Biggest Tourist Traps in BERLIN & Better Alternatives
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Traveling to Berlin? These are the Worst Tourist Traps and Scams that you need to avoid on your next Berlin trip. Find out what to do & where to go instead to avoid the crowds, not get ripped off and get a more local & authentic Berlin experience. All better alternatives in one video ;)
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omg when you said "you can't get beer under 4 euro" I was like :0 that's so cheap. And then you cut to the english impression.... my nationality shows
gotcha! 😉
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I'm norwegian, so I'm used to like €10 a beer lol
Whaaaat? Im always buying my beer here in Berlin for 50 cent!!!
Gonna miss beers i Poland for 2€ 🥲
Love these tips, but just a warning to tourists, Flugplatz Johannistal is abandoned but also surrounded by fences. It's technically illegal to go inside so be careful going there. You will have to find a hole in the fence and a company is currently renovating the area. Be discrete and smart when entering :)
So soon it might be walkable without clearing fences?
As a person born in Berlin I personally didn’t even know all of these secret tips lol
I should probably check out my city a bit more instead of staying in my apartment most of the time, thank you for this video!
Any art museums and restaurants (cheap, mom&pop, hole-in-the-wall) you can recommend off the top of your head?
As a Berliner I haven't been at the Fernsehturm for ages - 23 Euros?! WHAT??
And wheelchair people are not allowed in, for safety reasons. In GDR days they were, at a reduced price even.
As a liftime Berliner I can tell you: The platform of the TV tower is my favorite spot in Berlin. Height of 203m compared to the platform at Potsdamer Platz with 100m.
I remember about decade ago it was about 15€
Commenting on this 3 years later:
Also am a berliner. 23€ is like... nothing now. I wonder what it actually costs now.
We're currently planning a trip to swiss and that really puts things into perspective on what some places CAN cost. Most of the planning revolves around thinking about chosing an airbnb instead of a hotel, simply because it gives us the option to cook our food because paying 30€+ per person for ONE meal is just insane to us.
So I think a lot of tourists will think that 23€ for getting on the higherst tower in berlin is extraordinarily cheap. I mean... feel free to look up the prices for other tourist traps in other cities around the world. E.g. Empire State Building in New York, if you want to go to the top floor, that's $79 per person and children a laughable $73.
For most tourists, at 23€, the question really isn't "Is this worth my money?", it's "Is this worth my time?". And it's still probably a decent experience (I myself haven't been up there since... I don't know, maybe even before the berlin wall fell.) if you didn't have to wait in line for an hour.
I'm not saying it's the best thing to do in Berlin. If I thought that, I would have gone there myself in the last 30 years. What I AM saying is that to some international viewers, saying "this is incredibly expensive at 23€" may be borderline funny. It's great that there are alternatives like the Panaorama Point or even just the Park Inn but a lot of tourists will be like "yeah, I'd rather just pay 10-15 bucks more and do the popular thing." and it's not going to be the worst mistake of their life.
It’s €27 now, i went today because i’m a tourist haha. I liked the view but the food is a disaster…
As a Berliner, Teufelsberg is probably my favorite spot in Berlin. It has a great view (if you don’t want to pay the 5€ you can just go to the Drachenberg right next to it), you can still go in the station and take pictures (for free) and you can look at all the amazing graffiti art that often is sprayed on huge walls. On top of that, through the 5€ you’re paying for the upkeep of the station keeping it accessible.
Sidebote: Nowadays kebabs cost 5-6€ in most stores.
exactly - to at least a certain extent, these fees are paying for the continued availability of the site for all
Funktioniert das immer noch? Ich war jetzt im Mai dort und musste 10€ zahlen.. udn würde gern morgen wieder hingehen. Wenn das möglich ist vom Drachenberg reinzuklommen, würde ichd as natürlich nutzen wollen! ;)
I swear to god this guy's classic Berliner humour cracks me up every time.
what would you define as "classic Berlin humour"?
