Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Charlottenburg Palace
- 02Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
- 03Museum of Photography
- 04Käthe Kollwitz Museum
Käthe Kollwitz's reputation as a social activist who used art as a means to express her support of pacifism was hard-won.
- 05Museum Berggruen
Schloßstraße 1 (near Charlottenburg Palace).
- 06Bröhan Museum
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Things to do
- 01Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin (U Deutsche Oper), infos), +49 30 34384-343 (tickets).
- 02Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin (U Adenauer Platz), general office), +49 30 89002-3 (box office).
- 03Theater am Kurfürstendamm
Popular theatre with TV celebrities in modern plays.
- 04Schiller Theater
Used by the Komische Oper and temporarily as venue for the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm (im Schiller Theater).
- 05Theater des Westens
- 06Grips Theater
Altonaer Straße 22, 10557 Berlin (U Hansaplatz), info@grips-theater.de.
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Where to eat
City West is a very good place for quality and is bursting with a big variety of styles and cuisines.
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Getting to Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Airports
- Berlin Brandenburg (BER), 21 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 140 km · Dresden (DRS), 155 km
- Schkeuditz → Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf143 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · €17–23
- Dresden → Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf164 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €20–27
- Erfurt → Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf230 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · €29–41
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIn the summer bus 218 takes you along the scenic ride through the Grunewald forest in West Berlin, starting at the subway station Theodor-Heuss-Platz (U2) and ending near the famous Pfaueninsel in South West Berlin, where you can take a small ferry to said island and visit the park and the small castle there.
- Get aroundFerries usually have space for bike but can get crowded during peak times and good weather.
- Get aroundDespite not being a maritime city like Hamburg or Venice, Berlin does have usable waterways and the BVG run a couple of ferries, which can be accessed with regular BVG tickets.
- Get aroundMost of the ferries are of local interest only, but the Ferry line F10 covers across the Wannsee and connects to the S-Bahn at one end.
- Get aroundMore of a tourist attraction than actual practical transportation is Ferry F24, which is the only ferry operated by a rowing boat in Berlin and the only rowing boat ferry that is part of any public transit ticketing system in Germany.
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Next door to Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is 9 km from Berlin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.