Berlin?

[tinaja]

I have tentative plans to be there Sept 25-28. Any recommendations for areas to stay in the midst of the arts/music scene.

I think Hal will just be leaving then. Too bad. Anyone else around?

I am also open to suggestion if anyone else in a different city would want to meet up. I do not have to make it Berlin. My work trip ends in Paris.

[HalcyonDaze]

We go from Berlin to Dresden on the 25th - so yes, will probably miss each other.

We picked Prenzlauer Berg to stay, were also looking at the Kreuzkölln area.

Rikita is from Berlin and was very helpful with suggestions.

[phona]

Kreuzberg/Neukölln is where I'd stay for hip-artiness.

Avoid Friedrichshain (the area around warschauer Straße to Frankfurter Tor) at least to stay. It's full of drunk stag parties and Erasmus kiddies.

I may be here, but can't commit to anything in afraid for new-job and business travel reasons, but feel free to PM me with any questions or for specific recommendations.

One recommendation for both of you: make sure you visit the former airport of Tempelhof. You can now wander up the runway of the former Luftbrücke. The is a communal garden at one end and it's generally full of lots of people having a good time. I'm pretty sure you can also rent bikes and scooters and such (to keep LC amused).

[phona]

And don't go to Mustafas Gemüsekebab, regardless of what the guidebooks tell you. It's all hype and the line is absolutely ridiculous.

[brodiebruce]

Not that I seem to manage to venture far these days but I always liked the In Your Pocket guide to Berlin.

www.inyourpocket.com/berlin