The day before DConf 2016

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d]

On 8 Apr 2016 2:25 pm, "Mithun Hunsur via Digitalmars-d" <
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> On Friday, 8 April 2016 at 00:40:11 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
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>> Alrighty, then. Plenty of people around so I'm confident I won't be
lonely. I suppose I'll get a little bit of sightseeing in during the a.m.
and early afternoon then make for the lobby after. I at least want to get
to Potsdamer Platz and visit some of the touristy spots around there.
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>> On Thursday, 7 April 2016 at 19:33:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
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>>> Regarding exploring, I'm in Berlin all day Saturday (7th). Anyone going
to do anything that day?
>>
>>
>> I wish I could hang around. I have a 6:30 a.m. flight that I am sooo not
looking forward to. I need to be back in Seoul before Sunday evening. There
weren't many options that fit my budget and didn't have a ridiculously long
layover. My wife handled the booking (she was planning to come with me and
we were going to make 10 days of it, but she couldn't get away from work),
but if it had been solely up to me I would have said to hell with the
budget for the extra sleep.
>
>
> My flight arrives at Berlin at 4:30 PM on the 3rd, so I probably won't
have much time to sightsee - ah well, next time! I'll be staying at Hotel
Ibis, so hopefully I'll be able to catch everyone in the evenings.
>
> What's the easiest way of getting from the airport to Ibis, and from Ibis
to DConf? I figured I should ask before I forget :-)

>From Schonefeld the most direct would be the 171 bus that passes by every
20 minutes, getting off at Grenzallee/Jannstrasse.  A single from the
airport (Zone C) costs 3,30€, the driver should understand you if you say
"Einzelfahrt". You can get tourist passes and daily/weekly tickets from the
information desk at the airport, or from the ticket machines at the S-bahn
station (about a 5 minutes walk away), but this would be more expensive
than getting it when you're in the city centre (Zone AB).  Your choice
really depending on what's convenient for you.

>From Tegel there's the X9 or 109 bus every 5 minutes, get off at the first
stop for either (Jacob-Kaiser Platz) and get on the U7 until you reach
Grenzallee. Single is 2,70€, Daily is 7€ and Weekly is about 30€ (this is
cheaper than coming from Schonefeld because Tegel is in Zone B :-). If you
decide to venture into Zone C on a weekly AB ticket, you have to pay for an
extension which I think was no more than 3€. Choose whatever you think is
most convenient, but I imagine that most people would want to get a ticket
once, and use it for the entire trip.

The Ibis hotel and conference are both next to the U7 line, and just two
stops away from each other, trains should be passing every 5 minutes. This
is by far the fastest way of getting between the two.  Bicycles are very
convenient to get around in too.

This is the best description of the Berlin transport system in English I
could find.

http://www.berlinjewish.com/public-transportation

Iain.
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