Things to in Berlin when you're there

triple r, alex under, dominik eulberg

this is all of the bars that aren't old man pubs, hein?

I think I went here!

people dance to minimal techno on a restrained soundsystem by a river

check the line up for watergate in feb - it makes me weep
trentemoller
perlon incl. cassy
m.a.n.d.y
metope and basteroid

i guess the other thing is pretty obvious - panoramabar/berghain.

i didnt see anything except for clubs and the postcard exhibition in ostbahnhof, so cannot advise further

watergate could be open till about 6/7. eulberg was slated to play till 7 on sat night. berghains yr best bet for going to bed then goign there, which is what i did

i'll be in berlin for the first time EVAH in less than 48 hours. arriving on the 10th and leaving on the 18th. as this is my first time there (or, um, in europe in general), does anyone know of anything cool happening between those dates? i'm already planning on going to kompaktorama at berghain/panoramabar (these are one and the same, yeah?) if it means anything, the apartment i'm staying at is apparently about 40 feet from where the wall stood (according to my friend).

i'm so excited i can barely concentrate on the two papers i have to write before then! rnnnnnnk.

matt john and martinez are playing watergate on 10th, cassy is playing there on wed 15th

check out www.ostgut.de. that should do it. and pick up a copy of die tageszeitung and rip out the 'tazplan' for daily arts listings.

full a good agenda from the Berhain/Panoramaber (Ostgut)

cheers!

I'm not sure what to do clubbing wise. While I'll hapilly go out all hours, and would love to wake up, grab breakfast and then go clubbing, Madeline is less keen.

Are there any good, friendly, bars to catch good DJs between say 8pm-4am??? I'm not picky on the day.

Also, we're staying in Prenzlaur Berg this time - which we didn't really get out to much last time. Does anybody have any tips for good independent coffee shops, cafe's, pubs and restaurants?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

shitting it. feel like I'm gonna die of nerves & uselessness.

god knows why, I've been before. UGhh!

maybe later this year...

Claim to own a trainstation with trains that run to Cape Town? I can translate that for you if you like...

Anyone plan on being in Berlin anytime in the next month or so? I'm here in Prenzlauer Berg until mid August and am growing a bit tired of hanging with the same 4 people each day. Surely there's someone!

wow Berlin NEXT WEEK for me! so excited!

any things that i absolutely must do while there?

apart from eg stalk ellen allien obv

stalk Erik Digibeet!

Flea market in P-burg is fun, and I thought the Turkish food at Hasir was good.

Bauhaus archiv is temporarily closed, but the building can still be seen and is worth a visit.

Meanwhile the Bauhaus material is all at the Martin Gropius Bau, which was also good.

I would definitely in hindsight say just get the tourist pass for the transport (it´s kind of confusing and stressful otherwise, although we got away with quite a few free rides and might ultimately have saved a bit of money over the pass. Also, I guess this is just basic tourist advice anywhere that I failed to follow, but it seems like a good idea to stay somewhere near the area you think you´ll be going out in so you don´t have long train rides at the end of a long day and night.

I'm going the last weekend of the film festival. Has anyone been for that? Any tips on how to get the most out of it? I am not with film people or press and will not have any kind of special access, so I'm just going to public screenings.

Tickets for Killer Inside Me and Howl so far.

loving the ideas in this thread.

goin to berlin for a few days. Was thinking about staying here for a day or two because it looks bonkers. But I don't know how far Wilmersdorf is from the action. I know its more of a residential are, but would this be like staying in the middle of nowhere or are subways and bike rides easy enough to get you to fun/touristy bullshit with swiftness and ease?

I didn't spend time in that neighborhood, but it doesn't look like the middle of nowhere at all. Subways are extraordinarily easy and biking wouldn't be bad at all if you're healthy. You could probably bike to a lot of the museums and tourist in 10-15 minutes from there and maybe 20-30 minutes to the eastern neighborhoods. I could be off - I'm not a serious biker. But bike lanes on main routes offset from the road so it feels very easy and safe to bike there.

It's not miles out but it's kind of removed from where a lot of the fun stuff is - there are probably better places to be and I liked the east side of Berlin a lot more than the west, which felt a bit dull in comparison.

I'd recommend staying in the bit of Prenzlauerberg that is nearest to Mitte - it'll be awesome in the summer with all the big street cafes and bars, and you can walk to most of the touristy bits with ease.

Yeah, we're doing Prenzlauerberg for the bulk of the trip but then there's an extra two days where we need to stay somewhere else!

So basically, where should we stay for those extra two days?

France

i hear there's a place in france where the naked ladies dance, is that true

Also, I remember playing a place in Amsterdam in 2007 and remember seeing your tag in the dressing room, iirc. Don't know why I never mentioned that.

ha! the most kvlt tag I did is in munich and doesn't reference me but grinnell hardcore ("harder than some")

Yeah actually I regretted most not staying in a more attractive/happening neighborhood, so maybe you should do so. Why not just stay the extra couple of days in P-berg? It's fairly central and you can get everywhere from there.

stay somewhere by the canal in kreuzberg

The thing with Berlin is, it's a heavily decentralized city, where you should stay depends on what sort of things you want to do. The actual "central" area, around Alexanderplats and Unter den Linden, has some touristy things but otherwise there's not much to do there. Among the cooler, more multicultural areas with clubs, pubs, record stores, flea markets, etc, are Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, and Prenzlauer Berg. So if you want that sort of action, Wilmersdorf is a bit far for there, and the U7 subway that stops near the hotel doesn't get you straight to the those areas either, you have to change subways at least once. But of course if you have time to ride the trains it's not that big of a hassle, you should get to most places worth a visit in 20-60 minutes.

When are you going to Berlin, Whiney? I'm traveling in Germany next month, most likely I'll be in Berlin from 15th to 18th of August.

In Berlin in just under two weeks! Fingers crossed they'll let us colonial types into Panoramabar/Watergate/etc for the Smalltown Supersound/Kompakt nights.

If you're going to Berghain/Panoramabar, be prepared to walk for a bit. It's technically in Friedrichshain, but it's in the middle of an old industrial area that's not near any public transport or anything. When we went there a few years ago, at some point we thought we're lost, as there was just this empty industrial lot with no lights or anything, but then we saw cars driving into the same direction we were heading, so we knew something was there.

Also, at the door they did a body search for everyone, which is quite rare in Germany, I think. Dunno if they'd had some problems with guns or knives or something... AFAIK Berlin is generally pretty safe for a city of that size.

Or maybe they do a body search in the bigger clubs, I dunno. That's the only time I've been to a club of that size in Berlin.

Claire Danes: Actress Discusses Berlin Techno Music Scene on 'Ellen'
Danes discusses her experience in a large multi-room club called Berghain, saying "it is amazing, it is the best place on earth."

wish i met claire daines in berghain, preferably while off my trolley on e and having a recuperating ice cream with ron trent playing and her also having an ice cream. entirely non-sexual wish.