U2Tour.de Travel Guide to Berlin

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Thee U2To
our.de
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Trraveelg
guid
de
Berlin
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V
Version July 2012
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© U2Tour.de
The U2Tourr.de – Travelgu
uide Berlin
Tablee of con
ntent
1 Hansa Stu
udios
2 Adlon Hottel // Brand
denburger Tor
T
3 Siegessäu
ule
4 Alte Nationalgalerie
5 Restauran
nt Schwarze
enraben
6 Wim Wend
ders Wohn ung
7 Max-Schm
meling-Halle
e
8 Frankfurte
er Tor
9 East Side Gallery
1 Galerie Noir
10
N
1 Metropoll (Goya)
11
1 Kant-Kin
12
no
1 Bahnhof Zoo
13
1 Hard Roc
14
ck Café
1 Olympias
15
stadion
1 Waldbüh
16
hne
1 Büro DAT
17
TA
1 Madame Tussauds
18
1 Grill Royal
19
2 O2 World
20
d
2 Die Möwe
21
2 Breschne
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Introd
duction
urrounding the so-callled ‘Neue Mitte’ in
Berlin, Berlin – long before the rece nt hype su
ny’s capitall ensued, U2
U had dis covered th
he city for themselves
t
s. Their rea
ason for
German
moving to Berlin, though, was
w
mainly
y musical – in the legendary H ansa Studios they
d Bowie and
d Iggy Pop. After seve
eral weeks the wall
wanted to follow the foot steps of David
fell, and
vented them
mselves on
nce again. What rema
ains is not just a mile stone
d U2 reinv
among U2 albums
s but also th
heir love fo
or the city Berlin.
B
e importan
nt places used and l oved by th
he band.
In our ttravel guide you will find all the
From H
Hansa Stu
udios to th
he Siegess
säule (victory colum
mn) to Zo
oo Station
n to the
place o
of their lastt performance, the O
Olympic Sttadium. Always also in view arre those
artists w
whose hom
me is Berlin and who sh
haped U2’s
s career, such as Wim
m Wenders
s.
and its U2 sights are best navig
gated by itts public transport sysstem. The subway
Berlin a
system is extensiv
ve and trains usually
y run every
y five minutes. Simply
y buy a da
ay ticket
and dellve into the
e city’s buz
zz. Several of the sigh
hts are also
o so close to each other that
you can
n easily wallk them.
t the U2 sights,
s
the re is much
h more to be seen in
n Berlin. Shopping
Of courrse, next to
around Kurfürste
endamm or
o along th
he trendy Alte
A
Schönhauser S
Straße, go
oing out
around the hip quarters
q
of Friedrich
hshain or Prenzlaue
er Berg, a
and a visitt to the
Reichs
stag (Germ
many’s Hous
se of Parlia
ament) or the
t
televisio
on tower a
are obligato
ory for a
Berlin. As a travel guide in print form we recommend Reiseführe
er 'Dumontt Berlin',
trip to B
which g
gives some useful tips
s about the
e city. Sma
all (free) maps of centtral Berlin are also
availablle at touristt informatio
on points (e
e.g. at Zoo
o Station).
new in tow
wn are Mus
sictours B
Berlin: they
y offer city
ytours in m
modern busses that
Pretty n
bring yo
ou directly to all music relevant sights in Berlin.
B
Durin
ng the nea rly 3h trip one can
watch e
exclusive in
nterviews and
a
extra iinformation
n via DVD on the flattscreens inside the
bus. Se
everal U2 re
elated place
es are visitted on this trip. Guide
e Thilo Schm
mied also offers
o
on
a unreg
gular base
es guided tours thrroughout the Hans
sa Studios
s. Both trips cost
money,, but are absolutely
y worth a try. Furth
her infos and datess are available at
www.m
musictours-b
berlin.de.
