Approximately 3.4 million Berliners spread over 12 districts gives the city a busy bustly, exciting feel. It's a sizeable conurbation covering over 800 square kilometres, with an average of nearly 4000 people to each square kilometre (varying widely across the districts), by comparison London is nearly 5000. Here are some things that you may not know. there are in the region of 175 museums, 400,000 trees, 300 cinemas, 190 clubs, 4600 restaurants and allegedly more kebab shops than Istanbul. Like we said before, there's a lot going on.
Berlin facts & figures
| language: | German |
| population: | 3.4 million |
| time difference: | GMT + 1 (+2 in summer) |
| flight time: | 2 hours |
| currency: | Euro (see www.xe.com for exchange rate information) |
| tipping: | 10% is standard |
| visas: | not required for British passport holders, varies for other nationalities |
| country code: | +49 (city code is 30) |
| emergency: | 110 (police), 112 (fire), 31 00 31 (medical) |
| city transport: | metro, buses, S-bahn, trams |
| Schonefeld airport: | 15-25 minutes (allow more at peak times) (18km) |
| Tegel airport: | 10-15 minutes (8km) |
| immunisation/ vaccination: | none required |
| must have: | passport, travel insurance (including health) |
| should have: | European health card |
a little German
| Hello - Hallo Hello!/Good day! - Guten Tag! Good morning! - Guten Morgen! (GOO-ten morgen) Good night! - Gute Nacht! (GOO-tuh nahdt) Good-bye! - Auf Wiedersehen! (owf VEE-der-zane) Yes - Ja No - Nein I am... - Ich bin... Do you have...? - Haben Sie...? Where is the? - Wo ist ...? Why? - Warum? When? - Wann? How? - Wie? Please - Bitte Thanks - Danke You're welcome - Bitte Excuse me - Entschuldigung I understand - Ich verstehe I don't understand - Ich verstehe nicht Do you speak English? - Sprechen Sie Englisch? How are you? - Wie geht es Ihnen? I'm fine thanks - Es geht mir gut, danke What's your name? - Wie heissen Sie? |
I'm from - Ich komme aus Where's the toilet? - Wo ist die Toilette? My name is... - Ich heisse... (ich HYE-suh) Where is ... ? - Wo ist ...? How do I get to ....? - Wie erreicht man ...? Street - die Strasse I want to go to - Ich möchte nach.fahren Airport - Der Fulghafen I'm looking for - Ich suche Breakfast - Frühstück Lunch - Mittagessen Dinner - Abendessen Menu - Speisekarte Restaurant - Gaststätte Pub - Kneipe I'm vegetatian - Ich bin Vegetarier(in) The bill please - Die Rechnung, bitte Beer - Bier Coffee - Kaffee Juice - Saft Tea - Tee Wine - Wein |



22/05/13