The small Non-Smoker-Hostel has kitchen facilities and is in the city centre with lots of sights in walking distance (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Museum Island, Checkpoint... more...Charlie. ); we offer Free Internet.
Advantages: Germany's capital and most interesting city Disadvantages: a bit too large, distances too long
Berlin*, Berlin,
Wir fahren nach Berlin!
(Berlin, Berlin,
We're heading for Berlin!)
(pronounced Ber-leen, stress on the second syllable)
This slogan has been chanted enthusiastically for ages whenever a German sports team made it to the capital for the last round, meanwhile it has left the confines of sports and is now even used by the Berlin Tourist Board for a campaign to attract visitors.
I've been to four Berlins in my life: when in my mother's womb I was in Berlin, then the capital of the Third Reich, from the GDR (German Democratic Republic), where we later lived, I visited Berlin once in the 1950s, a much smaller city then (only the Soviet sector), but still a capital, the capital of the GDR.
After fleeing to West Germany I visited West Berlin, not a capital any more, but no ordinary city, either, it had become ...
"The Positives"
#1. The price: even if you book just before your trip, rooms are generally good value. Remember to compare booking sites. Hostels share the number of rooms available between sites, so if, for example, Hostel World says that there are no beds left, Hostelbookers might not have used up its quota of beds.
#2. No hidden costs: bedding is included - which is something which is by no means a given. Breakfast is now extra, but few hostels offer a free breakfast anymore. In any case, it is an all-you-can-eat buffet, so you really can get your money's worth!
#3. Staff: Friendly, competent and multi-lingual
#4. Security: each guest has his or her own locker and each guest has his or her own swipe card to access the rooms: many hostels have one key per room, which raises many security concerns.
"The Negatives"
#1 ...
and purses!
At the camping sites which I have found about on the Internet they have stated I, that everyone well a little lies outside clear in a city. I cannot find at a short visit so terribly practically personally yes precious time is lost there, because one would like to look at the centre and then would not like still to take a long journey there on himself. I do not like to camp particularly either, though, perhaps my aversion simply is due to it;)
There then are pensions and hotels for the small and the big purse but as said, one finds an overview there on the Internet and can be just advised in the travel agency, too. This is taste and money thing and nobody I therefore would like pure talks there. There is choice definitely enough!
Youth hostels and co-living head offices are another opportunity to live in Berlin. There are ...
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Product Information for "Eastener Hostel, Berlin" »
Product details
Long Name
Eastener Hostel
Type
Hostel
Street
Novalisstr. 14,
Address
Novalisstr. 14, 10115 Berlin, Saxony, Germany
City
Berlin
Country
Germany
County
Saxony
Post Code
10115
Continent
Europe
Manufacturer's product description
The small Non-Smoker-Hostel has kitchen facilities and is in the city centre with lots of sights in walking distance (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Museum Island, Checkpoint Charlie. ); we offer Free Internet.
