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 Car Hire & Driving in Berlin, GermanyWelcome to Berlin Car Hire, Germany; available at Berlin-Tegel International Airport.Berlin Car HireBerlin was founded in 1237, when a treaty was signed between the margraves of Brandenburg and the Bishops to Settle a dispute about the right to levy taxes. The Thirty Year’s War between 1618 and 1648 hit Berlin hard and it was left to Friedrich Wilhelm I to reconstruct Berlin. By 1701, Berlin had been built up enough to be named the capital of Prussia. Things were fairly stable in Berlin for a century, but during the Franco-Prussian war in 1806, Napoleon entered Berlin, starting a French occupation that was to last for two years. When Berlin was liberated, Berliners elected their first municipal assembly, but it took another half century before Berlin became the capital of the newly created German Reich in 1871. During World War II, allied bombing destroyed many historic buildings in Berlin and at the end of the war Berlin was divided in to two with a border running through the heart of Berlin, later to become the notorious Berlin Wall. In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, followed in 1990 by elections for the newly unified Germany. Today, Berlin has moved on from the division, but rebuilding Berlin has been costly and there is still much to do, as you will see from your Berlin hire car; yet despite its troubled past, Berlin now looks forward to the future making it an interesting place to explore in your Berlin hire car while. The capitol of Germany, Berlin, lies in the east of Germany nesr to the border with Poland, providing you with plenty to see and do in your German hire car while in Berlin. Berlin is a great mix of old and new and is constantly redefining itself, as you will find in your German hire car while in Berlin. Your first port of call should be a visit in your Berlin hire car to the Fernsenturm (Television Tower) in Berlin, which you will find at Alexanderplatz in your Berlin hire car and is where you are able to witness a fantastic 360 degree view over Berlin. Most cities have one heart, but Berlin has two that you can explore in your Berlin hire car. The western heart of Berlin revolves around the Kurfurstendamn and the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, which you can investigate in your Berlin hire car, and the eastern heart of Berlin extends from Pariser Platz and the Brandenburger Tor to Alexanderplatz and the Fernsehturm in Berlin, which again are all worth investigating in your Berlin hire car while in Berlin. The highlights of Berlin that you should visit in your Berlin hire car while exploring Berlin includes:- The Agyptisches Museum, which you will find on Schlosstrasse, 14059 Berlin, in your Berlin hire car, has a collection of 2000 ancient masterpieces spanning three millennia, including the bust of Queen Nefertiti. The Alexanderplatz in Berlin was named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I in 1805. Since then architects have transformed this historic square into a bustling meeting place to visit in your Berlin hire car. While here in your Berlin hire car you can also enjoy a panoramic view from the top of the Fernsenturm, the Television Tower, which at 368 meters (1,207ft) is the tallest building in Berlin. A comprehensive collection of 19th century German painting, together with works by French Impressionist such as Monet, Manet and Renoir, can be seen at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which you will find at Bodestrasse 1-3, 10178 Berlin, in your Berlin hire car. Another gallery worth a visit while in Berlin in your Berlin hire car is the Gemaldegalerie, which you will find at Kulturforum, Mattaikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin in your Berlin hire car. This gallery in Berlin holds some 2,700 European paintings dating from the 13th to 18th centuries, including ground-breaking works by Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Bruegel. An outstanding collection of 20th century painting and sculpture, with works by famous artist, such as Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, can be found at the Neve Nationalgalerie, which you will find at Kulturforum am Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Strasse 50, 10785 Berlin, in your Berlin hire car. At Museuminsel, AM Kupfergraben, 10178 Berlin you will find the Pergamonmuseum in your Berlin hire car. This museum houses Berlin’s most impressive collection of archaeological discoveries. While here in your Berlin hire car you can walk through and around huge pieces of reconstructed architecture, including the monumental Pergamon Altar, Ishtar Gate and Mshatta Palace Façade. The Potsdamer Platz was once the heart of Berlin and a major cross road for the traffic of Berlin. Today this redeveloped area that you can explore in your Berlin hire car, is constantly expanding, and is rapidly growing into a cultural hot spot and sleek business district, giving you plenty to see while investigating in your Berlin hire car. If inspired by history, one place you cannot miss while exploring Berlin in your Berlin hire car is the Reichstag. The original Reichstag in Berlin was built in 1894 as the seat of the German Parliament. The Reichstag building in Berlin was damaged by fire on 27 February 1933 and then was completely devastated as a result of heavy fighting in Berlin during World War II. The Reichstag building in Berlin has now been extensively restored and held the first session of the reunified German Parliament in 1990; well worth a visit in your Berlin hire car. You will need to have a full day free in your Berlin hire car to see everything at the Schloss Charlottenburg palace and grounds in Berlin. This is the largest palace owned by the Hohenzollern family and includes the private apartments of kings and queens, with fine furniture and art from the 17th to the 20th centuries filling every room; definitely worth finding the time to explore in your Berlin hire car while in Berlin. A peaceful green haven at the heart of Berlin, with an abundance of ornamental gardens, lakes and wooded areas to explore in your Berlin hire car, can be found at the Tiergarten in Berlin in your Berlin hire car. At 202ha (500 acres), the Tiergarten is Berlin’s biggest park, bordered by the River Spree in the north and Potsdamer Platz, the Kulturforum and the Bauhaus Archives in the south, giving you plenty to explore in your Berlin hire car. Berlin has three tourist information offices which will all be able to provide you with advice on what to see and do while you are in Berlin in your Berlin hire car. In the centre of Berlin you will find Berlin Tourist Information Office at Brandenburg Tor in your Berlin hire car. While to the east of Berlin there is a Berlin Tourist Information Office at the Café unter dem Fernsehturm, which you will find at am Alexanderplatz in your Berlin hire car. Also to the south west of Berlin centre there is another Berlin Tourist Information Office at the