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City Trips: Berlin
for Children

General Information, Addresses & Links on

Playgrounds in Municipal Parks,

Museums,

Boat Trips,

Zoological Gardens,

Circus & Magicians,

Bat Tours and Puppet Theater in the Medieval Spandau Citadel,

the Candy Factory in Oranienburger Strasse,

Swimming Pools.

Most links lead to websites offering English versions, if not, it is possible to get a rough translation using the google language tool in most cases. To translate single words Munich University's Leo is a good online dictionary.

Please get the information on guided tours, dates and opening hours directly from the organisers.

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General Information

Internet-Portal of the City of Berlin
www.berlin.de
Citizen's and Tourist Information of the City of Berlin including online interactive city map: You enter the name of the street you are looking for and get the respective section of the map including S- and U-train stations

Berlin Transport
www.bvg.de
information on Berlin's S- and U-trains, trams, buses and ferries, pdf map of S- and U-train lines to download and print, interactive city map showing S- and U-train stations, buses, trams and ferries

Berlin Tourist Information

Hotline Reservation-Service and Information: Tel. ++49 +30 - 25 00 25

Tourist Info Center:

Europa-Center, Entrance Budapester Strasse (U-train station Wittenbergplatz, U1, U2, U3),

Brandenburg Gate, South Wing (S-train station Unter den Linden, S1, S2, S25, S26, bus 100, 200),

Television Tower at Alexanderplatz (S- and U-train station Alexanderplatz S3, S5, S7, S75, S9, U8),

Kadewe, Kaufhaus des Westens, Tauentzienstrasse 21-24, ground floor, travel center (Wittenbergplatz, U1, U2, U3)

www.berlin-tourist-information.de
online information of Berlin's Tourist Information: special offers, sights, events, brochures

City Sightseeing Tours, regular buses 100 and 200
www.bvg.de
Berlin Transport lists the stops of Berlin's buses, among them the "sightseeing"-buses 100 and 200, the website offers maps of U-train, S-train and tram lines, an interactive city map including travel connections, and information on special sightseeing trips, e.g. sightseeing trips in an open-top doubledecker bus

Television Tower at Alexanderplatz
http://www.berlinerfernsehturm.de
opening times, revolving restaurant etc. - you get a good view from Berlin's television tower, there is a Tourist Information on the ground floor, sightseeing buses start at the bus stop in front

you get information on the Reichstag and the Reichtag's dome from the website of the German Parliament www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/info/050vberl.html

Berlin's Tourist Information informs on the Siegessaeule: www.berlin-tourist-information.de
you also find information by clicking into www.monument-tales.de

Viewing Platform of the Franzoesische Dom cathedral
Gendarmenmarkt 5
10117 Berlin
www.franzoesischer-dom-berlin.de
the website is German only -
try google's translation tool: www.franzoesischer-dom-berlin.de
info@franzoesischer-dom-berlin.de
the viewing platform has been closed for renovation works since May 2005

Tiergarten

über den mitten im Stadtzentrum gelegenen Tiergarten informiert das Amt für Stadtentwicklung Berlin unter dem Menüpunkt "Gartendenkmale" www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal und dem Menüpunkt "Stadtgrün" www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt

Playgrounds

Berlin's Senate Department for Urban Development gives detailed information on Berlin parks www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt/stadtgruen
the page is German only - try google's translation tool: www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt/stadtgruen

in Wuhlheide Park
FEZ Berlin
Children, Youth and Family Center - - Regional Music Academy -
An der Wuhlheide 197
12459 Berlin
Fax: ++49 +30 - 535 32 95
www.fez-berlin.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.fez-berlin.de
info@fez-berlin.de

Museen

to touch, to try, to discover by play is the motto of the
Labyrinth Kindermuseum
Osloer Strasse 12,
13359 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 49 30 89 01
Fax: ++49 +30 - 49 48 09 7
www.kindermuseum-labyrinth.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.kindermuseum-labyrinth.de
kontakt@labyrinth-kindermuseum.de

exhibitions, climbing labyrinths, workshops, toddlers areas, a herb garden, a stage, a family cafe and a shop in
Machmit! Museum fuer Kinder
Senefelder Strasse 5
10437 Berlin
www.machmitmuseum.de
info@machmitmuseum.de

National Museums of Berlin
www.smb.spk-berlin.de
information on Berlin's museums including the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem

there is a hall of dinosaur skeletons in the
Natural Science Museum

Humboldt University
Invalidenstrasse 43
10115 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 20 93 85 91
Fax: ++49 +30 - 20 93 85 61
www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de

in 1987 East Berlin's observatory opened the doors in Ulrich Muether's swinging concrete shell
Zeiss Grossplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80
10405 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 42 18 45 12
www.astw.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.astw.de
zgp@astw.de
1896's Archenbold observatory in Berlin-Treptow shares the website

a 'raisin bomb' plane from the times of the airlift is hanging in front of the Deutsche Technikmuseum Berlin
Trebbiner Strasse 9
10963 Kreuzberg
Tel: ++49 +30 - 9 02 54 - 0
Fax: ++49 +30 - 9 02 54 - 175
www.dtmb.de
info@dtmb.de

