If you want to get concert tickets, Koka 36 is the place to do it. You can show up in person and…read morebuy them, or purchase on the Internet. If you want to reserve tickets but not pay extra handling fees, order them online and then show up in person in the following days to get them. Easy as can be! Just be sure to pay attention to opening hours and bring cash with you, as they don't accept cards.

The best place in Berlin to buy your concert tickets…read more They are always very helpful and choose the best places with you.

Very happy with this service! Bought several tickets always for the best deal in town. Customer…read moreservice is very helpful. Looking forward to more concerts in Berlin with the help of Hekticket!

Etwas merkwürdig ist es schon, aber immerhin hab ich was gelernt…read more Ich hatte vorher schon in Internet gesehen, dass die Tickets, für die ich mich interessiere, 32 Euro kosten, incl. Bearbeitungsgebühr dann 32.50 Euro, alles klar. Also Geld abgehoben und auf zu Hekticket am Zoo dann hat man die Karten direkt und spart sich außerdem noch die Versandkosten, so meine Überlegung. Dort erklärte mir die freundliche Dame, dass die Tickets im Direktverkauf hier allerdings 35 Euro nochwas kaufen würden. Auf meinen Einwand mit dem Internetpreis hin wurde mir erklärt, dass es dort immer günstiger sei. Ich könnte ja außerdem einfach dort die Karten reservieren und sie dann in der Filiale abholen, dann würde ich den günstigeren Internetpreis auch bekommen können. Nach kurzer Diskussion ("also wenn ich jetzt zu Hause am Computer reserviere und dann nochmal wiederkomme, ist es günstiger?) zeigte sich die Dame kulant und gab mir freundlicherweise auch vor Ort die Tickets zum günstigen Internetpreis. Sehr nett! Außerdem noch ihr Hinweis: Wenn man bei der Onlinebestellung dann Barzahlung bei Abholung wählt, sind die Karten nicht fest reserviert. Am besten also per Kreditkarte online bezahlen, dann bei Hekticket direkt abholen, das ist die günstigste und sicherste Variante. Wieder was gelernt.

Failed concert ticket purchase-screen went blank on online purchase but 68 euros taken from my…read morecredit card. Perhaps worse than this is the disgraceful customer service-putting the phone down on me as soon as I get through(after dozens of attempts) to their customer service helpline, ZERO replies to emails to customer service and removing my comments on this issue from their facebook page rather than replying. A bunch of crooks-AVOID!!!

We bought our tickets online and received a confirmation e-mail that said to pick up the tickets at…read morea booth at the carre shopping center. Arriving there, no boot from hekticket was to be found, because there was a construction site. We started looking around and wanted to call hekticket, but we couldn't find a telephone number in the e-mail, so we e-mailed them to urgently call us or send us a telephone number because the show we bought the tickets for was only a few hours later. Meanwhile we kept looking and asking around. The personnel in several cafés didn't know where to send us. Google maps also gave us a different location. Eventually we found a phone number on the website (thank god for data roaming) but when we called, several times, no one answered the phone. There was no information on the website about the booth not being there anymore. After more than an hour of searching and asking around, we found hekticket on the 1st floor of a building at Alexanderstraße 1(not 3). I'm giving hekticket 1 star because we finally got our tickets, but the lack of information was really frustrating.

From the owner: Egal ob Sie allein, zu zweit, in der Gruppe oder als komplette Firma reisen, wir machen Ihren…read moreBerlinbesuch zu einem Erlebnis. Angefangen bei Stadtrundfahrten und Themenführungen, über VIP-Tickets für Museumsbesuche und Sonderausstellungen, bis hin zu Teambuilding-Events und individuellen Chauffeurfahrten oder Bustransfers. Interklassik ist Ihr Service-Partner für Berlin. Aber unser Produktportfolio umfasst noch mehr. Für Tagungen und Kongresse erarbeiten wir individuelle Rahmen- und Begleitprogramme. Mit unserer eigenen Theater- und Konzertkasse bei "Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus" und den besten Kontakten zu den Berliner Veranstaltungshäusern, verstehen wir uns als Ihr kompetenter Ansprechpartner bei der Buchung von Tickets und Eintrittskarten für Theater-, Konzert-, Show- oder Sport-Veranstaltungen in Berlin und Umgebung und können Ihnen in der Regel auch für bereits ausverkaufte Veranstaltungen Tickets in den besten Kategorien anbieten.

What a massive palace. Didn't know it was build by the wife of Frederick III in the late 17…read morecentury, impressive. This Baroque Palace is one of the largest palaces in the world and it a long walk from one end to another and it 2 levels (or more) and there are 2 sections of it. Each room was decor in different theme, style and decor. Walking through it like being travel around the world - they even have a church, a big ass garden. Plus a grand gardening room that was so beautiful that you just spend more time there then other. Also a Chinese room that was so impressive, make you feel like you learn about Chinese culture in one visit. You could spend a while there to slowly browsing the place and I'm sure you still missing something. The garden would be a fun place to explore in the summer time by the look of it from the second flower.

Here you will see a beautifully restored 17th century baroque palace. There are some genuine…read moreartifacts sprinkled around the first floor but most objects are reproductions or period antiques used decoratively. On the second floor are china and tableware collections, some jewels and family heirlooms. There is a nice palace garden/public park to enjoy as well. The palace was struck by bombs in WW2 and underwent a lengthy restoration. The repairs to the building itself are impeccable. In its heyday Queen Charlotte's palace must have rivaled Versalles in France. It's well worth a visit.

