Berlin Activities: Recreation

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Pick up a copy of Exberliner www.exberliner.com, the monthly English-language paper for Berlin to find out what's on, when and where. It provides high quality journalism and up-to-date listings. If you understand German, the activity planners for the city, zitty www.zitty.de and tip www.tip-berlin.de, are available at every kiosk. Be prepared to choose among a huge amount of options.

• Parks

Berlin has many great parks which are very popular in the summer. Green Berlin www.gruen-berlin.de operates some of them.

• Tiergarten is Berlin's largest park and hosts the Love Parade in July. In the summer and on weekends you will see loads of families with their barbecues.
• Viktoriapark (Kreuzberg) offers superb panoramic views across south Berlin. National monument by Schinkel on top of it.
• Schlosspark Charlottenburg is inside the area of the Charlottenburg Palace www.spsg.de, but the green area of the park is free, so you can go there to have a walk even if you are not interested in the palace. It covers a large area and you can get in from the entrance just near the "New Pavillon" (Neuer Pavillon a.k.a. Schinkelpavillon) placed on the right of Luisenplatz. The nearest station is Sophie-Charlotte Platz on the U2.
• World's Garden (Gärten der Welt) in Marzahn. Inside you can find a large, well-established Chinese garden, a Korean garden, a small Bali's Garden/Glasshouse, an Oriental Garden with nice fountains and a cloister and a Japanese garden which is a project by the city partnership of Berlin and Tokyo. Open daily from 9AM-4PM, in April and October until 6PM, from May-September until 8PM. Best time for a visit is in spring or summer. Entrance is 3 €. To get there, take the S7 until "Marzahn" station and continue with bus 195 until Eisenacher Straße.

• Lakes, Beaches
• Wannsee is called Berlin's "bath tub". The Strandbad Wannsee is the most famous bathing area for locals. Take the S-Bahn lines S1 or S7 to the station Nikolassee and follow the crowd!
• Müggelsee in the south east of Berlin is a popular swimming spot.

• www.exberliner.com
• www.zitty.de
• www.tip-berlin.de
• www.gruen-berlin.de
• www.spsg.de