Six Reasons to Visit Berlin
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Chill Out in Berlin's Parks and Gardens
Berlin is Germany’s greenest city with acres of parkland. The Marzahn Park is where to escape from the city’s bustle. It has playgrounds, exotic Balinese gardens and Italian Renaissance Gardens, a paved labyrinth and a maze modelled on the one at Hampton Court Palace. This park is also home to Germany's largest Chinese Garden with a tea house, lake and pavilion.
Take a Boat Trip
Berlin has more bridges than Venice and is surrounded by waterways. Take a boat trip on the Havel River and enjoy idyllic landscapes, admire the architecture of the Potsdamer Platz from the Landwehrkanal Canal, (www.bootsvermietung-fangrot.de) or pootle past historic buildings which date from the Prussian era on the Spree River.
Have A Bird’s Eye View of The Sights
If sailing doesn’t do it for you, you can see the city from the air on a Raisin Bomber time travel flight, a true blast-from-the-past way to travel or from the Berlin Hi-Flyer, one of the world’s biggest helium balloons (Ticket Hotline +49 30 5321 5321).
Visit Berlin's Urban Beaches
Berlin is a city of the unexpected – think beach bars and sand, for example. On the banks of inner-city streams and canals, gorgeous sandy islands have been created, each one equipped with sun loungers, cocktail bars, pools, beer gardens and sun umbrellas. Strand bars in the city’s heart, a not-to-be-missed trend, are where locals and tourists alike can enjoy a barbecue, listen to live music, enjoy an aerobic workout, join in a game of beach volleyball, chill out under palm trees or relax on floating pontoons.
Indulge in Some Culture
Culture vultures will be in their element here. Berlin has around 170 museums, three opera houses, eight symphony orchestras, a host of variety theatres and galleries galore. The Friedrichstadtpalast is Europe's largest revue theatre which draws the crowds with its high-stepping chorus girls and breathtaking stage shows.
Be a Night Owl
Oh-so-trendy Friedrichstrasse, one-time centre of East Berlin, is a welter of street life, galleries, cafes and bustling bars. It’s not only here though, wherever you go in town, don’t expect the nightlife to stop till the sun comes up - after all, isn’t early bed for wimps?
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