Weißensee
Worth seeing in and around Weißensee
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01trams in Berlin
The Berlin tramway is the main tram system in Berlin, Germany. It is one of the oldest tram networks in the world, dating back to 1865 and is operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, which was founded in 1929.
2.4 km · tram system in Germany · Wikipedia - 02Weißensee Cemetery
The Weißensee Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in the neighborhood of Weißensee in Berlin, Germany. It is the second largest Jewish cemetery in Europe.
1.4 km · Jewish cemetery in Berlin · Wikipedia - 03Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is a museum and memorial located in Lichtenberg district, Berlin in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen, part of the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. It was opened in 1994 on the site of the main political prison of the former East German Communist Ministry of State Security, the Stasi.
2.8 km · museum · Wikipedia - 04Khadija Mosque
The Khadija Mosque is a mosque located in Heinersdorf, Pankow, Berlin, Germany. Opened on 16 October 2008, it was the first mosque in former East Germany.
3 km · mosque in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 05Rykestrasse Synagogue
The Rykestrasse Synagogue is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Prenzlauer Berg neighbourhood in the Pankow borough of Berlin, Germany. Germany's largest synagogue, designed by Johann Hoeniger in the Romanesque Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1904 and inaugurated on 4 September 1904, in time for Rosh Hashanah.
4 km · synagogue in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 06Volkspark Friedrichshain
Volkspark Friedrichshain is a large urban park on the border of the Berlin neighborhoods of Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg. The oldest public park in Berlin, at 52 hectares, it is also the fourth-largest, after Tempelhofer Park, Tiergarten, and Jungfernheide.
4 km · park in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 07Velodrom
The Velodrom is an indoor track cycling arena, in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin, Germany. Holding up to 12,000 people, it was also Berlin's largest concert venue, until the opening of Uber Arena in 2008.
3 km · sports arena and velodrome in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 08Ernst-Thälmann-Park
Ernst-Thälmann-Park is a park in the centre of the Prenzlauer Berg district in Berlin. It was laid out in 1986 at the site of a former coal gas plant and named after the former Communist party leader Ernst Thälmann.
3 km · park in Berlin · Wikipedia - 09Zeiss Major Planetarium
The Zeiss Major Planetarium is a planetarium in Berlin, and one of the largest modern stellar theatres in Europe. It is located on the borders of the Ernst-Thälmann-Park housing estates in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin.
3 km · planetarium in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia - 10Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists
The Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists is a war memorial in Berlin, dedicated in 1972. Built by the German Democratic Republic during the division of Germany, it is today the principal German monument to the Polish soldiers who died in World War II, as well as an important monument to the German resistance.
3.6 km · Memorial in Berlin, Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Weißensee
- Airports
- Berlin Brandenburg (BER), 22 km · Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów (SZZ), 149 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 152 km
- Stations
- Berlin Schönhauser Allee station, 3.7 km · Berlin-Pankow station, 3.9 km · Berlin Greifswalder Straße station, 2.6 km · Berlin Landsberger Allee station, 3.1 km · Berlin Storkower Straße station, 3.6 km
- Schkeuditz → Weißensee83 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · €13–18
- Dresden → Weißensee168 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · €19–27
- Erfurt → Weißensee25 km · quickest by road, 48 min · €3.5–4.5
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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 Weißensee. 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 Weißensee
Weißensee is 5 km from Berlin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lichtenbergborough of Berlin, Germany3.4 km
- Alt-Hohenschönhausenlocality of Berlin2.9 km
- Malchowlocality of Berlin2.8 km
- Neu-Hohenschönhausenlocality of Berlin2.7 km
- Heinersdorflocality of Berlin2.1 km
- Fennpfuhllocality of Berlin3.2 km