@@jasp42 I think stupid thinks like this 1:37 *lol*
I would doubt he is originally from Berlin. There is something about him or his accent, that gives me the impression, he moved from Southern Germany to Berlin.
@@henningbartels6245 he talks about this in another video: ua-cam.com/video/mQHUrnca5-Y/v-deo.html
I live in Berlin, but always love watching your vids!!!
same here haha
Me too :D
Same
Maybe you have a crush on him lol
We need a radical living party in Berlin, so we can come visit you haha. Love ur videos brother, keep it up.
Haha! Sign me in! :D
I’m in!!!
I'm also pushing for this agenda
Lol I'm reaching berlin tonight . Totally in
Yesssss! Make it Happens!
I'm a Berliner and was surprised how useful some of your tips were!
I LOVED THE TV TOWER RESTAURANT. If I would have seen the TV tower alone, honestly you can find an alternative for the same view but the restaurant is something different. When I was small I saw in a movie that some people went to that rotating restaurant and made a wish to get there. Years later there I was in Berlin and when I saw the TV tower I passed by and thought that it looks like a tourist trap but then in the last day I gave in to peer pressure because my friends were keen to visit the TV tower. When I got to the TV tower in the last moment I saw it is also a restaurant there and in the last moment they had a table for me. It was so stunning seeing the sunset in that restaurant and I realised then that I made my childhood dream a reality and my experience was amazing, I was so happy, it was the best way to spend my last evening in Berlin 💖
The TV tower is a historical and architectural achievement, it will probably become the last important GDR building standing. A status the Panorama Tower will never obtain.
I totally agree. It is an unique experience. The food is not so great but the prizes there are not so high in comparision to the others in famous places.
It's worth the view and you can avoid all the crowded floor under the restaurant.
Berlin has really changed a lot since the early/mid 00’s. So many tourists nowadays (not that it’s necessarily a bad thing) - places that used to be cool are now so mainstream or uncool. I remember when we used to hang out and chill in Görlitzer Park in the early 00’s - now it’s a total no-go.
same here with Mitte / Prenzlauer Berg. It used to be such a cool area to grow up in, but today it is boring and bourgeois...
Why is it a no-go?
@@tas5622 Görlitzer Park is nowadays although called the biggest trading center for drugs in Germany by some people. Although it’s known for a high level of crime.
I haven’t been there for a long time, so I only can tell you some stereotypes. You know media and reality are two different things 😅
@Hannes You're correct, I walked through it last August when I was in Berlin. Literally everyone guy in there is selling
Same for most places in the Netherlands. Even in the east there are so many foreigners and many things have become mainstream
"Its a clock, it tells time." LOL. 😁
Please don’t break the remaining wall parts!
Yea, please don't... Especially don't show up at the east side gallery and start chipping away - that shit is art!
dont touch "my" wall! 😡
Heheheh as if people would dare ! Would they ? 🤔
But is it legal to carry around a hammer?
Who said anything about breaking ? I'll just take a complete Mauer Element 1651.
0:37 Very realistic. His backpack being stolen between clips.
My favorite Cold War tourist spot in Berlin was the Stasi Museum in Lichtenberg. It is in the former HQ building of the East German state police, and in the museum you can learn about how they spied on their citizens, and even wander through the old offices of the heads of the Stasi. It was only 6€, which was a real bargain.
"You can't get a beer for under €4.". I live in Dublin, you're lucky if you can get a beer for under €7!
At that point I'd stop drinking 😅
With these prices you better keep the glass
Having just moved from Dublin to Berlin the disparity in living and beer prices are insane. Still both are awesome cities
I've been doing a lot of planning about my trip to Berlin, and now I stumble upon this video with places no blog or webpage has even mentioned. dude, thank you sooooooooooooo much for this video!!!
Glad it was helpful! Have fun!
Watching your videos partly inspired me to visit Berlin in July last year for CSD, all the way from Australia - This is your best one yet! Great tips!