1
Hansa Stu
udios
d large parrts of 'Acht
tung Baby
y'. More precisely,
In Berliin’s Hansa Studios U2 recorded
they we
ere recorde
ed in Studio
o 2, also ca lled 'The Big Hall by the Wall'. Th
hat studio can also
be seen
n in the video for 'One
e' (Berlin-V
Version). The building was origin
nally built as
a a club
house ffor the cons
struction trrade guild i n 1910-1913. During the Secon d World War the it
was hea
avily dama
aged, and after
a
tempo
orary recon
nstruction was
w
soon fo
orgotten du
ue to its
peculiarr location – in the We
estern part of the city,, but directtly at the Be
erlin Wall. In 1976
the Meiisel-Musik-V
Verlage (Meisel Musicc Publishers
s) bought the
t
house a
and fitted it
i with a
recordin
ng studio, and
a
the Me
eistersaal (‘ main hall’) was turned
d into Stud
dio 2. From then on
some o
of music history’s gre
eats have u
used the sttudio (inclu
uding David
d Bowie, Ig
ggy Pop
and De
epeche Mod
de), particu
ularly for itts allegedly
y very special sound.. U2’s prod
ducer of
many y
years, Floo
od (Mark Ellis) was originally the Hans
sa Studio’ss sound engineer.
Apart frrom the stu
udio, U2 als
so regularly
y frequente
ed the pub 'Falstaff', lo
ocated in th
he same
building
g.
Today
y
it
has
h
been
n
replace
ed
by
an
Ita
alian
restaurant.
Only a short walk
k away you
u can more
eover find Potsdamerr Platz, a ffurther loca
ation for
ender’s 'Sttay' video.
Wim We
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o
again called Meiistersaal, is
s located on
o the firstt floor, and
d can be
Studio 2 is now once
or all kinds
s of events
s. During tthe day the hall is quite freque
ently open for the
hired fo
prepara
ation or tak
king down of
o such an event, and provides a chance to
o glimpse a view of
the old studio. Ha
ave a good
d look at th
he still orig
ginal ceiling
g lights. On
n the second floor
there are a number of recording studio
os that are still in use
e, and thus cannot be visited.
e U2 Vertig
go-Tour co
onzert in th
he Berlin Olympiastad
O
dium, the team of
2005, rright before
U2Tourr.de and 75
50 fans cele
ebrate a hu
uge fan-parrty in the Meistersaal!
M
ets them
Bono gree
during tthe concertt in Berlin.
r
to
o Hansa Stu
udios to film parts for the docum
mentary 'From the
In May 2009 U2 returned
sky dow
wn', release
ed as part of
o the 2oth anniversarry edition of
o Achtung Baby.
ss
Addres
Directions
2
Köth
hener Str. 38,
3 10963 B
Berlin
Nearrest U- and
d S-Bahn sstation: Pottsdamer Platz (U2, S 1, S2, S25
5). From
the station
s
follo
ow Stresem
mannstrasse
e, the Köthener Straß
ße is the firs
st street
to yo
our right. The
T
studio iss a further 50m down on the leftt.
Adlon Ho
otel // Brandenburgerr Gate
nburg Gate
e, one of th
he highligh ts of Berlin
n, was also
o the locatio
on for a U2
2 gig on
Branden
Novemb
ber 5th 20
009. Part of
o it was b
broadcasted
d at the MTV
M
Europe
ean Music Awards,
taking place in Be
erlins O2 World
W
laterr that even
ning. Aboutt 10.000 F
Fans at the
e Pariser
ot only a sp
pecial U2 g ig in front of the Bran
ndenburg G
Gate, but th
he video
Platz witnessed no
ening to
animatiions projected right onto the hisstorical building. This show also set the ope
ebrations of
o the 20th anniversa ry of the fall
f
of the
the cele
Berlin W
Wall.
d right acro
oss the Parriser Platz iss the five star
s
Adlon
Situated
Hotel. It becam
me U2’s, especially Bono’s residence
r
ver they co
ome to Berlin for con
ncerts, oth
her public
whenev
appeara
ances for th
he DATA/ONE campaig
gn or the Berlin
B
film
festival Berlinale. The Adlon
n Hotel wa
as opened in 1907,
but gott almost entirely des
stroyed by a fire tow
wards the
end of W
y a side wing was nott affected and
a
could
WWII. Only
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be used
d as a hotel and restaurant until the 1980’s
s. It was meant to be torn down in favor
of a res
sidential bu
uilding, butt Germany’’s reunificattion interfe
erred with tthat plan. Now
N
the
widow A
Adlon was able to re
egain the p
property an
nd in 1997 a historica
ally restore
ed Adlon
Hotel re
e-opened. The
T
Hotel, as well as the Brande
enburg Gatte, is show n in the On
ne video
(Corbijn
n’s Version)).
ss
Addres
Directions
Unte
er den Linde
en 77, 101 17 Berlin
Nearrest S-Bahn Station: Brandenburger Tor (S1, S2, S
S25). The hotel is
locatted directly
y opposite tthe stations
s’ northern exit.
