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From The Airport

Step 1 – From the Airport

If you arrive with an airplane, there are a few airports in Berlin where you might get off. The old and famous cityairport Tempelhof was shut down in 2008, so it won’t be that one. But you should later definitely come by and see it. It’s an impressive piece of architecture. The two airports left are:

1 Schönefeld (SXL)

The airport is located in the south of Berlin and will be the main airport for Berlin in the future.  From the center it takes about 1 hour to get there.Schönefeld is currently in tariff zone C, requiring an ABC ticket from Central Berlin.

arriving and departing:

Car Hire:

  • Sixt www.sixt.de Mon-Fri 07.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. Sat-Sun 08.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. phone: +49 1805 252525
  • Europcar www.europcar.de Mon-Fri 07.00 a.m. – 08.00 p.m. Sat 08.00 a.m. – 02.00 p.m. Sun 08.00-12.00 a.m. phone: +49 30 6349160
  • Hertz www.hertz.de Mon-Fri 07.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. Sat-Sun 08.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. phone: +49 30 6091-5730
  • Avis www.avis.de Mon-Fri 07.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. Sat-Sun 08.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. Holiday 09.00 a.m. – 05.00 p.m. phone: +49 30 6091-5710
  • Budget www.budget.de Mon-Fri 07.30 a.m. – 11.00 p.m.
    Sat 08.00 a.m. – 06.00 p.m.
    Sun 08.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. phone: +49 30 6091-5700

parking fees: Schönfeld parking

Train:

Airport Express departs every half hour via Berlin Alexanderplatz (East), Berlin Friedrichstraße and Zoologischer Garten (West). The efficient S-Bahn (city train) leaves every 10 Minutes from Schönefeld.

Taxi:

tour to center costs about 30 Euro and takes 30 to 45 minutes

some companies are:

  • Funktaxi Berlin +49 30 26 10 26
  • Taxifunk Berlin +49 30 44 33 22
  • Würfelfunk +49 30 21 01 01
  • Limousineservice +49 30 12 23 56

You can also plan your journey in a taxi / cab at the TAXI FARE CALCULATOR. The site has very usefull informations and also gives you an idea of how much you would need to pay for your journey.

Bus:

Jet Express Buses (extra-long buses with special space for luggage - the fast possibility):

X7  is connecting Flughafen Schönefeld and U-Bahn station Rudow (U-Bahn line U7) like the 121 bus. It takes about 7 minutes. At night it is bus N71, which goes  the same route.

Expressbus-Linie SXF is a new and fast, but also expensive,  bus service to Südkreuz Station and maybe is a good choice for  travelers going to southern parts of Berlin

Regular Bus lines:

No. 121 goes to Rudow (U7)

No. 163 goes to Altglinicke via S-Bahn Grünau (S8/46),

No. 160 goes to Schöneweide train station

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2 Tegel (TXL)

The airport is located in the north west of Berlin and is little bit closer to the center than Schönefeld, so Buses are the most convenient way from and to the airport. It is mostly used by full-service airlines. Tegel is in tariff zone B, requiring an AB ticket from Central Berlin.

arriving and departing:

Car Hire: same as the Schönefeld car hire companies

parking fees: Tegel parking

Train:

There are no direct trains, U-Bahn or S-Bahn to the airport. There are just a few stations close by but you would need to catch one of the airport buses. So buses are the most convenient way from and to the center.

Taxi:

tour to center costs about 15 Euro and takes 20 to 30 minutes

some companies are:

  • Funktaxi Berlin +49 30 26 10 26
  • Taxifunk Berlin +49 30 44 33 22
  • Würfelfunk +49 30 21 01 01
  • Limousineservice +49 30 12 23 56

You can also plan your journey in a taxi / cab at the TAXI FARE CALCULATOR. The site has very usefull informations and also gives you an idea of how much you would need to pay for your journey.

Bus:

Buses generally operate from before 5 am to around midnight and they run every few minutes. Some possiblities you have are:

Jet Express Buses (extra-long with special space for luggage and very fast) They mainly just stop at big major stops but this are all areas where most of the travelers would like to get off anyway.

  • X9 connects Flughafen Tegel with Zoologischer Garten Station, the old and famous center of WestBerlin, remember the “Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo”, It takes about 20 minutes.
  • TXL runs from Flughafen Tegel to Prenzlauer Berg in 40 minutes. On the way it stops at Hauptbahnhof (20 minutes), Unter den Linden (30 minutes), and Alexander Platz (35 minutes). If you want to take the urban rail (S-Bahn) Ring Line, we recommend catching it at the conveniently located Beusselstraße station.

A regular bus line from Tegel Airport to Central Berlin is:

Bus 109

It connects Flughafen Tegel with Zoologischer Garten Station in 27 minutes. There are more stops thanwith bus X9. Some stops where you can easy catch a U or S-Bahn later are: Charlottenburg (17 minutes), Adenauerplatz (19 minutes), Uhlandstraße (23 minutes), and Kurfürstendamm (25 minutes).