TEAM USA Women's National Teams
2025 Senior A (40+) and B (50+) and C (60+ short boat)
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany -- July 14-20, 2025
BERLIN TRAVEL TIPS
GETTING AROUND
From our AIRPORT Hotel, there are plenty of options to get around during our OFF days.
US Embassy - Berlin - Getting help / Pariser Platz 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Phone: +49 30 83050, Opens 8:30AM
Walking area near Team Hotel
REWE = Local Supermarket, small but has most of what we need. In Terminal 1 above the trains. Hrs 5AM-midnight.
Airport Food Court (in public space): Asian, Fish N Chips, Starbucks, Burger King, pizzeria, nordic bar
McDonalds and IKEA about 3+ miles
Intercity Airport Hotel (next door to Steigenberger).
FROM Steigenberger HOTEL to Berlin City Center
JOIN and become an "H" Rewards Member with your hotel stay and get 2 days of free use of the public trans!!!
At most locations, the ticket is valid for various means of public transport and often includes airport connections or far beyond the city limits. The ticket is valid for at least 2 days (on the day of arrival and departure) and during the entire stay, including fairs, etc.
Transfer options into Berlin City Center
various combo tourist travel / museum or public or ridesharing transport and sites discount
Public Transportation rates: 1 tix@ 3.80EU / 4 trips @ 11.60EU / 24hrs@10.60EU / 7 days@44.60EU
Get BVG app - allows you to purchase tickets and track public transport in Berlin
This app is specifically for buying tickets for all BVG transportation modes (trains, subways, trams, and buses). It allows you to purchase and download tickets directly from the app, offering options like single fares, 24-hour tickets, short-trip tickets, and more. You can use various payment methods like credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and SEPA direct debit.
By TRAIN - approx 30 min, about 4.4 Euros
FEX (Airport Express): Connects BER to Hauptbahnhof every 30 minutes. FASTEST Option
Regional Trains: RE8, RB22, RB24, RB32 // Connects BER to various stations in Berlin, including Hauptbahnhof.
S-Bahn: S9 and S45 run frequently to the city center.
By BUS - about 45-55 minutes, about 4.4 Euros
Express busses X7 and X71 connects BER to the U7 underground station in Rudow
Car rentals
Ride-Sharing = UBER and BOLT
Taxi = 45 minutes, 58 Euro
TRAVEL SITES
Museum Island - Museum Island is a unique ensemble of five museums in the center of Berlin. The entire complex is listed by as a Unesco World Heritage Site (Pergamon Museum - cool stop with huge buildings razed from Egypt == closed for rennovations)
Brandenburg Gate - A symbol of Berlin and German division during the Cold War due to it's proximity to the Berlin wall, it is now a national symbol of peace and unity
Reichstag Building - Parliment building
Gendarmenmarkt - square and site of three impressive buildings: German Cathedral, French Cathedral, and Konzerthaus.
Holocaust memorial
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Berlin Wall
Check Point Charlie - Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
East Side Gallery - After the German reunification, artists have turned this former stretch of the Berlin Wall into the largest open-air gallery in the world
Berlin Cathedral - The Protestant Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island in the Mitte district is Berlin's largest church and one of the major sights in the city center
Berlin Palace - the baroque palace a new space for art, culture and science in Berlin's city center