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Siegessäu
ule
egessäule (‘victory
(
co
olumn’) pla
ays a prom
minent role
e in Wim W
Wender's 'Stay'The Sie
Video v
video, and further sce
enes were ffilmed in the streets surrounding
g it.
egessäule was
w
origina
ally built a
as a nation
nal monument to the "Einigungskriege"
The Sie
('unifica
ation wars') on the Königsplatz
K
(now the Platz der Republik
R
rig
ght in fron
nt of the
Reichstag) in 186
64–73, to celebrate
c
v
victory in the
t
Prussian-Danish w
wars. Afterr further
a and Fran
nce the co
olumn was
s crowned with the 8
8.3m high golden
defeats of Austria
a’ – loving
gly called "Goldelse" ('golden olld girl') by the localss. During the
t
Nazi
‘Viktoria
period the column was aga
ain extende
ed to a to
otal height of 67m a
and moved
d to the
er Stern in
n the very centre of tthe Tiergarrten. You can climb u
up the column to a
Grosse
platform
m and enjoy
y a great view
v
of Berl in!
ss
Addres
Directions
4
Groß
ßer Stern, Str.
S
des 17.. Juni
Nearrest U-Bahn
n station: H
Hansaplatz
z (U9). From
m the statiion follow Altonaer
A
Straße to Gro
oßen Stern
n. The column itself can be reached through
ways.
numerous subw
Alte Natio
onalgalerie
e
galerie (old
d national gallery),
g
loc
cated on th
he museum
m island,
In frontt of the Altte Nationalg
anotherr photo sh
hoot with Anton
A
Corb
bijn took place.
p
A number of th
hese photos
s can be
found in the book
klet for 'Achtung Bab
by'. The most
m
famous
s picture iss probably the one
ng next to a Trabant and Bono next to a Mercedes.
M
T
The wall, visible
v
in
with Larry standin
ckground off the picture, is no lon
nger existing.
the bac
nd returned
d to this pla
ace while sh
hooting foo
otage for 'From the sk
ky down'.
The ban
k from herre is the F
Friedrichsbrrücke (Friedrichsbridg
ge), where several
Just a short walk
nd videosho
ootings took place durring their Achtung
A
Bab
by sessionss.
foto- an
ollection of 19th centu
ury painting
gs and scu lptures tha
at is well
The buiilding itselff hosts a co
worth v
visiting.
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ss
Addres
Directions
5
Bode
estraße 1-3
3, 10178 Be
erlin
Hack
kescher Ma
arkt. From the statio
on follow Neue
N
Prom enade tow
ward the
riverr Spree up
p to the B urgstrasse,, and follow Burgstra
asse. To th
he right
cross
s the bridg
ge into Bod
destrasse. The
T
photos were take
en in the attrium to
the right.
r
Restauran
nt Schwarze
enraben (cclosed)
Herberrt Grönem
meyer and Bono ate in this Italian restaurrant (that in
n the even
ning also
offers sushi) on 21.04.200
04 after tthe Awards Business
s for Exce
ellence Dinner at
mer Platz. The
T
restaurrant was op
pen daily frrom 12pm and
a
offered
d very good
d food at
Potsdam
somewh
hat higher than avera
age prices. Now and th
hen a celeb
brity is spottted here, too.
t
The
restaura
ant is close
ed at the moment.
ss
Addres
Directions
Neue
e Schönhau
user Str. 13
3, 10178 Be
erlin
Nearrest U-Bahn
nstation: W
Weinmeisterrstraße (U8
8)
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Wim Wen
nders Appaartement
Info:
an directorr
U2’s firrst collaborration with the Germa
Wim W
Wenders was
w
the viideo for 'N
Night and
Day' frrom the 'Re
ed, Hot and Blue' sam
mpler. The
video w
was shot in
n Wim Wen
nder’s roof flat in the
Torstras
sse in Berlin Mitte, in 1990.
ss
Addres
Directions
7
Torstrasse
Nearrest U-Bahn
n Station: R
Rosenthaler Platz (U8)
)
Max-Schm
meling-Halle
Info:
ector Josep
ph Kahn a
and U2 film
med parts of
o the Ame
erican 'Stuc
ck In A
In this arena dire
nt' Videos (the footb
ball version ). Later on
n the record
ding was p
put togethe
er with a
Momen
digital s
stadium au
udience and
d football sscenes film
med in Houston. The rrecording in Berlin
took pa
art with aro
ound 100 ex
xtras, amon
ng them Ge
erman com
median Mich
hael Mittermeier.
