Berlin - anyone there?

[Dick Montage]

Hi

 

I'm heading to Berlin in a month, and have a few queries - anyone here from Berlin?

 

• Can I buy a visitor's 4-day rail pass from the machines?
• Is there a decent app for the U-Bahn and S-Bahn?
• What time do the trains stop?
• Can you recommend anywhere that sells good zigeunerschnitzel?

 

[Dan~]

These should help a bit

https://www.berlin.de/en/public-transportation/1772016-2913840-tickets-fares-and-route-maps.en.html 
 

https://www.bvg.de/en
 

If I remember correctly when I was in Berlin I didn’t use the trains much (if at all) 

I’m pretty sure the trains ran quite late, but I might be thinking of Hamburg 

[Max Veteran]

Loved Berlin when I visited 5 years ago. Went out on the town since we heard the clubs were literally open continuously from midnight Friday to 9am Monday. One thing to mention: if you're buying U-Bahn/S-Bahn tickets from a machine, do not make the mistake of purchasing a 'reduced rate' ticket. The way this translated and was worded on the machine read as our equivalent of an off-peak ticket. It actually means 'Child'. I got fined. Nowhere on the machine does it mention it is reduced because of age. I made a point of this by videoing the entire ticket purchasing process and appealed the ticket. After a proper faff, I got the fine reduced by half I think...

If you're into drinking bourbon - Lidl had a bottle of their Western Gold for about €6.50. Over here at the time it was about £12. I see it is currently €9.49 or £8.13. A whole bottle for under the same price as a large bourbon and coke over here. I think we purchased four bottles to get us through the weekend!

Edited April 11 by Max

[WITHOUT-ME]

reddit.com/r/berlin i guess can help faster

[Nick H. Supervisor]

On 11/04/2024 at 02:22, Max said:

Loved Berlin when I visited 5 years ago. Went out on the town since we heard the clubs were literally open continuously from midnight Friday to 9am Monday. One thing to mention: if you're buying U-Bahn/S-Bahn tickets from a machine, do not make the mistake of purchasing a 'reduced rate' ticket. The way this translated and was worded on the machine read as our equivalent of an off-peak ticket. It actually means 'Child'. I got fined. Nowhere on the machine does it mention it is reduced because of age. I made a point of this by videoing the entire ticket purchasing process and appealed the ticket. After a proper faff, I got the fine reduced by half I think...

Oh, I can see how that mistake would be made compared to the UK. It's the same in Switzerland, the buses and trains have a "1/2 (demi) tariff" but it applies to children, pensioners and people that have purchased a...err, "subscription" for the service. There's no such thing as "off-peak" hours in countries where the public rely on their public transportation system.