmosphere, try Falafelteller [11] - Adalbertstrasse 93, 10999 Berlin
• Nil - Sudanese Imbiss, Tamiya with peanut sauce, sometimes called Falafel - Grünberger Straße 52
• Oase - Arabic imbiss, favorite next to Meyman [12], the best Falafel-/Halloumi-/Schawarma-roll [13] - Warschauer Str. 25-26, Friedrichshain, 10245 Berlin
• Falafel Daye - Arabic imbiss, good falafel, halloumi, schawarma, nice prices - Danziger Strasse 24, 10435 Berlin

Breakfast

• Circus Café - Rich organic breakfast buffet, 5 EUR - Weinbergsweg 1a, 10119 Berlin
• Cafe Kapelle - Breakfast organic - Zionskirchplatz 22-24, 10119 Berlin
• An einem Sonntag im August - Vegetarian breakfast buffet, 3 EUR - Kastanienallee 103, 10435 Berlin
• Restauration 1900 - Top spot for breakfast - Husemannstrasse 1, 10435 Berlin
• Hostel Citystay Berlin - Breakfast buffet 4 EUR, 1 EUR tea - Rosenstraße 16, 10178 Berlin

Other:

• Vegetarian guide for Berlin