Originally the Max
x-Schmelig-Arena wass a pure sports arena
a, e.g. for Berlin’s ba
asketball
Alba’. For some time
e now, how
wever, it has
h
also been
b
used for various music
team ‘A
events.
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ss
Addres
Directions
8
Am Falkplatz,
F
10437
1
Berli n
Nearrest U- and
d S-Bahn sstation: Schönhauser Allee (U2,, S46, S46
6). From
the S-Bahn walk
w
south along the
e Schönha
auser Allee
e until you
u reach
mstrasse. Turn
T
right here, and then take
e your seco
ond links into Am
Gleim
Falkp
platz. The Max-Schme
M
eling-Arena
a is at the end
e
of this sstreet.
Frankfurteer Tor
Info:
ddle of the
e GDR’s fo
ormer
Right in the mid
boulevard
d,
the
Karl-Marx--Allee
main
Allee), stand
ds the so-ccalled
(formerrly Stalin-A
Frankfu
urter Tor (Frankfurt Gate) – two
facing ttower block
ks with two
o further ccorner
turrets. Anton Corbijn
C
use
ed this loccation
eo (Berlin-Version). A still
for his 'One' vide
shot ffrom the video allso servess as
backgro
ound for the
t
menu for the 'O
One''
videos o
on 'The Bes
st Of 1990--2000'-DVD
D.
ss
Addres
Directions
Karl--Marx-Allee
e/Warschau
uer Strasse
Nearrest U-Bahn Station: Frankfurte
er Tor (U5)
). As soon as exiting
g the UBahn
n station yo
ou can alre
eady see th
he distinctiv
ve towers a
at the end of KarlMarx
x-Allee.
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East Side Gallery
Info:
de Gallery you
y
will find
d paintings
s by Thierry
y Noir, simi lar to those
e on the
Along the East Sid
ysterious Ways'. In addition, parts of th
he 'Achtun
ng Baby
covers of 'The Fly' and 'My
d the Ostb
bahnhof, along the
Video' were shott here. Bettween the Oberbaumbrücke and
former border strip, stretche
es this uniq
que sequence of paintings. Follow
wing the fa
all of the
ed artists frrom across
s the world came here
e and transformed
wall in 1989, over a hundre
ccessible pa
art of the w
wall with their art.
this unttil then inac
he artists themselves.
gularly by th
The paintings are redone reg
ss
Addres
Directions
Mühlenstrasse
Nearrest S-Bahn
n Station: O
Ostbahnhoff or Warsch
hauerstraße
e
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Galerie Noir
N
Info:
Frenchm
man Thierrry Noir, wh
ho has bee n living in Berlin since
e the early 80es, painted two
of the trabants used durin
ng both the
e ZooTV an
nd Zooropa
a Tours and
d also feattured on
the cov
ver of the Achtung
A
Ba
aby single
es.
s types of the
t
easily recognisabl
r
le figures unique
u
to Noir’s
N
art ca
an be foun
nd in his
Various
small g
gallery in th
he Nollendorfstrasse, and works are afforrdable even
n for those
e with a
somewh
hat thinner wallet. The
T
gallery
y is open Monday to
t Friday, 5 to 10p
pm, and
Saturda
ays, 1 to 10pm.
1
Thie
erry is usu ally around
d and after a few cu
ups of coffe
ee even
happy ffor a chat.
o opened up
u a French
h restauran
nt there, where
w
you can grab a bite and enjoy a
He also
glass off wine.
ss
Addres
Directions
11
Nolle
endorfstraß
ße 10, 1077
77 Berlin
Nearrest U-Bahn
n Station: Nollendorfp
platz (U1, U2,
U U4). Op
pposite the
e station
walk
k down the Maaßenstra
asse and ta
ake your firrst left into Nollendorffstrasse.
The gallery is on
o the rightt hand side.