Technically, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall is a restaurant because it has food service…read more But, no duh, you are here for the music. * * * From the standpoint of classical music, A concert at the Berliner Philharmonie is the peak, The apex, The Bach's Mass in B Minor from which everything else is a step down. When I am not reviewing for Yelp, I am a classical music fiend. I have a vast collection at home. I stream classical music constantly. I have done classical music concerts all over Europe and the United States. Whether or not the Berlin Philharmonic is the best orchestra in the world Depends on what the piece is and who is conducting. But in terms of concert HALLS themselves, The Berlin Philharmonie is as good as it ever gets. Lots and lots and lots of concert halls claim to have good acoustics. No major concert hall can approach the Berlin Philharmonie for sound quality. Smoking gun evidence for this all out claim. There are two halls at the Philharmonie - a great hall for symphonies and a more intimate chamber music space. The more intimate chamber music space is still bigger than most high school auditoriums. Both halls are designed as theater-in-the-round. You can be in the back - with all the instrumentalists turned away from you at 180 degrees - And you get louder clearer sound than you would in most halls sitting next to the performers. The only concert space with sound quality to match is Saint-Chapelle in Paris ... And that is a small stone chapel with just enough room for twenty or thirty people. (The low hanging curved stone roof and walls work wonders.) The Philharmonie matches that while being ten times the size. * * * Architecturally the Philharmonie is stunning - but there are many many beautiful concert halls in the world. The Philharmonie is done in unpretentious German modern with an emphasis on polka dots and flying steel staircases. Of all of the concert halls, this is architecturally the most fun. * * * How is the food? The coffee is wretched. If you need caffeine before your concert, Drink a Red Bull before you go. But the Philharmonie has one brilliant idea. If you want food, the major food option is canapes. Most American readers will groan at the thought of canapes Being the only thing to eat at a concert. For us, canapes are tiny little snacks on crackers. You need about thirty of those to make a meal. Paying five euros for two of them seems outrageous. * * * BUT Heh heh heh ... GERMAN canapes are made on korn bread. Korn bread are those thin slices of brown bread That are microscopically thin but are majorly and totally filling. You can start your day with two slices of korn bread with something on top And you are literally good to go until lunch. The Philharmonie puts all sorts of wonderful things on their korn bread ... And yes you get two canapes in a serving. One serving of the Philharmonie's korn bread canapes And you are ready to sit through Wagner's entire Ring Cycle. Four operas? Three to four hours each? Bring it on! Hell, let's listen to the whole thing two times in a row! * * * A plate of the Philharmonie's wonderful canapes, A half hour looking at the polka dots and the flying staircases, And then Simon Rattle doing Beethoven's Seventh? What more do you want out of life?

We went to see the Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by the oldest active conductor Herbert Blomstedt…read morewhom is currently 97 years old! It was a great performance consisting of Mozart's Orchester No. 20 in D minor, followed by Bruckber's Symphony No. 9. The space itself is very big with interesting architecture and layout of seating, you can't really go wrong with any seat selection based on how seating is arranged. Downstairs you're able to grab a drink and a pretzel to enjoy before the showing or during intermission. There are lots of tables spread out to enjoy the drinks and then leave the glasses as no food/drink are allowed beyond the first level. There are lots of areas to check your coat and finding the seats was fairly easy. We followed everyone else's cues for clapping, and it was a wonderful experience.

Bahnhof Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen is the Railway Station serving Berlin-Schonefield Airport,…read moreSchonefield is an area just outside Berlin, in the Eastside, which boasts one of the two airports in the city, the smaller and more run-down Airport, used by budget airlines. The station its-self was really unfriendly and unwelcoming and was my first experience of a train station in Germany, compared to train stations in more central Berlin, this place is like a dump. There doesn't appear to be a huge staff presence around the station, and most of which didn't speak English, in my opinion, the location of this train station mainly to serve the Airport, they should be able to cope with tourists speaking multiple different languages. There also seemed to be a lack of maps and direction around the station, I ended up getting a ticket and the machine was very slow and went off quickly, often forcing me to start again, then I was told to validate the ticket and I didn't know where to go, in the end, this whole system was a confusing mess for me and made difficult from this station. There also wasn't also a huge amount of things around the station such as shops and cafes, while also considering the lack of staff and overall nature of this station feeling old, horrible and unwelcoming and like it has had no work done to make the station nicer since opening in 1952 (although the station/trains were electrified in the 60's and 80's), this station is really poor and that's a shame, hence warranting a single one-star rating.

This is the main station serving Schonefeld Airport. It's a 5 minute walk from the terminal…read morebuildings along a covered walkway. It is served by the main train lines to get into the city centre as well as the tram service for local services. However, you do need to do your homework before you travel as there is no ticket station or any staff to ask about tickets etc. You get tickets from self service machines but it's not clear at all what tickets you need etc Schonefeld is in zone C. If you're travelling into the city centre, you will need a ticket covering zones ABC or BC depending on where your hotel is exactly. You can either get a single journey or a day ticket which can be used on any of the modes of transport in that zone for the whole of that day To be fair, Berlin is extremely well catered for in terms of public transport - the city is criss cossed by the Unter-bahn (subway), the S-bahn (trams) and buses. Stops are all clearly signposted to help you find a station I think Germans are obviously more honest than residents in the UK as there are no barriers at stations. I didn't see any ticket inspectors on the trains as well. I can well imagine the German nation being that honest - after all, this is a society that will wait patiently at pedestrian crossings until the man turns green even though there's no traffic One last tip - the express trains run from the platform furthest away from the airport. Nice large double decker trains service this line but there are no specific luggage racks for suitcases. The journey into the city centre takes about 20-30 minutes depeneding on which stop you need