Evening of June 3:
For those of you who wish to come earlier:
- Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio Pappano conductor,
Leif Ove Andsnes piano, Béla Bartok, Divertimento for string orchestra,
Sergej Rachmaninow, piano concerto #2 c-minor, Arthur Honegger, symphony #3
„Lithurgique“. 20.00
- There are also classical concerts at Komische Oper (Brahms, Tschaikowsky)
and at Konzerthaus Berlin (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms), all at 20.00
- Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Fidelio, 19.00
- Chamber Music Hall of Philharmonie, Lieder of Antonín Dvorák,
Malcolm Martineau piano, Magdalena Kozená mezzosoprano. 20.00
- Deutsche Oper Berlin, Aribert Reimann Das Schloss“, 19.30
- And lots of other events, call Berlin Programm, tel 49-30-8021071 or consult
the internet http://www.berlin.de/eventkalender/btm/_index.cgi
Dinner on June 4:
We will take the subway from Thielplatz, change at Nollendorfplatz to U2 direction
Pankow, get off at Potsdamer Platz. From there we will walk some 50 to 100 m
to the building shown on the fotograph (taken in 1989, you will be surprised
how things look like now): Diekmann im Haus Huth, Alte Potsdamer Strasse 5.
June 5
As I had written earlier, I bought a limited number
of ticket for the Philharmonic Hall. Chamber concert, conducted by Simon Ruddle.
Alternatives for the evening June 5:
1. Eating places close to the MPI:
- Ristorante Arcimboldo, Clayallee 347 (about two bus stations)
- Ristorante Cristallo, Teltower Damm 52 (about four bus stations)
- „Alter Krug“, local kitchen, Königin-Luise-Strasse 52, at
subway (U) station Dahlem-Dorf
2. Eating places in the city:
- „Zur letzten Instanz“, small old Berlin Gasthaus with Berlin-type
kitchen, subway (U) station Klosterstrasse, just around the corner in Judenstrasse/Parochialstrasse
- „Mutter Hoppe“, larger old Berlin Gasthaus, local Berlin kitchen,
Rathausstrasse 25, walking distance from Alexanderplatz
- „Schwarzenraben“, Neue Schönhauser Strasse 13, subway station
Hackescher Markt. It is also nice to walk through the Hackesche Höfe in
the evening.
- more expensive:
Le Cochon Bourgeois, Fichtestrasse 24 in Kreuzberg, subway (U) Südstern
Ana e Bruno, Sophie-Charlottenstrasse 101, S-bahn Westend or subway (U) Sophie-Charlotte-Platz
Alt-Luxemburg, Windscheidstrasse 31, subway (U) Sophie-Charlotte-Platz
Borchardt, Französische Strasse 47, subway (U) Französische Strasse
Margaux (Michelin one star), Unter den Linden 78
There are several other Michelin star restaurants (ask me)
3. Concert: Philharmonic Hall, Chamber Music Hall: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Yefim Bronfman piano, Gil Shaham violine, Alban
Berg, Chamber concert for piano and violine with 13 brass instruments; Johannes
Brahms, piano quintett f-minor. Introduction at 19.00, concert at 20.00
I bought 12 tickets, about 15-16 € each.
4. Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Rossini, LZItaliana in Algeri, 19.00
5. Deutsche Oper Berlin, Richard Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer, 18.00
6. Komische Oper, Leos Janácek, Jenufa, 18.00
Afternoon of June 6
My suggestion is that we join visiting the Reichstag roof. I
arranged special access to the Reichstag roof whenever we are ready, probably
14.00. This involves that we take coffee and cake at 15.30 at a prize of €
10.50. From there we may spread whoever wishes to stay on. What to visit?
Brandenburg Gate and the new holocaust memorial
Jüdisches Museum and Berlinische Galerie
Hamburger Bahnhof
Museumsinsel with several museums
Nationalgalerie
Museum „Die Brücke“
Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum
Akademie der Künste
Shopping? Kadewe, or a stroll through Friedrichstrasse
In the internet you can find a map of the subway and S-bahn net in Berlin:
http://www.bvg.de/images/sunetz_aktuell.pdf