Travel Dec 2010 Berlin
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- Travel Dec 2009 Berlin
- Google map view of the places mentioned below.
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
- Wikitravel Berlin
Places
- 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 Falafel und mediterrane Spezialitäten - 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 Orientalischen Spezialitaeten - 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 - Speisekarte, breakfast organic, darjeeling tea - Zionskirchplatz 22-24, 10119 Berlin
- Restauration 1900 - Fancy, top spot for breakfast, frühstück speisekarte - Husemannstrasse 1, 10435 Berlin
- Hostel Citystay Berlin - Breakfast buffet 4 EUR, 1 EUR tea - Rosenstraße 16, 10178 Berlin
Previously visited places:
- Cafè Sarotti-Höfe - Intimate breakfast room, fair buffet, good quark and fruits Mehringdamm 57, 10961 Berlin
- City Guesthouse Pension Berlin Frühstück - Lovely location, sidestreet, good selection - Gleimstr. 24, 10437 Berlin
- Marché - Kurfürstendamm 14/15, 10719 Berlin