Berlin (QYG) Flights

Sure, it used to have a pretty famous wall, but in the wise words of DJ Fatboy Slim, “[Berlin’s] come a long way, baby”.

OK, that song wasn’t about Berlin, but it could have been. The only walls here these days go around the nightclubs and museums, and the only Checkpoint Charlies are bouncers. Pack up your appetite and leave the pretensions at home—you’re going to Berlin!

Getting Around Berlin

It’s uber-easy to get around once flights to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) arrive. You’ve got a few express bus options from the airport to hotels in Berlin, and between the S-Bahn, U-Bahn, trams and even bikes, you’ll never be far from awesomeness.

When You Land…

Pop quiz: What does Berlin’s club scene have to do with breakfast? Well, second-to-none nightlife (we’ll get to that later) means giant, hangover-curing breakfasts. Those on early-morning Berlin flights can get off the U-Bahn at Rosenthaler Platz and follow their nose to towering platters of wurst, cheese and pretzels.

Afternoon arrivals will be behind on their fruhschoppen (morning beer-drinking), so drop your stuff and hit the biergarten, stat. For some history with your suds, head to Prater, Berlin’s oldest beer garden. It’s seen political uprisings and famous movie stars, but these days, it’s all about the bier.

Late-nighters, never fear. Nightlife won’t get going till past midnight, so you’ve got plenty of time. When the clock strikes 12, dance over to Friedrichshain to discover nightclubs as legendary as the beer gardens.

Live Like a Local

Berliners might like to party, but they’re not going to do it in just any old clothes. Re-up your wardrobe with a trip to Kastanienallee. Glammed out, all-black or punk rock—on Berlin holidays, the motto is “Be something”. Literally anything.

Beer that flows like the River Spree? Check. History, nightclubs and historic nightclubs? Yes and yes. Cheap flights to Berlin from lastminute.co.nz? That’s the only missing piece. Get on it.