Nice Monkey Pox likes this event
As a Brit when you said €4 for a beer, I immediately said in my head "What? That seems very reasonable" then I saw the flag... well played.
Teefelsberg is absolutely not a tourist trap. I went las year and it was pretty empty, and I was not charged extra to take photos. I loved it.
Yeah, I thought the same
And also they didn't charge or say anything about using the drone or any equipment
It was free at some point now it's paid so I understand his frustration
I mean the view from the Drachenberg (the mountain next to the Teufelsberg) is definitely worth a visit. But having to pay 5 Euro for the spy station is in my opinion a tourist trap because there is not much to see and you can only access very few parts of the station.
What's the graffiti like there? That's the only reason why I want to go!
Next year when i come to Berlin, Kebabs on me!
Check out these legit recommendations for Döner shops by Andong first. PS: Don't be an idiot and stand in line for 45 minutes for Mustafa's ;) enjoy!
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I hiked up to Teufelsberg a few months ago, only to find it closed for another month or so. I did however find a perfectly human sized hole cut in the fence, so I ventured in, climbed up the side, and was able to get to the very top of the highest dome. Was a very thrilling adventure. Unfortunately when time came to leave, some worker who was apparently there at the same time had closed up the hole I came through, so I was trapped in the spy towers 😅
😂 😂
Tough luck
Bus line 100 and abandoned airfield look must-see! Thanks for your advice, really appreciate it!❤️
But pass auf. There is a creppy guy who drives a van and he is quicking you out because aparently is not public propiety 😂
Been there, done that... Probably will be there again
To much trash on the airfield
1:12 Seven Kebap for 23€ are cheap! In the southwest of Germany one can at best get 4,5 for the same price
Edit: You are the german "honest guide". One day I'd love to see the lost places in person.
Nowadays prices are also at 4.5. Maybe there are still cheaper ones but that would be quite rare. I remember that 13 years ago, there was an offer to get a kebab for 1.5 every Wednesday and they were perfectly fine !
For panoramic views you can also go to the Park Inn just in front of the tower. The terrace costs just 4€ and there's no glass between you and the city :)
Haha, I'm literally staying at park inn right now
Or go to the old Synagogue in Oranienburger Strasse
The view from the Siegessäule is very nice, too, and it's definitely on the cheaper side (even though it's extremely tourist-y). You just have to be prepared to climb a shitton of flights of stairs.
No, don't skip the KaDeWe! It is Berlin's history, it is an institution, and hands down overall the best shopping experience the Germany has to offer. It is a Western civilization in it's prime form. From the business perspective, It's really not easy to put such thing together and operate it for over 100 years on the top notch level. The food floors are exceptional and world class, offering absolute killing variety of almost anything you can imagine. While when it comes to fashion, you don't necessarily get the independent boutique vibe, but you will have access to plethora of regional and exceptional food products form all over Europe instead.
He is right. I'm glad we avoided all those spots. The East Gallery was my favorite thing in Berlin and free.
I totally agree with you! Bus 100 is the better option instead a Hop-on Hop-off! And City Pirates Audio Guide is a great surprise! Thank you very much from a resident from Berlin!
Where did you get the 100 bus at the Zoo ? The 100 bus we went on was not a double decker and it was packed full of people on a boiling hot day wearing a face mask 😷
no more citypirates app
Hallo from Phoenix Arizona. My son lives in Berlin. I spent 6 weeks there the summer before COVID. He lived in Kreuxberg then and now Mitte. I loved Berlin. Can’t wait to come back. Out of all the places you mention, I only went to Ka De We. So much to see!
When you talked about the abandoned places I felt that was wrong, it's dangerous ... The I remembered I'm from Mexico xD 🇲🇽 btw good video!!
I am astonished that you didnt mention THE most obvious tourist trap in Berlin: Checkpoint Charlie
As a heads up - Blub is no longer there. It’s now a big hole in ground prior to getting some building put up in it’s stead.
thank you - that saved me some time!
I’ve just discovered your channel but I’m already binging all these Berlin videos 😊
Welcome aboard!
