Want to stroll along the green allees, or take the kids to the zoo, or maybe do some sports together? You will never be bored in Berlin.
Parks and Beaches
Strandbad Wannsee
Berliners are hardly landlocked. When summers are sweltering, residents head to the Strandbad Wannsee, considered the largest inland beach in Europe. The S1 line runs from Oranienburg Station to Wannsee. Be sure to bring sunscreen!
Tiergarten
This enormous stretch of woodland could be called Berlin's Central Park. Acres of meadows and gardens, broken only by placid lakes and the grand boulevard Straße des 17 Juni, unfold in the middle of the city, providing a relaxing backdrop for picnics, bike riding, and simple strolls with loved ones. The main entrance to the park lies just beyond the Zoologischer Garten.
Zoos
The eldest zoo in Germany is the "Zoologischer Garten". In the centre of the city you can find over 15.000 animals, a special house for night-active animals and an excellent aquarium.
In the eastern part of the city there is "Tierpark Friedrichsfelde", the park around the Schloss Friedrichsfelde has been altered to a wide parkland with enclosures that are harmoniously inserted in the landscape.
Zoologischer Garten
Hardenbergplatz 8
10787 Berlin-Tiergarten
Phone +49(30)25 40 10
U-Bahn: U2, U9
S-Bahn: S3, S5, S7, S75, S9
Bus: X9, X34, 100, 109, 110, 145, 146, 149, 204, 245, 249
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
Am Tierpark 125
10319 Berlin-Lichtenberg
Phone +49(30)51 53 10
U-Bahn: U5
Bus: 296
Tram: 26, 27, 28
Sports
Berlin is a sports-loving town, no matter if you want to run through the park in the early morning, slide through the city on inline-skates or improve your handicap in green environment.
Running
The Runner's Club (Laufclub) SCC in cooperation with the Landessportbund Berlin LSB Berlin offers a daily running training in the morning for Berlin visitors. Under professional instruction from trainers of the SCC berlin, who speak various foreign languages, the participants jog along many interesting sights through the Tiergarten. Depending on the runner's level, there are tours for 30 or 60 minutes. Meeting-point is 7.45 a.m. at the Siegessäule or 8 p.m. at the Brandenburger Gate. The training is free of charge, registration ist not necessary.
For further information:
SCC Berlin Waldschulallee 34
14055 Berlin
Phone +49(30)302 53 70
Fax +49(30)06 22 03
Inline-Skating
The Blade-Night no longer takes place, but instead there's the Berlin-Parade that happens irregularly.
Recommandable routes for longer skating are the "Mauerstreifen" near the Berlin Wall in Eiskeller, the Sportlerpromenade in Grüunau or the Kronprinzessinnenweg in Zehlendorf.
For further information:
www.berlinparade.de
Tennis
Sportcenter Wittenau
Wittenauer Straße 82-86
13435 Berlin-Reinickendorf
Phone +49(30)403 50 60
daily 7a.m.- 11p.m.
Bus: 125, 221
Tennisplatz Baumschulenstraße
am S-Bhf. Baumschulenweg
Baumschulenstraße 1a
12437 Berlin-Treptow
Phone +49(30)53 23 972
daily 11a.m.-9p.m.
S-Bahn: S45, S46, S6, S8, S9
Bus: 166, 167, 265, 270
Golf
Golf- und Land-Club
Berlin-Wannsee e.V.
Golfweg 22
14109 Berlin-Zehlendorf
Phone +49(30)806 70 60
S-Bahn: S1, S7 Wannsee
Berliner Golf-Club Gatow e.V.
Kladower Damm 182-188
14089 Berlin
Phone +49(30)365 77 25
Bus: 134, 235, 234, X 34
Swimming
Long summer days in Berlin are perfect for a refreshing bath in one of the lakes around Berlin. Famous is the Strandbad Wannsee in the south-west of Berlin, the counterpart in the east is the Strandbad Muggelsee. Besides there are several summer-swimming pools like the Sommerbad Olympiastadion, the Insulaner or the Spaß- und Erlebnisbad Blub.
Strandbad Wannsee
Wannseebadweg 25
14129 Berlin-Zehlendorf
Phone +49(30)803 56 12
S-Bahn: S1, S7 Nikolassee
Bus: A5, A18
Freibad Muggelsee
Furstenwalder Damm 838
12589 Berlin-Kopenick
Phone +49(30)648 77 77
S-Bahn: S3 Friedrichshagen
Tram: 61
Sommerbad Olympiastadion
Olympischer Platz
14053 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Phone +49(30)300 634 40
U-Bahn: U2
S-Bahn: S5, S75
Sommerbad am Insulaner
Munsterdamm 80
12169 Berlin-Steglitz
Phone +49(30)794 104 13
S-Bahn: SS2, S25 Priesterweg
Bus: 187
blub Badeparadies
Buschkrugallee 64
12359 Berlin-Neukolln
Phone +49(30)606 60 60
U-Bahn: U7 Grenzallee
Bus: 141