Metropol (Goya)
Info:
2's second
d gig in Berrlin – on 04
4 Novembe
er 1981 the
ey played th
heir first
The location of U2
n TV gig fo
or the WDR show Ro
ockpalast. In front of a mere 350 fans (with a
German
capacity
y of 2000)) the band played a mixed set, broadcast to the pu
ublic on 06
6 March
1982. S
Starting in the golde
en 1920es the Metro
opol had been planne
ed and use
ed as a
theater, cabaret, musical ha
all, cinema
a and muc
ch more. Only
O
toward
ds the end
d of the
so used forr dance an d concert events. For a short ttime there was an
1970es it was als
upper-c
class club in
nside, which was close
ed in 2006..
hile is is co
ompletely re
enovated a
and is reope
ened as a event-locat
e
tion under the new
Meanwh
name "Goya"
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Directions
12
Nolle
endorfplatz 5, 10777 B
Berlin
Nearrest U-Bah
hn station: Nollendorrfplatz (U1, U2, U4) . The Mettropol is
locatted directly
y opposite tthe U-Bahn station.
Kant-Kino
o
Info:
n concert took placce here in
n the Kant
U2’s first Berlin
a in Berlin-C
Charlottenb
burg on 17
7 February 1981. With
h
Cinema
Hamburg and Mu
unich it wa
as the firstt time eve
er the band
d
y.
played in Germany
n 1912, the
e Kant Cin
nema origin
nally featured a large
e
Built in
hall witth a gallery
y on both sides,
s
but w
was later transformed
t
d
into sev
veral smaller cinemas
s. In the 19
970es and 1980es the
e
cinema was increasingly use
ed as a co
oncert hall as well. In
n
2001 a threat of being close
ed down w
was preventted by Wim
m
Wenderrs, the mov
vie distributtor Christop
ph Ott and the owners
of the cinema in the Hacke
eschen Höffe, Gerhard
d Groß and
d
e
Burkhard Voiges. It reopened in 2002 under the name Neue
K
Cinem
mas).
Kant-Kiinos (New Kant
ss
Addres
Directions
Kanttstraße 54, 10627 Berrlin
Nearrest U-Bahn
n station: W
Wilmersdorrfer Str. (U7
7). From th
he station turn
t
into
Kanttstraße. The
e cinema iss right there
e on the lefft.
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Bahnhof Zoo
Z
Info:
Berlin's (Central-) Station wass name sak
ke for the so
ong 'Zoo S
Station'. In
n
West B
addition
n the'Achtu
ung Baby' booklet
b
feattures a photo from one of the sta
ation’s subw
ways.
Zoo Sta
ation is also
o the startin
ng point of the bus journey in the 'Stay'-Vid
deo.
me world fam
mous alrea
ady years earlier follow
wing the drrug novel and film
The station becam
same name
e, 'Wir Kind
der vom B
Bahnhof Zo
oo' (‘Chris
stiane F.’)..
of the s
ss
Addres
Directions
Hard
denbergplattz
Nearrest S- and U-Bahn Sttation: nearly all of Be
erlin’s U- an
nd S-Bahn lines go
via Zoo
Z
Station.
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Hard Rock Cafe
Info:
k Café, which is locate
ed at the KuDamm
K
since 26th o
of April 201
10 (from
Berlin's Hard Rock
U2 -memo
orabilia.
1992-2010 it was loceted in the Meine kestrasse),, hosts a number of U
ost remark
kable one is surely th
he trabantt, stemmin
ng from th e Zoo-TV/Zooropa
The mo
Tour, and located right at th
he entrance
e. The restaurant is open
o
daily ffrom 11.30
0am and
ypically Am
merican, and slightly o
overpriced, food.
offers ty
ss
Addres
Directions
Kurfürstendamm 224, 107
719 Berlin
Nearrest U-Bah
hn Station:: Kurfürste
endamm (U
U15) or U
Uhlandstraß
ße (U1).