@@RadicalLiving thanks 🤗
@@audrey_bond_ WTF.
Polizist: How dare you vandalise the wall!
Me: I just tripped while carrying this hammer I swear! 😰 😂
Love a video where pricing is given in quantities of kebabs that could have been had instead, haha. Awesome vid, thank you for sharing these tips!
lol like the mirror flex at potsdamer platz
Side note "bier und buletten" at the TV tower is always a win for the friends visiting but true it isn't cheap.
You made me fell in love with Berlin. Thanks a lot
Happy to hear that!
Awesome vids bro cheers from Tel Aviv ;)
Youre my go-to channel when it comes to berlin. Please never stop uploading!
Please dear Tourrists, don't destroy and steal the remaining Parts of the Wall.
Thank you for this channel. You saved me 10s of € when I was there for four days. No.1 The Berlin Welcome Pass = ripoff my full days there were friday saturday and sunday. so 72hr pass cost €35. They don't do normal 3 day passes so I bought a 3 one day passes for €24.75 and No.2 is the Television Tower = ripoff charging €25 so I went to the panoramapunkt building cost €9 . No.3 took the 100 bus and saw all the famous buildings. Danke
DO NOT take pieces of the berlin wall, do not break anything off to bring it home. It is a protected historical site and taking anything from it can leat to a fine of up to 10000 euros which is the equivalent of around 14000 dollars. The guy was joking, but i can already picture some tourist in handcuffs lamenting to german police that "i saw it on youtube😢".
Have a safe trip guys ❤
I've always been wondering what it is with Germans who speak English and all of a sudden start pronouncing V as W. They neither do it when speaking German while saying German words that have V in them, nor do the English do it like that. I have no idea where it comes from... And then, funnily enough, when a German has finally got a chance to do an English W sound in an English sentence, he swaps it for the English V sound xDDD
why am i getting Bill clinton ads before every tube video.....why this monika lover is teaching me life lessons
An update if no one else has mentioned it but Teufelsberg is now completely free again. There is option to make a donation, otherwise you won't be charged to enter or take photos :) I went three weeks ago and thought it was so cool, what an incredible view!
Simon Dach Straße isn't a tourist trap, it's just that Friedrichshain is continually getting more expensive. Lots of locals live around Boxi and eat/drink on SD Straße.
flak ,teufelsberg, johannisthal, blub. "lost" places sind immer das geilste :D
I recommend park inn hotel views just 7 bucks, 35th floor, so height you can still se the sunset 2 hours after the sun is gone, right in front of Alexanderplatz and fernsehtrum
I have a piece of the wall from 1990, I walked down and picked it up. The wall is original, but the spraypaint, probably not.
Thanks man! you really saved people from spending more of their budget when there're better (and cheaper) alternatives around!
I couldn't stop laughing when the siren 🚨 thing came lol
23€=7 Döner... Beautiful times
In the 90s my mates and me used to play cross boccia in Humboldthain Park. Probably before the term was even invented. Before that we got some bottles of cheap red wine from the Aldi nearby. Good times!
if you come out of the kochstrasse u bahn stop, waolk towards check point charlie, and then turn left shortly before you get there and walk down koch strasse to the end of the street and then turn right for a block and then left on niederkirchner strasse there is still part of the wall standing right there.
1:00 simply book a meal in the TV-Tower Restaurant - you get a fixed time to arrive SO YOU DONT HAVE TO WAIT and have 1h to finish your meal. you can also go to the view plattfrom then ;)
I wish I had known your channel when I visited Berlin. I woulda bought you 7 Kebabs
I have not fall for none of these tourist traps during my stay in Berlin, but thanks for this incredible video!
You missed the best
I went on top of the Teufelsberg towers last year . It was an amazing view . The guy said something like : it’s not officially allowed to climb up but it’s also not completely forbidden (wink wink ) . So yeah … we Took our chance . Don’t regret it
Also the "Drachenberg" next to it is Not surrounded by a fence and has a beautiful view over the city as well. In autumn, as the Name says, a lot of people come there with kites.
