Berlin When It Rains
A rainy-day plan for Berlin: three museums on Museum Island, a covered lunch near Hackescher Markt and an afternoon inside the KaDeWe.
Indoors all day
Berlin is gray and wet for a good stretch of the year. This plan keeps you inside, and every leg connects by subway or one short taxi ride.
- Morning10:00am – 1:00pm
Museum Island - three houses
One area ticket covers all the houses. The pick: Neues Museum for the Nefertiti bust, Alte Nationalgalerie for the paintings, Bode-Museum for the sculpture.
- Lunch1:30pm – 3:00pm
Lunch near Hackescher Markt
The Hackesche Höfe are eight linked courtyards, most of them covered, with cafés and bistros right by the S-Bahn station.
- Afternoon3:30pm – 6:00pm
KaDeWe
The largest department store in continental Europe, seven floors of it. Window-shop dry, then eat your way along the gourmet counters on six.
- Dinner7:30pm
Dinner - concert hall or bar
Depends on the mood: a concert at the Konzerthaus on Gendarmenmarkt, booked ahead, or just a warm bar somewhere in Mitte.
Hotels in the right neighborhoods
Hotel Adlon Kempinski
The grande dame of Berlin hotels, right on Brandenburg Gate.
H.Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 4.0Hotel de Rome
Rocco Forte's Berlin flagship on Bebelplatz, in the former Dresdner Bank.
Hotel AMANO Grand Central
Design hotel with rooftop terrace and bar, right at Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
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