Wikimedia Conference 2017/Social Events/Full day tour
Main sights in the inner-city[edit]
- general information
- Who offers this tour?: Martin Rulsch (DerHexer), born and living in Berlin
- How can I reach you?: I will contact you in advance via wikimail to give you further information, but you can also contact me by derhexer
wikipedia.de - Where will we meet?: reception desk at your hotel
- When will we meet?: 29 March, 9:30 am
- Where will we split?: TBD, I'll take you back to the hotel after dinner though
- When will we split?: about 7:00 pm (certainly, we can have dinner together)
- How much do I have to pay?: probably just local transport (a day ticket would be useful, group tickets are feasible), but we will walk a lot nevertheless
- tour
- Alexanderplatz (with Rotes Rathaus, Marienkirche, Neptunbrunnen, Fernsehturm Berlin, World clock, etc.)
- Marx-Engels-Forum, Nikolaiviertel
- Stadtschloss, Staatsratsgebäude, Humboldt-Forum
- Lustgarten, Berlin Cathedral (depends on time, about 5 €)
- Neue Wache, Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Museum Island and DDR Museum (depends on time, not for free)
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Bebelplatz (with St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Nazi book burnings memorial, Berlin State Opera)
- Gendarmenmarkt (with Konzerthaus Berlin, Deutscher Dom, Französischer Dom, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Friedrichstraße (with Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Ritter Sport Chocolate Museum| [visit with free entrance])
- National Debt Clock, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (free entrance, depends on time)
- Brandenburg Gate (with Berlin Victory Column, Leipziger Platz)
- Reichstag (with German Chancellery) (for a visit I will ask you for some personal data via mail)
- Breitscheidplatz (with Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church)
- Berlin Zoological Garden
- Kurfürstendamm
- Europa-Center (with the Uhr der fließenden Zeit)
- Nordic Embassies, Großer Tiergarten (passing by with double-decker bus)
- Berliner Philharmonie, Kulturforum (with Gemäldegalerie, Neue Nationalgalerie), Berlin State Library
- Potsdamer Platz (with Sony Center, Filmmuseum Berlin, parts of the Berlin Wall, a shopping mall, Spielbank Berlin, Theater am Potsdamer Platz, etc.)
- eventually Hackesche Höfe, New Synagogue
Date[edit]
The tour will be on Wednesday, 29 March.
- Participants
- Masum-al-Hasan (talk) 10:52, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Ruslik (talk) 20:59, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
- Rehman 16:39, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
- Azeez (talk) 17:47, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
- Zeetendra ») 13:36, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- Tanweer (talk) 03:08, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- KFrancis 16:23, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Other tours[edit]
From Monday, 3 April, to Wednesday, 5 April, I will do some other tours with Wikipedians from my repertoire. Feel free to join and signup. Please tell us your preferences here.
- (your preferred tour, signature and date)
- 3 April - Discott (talk) 12:25, 2 April 2017 (UTC)