One hour at the Hauptbahnhof

Hello!

I%26#39;m traveling from Amsterdam to Prague and back. That gives me a bit over one hour at Berlin Hauptbahnhof on both trips. What do you recommend to do there?

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Eating at McDonalds? Shopping? I don%26#39;t know... There is not so much to do as the Hauptbahnhof is built in a desert...and 1 hour is not enough to do any sightseeing. Maybe you could take a S-Bahn trip to Alexanderplatz and back. It%26#39;s just 3 stations (5 minutes) and it%26#39;s a really nice tour!

;-)

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Exploring the Hauptbahnhof.

hbf-berlin.de/site/…start.html

The Hautpbahnhof was built in a wasteland (due the wall) close to the government district.

…berlin.de/bauen/…strecke3.shtml

You could walk to the Chancellery, Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate.

Brandenburg Gate is 1,5 km from the Hauptbahnhof.

Don%26#39;t wander too far! The wide open spaces and the huge buildings let the distances appear shorter than they are.

Instead of travelling to Alexanderplatz and back you could proceed to Ostkreuz and from there by S-Bahn S41 on the S-Bahn Ring to Südkreuz.

The trains Berlin to Prague stop also at Südkreuz station. Travel time via Ostkreuz is approx. half an hour. Single ticket is EUR 2,10.

The east-west S-Bahn tracks and the S-Bahn Ring are mostly elevated and provide good views on Berlin.

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Thank you for your suggestions, I might do one on the way to Prague and the other when I return to the Netherlands.

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Actually I%26#39;d still say take S-Bahn to Alexanderplatz AND back to Hauptbahnhof, to take it all in. I%26#39;d suggest sitting on left-hand side of train both times: on way to Alex you go past Charite hospital complex, Brecht%26#39;s theatre am Schiffbauerdamm, and you can see if you can spot synagogue dome; on way back look out on other side for Reichstag and govt buildings.

It%26#39;s actually nice to do whole stretch from Zoo to Alex but that%26#39;s a bit more complicated for you as Zoo is 3stops in the other direction. However the S-Bahn is very frequent as you can get on any train on that route. I%26#39;ve only done a bit of the S-Bahn ring but that was down an embankment, no aerial views.

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