Berlin street plan from Michelin, primarily designed to be used for access to & travel across the city by car, given its wide coverage of the outer suburbs & detailed presentation of the surrounding motorway network. The plan is double-sided & covers the city with its outer suburbs including both Tegel & Schönefeld airports, with central Potsdam shown as an inset. Road network is shown with the usual care associated with Michelin’s road maps: detailed layout of motorway junctions, dual carriageways, tunnels or underpasses, etc. Main traffic arteries are highlighted; one way streets & selected car parks are marked. The plan shows U-Bahn, S-Bahn & DB railway lines & stations, as well & Park & Ride facilities & taxi ranks & has a additional diagram of the U- & S-Bahn networks. Public buildings & facilities such as museums, theatres, historical monuments, churches, etc. are highlighted & named. An enlargement at 1:12, 000 shows the city centre in greater detail, covering the area from Tiergarten to Alexanderplatz, i.e. without the centre of the old West Berlin. Map legend

Includes:: English. The index, in a separate booklet attached to the map cover, is arranged by location, with streets in the outer suburbs listed separately. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Berlin at 1:20, 000 on a “write & wipe” waterproof & tear-resistant, indexed street plan from Michelin with an enlargement of the Inter den Linden
- Museum Island
- Alexander Platz area, a road map of the city’s environs, a metro diagram, plus sightseeing recommendations based on the publisher’s Green Guide. On one side is a street plan extending from the Charlottenburg motorway ring eastwards to the Ostbanhof, & from the Moabit district south to Friedenau. Accompanying panels show in greater detail the Reichstag
- Under den Linden
- Museum Island
- Television Tower area, plus the Berlin Trade Fair grounds. Important buildings & places of interest are clearly marked & named, with 27 specially selected locations cross-referenced to their descriptions on the reverse. U-Bahn & S-Bahn stops are clearly marked. Street index, on the reverse,

Includes:: a list of points of interest. The reverse side also

Includes:: three sections with 27 star-rated recommendations: The Essentials, Also Worth Seeing, & Our Favourites. Also provided is a road map of the Berlin’s area (including access to Potsdam & the Tegel airport), a diagram of the U- & S-Bahn network, plus practical information (getting around, opening hours & public holidays, etc). All the text is in English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.








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Ex-Policeman Bernie Gunther thought he`d seen everything on the streets of 1930`s Berlin. But then he went freelance, & each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi sub-culture. & even after the war, amidst the decayed, imperial splendour of Vienna, Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison... ...

Berlin North on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible cycling map at 1:75, 000 from the ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club
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The new Moleskine City Notebooks are ideal for those who travel, whether to see the sights or for work, as a way of organising trips & to preserving it for memories & records. It is perfect for those who live there, as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure, 228 pages, with up to 44 pages in colour & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers, each in a different colour. ...

In Berlin Now, & on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city. Over the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe`s most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants & entrepreneurs. Pieces of the wall are collected around the world. Blending memoir, history, anecdote & reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes
- from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi, to the difference between East & West Berliners` sex-lives, to a present-day investigation of its arts scene, night-life, tumultuous politics & hidden quirks
- revealing what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is. Peter Schneider makes the city come alive. He knows his stuff & shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously & informatively. ” Berlin has found its bard”. (Breyten Breytenbach, author of ` Notes from the Middle World`). Praise for The Wall Jumper: ” Marvelous.. .creates, in very few words, the unreal reality of Berlin”. (Salman Rushdie, New York Times Book Review).” Schneider`s description of the Berlin wall from both sides.. .is the ultimate depiction of this structure. Nothing more need be said”. (Werner Herzog). ” Wonderful”. (Ian Mc Ewan). Peter Schneider was born in Lubeck, Germany, in 1940, & has lived in Berlin on & off since the 1960s, when he was a key spokesperson for its radical student movement. Renowned as a novelist & essayist, he is now the author of more than twenty books, including the Penguin Modern Classic The Wall Jumper. He has taught at many universities, including Stanford, Princeton & Harvard, & written for many international newspapers, including Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Le Monde & La Repubblica.

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Berlin at 1:25, 000 on a very large street plan from ADAC of the whole city within its administrative boundary, with enlargements for the centre included in a 164-page booklet attached to the map cover. The plan is double-sided, with three insets on the reverse extending the coverage of the main map to the outlaying northern & eastern districts. The map has a UTM grid at 2km intervals, with ticks along the lines indicating 100m sections. Map legend

Includes:: English. The index booklet

Includes:: six pages of city centre enlargements at 1:12, 500, a diagram of the U-Bahn & S-Bahn networks, detailed plans of the Tegel & Sch



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Berlin in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Berlin in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to `A Brief History` actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Berlitz Pocket Guide Berlin is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the very best that this bustling, sophisticated city has to offer. The Where To Go chapter details all the key sights in the city, as well as those in the nearby elegant town of Potsdam, from the Reichstag building to the Brandenburg Gate, via the Jewish Museum & the Pergamonmuseum with its wonders of the ancient world. Handy maps on the cover help you to get around with ease. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the Top 10 Attractions in Berlin, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day in the city. The What to Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from classical music, cabaret & clubs to shopping, sports & festivals. You`ll also be armed with background information, including a brief history of the city & an Eating Out chapter covering its great variety of cuisine. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants, & an A-Z to give you all the practical information you will need. ...