Kurfürstendamm corner M
Meinekestra
aße
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Olympiastadion
Info:
ympic Stadium served
d as backdrrop for U2's
s Zooropa Tour in Be
erlin in 199
93, 2005
The Oly
during the Vertigo-Tour and
d the U2 3
360 Tour in 2009. Th
he Leni Rie
efenstahl outtakes
o
opa show – shown, th
hat is, at th
he original location
shown during the opening off the Zooro
ed a particu
ularly stifling intensity. A day beffore the con
ncert U2
of their recording – develope
recorde
ed the 'Numb' video in Berlin. On the 7tth July 200
05 the Verrtigo-Tour stops in
Berlin, Bono greetts the fans from the Pa
arty last night in the Hansa-Stud
H
dios.
ympic Stad
dium was build
b
1934--36 and orriginally could hold m
more than 100,000
The Oly
people. It has rec
cently been more or le
ess comple
etely rebuiltt for the Fo
ootball Wo
orldcup
2006.
adium also served Anton Corb
bijn as backdrop for some of the photos
s in the
The sta
Achtun
ng Baby booklet and
a
the fiinal scene of his 'O
One'-Video (Berlin Version).
V
In 2009
9 U2 broke
e the audien
nce record with over 90.000 spe
ectators atttending the
eir 360°
show. IIf not hostin
ng events, the stadium
m is open to
t the public daily from
m 9am to 7pm.
7
ss
Addres
Directions
Olym
mpische Alle
ee
Nearrest S- and
d U-Bahn sstation: Oly
ympia-Stadion (U2, S
S5, S75). From the
station follow th
he signs to the stadium.
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Waldbühne
Info:
t
legenda
ary Waldbü
ühne (‘Forest
U2 perfformed on the
Stage’), near the
e Olympic Stadium, during the
eir
bühne was fitted into a
Elevatiion Tour. The Waldb
natural canyon in 1934-36 and
a
initially
y served as a
theatre stage forr the Nazis
s. During tthe Olymp
pic
Games 1936 and after the Second W
World War it
was mo
oreover us
sed as a boxing aren
na, and only
later also as a co
oncert stage
e. The Walldbühne wa
as
a
a con
ncert by th
he
temporarily shut in 1965, after
g Stones that
t
ended in a masss brawl an
nd
Rolling
partial destructio
on of stag
ge and se
eating area.
s have only return
ned to th
he
Regularr concerts
Waldbühne since 1978.
1
It is held in hig h esteem by
b
ans and fan
ns alike forr its specia l atmosphe
ere. The be
est view off the Waldb
bühne is
musicia
from th
he Glockentturm (bell tower) oppo
osite.
ss
Addres
Directions
Glockenturmstrr. 1, 14035
5 Berlin
Nearrest S-Bahn station: Pichelsberrg. From th
here follow
w the signs
s to the
Wald
dbühne
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ONE.org (DATA)
Info:
Mitte, almos
st in sight of the
Placed at Reinharrdtstr. 47 in Berlin-M
eichstag, Bonos
B
organ
nization
Federal Chancellerry building and the Re
g (formerly
y DATA - Debt AIDS T
Trade Africa
a) has its German
G
ONE.org
offices. A small te
eam is working here for organiising the lo
obbying
and PR
R activities
s of ONE in the G erman-spe
eaking region. In
addition
n, Bonos meetings
m
with
w
Germa
an politicia
ans are prrepared
here an
nd visits the
e offices on
n such occa sions accorrdingly.
ss
Addres
Directions
18
Reinhardtstr. 47, 10117 B
Berlin
from
m U- and S--station Frie
edrichstraß
ße follow the Friedrich
hstraße nortthbound
and turn right into
i
the Re
einhardstraß
ße after approx. 150m
m.At the en
nd of the
et the DATA
A offices arre located on
o the left hand
h
side.
stree
Madame Tussauds
Info:
now also has
h
an offfspin of th e world fa
amous' Madame
Berlin n
Tussaud
ds' wax fig
gures Cabin
net. In the
e immediate
e vicinity of
o the
Branden
nburg Gate
e, you willl find on 2
2500qm, spread over two
floors, e
eight subje
ect areas with
w
currenttly around 100 wax figures
to see. In addition to music
c stars like Elvis Pres
sley or Mad
donna
you can
n also spot Bono. Mad
dame Tussa
auds is ope
en daily fro
om 10
to 19h,, admission
n for adults is 18.50 EUR, chea
aper ticketts are
availablle if you order online via
v the officcial website
e.
Addres
ss
Directions
Unte
er den Linde
en 74, 101 17 Berlin
Nearrest S-Bah
hn Station : Unter den
d
Linden
n (S1, S2
2, S25). Madame
M
Tuss
sauds is located dire ctly at the
e stations’ northern exit, opposite the
Adlon Hotel.
