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Berlin for Free
Berlin is remarkably good value for money - but sometimes cheap is not
cheap enough. Whether you're a destitute student or a prudent millionaire,
something for nothing is not to be sniffed at, so we're listing the
best deals Berlin has to offer.
Guides to Free Stuff
The German-language website Berlin-for-free carries listings of free events in Berlin. See this page for more details on this website.
Free Museums and Exhibitions
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The Berlin state museums (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
offer free entry on Thursday evenings from four hours before
closing time (note: this does not include entry to special exibitions).
Some museums
(the New National Gallery,
Gemäldegalerie,
Pergamon Museum,
Altes Museum,
Old National Gallery and the
Museum for Photography )
have extended opening hours on Thursdays until 10pm, meaning you
can get a little after-work culture for free.
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The Stasi Prison Memorial Center
in Hohenschönhausen
has free entry on Mondays.
Free Events
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InnoTrans open day:
the annual transport show opens its transport exhibits on one weekend in
September free of charge.
Free Tours
New Berlin Tours offers a
"free" walking tour of the main sights in the eastern city center
several times daily - however as the guides are paid only by the tips
they receive, you'll have to be a real miser to treat the tour as
a freebie. The tours are definitely worth it though.
See our
guide to walking tours
for further details.
Free Internet
- The Berliner Stadtbibliothek (Berlin City Library) has a row of (slightly dated) Internet terminals
- The Auswärtiges Amt (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
apparently has free Internet terminals in its lobby (unverified as
of Sept. 2006)
- The Magix Multimedia Gallery at
Friedrichstrasse 200 offers free Internet access
as well as facilities for uploading your digital photos. Link:
Magix Multimedia Gallery
Free Stuff
- Newspapers:
More likely than not you'll have come across people giving away free
newspapers. They usually want you to sign up for a two-week free
subscription (Abo or Abonnenment) but check that
the free subscription won't be automatically converted into a paying
one once the two weeks are up.
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