Directions to Ibis Hotel in Berlin from Tegel Airport

Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon Apr 25 11:48:21 PDT 2016


On 25 April 2016 at 20:37, Chris via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 17:54:24 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
>>
>> Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>>
>>> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 08:43:34 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
>>> >
>>> >More questions?
>>> >
>>>
>>> I'll be getting out of the airport probably around 10:00 pm or so. I've
>>> seen online the subways run into the early am, but would I be better off
>>> grabbing a taxi at that time?
>>
>>
>> I assume you arrive at Tegel. Then you go by bus 109 to U
>> Jakob-Kaiser-Platz. This should be safe. I never heard of much crime in that
>> area of the city. From U Jakob-Kaiser-Platz you take the U7 (light blue on
>> the BVG maps) for about half an hour to U Grenzallee. So you never leave the
>> metro in between. The less safer places of the ride are actually towards its
>> end. That's my impression. But I'd say it's safe.
>>
>> Nothing ever happened to me. Even when I went to the Berlin D meetups
>> (third Friday of a month at 7p.m.) to U Kottbusser Tor and back around
>> 10p.m. Though Kottbusser Tor has a reputation for being unsafe.
>>
>> Try to not look like a rich tourist. It's fine to carry a bag. Berliners
>> also travel and need to get home, too. Be careful when strangers approach
>> you to avoid pick pocketing. Not that this ever happened to me.
>>
>> Jens
>
>
> It's different when you're a tourist who doesn't speak the language well and
> cannot "read" the situation. I've heard it's quite common in public places
> now that someone approaches you and distracts you (by asking for directions
> or something) while his buddies try to steal your phone and wallet.
>
> You'll probably be fine, as Jens said. My advice is to take a taxi, if you
> don't feel good about it, especially after a more or less long journey when
> all you wanna do is arrive. It'd be around €40, if it's true what they say
> on the internet.
>

For 40€ I would pick you up from the airport and guide you through the
public transport system myself. :-)



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