[WSIS CS-Plenary] accomodation during UN ICT Task Force in Berlin

[Ralf Bendrath]

Hi all,

as some of you have already asked about accomodation in Berlin during
the ICT Task Force meeting in November, here are some hints.

Best, Ralf

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HOTELS

IMPORTANT: If you call them, in any case try to negotiate a discount.
Berlin has a high over-capacity of hotel beds at the moment, so they are
all keen on not losing a single guest. ;-)

We recommend this hotel, as this is where the Civil Society Workshops on
the 18th will also take place: 
Cityhotel am Gendarmenmarkt
Leipziger Straße 65
10117 Berlin-Mitte
Tel.: 030/2 06 34-0, Fax: 030/2 06 34 199
Email: info at cityhotel-am-gendarmenmarkt.de
Single + Breakfast: 80,- 
Double + Breakfast: 90,-

Other not too expensive (around 100 Euros/night) hotels within walking
distance include:

Hotel Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden 14
10117 Berlin 
Tel. +49.30.23811-0, Fax +49.30.23811-100/400 
http://www.hotel-unter-den-linden.de/

Dorint Novotel Mitte,
Fischerinsel 12
10179 Berlin
Tel: (+49)30/206740, Fax: (+49)30/20674111
E-mail: h3278 at accor.com 
http://www.novotel.com/novotel/fichehotel/de/nov/3278/fiche_hotel.shtml

Derag Hotel and Living Hotel Henriette
Neue Ross Str. 13
10179 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30-2 46 00-900, Fax: +49 (0)30-2 46 00-940
E-mail: henriette at deraghotels.de

Mercure & Residenz Am Checkpoint Charlie
Schützenstr. 11
10117 Berlin Mitte
Tel : (+49)30/206320, Fax: (+49)30/20632111
E-mail: H3120 at accor.com 

There are many more hotels around the Foreign Office. Check the
following link and see the hotels there (you might have to enlarge
"Kartengröße" to 3x3. The hotels around Gendarmenmarkt are nicer
located, while the ones on the small island in the river are a bit
cheaper.
<http://www.berlin.de/stadtplan/explorer?ADR_STREET=werderscher+markt&ADR_HOUSE=1>


HOSTELS

For those of you on a tight budget: There are a lot of hostels in
Berlin, which normally are quite cheap and pretty ok. All offer single
and double rooms, sometimes with private bathrooms. They are not exactly
within walking distance to the Foreign Office, but public transportation
is pretty good in Berlin.

The following is just an arbitrary selection:

Mitte's BackPacker Hostel Berlin
Chausseestr. 102
10115 Berlin
Tel.:++49(0)30 283 909 65
info at backpacker.de 
www.backpacker.de 
(nice one, each room is differently designed)

Heart of Gold Hostel Berlin
Johannisstrasse 11
10117 Berlin
Tel. 0049 (0)30 29 00 33 00, fax 0049 (0)30 290 44 717
bridge at heartofgold-hostel.de
www.heartofgold-hostel.de
(a bit closer to the Foreign Office)

DIE FABRIK
Hostel-Kreuzberg
Schlesische Strasse 18
10997 Berlin
Front desk: 030 / 611 71 16 - 030 / 617 51 04
Office: 030 / 611 82 54
Fax: 030 / 618 29 74
E-Mail: info at diefabrik.com
http://www.diefabrik.de/
(nice neighbourhood)

BaxPax Hostel Berlin
Skalitzer Strasse 104
10997 Berlin
Tel.:++49(0)30 695 183 22
info at baxpax.de
www.baxpax.de
(nice neighbourhood)

The two "Circus" Hotels in Mitte district:
http://www.circus-berlin.de/_private/start_ho_e.htm