Airline offices
Air France, Tegel
Airport (tel 0 18 05/83
08 30); British Airways,
Tegel Airport (tel 0 18
05/26 65 22); Deutsche
BA, Postst. 4-5, Mitte (tel
0 30/2 47 36 80); KLM,
Tegel Airport (tel 0 18
05/21 42 01); Lufthansa,
Kurfürstendamm 220,
Charlottenburg (tel 0
30/88 75 88).
Airports Schönefeld,
Tegel and Tempelhof all
share the same info
number: tel 0 18 05/00
01 86.
Bike rental
Fahrradstation, with
branches at Bahnhof
Friedrichstrasse (tel 0
30/20 45 45 00),
Bergmannstr 9, Kreuzberg
(tel 0 30/2 15 15 66),
and Auguststr 29a, Mitte
(tel 0 30/28 59 56 61).
Prices start at DM20/?10
for an ordinary bike for
a day.
Bookstores The
best selections of
English paperbacks and
books on the city can be
found at British Book
Shop, Mauerstr. 83-84,
and Kiepert,
Hardenbergstr. 4-5.
Car rental ACS
Rent a Car, Albrechtstr.
117, Schöneberg (tel 0
30/7 92 00 15), City
Trans, Wönnichstr, 100,
Lichtenberg (tel 0 30/5
12 71 14), and C. Nagel,
Bundesallee 176,
Wilmersdorf (tel 0 30/8
54 30 00) are among the
cheapest. International
firms (which also have
offices at Tegel
airport) include Avis,
Budapester Str. 43,
Charlottenburg (tel 0
30/2 30 93 70), Hertz,
Spandauer Str. 5, Mitte
(tel 0 30/2 42 44 40),
and National,
Witzlebenstr. 26,
Charlottenburg (tel 0
30/8 85 72 70).
Cultural centre
British Council,
Hackescher Markt 1,
Mitte (tel 30 30/1 10 99
10; www.britcoun.de
).
Dentist tel 0
30/89 00 43 33.
Disabled travel
Movado, Langhansstr. 64,
Weissensee (tel 0 30/4
71 51 45, www.movado.de
), has a great wealth of
information on hotels
and restaurants that are
wheelchair-accessible,
city tours for disabled
travellers and
transportation services.
Doctor tel 0
30/31 00 31.
Embassies
Britain, Wilhelmstr.
70/71 (tel 0 30/20 18
40, www.britischebotschaft.de
); Canada, Friedrichstr.
95 (tel 0 30/20 31 20, www.kanada-info.de
); Ireland, Friedrichstr.
200 (tel 0 30/22 07 20);
US, Neustadtische
Kirchstr. 4-5 (tel 0
30/2 38 51 74), visa
section, Clayallee 170 (tel
0 30/8 32 92 33, www.usembassy.de
).
Mitfahrzentralen
Citynetz, Joachimstaler
Str. 17 (tel 0 30/6 93
60 95); Mitfahrzentrale
am Zoo, Zoologischer
Garten U-Bahn #2
platform direction
Pankow (tel 0 30/1 94
44);
Frauenmitfahrzentrale,
Potsdamer Str. 139 (tel
0 30/2 15 31 65).
Pharmacies
Apotheke im Bahnhof Zoo
(Mon-Fri 7.30am-8pm, Sat
8.30am-4pm; tel 0 30/31
50 33 61). When it's
closed, check the list
on the door of this, or
any other Apotheke
, for the nearest place
open.
Post office
Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse
(Mon-Fri 6am-10pm, Sat
8am-10pm); Joachimstaler
Str. 7 (Mon-Sat
8am-midnight, Sun
10am-midnight).
Sports Now in
its seventh decade, the
Olympia-Stadion remains
the main venue for
spectator sports,
including the home
matches of the city's
only top-flight football
team, Hertha Berlin.
Taxis Outside
KaDeWe, on Savignyplatz;
by Bahnhof Zoo; at the
northern entrance to
Friedrichstrasse
station; the entrance to
Alexanderplatz S-Bahn
station; and in front of
the nearby Forum
Hotel . To book,
call 0 30/21 01 01 or 0
30/26 10 26.
Travel agents
Autopia Reiseladen, Kurfürstenstr.
153, Schöneberg (tel 0
30/2 61 18 21, www.autopia-reise.de
); United Planets,
Greifswalder Str. 29,
Prenzlauer Berg (tel 0
30/42 80 78 54, www.united-planets.de
).
