Then I walked from Brandenburger Tor to Alexanderplatz and Checkpoint Charlie — the museum there was quite poignant.

Then an hour in the Pergamon Museum

Some Brats and Bier afterwards — a full day, lots of pictures . . .

I’ve been living in Berlin for the past 5 years. Many good comments above. My take:

1) Pergamon Museum
2) Stroll Unter den Linden from Brandenburger Tor to Alexanderplatz
3) KaDeWe 6th floor food section (food porn)
4) It may seem kitschy but the 1 hour tourist boats on the River Spree give you a nice view of the main architecture
5) Bier (duh)
6) Currywurst (meh), not worth it.
7) Topographie of Terror

Restaurants:
Borchart
Hotel Adlon
Blockhouse (amazing Steakhouse)

Museums:
Pergamon Museum and everything else on Museumsinsel

Art:
Hamburger Bahnhof
Neue Nationalgallerie
Martion Gropius Bau

Other Places:
You have to absolutely go on the roof of the Bundestag/Reichstag at night (open until 24:00). Amazing View!
Take a walk in the Tiergarten (beautiful park)
Sony Center (very modern architechture)
Also if you get tickets/have time, go to a concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Worlds most famous orchestra!
Go on top of the Fernsehturm to get a breathtaking view of the whole city.

Drive by all the new buildings at Potsdamer Platz (Sony Center, Berlin Phil). The coffee at the Balzac cafes (I think that is the name) is as good as anyplace anywhere.

When you get back, rent “Lives of Others” if you have not already watched it. Place is worth a week at least – you will only whet your appetite for a return trip (in spite of what Tyler Cowen has to say on his blog)

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NEW BERLIN Meeting Points:

West Berlin pick-up point is outside Dunkin’ Donuts opposite Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten at 10:30 am and 12:30 pm.

East Berlin starting point outside Starbucks at Brandenburg Gate at 11 am and 1 pm daily. (Start times respective of your tour selection.)

Reaching our meeting points from:

Hackescher Markt: Take any westbound S-Bahn train (S5, S7, S75, S9 towards Spandau, Westkreuz, Wannsee, or Potstdam) from Hackescher Markt to Friedrichstraße. Follow the pink and green signs downstairs to the S1/S2/S25 platform and board the S1, S2, or S25 southbound (towards Wansee, Teltow Stadt, or Blankenfelde). Get off at S+U Brandenburger Tor and exit towards the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Our meeting point is outside Starbucks, directly opposite the Hotel Adlon. Note: allow for 15 minutes travel time between Hackescher Markt and our meet-up point.

Alexanderplatz: The S-Bahn station at Alexanderplatz is located above ground, due south of Alexanderplatz and northwest of the TV Tower. From the station, take any westbound S-Bahn train (S5, S7, S75, S9 towards Spandau, Westkreuz, Wannsee, or Potsdam) from Alexanderplatz to Friedrichstraße. At Friedrichstraße, follow the pink and green signs downstairs to the S1/S2 platform, and board the S1 or S2 southbound train (towards Wansee, Teltow Stadt, or Blankenfelde). Get off at the first stop – S+U Brandenburger Tor – and exit towards the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Our meeting point is outside Starbucks, directly opposite the Hotel Adlon. Note: allow for 15 minutes travel time between Alexanderplatz and our meet-up point.

1) Curry wurst, some place casual
2) Alexender Platz (go up in the tower)
3) Walk from Brandenberg Gate down Unter den Linden
3) Museum Island (Pergamon, others)
4) Reichstag
5) Gedenkness Kirche (at night)
6) Zoo Station (just because of its place in history, I mean, it’s only a train station!)
7) Topographie des Terrors (DO NOT MISS THIS, AND BE READY TO BE HIT HARD EMOTIONALLY)
Checkpoint Charlie (people will say don’t bother, I say bother, it’s cool)

There’s so much more, bit this would be my mist see list. Have a great trip. And here’s a phrase for you: Obama ist ein Dumkopf.

Jeff

It’s the least you could do for the team…