I loved my experience at the TV tower's revolving restaurant when I last visited Berlin, but it's an excellent video nonetheless. When I visited West Berlin in the 80s, the tower was a very daunting sight ; its ubiquity was like a cocky reminder of the reality of the cold war.
Biggest tourist trap: dont buy a public transport ticket in the hotel. Sometimes they take 30€ for 2 days. Buy the ticket in the ticket machine in the subway station or S Bahn station. Buy them at the public transport companies. They called DB, BVG or S-Bahn.
Im Berliner but I still bought a Berlin-Stone. I knew thats fake but I still bought it.
I've just been up the Fernsehturm this morning. No queues, got straight in. OK, 25 euros is expensive but the view was amazing. You need a head for heights though.
Best View Point is also at Gesundbrunnen Berlin (thats in Wedding). There's a park where you can go up FOR FREE and it's gorgeous at sunset.
Here’s the best tip you’ll ever get. Buy a single ticket for €3,- for the days you use the metro’s and trams, and just use that same ticket the whole week. Dont check in, just get on. I only got checked 3 times in 4 years. And if you get (ever) get checked just play dumb and start speaking another language. Been using public transport for free basically.
I went to Berlin in February and loved it. Greetings from Brazil!
I'm coming to Berlin and staying for a month, and I can't wait ! So glad I found your channel.
Happy to have you 😊 Enjoy Berlin!
Found the video in 2024 and then thought I had found a cool lost place to visit on my next trip... now I read that the Blub was already demolished in 2020! 😭
Thank you , you have inspired me to visit Berlin ...
If you don't wanna be at tourist spots in Berlin, than come to "Wedding". There are lot very nice parks etc. to chill and hang out and we have one of the nicest ghetto's in Berlin.
The TV tower was worth it for me, it's brilliant
In Dublin pints are over €5 but if you go to the Temple Bar district they’re over €7/8 and go up hourly from 9pm
"drinks on me" I once said to my friends in Paris without checking the menu.
4 people, 8 beer, 64€ :/
Wow, great video. You worked so much for it! Well done, thanks
Thank you very much!😁 Greetings
I'm currently writing a romantic travel story (mixed with mafia elements) and one of the scenes mentioned is Germany but i couldn't choose between the major cities. Your tips about Berlin helps me a lot since my character is gullible and easily gets swayed by touristy stuff while her partner is like you, knowledgeable and chooses the alternatives. Thank you for this ❤
Wtf is a romantic travel story mixed with mafia elements
@@davidwhite2412 hahahahah
your character sounds like every other main character
Nice, but romance is too cliché for a story.
150 grams of Doner kebap with rice price vary from 22 tl to 35 tl in Ankara Turkey. Sprite or fanta is sold at 6 tl, salad is 12 tl. Soup price is 13 tl in Ankara. Chinese or japanese meals total price are high in Ankara Turkey. When I order Ramen with mixed meat, shrimp; rice, soup, meat dish, prince sushi plate and japanese beer; then the total price is at least 350 tl, i.e. 37 euros.
I wish had found this video *before* visiting Berlin. Thank you for all the helpful information. You’re doing a great job!
🐧 Als Ur-Berliner, der die Stadt einst SEHR schätzte, kann ich heute nur noch einen einzigen Platz in Berlin empfehlen: Das wohnungseigene Klo! Der einzige Platz, wo man nicht verscheißert wird und seine Ruhe hat.
7 kebabs... pff.. now it's barely 4...
I enjoy watching your episodes, you do a great job!
