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Berlin's biggest park to open on former Tempelhof Airport site
tempelhof_lufbrueckeBerlin's biggest park will open on the former Tempelhof Airport site during two days of celebrations in May that are expected to attract 200,000 visitors. Tempelhof became world famous during the Berlin Airlift from 1948-1949 when British and American airplanes nicknamed "Rosinenbomber" (raisin bombers) landed there to deliver food and other essential supplies to the population after the Soviet Union tried to starve the city into submission through a land blockade.
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Language schools in Berlin
sprachschulen1About 14% of Berlin’s 3.4 million residents are non German and the city has a wide choice of language schools to help newcomers learn German – and many other languages. They can also help non native English speakers improve their Business English.
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New in Berlin? This is what you need to know...
brandenburgertor.jpgBerlin is unique: for some it is a bureaucratic metropolis, for others a city of violent protests, or a first-rate party location. Strange things thrive in Germany’s capital, right next to idyllic, provincial neighborhoods, international business and federal politics.
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Apartment hunting – how to find a flat in Berlin
wohnung2About 90 percent of Berlin’s citizens rent their apartments. The city’s rental market is relatively slack at the moment. From 1991 through 2004, about 165,000 new apartments were built in Germany’s capital. Now Berlin has about 1.87 million apartments including 43 percent in older buildings).
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Registered already? This is how you become a Berlin citizen
pass_kl.jpgPut your name here, your address there, then sign on the dotted line... If you want to be able to watch TV in your new home, make a phone call, you have to fill out lots of forms. The trip to the Einwohnermeldeamt – Residents Registration Office – should be one of the first things you do.
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Public transport – buses, trams and trains in Berlin
sbahn2.jpgThe length of Berlin’s railway tracks equals the distance from Berlin to Zurich, Switzerland: 430 km of tram tracks, 151 km of underground tracks and 331 km of commuter train tracks can be found here. If there's no rail track, the Berliner takes the bus or boards a ferry.
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Immer aktuell: Schnelle Stadt-Infos am Multimediaterminal
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wallhandy.jpgWo liegt das nächste Hotel? Welcher Film läuft heute in welchem Kino? Bis wann hat mein Bürgeramt geöffnet? Die hektische Informationssuche im Berliner Großstadtgetümmel hat jetzt ein Ende: dank eines digitalen Stadtinformationssystems, das die Wall AG u. a. in der Bundeshauptstadt eingerichtet hat.
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Easy moving – help with stopping restrictions, mail, phone
umzug1_klAfter you’ve found your new home, you’ll want to make your moving day a success too. In addition to many helping hands and packing boxes you’ll need a furniture truck and, of course, free parking space in front of your old and new homes.
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Employment – how and where to find a job in Berlin
jobsuche2Berlin’s economy and job market is difficult. More than other German cities, the once divided metropolis still struggles with the after effects of the Cold War. Yet it’s remarkable how much has been accomplished over the last 15 years.
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The best places to shop in Berlin
kadewe.jpgKurfürstendamm is Berlin’s most famous shopping street. It’s also the street in Germany that attracts the highest number of visitors. Berliners simply refer to the 3.5-km boulevard, running from Breitscheidplatz to Rathenauplatz, as “Ku’damm.”
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