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art'otel berlin city center west by park plaza is located within walking distance from the famous Kurfuerstendamm and approximately six miles from the airport. It's also within walking distance of many of Berlin's main attractions such as the Gedaechtniskirche, Europa Center, KaDeWe, Zoologischer Garten, and Theater des Westens. Guests can enjoy the fitness center, gift shop, restaurant, and lounge. The hotel also offers garage parking and room service. All rooms have minibars, wireless lan, safes, modem ports, work desks, and voicemail.
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Artotel Berlin City Center West by Park Plaza Property Information:
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Rooms:
91
Floors:
6
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- First class
- Dry cleaning
- Data port
- Nonsmoking
- Dining
- Pets allowed
- Car rental desk
- Family rooms
- Wheel chair access
- Meeting room
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Artotel Berlin City Center West by Park Plaza Reservation Policies:
Check-In:
1400
Check-Out:
1200
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Berlin Events & Entertainment
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Events
January
International Green Week
celebrates agriculture and gardening at the ICC trade fair center and features
samples of exotic foods from around the world. Tel. 303/80
Schauplatz Museum (Museum
Showcase) A
month long showcase of theater performances, concerts, readings, films, lectures
and discussions enlivening Berlin’s museums. Includes “Long Night of the
Museums” on which the museums in Berlin stay open until after midnight. tel. 28
39 74 44.
February
International Film Festival
Berlin. Also
known as Berlinale, the film festival attracts stars, directors, and critics
from around the world. About 750 films are shown during the 2 weeks. tel. 25
48 90.
March
International Travel Fair
Held at ICC
Trade Center. Exhibitors highlight their countries’ attractions. tel. 303 80.
April
Festival Days
An annual series of gala
concerts and operas under the auspices of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden which
brings world renowned conductors, soloists and orchestras to Berlin for 10
days. Concerts are held at the Philharmonic concert hall; operas are held at
the opera house. tel. 20 35 44 81.
May
Carnival of Cultures
Arts and Entertainment
Classical music
Deutsche Oper,
Bismarckstr.
35 030/341 0249
Good classical concerts, plus opera and ballet in a
large, modern venue.
Komische Oper
Behrenstr. 55–57
030/4799 7400
The house orchestra performs classical and
contemporary music, and opera productions are staged here.
Philharmonie
Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1
030/254880
The most noted and popular orchestra in Berlin.
Konzerthaus
Berlin, Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt,
Gendarmenmarkt 2
030/203 092101
Home to the Berlin Sinfonie Orchester and host to
visiting orchestras.
Staatsoper
Unter den Linden
7
030/203 54555
Excellent operatic productions in one of central
Berlin’s most beautiful buildings.
Berliner
Ensemble
Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1
030/282 3160
The official Brecht theatre.
Maxim Gorki
Theater
Am Festungsgraben
2
030/202 21115
Productions of modern works.
Schaubühne am
Lehniner Platz
Kurfürstendamm
153
030/890023
State-of-the-art theatre for performances of the
classics and some experimental pieces.
Varieté
Chamäleon
Rosenthaler Str.
40–41, Mitte
030/282 7118
Cabaret and
variety theatre in the beautiful turn-of-the-century Hackescher Höfe complex.
Concerts
Among the major
symphony orchestras and orchestral ensembles in Berlin is one of the world’s
best, the Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester, which resides at the
Philharmonie Mit Kammermusiksaal
Matthäikircherstr.
1
030/254-880 or
030/2548-8132
The
Kammermusiksaal is dedicated to chamber music.
Grosser
Sendesaal Des Sfb
Haus des Rundfunks,
Masurenallee 8-14
030/30310
is part of the
Sender Freies Berlin, one of Berlin’s broadcasting stations, and the home of the
Radio Symphonic Orchestra.
Konzerthaus
Berlin’s
Schauspielhaus,
Gendarmenmarkt
030/2030-92101
beautifully
restored hall is a prime venue for classical music concerts in historic Berlin.
The concert hall
of the Hochschule Der Künste University of Arts
Hardenbergstr. 33,
030/3185-2374) is
Berlin’s second largest.
Waldbühne
Am Glockenturm,
close to Olympic Stadium
030/305-5079 is
modeled after an ancient open-air Roman theater and accommodates nearly 20,000
people at opera, classical, or rock concerts.
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Berlin Destination Overview
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Berlin pulses with life; it is a city that never
sleeps. The capital of Germany is paved with cobbled streets dating back 750
years. At the same time, it is gloriously modern. For nearly 30 years, Berlin was really two cities:
East and West Berlin, with a wall in between that was meant to be impenetrable. In 1989 all that changed.
The wall came down, and the two parts of the city
were reunited. In the years since 1989, Berlin has been not only reborn, but
reinvented. The speed of change has been astounding, with the
city’s entire center of gravity shifting from west to east. The action ( sights,
restaurants and nightlife) is now found in eastern Berlin. It’s an exciting
scene and, for anyone familiar with the eastern streets of a few years ago, a
slightly unbelievable one.
Much of the new city is already in place: parliament
sits in the renovated Reichstag; Potsdamer Platz, once leveled to a field in the
Wall’s death zone, is now a bustling quarter with 110 new shops, 30
restaurants, a theater, a film museum, and a casino; and the city’s world-class
collection of European art has been reunited in the Gemäldegalerie. A fresh vibrancy
is everywhere: on the boulevards, in the art and flea markets, in the 300
trendy night-spots and the 7,000 pubs and restaurants. Visitors can enjoy three
opera houses, two great concert halls and 35 theatres, plus cabarets, musicals
and revues. Art-lovers can tour 170 excellent museums. this revitalized Berlin
has been called the “New York City” of Europe. One of the most popular activities in Berlin is
river cruising.
Tourist boats cruise the city's waterways, stopping at
picturesque parks and castles. The city of Berlin
lies in the middle of the state of Brandenburg, just a few miles from countless
lakes, historical castles, stately homes, abbeys, heaths, pine forests, river
valleys and tree-lined country roads. Few cities have such a wealth of unspoiled
natural and cultural attractions in the direct vicinity. Berlin is linked to its
surrounding areas both by the Spree and Havel rivers and by their common
historical heritage, reflected in the many fascinating sights. The reunited city
of Berlin is once again the capital of Germany.
Berlin was almost bombed out of
existence during World War II, its streets reduced to piles of rubble, its parks
to muddy swampland. But the optimistic spirit and strength of will of the
remarkable Berliners enabled them to survive not only the wartime destruction of
their city, but also its postwar division, symbolized by the Berlin Wall. Structures of
steel and glass tower over streets where before only piles of rubble lay, and
parks and gardens are again lush. Even now, in the daily whirl of working,
shopping, and dining along the Ku'damm, Berliners encounter reminders of less
happy days. At the end of the street stands the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church,
with only the shell of the old neo-Romanesque bell tower remaining.
In striking
contrast is the new church, constructed west of the old tower in 1961, in a
futuristic design. Before World War
II, the section of the city that became East Berlin was the cultural and
political heart of Germany, where the best museums, the finest churches, and the
most important boulevards lay. After the wall came down, East Berliners turned
to restoring their important museums, theaters, and landmarks (especially in the
Berlin-Mitte or center section), while the West Berliners built entirely
new museums and cultural Centers. This contrast between the two parts of city is
still evident today, though east and west are more and more coming together
within the immense, fascinating whole that is Berlin. It is a perfect
time to join the excitement, and to experience Berlin.
The city has succeeded
in moving forward, and while its entire foundation has shifted in a new
direction, Berlin is again making history.
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