In article , Padraig
Breathnach wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> >At this stage, I am looking for suggestions about where we should stay
> >-- not necessarily a particular hotel, but what part of the city...
>
> Thanks to those who have replied (and I would still welcome
> suggestions).
>
> My researches, if you can count my unstructured scratching about as
> research, suggest to me that the main zones to consider are:
> Alexanderplatz, Potsdamer Platz/Mitte, and the Ku'damm area.
>
> I am aware that Berlin was virtually destroyed in WW2, and that it is
> now largely a city of modern architecture. Now, I am well able to
> enjoy modern architecture, but I have a particular concern: sometimes
> I feel that it lacks a human scale, and can alienate me. I have formed
> a suspicion that such might be the case around Alexanderplatz and
> Potsdamer Platz. Is this a mistaken impression?
The Sony Center and the buildings associated with it are about as
'modern' as it comes in the western world... the scale is huge. Try to
see it during the day and at night... there is a large contrast.
Stay in the K'udamm... great location and take a cruise on the Spree...
a must!
jay
Mon Sep 03, 2007
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> Currently I am leaning towards Ku'damm, but nothing is decided. |