https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:09:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852246 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:36:08 +0000 harmonica 852246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lucky you and lucky daughters! I was in Berlin in Sept, but little shopping and no teens. Only museums, meandering and DH. I loved being in Kreuzberg which was really, really nice, relaxed and laidback - just checking small cafés and small shops (i.e a small liquorice shop) - a bit like Grünerløkka before it got too hyped. All in all, I found Berlin quite inexpensive, but I don't know if that was coincidental. I found two really great second hand stores. Send a message if you are interested in the names and addresses. Enjoy your trip!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852210 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:55:48 +0000 ramya 852210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aaaaaaaaaawwwwww I wanna go on vacation too!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852084 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:00:17 +0000 tayleigh 852084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just went to Berlin this summer! The Pergamon museum is definitely fantastic. I really recommend going. Plus even if you don't go to the other museums on Museum Island just looking at the buildings is really cool. The Reichstag is also quite cool, especially if you book a tour (you have to register at least two days in advance), since you get to actually enter the glass part and get a really great view of Berlin. I remember there being some flea markets on the weekend but I'm afraid I don't remember the details. </p> <p>I loved Berlin, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852069 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:45:25 +0000 Astrid 852069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here I am! How fun Ingunn, to have that opportunity! Mochi is right, there are lots of Museums here. Here's a link to the national ones <a href="http://www.smb.museum/smb/home/index.php?lang=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.smb.museum/smb/home/index.php?lang=en</a>, you may want to have a look if something interests you. The Pergamon Museum Mochi mentioned is really famous, but the New Museum is great too, or the Old and the New National Gallery if you want to look at art. The Jewish Museum is this one <a href="http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/homepage-EN.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/homepage-EN.php</a>. Very interesting. Checkpoint Carlie is all about the Wall and the border post that was there <a href="http://www.mauermuseum.de/index.php/en" rel="nofollow">http://www.mauermuseum.de/index.php/en</a>. They have all kinds of pictures and items about people who tried to escape to West Germany, it's impressive. You might also want to visit the East Side GaIlery in that context <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Gallery" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Gallery</a>. </p> <p>Of course the Brandenburger Tor (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate</a>) and the Reichstag (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_%28building%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.....uilding%29</a>) are part of most Tourist visits. You can actually walk from Alexanderplatz to Potsdamer Platz (or backwards) if you want. That way you see the Berlin TV tower, the town hall, the cathedral, the Museumsinsel, the big Avenue Unter den Linden that gets intersected by Friedrichstraße, the Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag, can have a look at the Siegessäule from afar (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegess%C3%A4ule" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegess%C3%A4ule</a>), visit the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (<a href="http://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/en/home.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/en/home.html</a>) and in the end the Potsdamer Platz with the Sony Center (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdamer_Platz" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdamer_Platz</a>). There's a cinema at Potsdamer Platz that has english versions, btw. Also if you are at Alexanderplatz, you should think about visiting the TV tower (<a href="http://www.tv-turm.de/en/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tv-turm.de/en/index.php</a>). You need good weather, but when it's reasonably clear you can look over the whole city. It's great. Depending on when you get there you might have some time to pass after buying the tickets and before going up, so you should take that into consideration. </p> <p>There are quite a few malls all over Berlin. Expensive stores are at Friedrichstraße or Kurfürstendamm (nice to look at), mixed in with the usual lower price options (Zara, H&amp;M, Esprit and so on). Near Kurfürstendamm is also the KDW, the old luxury departement store. </p> <p>I don't really shop second hand and flee markets, I can't help you there. I do know that there are a lot of tourist duds though. </p> <p>If you have any questions, please ask!</p> <p>ETA<br /> Here's the general site with all kinds of information <a href="http://www.berlin.de/en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.berlin.de/en/</a>. And here's the site of public transport <a href="http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/index.html</a>. You might want to get one of those tickets that are valid for 72 hours and of use in the whole city without limit. I believe there's also a tourist card for free that goes with it so that you get discounts in some museums. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852036 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:39:51 +0000 Mochi 852036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Whoops, missed that one. Lou Reed and David Bowie also referenced Berlin in their music. Just sayin'.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852033 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:36:03 +0000 Makrame 852033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't have any suggestions but love the Leonard Cohen reference.... Hope to see your travel photos! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852031 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:35:21 +0000 Ginkgo 852031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking forward to your trip report -- I've always wanted to visit Berlin also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852025 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:26:42 +0000 Mochi 852025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Paging Astrid. Astrid, are you there?.......</p> <p>I was in Berlin in October '11, but that was right before I joined YLF and started getting heavily into style concerns, so couldn't help you there. </p> <p>As far as you and your teens' interests, what do they really like? I was there to do some research, but hubs accompanied me and enjoyed the big Pergamon Museum, and he took a train outside the city to visit the UFA film studio. Of course everyone wants to look at Checkpoint Charlie. We saw the Jewish Museum and later on my own I took in a modern art museum (the city is full of museums). On the weekend we went to a farmer's market...basically we mostly enjoyed walking through the city. My favorite area of Berlin was Prenzlauerberg, which was before in the East, but is now very trendy and yuppie. </p> <p>You may want to take a hop-on-hop-off bus tour when you first get into town, so you can get a better sense of the city and where you would like to spend more time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852023 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:23:36 +0000 Ingunn 852023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course I will, Suz! I'll be delighted to. This is my first trip to Berlin, and I'm very much anticipating it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-852018 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:17:57 +0000 Suz 852018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh - Ingunn!! Please share your photos with us, okay? Berlin is one city I have never visited but would dearly love to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-we-take-berlin-with-your-excellent-ideas#post-851990 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:36:53 +0000 Ingunn 851990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've jumped at a chance to go to Berlin for a couple of days the upcoming week! My two youngest daughters and I will travel down there Tuesday morning and return Thursday evening. This is not a shopping trip, but I plan to get as much inspiration as I can without spending too much, and I will bring my camera to collect ideas. That means street style, flea markets, second hand shops etc. </p> <p>Do any of you have suggestions of what to see and do in Berlin with two teenagers? Preferably low budget? And - I have to ask even if I don't plan shopping - are there any sartorial must see's or -do's? </p>