Hotels Berlin, Germany - Hotel Booking

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Distance

Paris (France) 659 miles

Brussels (Belgium) 479 miles

Rome (Italy)945 miles

Madrid (Spain)1440 miles

Geneva (Switzerland) 694 miles

Climate of Berlin

Berlin has a temperate/mesothermal climate (Cfb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.

Summers are warm with average high temperatures of 22 - 25°C and lows of 12 - 14°C . Winters are cold with average high temperatures of 4°C and lows of -2 to 0°C. Spring and Autumn are generally chilly to mild. Berlin's built-up area creates a microclimate, with heat stored by the city's buildings. Temperatures can be 4°C (7.2°F) higher in the city than in the surrounding areas.

Tourism Office

Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH
Am Karlsbad 11
D-10785 Berlin
Phone: +49-(0)30-26 47 48-0
Fax: +49-(0)30-25 00 24 24

Get in Berlin

By air:
Berlin has two airports:

Tegel International Airport (ICAO: EDDT, IATA: TXL) located in the north-west of the city it's the main airport for flagcarriers (Lufthansa, BA, Air France-KLM, Delta etc) and hub for domestic flights as well. The original airport was designed as a pentagon but today two low-cost terminals try to handle the flights of AB (most flights in Terminal C) and other low-cost carriers (mostly in terminal D). All flagcarrier flights leave from the main terminal building A (Terminal B is just the bus gates of A nowadays for Non-Schengen flights).

Buses from Tegel International Airport operate to S+U Alexanderplatz, Hauptbahnhof (bus TXL), and S+U Zoologischer Garten (buses X9 and 109) for the standard ticket fare.

Schönefeld (ICAO: EDDB, IATA: SXF) The former East Berlin airport southeast of the city center is the base for most low-cost airlines (e.g. easyJet, Ryanair and Germanwings) and charter flights in addition to traffic from Eastern Europe
The airport is served by the S-Bahn and regional trains. The S-bahn line S-9 will take you conveniently to (and through) the city centre via such major stations as S Ostbahnhof, S+U Alexanderplatz, S Hauptbahnhof and S+U Zoologischer Garten.

By bus:
Berlin is serviced from over 350 destinations in Europe. Due to a German law supporting the German national railway there is only one bus corporation connecting Berlin with these destinations. Long distance buses arrive at Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof (Central Bus Terminal) in Charlottenburg. From there take the S-Bahn (station Messe Nord) or bus into town.

By train:
The new HauptbahnhofBerlin is served by ICE, InterCity and EuroCity trains by the national German train corporation Deutsche Bahn (DB) which offers connections between Berlin and other German and major European cities. If you arrive in Berlin on a national (non-regional) DB trip, you are entitled to use your ticket in the whole local transport to your final destination within the city (Zone A).

Several night trains from/to Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich and Vienna, travel every day. They are popular with backpackers so reservations are recommended. Long-haul trains to Eastern European cities (Warsaw, Kaliningrad and Moscow) mostly use the Bahnhof Lichtenberg in Eastern Berlin.

Some private train companies such as Veolia offer connections to smaller cities in Eastern Germany.

By car:
All main roads and motorways join the Berliner Ring, or the A10, from which you can access the inner city. The city motorway is usually very crowded during rush hour.