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Grill Royaal
Info:
The posh restaura
ant Grill Royal,
R
a
regular hot spott for celebrities,
u in 2007
7 just bene
eath the
opened up
Spreebrü
ücke on F
Friedrichstrraße in
central Berlin.
B
U2 a
are known to have
thrown
their
private
Echowparty (a
at which Michael
Aftershow
Mitterme
eier was pre
esent) at this very
location on Februa ry 21st, 2009. As
ening prog
gressed and the
the eve
drinks kept
k
on co
oming, Bo
ono and
Mitterme
eier appare
ently climb
bed the
tables half-naked (the less private
half!) to encourage
e guests to
o dance
with the
em. Unforrtunately (?) no
evidence is to b
be found of that
n
until ttoday.
peculiar night
nd and som
me of their tour staff v
visited this place also after theirr 2009 show
w at the
The ban
Olympic
c Stadium.
ss
Addres
Directions
20
Fried
drichstraße 105 b, 101
117 Berlin
S-Ba
ahnstation Friedrichss traße and head 200m
m north. Orr Metro Sta
ation U6
Fried
drichsstraße
e and head
d 300m north
O2 World
d
Info:
mber 2008, the O2 Wo
orld in Berlin is the
Opened in Septem
second largest multifunction
m
nal arena (total capacity of
he Lanxess Arena in Cologne.
C
17,000)) in Germany after th
Despite the fact th
hat U2 hav
ven't played
d a concerrt at the
O2 yet, the band has
h
paid its
s visit to th
he arena tw
wice due
to othe
er commitments: On
n February
y 21st, 2009 U2
perform
med their newly rele
eased sing
gle "Get On
O Your
Boots" a
ouple montths later
at the Echo Awards, while a co
on Nove
ember 5th,, the band accepted the "Best Liveact"
award a
at the MTV
V EMA's an hour afte r playing a short gig in front off the Brand
denburg
gate.
ss
Addres
Directions
Mühlenstraße 12-30,
1
1024
43 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Statiion Warschauer Straß e
The suburban railway
r
line
es S3, S5, S7,
S S75 an
nd S9 all sttop at “Warrschauer
n, as well a
as the subw
way line U1, bus num
mbers 347 and N1
Straße” station
he station is
i connecte
ed to the O2
O World
and tramway lines M10 a nd M13. Th
n bridge.
by a pedestrian
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East Central Station (Ostb
bahnhof)
The O2 World is located in the imm
mediate vicinity of Easst Central Station.
y
convenience it m
may be advisable to take the subu
way lines
For your
urban railw
S3, S7, S5, S7
75 and S9 or bus num
mber 140, 240, 347 o
or N40. Th
here is a
kway leading from Easst Central Station
S
to th
he O2 Worlld.
walk
21
Die Möwee
Info:
entation of the federa
al state of Saxony-An
nhalt is fou nd in Luise
enstraße
Today tthe represe
Number 18. But back
b
in the
e days of t he seperatted Berlin, this was th
he location of "Die
gull), a club mainly ffrequented by artists. The nam e was take
en from
Möwe" (The Seag
Tschechow’’s Drama. The
T
building
g, known as
a „Bülowsc
ches Palais““ (Palace off Bülow)
Anton T
had a m
moving histtory: it was
s used for i nstance as a hospital or even a house of pleasure.
p
Director Anton Co
orbijn used it for interrior shots fo
or his One Video, whe
en U2 was dressed
women. The furniture
e was taken
n from the "Grüner Salon"
S
(Gre
een Lounge
e) of the
up as w
Hansa Studios. The lounge was shut down soon
n after (wh
hich had n
nothing to do with
ure for vide
eo shots!)
lending the furnitu
ss
Addres
Directions
22
Luise
enstraße 18
8, 10117 B erlin
Nearr Bureau. Or
O after the
e visit at "G
Grill Royal" follow Sch
hiffbauerdam
mm and
turn into die
e Luisenst raße. Nex
xt Metro-s
stations: B
Bundestag (U55),
Fried
drichstraße und Oranie
enburger Tor
T (U6)
Breschnew
w-Villa
Info:
g Baby’
Bono sttayed here during the recording of ‘Achtung
ss
Addres
An neuen
n
Garte
en 25, 1446
69 Potsdam
m
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