Berlin is the world’s newest capital, the mover and shaker of Europe, by far its most interesting and exciting city – congratulations for visiting!

Since the fall of the Wall and the decision to return the capital to Berlin the change has been astronomical. Areas of the former death-strip and Wall that once divided Europe’s largest metropolis now make up a futuristically charged city centre. It is almost hard to imagine that Potsdamer Platz – the European HQ’s of Sony and Daimler Chrysler, the Holocaust Memorial built next to the Führer Bunker, the Pariser Platz before the Brandenburg Gate and the stunning Chancellery and new Government Quarter simply didn’t exist only a few years ago.

Unlike any other place on earth Berlin is truly at the crossroads of the past present and future. As if picking up from the breakneck pace of the 1920’s, Berlin’s cultural, gastronomical, and nightlife happenings have exploded in variety and quality.

Yet Berlin does not really have a bourgeois / middle class, only an ‘elite’ of diplomatic personnel and government types and then a broad base of real working class Berliners. ‘So what’ you may ask – well it means prices have been kept more than affordable, budget travel will never bring you so much! Visiting the Philharmonie (home of the world’s leading orchestra), eating at fancy restaurants, and staying in fine digs is much cheaper than any other western city you’ll visit.

This guide is your tool to make the most of your time here – not as a mere tourist – but as an INSIDER – i.e. as a local! Be sure to join our famous Insider Tour guides for incredible walking and bike tours & take full advantage of the INSIDER Tips we share with you here. YOUR INSIDER TOUR TEAM