http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/35882 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/35882 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34726 The Markisches Museum houses a mixed collection of objects associated with the life and times of Berlin and Brandenburg. It's mostly social history, with paintings, prints, ceramics, reconstructed interiors, and so on. To be frank, this museum is what Dylan Thomas described as "a museum which ought to be in a museum" (he was talking about Swansea's museum), but in its old-fashioned way it offers a quiet environment where other times and other lives can be contemplated without the clamour of other visitors pressing switches, setting of audio-visual displays, or kids running around dressed up as characters from Jane Austen!
Both locations well worth a visit.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34726 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34647 The Bode offers a quiet environment in contrast to the Pergamon and the many beautiful works of art there can be contemplated without being jostled or otherwise hurried along. There is also a good cafeteria adjoining the museum shop.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34647 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34526 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34526 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34207 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34207 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33839 Also perfect activity for wet days, snowy weather and when it is bitingly cold outside. Pre-booking is recommended and there is a great website with lots of extra information. It is not really a suitable trip for little children and people with special accessibility requirements might want to check in advance if the tour is suitable.
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The collection includes European painting and sculpture from the Middle Ages to about 1800.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11217 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11116 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11116 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11103
Great Winter diversion but light content, near cafes / aquarium near Alexanderplatz, open late to 8pm (10pm Sat).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11103 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6610 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6610 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6486
For an overview of Kreuzberg take U-bahn line U1 from Schlesisches Tor to Gleisdreick. Trains run along an elevated section. West Kreuzberg is traditionally more upmarket, whereas the east is still more down-at-heel.

The main sights include the Jewish Museum and the Transport and Technical Museum. Typical Berlin tenements survive in Kreuzberg, and there are particularly interesting blocks at Chamissoplatz and Riehmer's Hofgarten, between Yorckstrasse and Hagelbergerstrasse.

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