Europa-centre on Budapester Strasse, just south of Berlin Zoologischer Garten in your Berlin hire car. You can obtain a Berlin Welcome Card from any of the Berlin Tourist Information Offices, while in Berlin in your Berlin hire car, which provides discount vouchers for many of the tourist attractions that you may want to visit while in Berlin in your Berlin hire car. Berlin-Tegel International Airport Car HireBerlin-Tegel International Airport lies 8km (4 miles) from Berlin in your hire car. Berlin-Tegel International Airport has 1 passenger terminal with an annual throughput of about 10 million passengers through 73 check-in desks. Berlin-Tegel International Airport operated from 06:00 to 23:00 daily. At Berlin-Tegel International Airport there are plenty of short and long term parking spaces available, should you need to leave your German hire car at Berlin-Tegel International Airport. Berlin-Tegel International Airport has all the facilities you would expect, including a post office, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, VIP lounge, duty free shop, newsagent/tobacconist, chemist, gift shop, car rental services, first aid, baby/parent room, disabled access/facilities, business centre and a tourist help desk, which can provide advice on what to see and do in your hire car while in Berlin. Eastern Germany Car HireThe former East German states now eagerly welcome visitors to explore in their German hire car, in contrast to the situation during decades of communist control. Eastern Germany has caught up and cleaned up quickly, as you will be able to see while exploring Eastern Germany in your German hire car. The most famous destinations in Eastern Germany carry potent wartime associations, including Colditz and Dresden, which you can visit in your German hire car while in Eastern Germany. Other key attractions that you can visit in your German hire car while in Eastern Germany include Leipzig, popular with classical music lovers, and Weimer, once the hub of Germany’s artistic Golden Age. In Eastern Germany you can obtain a German hire car at Berlin and Dresden. For an idea of what you might expect to find on a trip in your German hire car to these places in Eastern Germany, visit our Berlin Car Hire or Dresden Car Hire links. The quality of the German road network makes driving a German hire car an excellent way to explore Germany. Although constant driving in your German hire car at high speed can be tiring, the Autobahn makes it possible to cover long distance across Germany in your German hire car in a short time, enabling you to move easily in your German hire car from one area of interest to another. A German hire car is the best way of getting around Germany if you aim to explore smaller towns, villages and the countryside of Germany. The best known feature of Germany’s extensive and well maintained road system that you can use in your German hire car is the Autobahn, the network of toll-free motorways covering the whole of Germany. However other roads like Bundesstrassen (national roads) and Landstrassen (main roads) are generally engineered to a high standard, with good surfaces and helpful signposting to help you navigate in your German hire car. While driving around Germany in your German hire car you will find that Autobahns are identified by a white letter ‘A’ and a number on a blue background and national roads by a black letter ‘B’ and number on a yellow background. The previously inadequate road network of eastern Germany has been transformed beyond recognition through the construction of motorways across eastern Germany, like the Ostseeautobahn, which links the Baltic coast to the rest of Germany, and through the improvement of other roads, which now make the roads of eastern Germany a pleasure to use in your German hire car. The downside to all this rebuilding across Germany is the density of traffic. In your German hire car, you may find that congestion can be acute in built-up areas and anywhere at holiday times. There are more than 100 named tourist routes that you can use in your German hire car which criss-cross Germany. Some, such as stretches of the Deutsche Alpenstrasse (German Alpine Road) that you can use in your German hire car, were purpose-built as scenic highways through Germany, although most are ordinary roads linking places of similar interest that you may wish to visit in your German hire car while. The best known of these routes that you can explore in your German hire car while is probably the Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road), which run from Wurzburg in northern Bavaria to Fussenn at the foot of the Alps and takes you through picturesque, historic towns in your German hire car on the way. Even if they are not designated as such, many of the roads you can use in your German hire car through Germany’s well-wooded uplands qualify as scenic routes, and extensions of the Autobahn networks that you can use in your German hire car also offer spectacular visual experience of the German countryside. Germans are fast drivers and determined popular resistance among motorists has prevented the adoption of a compulsory speed limit on Germany’s Autobahn. Although the speeds can be a little unnerving when driving in your German hire car, most drivers are aware of what they are doing and respect the rules of the road, having passed Germany’s particularly rigorous driving test. Once you have become used to conditions in your German hire car, you will find the behaviour of fellow road users fairly predictable. While exploring Germany in your German hire car it is useful to have knowledge of the rules of the roads. Germans drive on the right; on roads without yellow diamond priority signs, you should give way to traffic from the right in your German hire car; seat belts must be worn by all occupants of you German hire car; children under 12 must use an appropriate safety seat while travelling in your German hire car; you should halt at tram stops where there is no central reservation in your German hire car and allow passengers to cross the road; you should give way to trams and buses in your German hire car as they leave stops; ensure you use dipped headlights on your German hire car in poor visibility and in tunnels; do not use side lights when driving your German hire car; give way to pedestrians in your German hire car when turning at uncontrolled junctions (intersections); do not drink and drive you German hire car as the penalties are severe; traffic lights are supplemented by priority signs, which must be obeyed in your German hire car when the lights are not functioning e.g. at night or weekends; insulting behaviour to others while driving in your German hire car is an offence; fines can be imposed on the spot by police and your German hire car may be confiscated; finally a flashing light may indicating that you can turn right in your German hire car when traffic lights are red, but you must give way to traffic coming from the other direction.
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