Berlinale:


Travelling to the festival

Train Stations

"Hauptbahnhof" (Main Station):
Taxi: 5 minutes to Potsdamer Platz

"Ostbahnhof":
S-Bahn: 15 minutes (change at Bahnhof Friedrichstraße)
Taxi: 10-20 minutes to Potsdamer Platz

Airports

Gary Cooper (1953)
Gary Cooper arriving at Tempelhof Airport (1953)

Tegel in the northwest:
Express bus service or
S 41/42 to Jungfernheide then U 7 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz and Bus X9 or 109 to Tegel Airport

Schönefeld in the southeast:
Express bus service or
S 9 train and regional trains

Depending of traffic, travel time from both airports to the city centre/Potsdamer Platz ranges from 25 to 45 minutes.

Car

Via the A10 motorway/Berlin Ring,
from the west, south and north take A115 or A110 and follow signs to “Berlin-Zentrum West”
from the east follow signs to “Zentrum” to the city centre/Berlin Mitte, where “Potsdamer Platz” will be signposted.

Car Rental in Berlin

On the occasion of the festival, Berlinale main partner BMW is offering limousines at special rental rates which can be downloaded here:

Rent a BMW limousine 2012, PDF  (132 KB)
Mietkonditionen BMW Limousinen 2012, PDF (116 KB)
location speciale BMW limousine 2012 (133 KB)

With Boat

The closest place to Potsdamer Platz to tie up your boat is the Kulturforum quay on the Landwehrkanal

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