Thank you very much!
imagine watching this in 2024 in preparation to go there in June. wow. thanks
23 euros is quite okay though for the TV Tower, I think tourists know that prices are usually a bit higher for going up on famous tall buildings, also the One World Tower in New York has a 44 dollar entrance fee, THIS is def too much..
and overall these Tourist Traps are not really traps at least, just a bit more expensive places to avoid but nothing like restaurants that will charge you 100 euros for something you didnt know about or like menu cards without prices where the bill ends up at 2300 euros for a bottle of wine and a salad. we dont have crazy tourist traps in Berlin thankfully, the only thing to worry about are pickpockets and those few people that walk around asking for signatures and then show you a small text that says "I agree to donate 20 euros" or whatever, which they will not even mention, but you can just ignore them and not pay, like they wont even call the police on you for not paying as they will run away as soon as the police will come as they are doing illegal stuff anyways ~ but I dont see them around that much and thankfully all the people always ignore them
My local Water Department's office has an authentic piece of the Berlin wall. Why, I don't know. But I always thought it was neat. Good to know most sold are probably scams though. It'll make me leery to ever buy a piece for myself. Honestly, I would be just as happy with a cool rock found in Berlin / Germany in general. Although the historical connection really can't be beat.
Best bars are in Wedding. In the Magendoktor Schulle only costs 1,50€. Perfekt price to drink till blackout
Omg I cant stop watching your videos!! I really like them!!👏🏼 I just discovered your channel a few days ago and Im so grateful. I used to live in Berlin i hope i can go back🤍
Thank you so much! 😄 Welcome aboard!
Ill be there in a month or so, see you guys soon!
Have fun!
@@RadicalLiving I can’t wait I hope to live there!!!
Lovely vids bro, visting Berlin next may from Buenos Aires if covid and authorities allow it.
Your tips are key!
Go for it!
Great video and great suggestions. I wish I saw it before going to Berlin. However, I disagree on the Teufelsberg one. I was able to go all the way up this summer and it was spectacular. It's one of my favorite places of Berlin. I'll check out the bandos next time.
I came to Berlin because of this video🔥🔥
1’41 that WOW is so hilarious ! Just love it !!! I visited Köln, Frankfurt, Munich, but haven’t been to Berlin yet. Thank you so much for those previous tips.
You have a cute accent
Thank You so much for this!! We are going in October and this answered my questions. I wanted to stay in a place where food and drink is easily accessible but its not THE tourist place to go lol. And we are very into history so of course the wall but we want to check out other stuff. Thanks again!!!
I was on the TV tower 15 years ago when it was half the price and it was definitely worth it. But given the price now, I probably would prefer the Kollhoff tower. Potsdamer Platz is worth a visit anyway!
Slight correction regarding the TV tower: Its full height is 368 meters, the restaurant is at ~200 meters. Still high enough for a fantastic view.
Thanks for the tips!
I will heed your advice.
Im from Berlin, just wanna say that the TV tower is way better than the Panoramapunkt, even for the high price!
I used to be an Berliner for an afternoon and I drank a soda in the TV tower, I even waited 30 minutes so I can drink it! Back in 2008 it was cheaper and I took pictures of a nice sunset and some cute girl, so I can study Berlin's fauna in peace at home!
Berlin is the best place to visit. The last time I visited, I got a heat stroke and woke on the train to Budapest. The first time I visited, I got locked in the wrong train carriage and got out on the wrong side of the iron curtain. One of the in between times I visited, I rented a Cadillac Escalade with a driver, and drove all night with some very friendly locals partying to Eminem's Shake That. Berlin 💕
The Juliusturm (Julius Tower) at Zitadelle Spandau, is also a nice viewing point...
Okay, I can understand somewhere like Teufelsberg making a small charge to people, because that facility is going to need some major money spending on it to keep it open. And though I like abandoned buildings, it's not to everyone's taste.
4 euros for a beer is a very comfortable price.. im used to 9-10 euros for a beer, and that's a 0.4 liter. That being said, I wouldn't pass on a cheaper alternative. Given that their selection is good.
The Space Needle in Seattle is a tourist trap that costs even more than the TV tower in Berlin. It's 30 to 42 US dollars, depending on the time of day.
For 23,- Euros you get 7 Döner. Haha, 4 years, later it's 3 Döner