Berlin: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Berlin is the capital of Germany (State of Berlin), 43 m (141 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 19 km (12 mi) from the centre. It has a dozen or more railway stations on record, including Berlin Central Station. Our booking partner lists 2,057+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Berlin runs from about 7 h 43 min a day in late December to 16 h 55 min in late June (computed for 52.52° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Berlin is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 19 km (12 mi) from the centre, whose 13,123-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft.
Flights to Berlin: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Berlin Central Station, Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin Brandenburger Tor station, Berlin-Lichtenberg railway station, Berlin Warschauer Straße station, Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station. Trains to Berlin
Buses to Berlin · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 2,057+ places to stay in Berlin (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 791 with a star rating, the largest group is 4-star (391), and 43 are five-star. Across 720 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.3 out of 10. Guests have left 2,024,760 reviews in total.
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What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tierpark Berlin | 1,220,166 | 2020 |
| Wall Museum | 870,000 | 2007 |
| Neues Museum | 777,000 | 2017 |
| Deutsches Historisches Museum | 758,300 | 2016 |
| Pergamon Museum | 751,000 | 2017 |
| Alte Nationalgalerie | 340,000 | 2016 |
| DDR Museum | 308,874 | 2008 |
| Altes Museum | 253,000 | 2017 |
| Hamburger Bahnhof | 250,000 | — |
| Bode Museum | 237,000 | 2016 |
The busiest is Tierpark Berlin at 1,220,166 visitors in 2020. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
UNESCO World Heritage in the city: Altes Museum; Berlin Modernism Housing Estates; Dancer of Pergamon; Glienicke Palace; Kavaliershaus; Museum Island; Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin; Pfaueninsel.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Berlin
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Hamburg, 255 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Prague, 280 km (Czechia) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Copenhagen, 355 km (Denmark) — flights · trains · buses · car rental
- Wrocław, 295 km (Poland) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Dresden, 165 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Bremen, 315 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental
- Poznań, 239 km (Poland) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Nuremberg, 378 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental
- Hannover, 250 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Leipzig, 150 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Madrid, Istanbul, Warsaw, Moscow, Brussels, Budapest, Tashkent, Mexico City, Beijing, Jakarta, Tokyo, Buenos Aires.
Common questions
Which airport serves Berlin?
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 19 km (12 mi) from the centre.
How big is Berlin?
About 3.4 million people live in Berlin, across 892 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Berlin in?
Europe/Berlin, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Berlin?
The Euro (EUR). Traffic drives on the right.
How many hotels are there in Berlin?
Our booking partner lists 2,057 or more places to stay in Berlin, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Berlin?
Hamburg (255 km), Prague (280 km), Copenhagen (355 km), Wrocław (295 km), Dresden (165 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.