Loxx Miniaturwelten
Meinekestrasse 24
10719 Berlin
www.loxx-berlin..com
info@loxx-berlin.de
the world´s largest model railway with digital PHS-control in the scale of 1:87 (H0)showing Berlin's municipal, regional, national and international trains

the Foundation Stadtmuseum Berlin manages the Maerkische Museum, the museums in Nikolai quarter, the museums in Nicolaihaus and Galgenhaus, the Collection Childhood and Youth, the museum's village Dueppel, the open air museum Domaene Dahlem and the exhibitions in Friedrichsfelde palace: www.stadtmuseum.de

the museum's village Dueppel has got a supporters club:
www.dueppel.de
the website is German only try google's translation tool: www.dueppel.de

Boat Trips

you can go on a virtual boat trip through berlin by clicking into www.berlin.de/boot/welcome.html, you get the timetables and schedules by clicking into www.sternundkreis.de

schedules for boat trips along river Havel through Potsdam's parks and gardens
www.weisse-flotte-potsdam.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.weisse-flotte-potsdam.de

posted from Germany a - German language - river map is available via jpc.de.

Zoological Gardens

next to Tiergarten at Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten train station:
Zoologial Garden
Hardenbergplatz 8
10787 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 2 54 01 - 0
Fax: ++49 +30 - 2 54 01 - 2 55
www.zoo-berlin.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: http://www.zoo-berlin.de
info@zoo-berlin.de
the oldest German zoo boasting the largest number of species worldwide, the website informs on animals, guided tours, programs for children, children's birthdays

the Foundation Stadtmuseum Berlin is in charge of Schloss Friedrichsfelde palace: www.stadtmuseum.de
in the formerly Baroque palace park, remodeled by Peter Joseph Lenné in Classicist style, you find the Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde
Am Tierpark 125
10307 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 51 53 11 23
Fax: ++49 +30 - 51 28 06 1
http://www.tierpark-berlin.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.tierpark-berlin.de information on animals, guided tours, programmes for children, children's birthdays

Circus and Magicians

at Kurfuerstendamm avenue in the Zaubertheater - magic theater - Jedlin (Roescherstraße 7, U-train station Adenauer Platz, U7, nearest stop Lehniner Platz, bus M19, M29 one stop from U-train station Adenauer Platz) starting at 15: 30 'Zauberhits fuer Kids'
Tel: ++49 +30 - 323 37 77
Fax: ++49 +30 - 323 88 22
www.zaubertheater.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.zaubertheater.de

ufa fabrik - Internationales Kultur Centrum
Victoriastrasse 10-18
12 105 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 7 55 03 - 0
Fax: ++49 +30 - 7 55 03 - 110
www.ufafabrik.de
info@ufafabrik.de
solar energy, green roofs and fronts, use of rain water - eco hightech in the former Universal Film AG's film processing factory - theater, comedy, circus, dance, variety acts, world music, workshops, programmes for children & circus school, children's farm, guesthouse, ecological bakery, cafe, artists' agency - the ufa factory is an established alternative project

Spandau Citadel

you can go on bat tours at the Spandau citadel was built in the 16th century
www.zitadelle-spandau.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.zitadelle-spandau.de
virtual tour and information on history, shops, events, festivals & guided tours

Candy Manufacture

the Heckmann Hoefe courtyards between Oranienburger Strasse 32 and Auguststrasse 9 www.heckmann-hoefe.de are a typical Berlin mix of tenement blocks, workshops, residential & business buildings
the oldest house dates back to 1845 - today you find shops, a cafe, bar & restaurant, a theater and a candy manufacture in the courtyards
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.heckmann-hoefe.de

Swimming Pools

you find comprehensive information on the municipal open air swimming pools, indoor swimming pools & beaches, opening times, special offers, children's birthdays etc. by clicking into www.berlinerbaederbetriebe.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.berlinerbaederbetriebe.de - 'Bäder' means swimming pool

in Neukoelln there is the Blub Badeparadies with slides and wave pool
Buschkrugallee 64
12359 Berlin
Tel: ++49 +30 - 60 90 60
www.blub-berlin.de
- the website is German only -
info@blub-berlin.de

you get an overview of natural lakeside beaches and of the quality of the water by clicking into www.berlin.de/LAGetSi/Badegewaesser
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.berlin.de/LAGetSi/Badegewaesser

you find an indoor swimming pool and a lakeside beach
in Wuhlheide Park
FEZ Berlin
Children, Youth and Family Center - - Regional Music Academy -
An der Wuhlheide 197
12459 Berlin
Fax: ++49 +30 - 535 32 95
www.fez-berlin.de
the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.fez-berlin.de
info@fez-berlin.de

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