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Monday, April 21, 2008

Life's certainly a beach in Berlin's

A beach isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Berlin but kicking off your shoes and walking over golden sand is one of the many things you can now do in Berlin. Now there are a number of beach bars flooding the city and it all started at the Thus Strandbar Mitte, (Monbijoustrasse 3, which sits along the banks of Berlin’s river Spree.

You can now relax within a tropical oasis complete with palm trees, deckchairs and tons of imported sand. It’s the perfect place to drink a mojito after an exhausting day visiting all the museums at nearby Museum Island.

There’s now a host of similar bars springing up in Berlin that incapsulate that cool, underground scene that Berlin is always famous for. The Strandbar’s sister bar, Ostsrand (MuhlenstraBe 24-26, is located behind the largest remaining section of the Berlin Wall. Now the politicians are getting in on the act and the Bundespressestrand (Kapelluefer) is located in the government quarter and offers fantaDrinking in a German barstic views of the German parliament. They now have two swimming pools and a beach volley ball court to keep the most energetic punters happy.

If you’re looking for a quick dip in the city, you might try the Badeschiff 8EichenstraBe 4, which is a swimming pool that actually floats in the river Spree. During the winter the pool is covered by a tent and is turned into a huge sauna.

Berlins beach bar season starts at the beginning of April and lasts until late October.

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1 Comments:

  • You probably can't imagine but as soon as you sit in a sun lounger at one of the beaches in Berlin, you will forget being in a capital. All you'll know is being on holiday somewhere in paradise. Unbeliveable but true!

    By Blogger petal, At 8:17 AM  

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