The EastSeven Berlin Hostel listed up some cool and interesting activities that are free of charge

We want to keep our guests informed about what is cool and cheap to see and do in Berlin. Some of our favorite low cost activities & events in Berlin our listed down below. Check it out and klick on the links for more detailed information on each of the activities. In case you want to have more tips and recommendations check out what our staff has to say online.

1.Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, Mauergedenkstätte – Berlin Wall Monument

This evocative stretch of the Berlin Wall on Bernauerstrasse is one of the few remnants of the concrete wall left untouched since 1989. The Gedenkstätte – monument – includes a Documentation Centre which chronicles the history and experience of the Berlin Wall.

2.  SACHSENHAUSEN MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

When visiting Berlin, you should visit some historical sites aswell. for instance the sachsenhausen concentration camp. It’ s not going to be a fun trip, but you will learn so much more about the terrible second world war and its victims.
Opening Hours
15 March until 14 October: daily 8:30 – 18.00
15 October until 14 March: daily 8:30 – 16:30
Entry is for free.

3.The Mauerpark Fleahmarket
Sunday is fleamarket day. Close to the hostel (500 m) you find the Arkonaplatz Fleamarket and the famous Mauerpark fleamarket. You don´t want to buy something – no problem you first of all go there to see all kind of urban subjects with hangover and even sober ones. Berliners go there – you should as well.

4. Organic Market Kollwitplatz
On a late Saturday morning you should go to where the locals go – the farmer´s market on Kollwitzplatz – 200 Meters from EastSeven. Fresh organic vegetables, varieties of sausages and a lot more of savoir vivre. By your food of the season there, go back to the hostel and prepare it in our fancy self catering kitchen.

5. Viktoriapark Kreuzberg
Viktoriapark is one of Berlin’s oldest and prettiest parks and offers a great view from the top of Kreuzberg. Have a delicious and cheap vegetarian lunch at Seerose (Mehringdamm 47) and then have a coffee or some ice cream at one of the plenty cafes in Bergmannstraße. Kreuzberg/Viktoriapark @ U-Mehringdamm.

Have fun exploring Berlin without spending to much money!! Hope to welcome you soon to the EastSeven Berlin Hostel!!!!

1) Charlie Chaplin, Complete!
This is the event of the year for everyone who loves Charlie!!
At the Babylon Cinema, from July the 15th till August the 7th, all Charlie Chaplin´s movies will be broadcasted.
80 films in 20 days!
There will be 10 Live Orchester Performances, sweetening up the mute performances!

2)Bread & Butter- Tradeshow for selected brands
Welcome to 10 years of BREAD & BUTTER, welcome to the BREAD & BUTTER SUPERSHOW!
The 25th event by BREAD & BUTTER (from July 6th till JUly 8th) – tradeshow for selected brands will guarantee a show of superlatives!
On the eve of the B&B anniversary event you are invited to join us under Berlin’s night sky for a breathtaking open-air festival starring super live acts!

Save the date:
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, from 7:00 pm

Limited Capacity – First Come, First Served!

3) Classic Open Air @ Gendarmenmarkt
from July 7th till July 12th.

For this years very special 20th anniversary they have planned seven concerts, which range offers something for everybody – from the youngest rock’n’rollers to the more mature opera devotee.
On offer is an explosive experience for all the senses: through sound and vision you will be equally enchanted, our productions use light, lasers and fireworks to spectacular effect.
So make sure to be there for a magnificent evening concert under the setting summer sun, surrounded by the breathtaking architecture of one of Berlin’s most renowned city squares!

4) ORWOhaus Festival
on the 8th and 9th July 2011

a unique music festival, with non-mainstraim bands and a diverse range of music-styles.

5)THE BROWSE FOTOFESTIVAL@ DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN KREUZBERG

THE BROWSE FOTOFESTIVAL
70 Fotograf/innen in 66 Locations in Kreuzberg
Check here for the locations.
Enjoy your holiday in Berlin!! book a place to stay here.

Berlin!

It is the time of the year again! If you´re in Berlin visit the design festival and the many parties organized in honor of the festival.

DMY Berlin is an international design network for contemporary product design. At the yearly DMY International Design Festival Berlin both renowned and young, experimental designers launch new products, prototypes and foresighted projects. The exhibition is accompanied by a wide program of symposia, designer-talks and workshops, able to reflect current topics of contemporary design and to reveal necessary future trends of design and its related disciplines.

Furthermore DMY yearly assigns the DMY Awards for excellent projects. With international exhibitions and activities in Europe, Asia and South America, DMY gives visibility to unconventional and innovative projects and products that go beyond the mainstream.

(Text: DMY-Berlin.de)

You can klick here to take a look at the programm.

Klick here to find out about the parties that are organized around the festival

For more cool tips and things to do and see in the german capitol check the hostels website for personal recommendations.

fun in Berlin!

Yes, the summer is there, and therefore the open air cinema season has officially started!!!

Berlin knows a lot of nice open air cinemas. We would like to introduce to you the open air cinema in Berlin Kreuzberg. Cool thing about this cinema is that they often show movies in the original language, with english  subtitles, or in english and with german subs!

In 2011 there will again be a daily changing program with highlights from the current cinema season as well as classic and cult movies. With films from countries as diverse as Japan, Norway, Israel, Palestine or Spain this cinema aims to present true world cinema and where possible they will present foreign films in original versions with German subtitles and German films with English subtitles.

We have the programm for the next couple of weeks. Enjoy.

Mi 18.5.  das lied in mir / The day I was not born
German with Engl subtitles

Fr 20.5.  True grit
Engl with German subs

MI 25.5.  tHe king’s speecH – die rede des königs
Engl with German subs

Do 26.5.  the kids are all right
Engl with German subs

Mo 30.5.  Howl
Engl with German subs

Di 31.5.  Bis aufs Blut – Brüder auf Bewährung / Closer than Blood
German with Engl subtitles

MI 1.6.  Another Year
Engl with German subs

Fr 3.6.  Wer wenn nicht wir / If not us who

German with Engl subtitles
Sa 4.6.  The Social Network
David Finchers movie about the beginning of the Social-
Network-Revolution with Jesse Eisenberg und Justin Timberlake.

Mo 6.6.  Jack in Love
Engl with German subs

Di 7.6.  Machete (FSK 18)
Engl with German subs
They just messed with the wrong Mexican… Robert
Rodriguez’ Mexploitation-Kracher mit Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro,
Steven Segal, Don Johnson, Jessica Alba und Lindsay Lohan.

MI 8.6.  Goethe!
German with Engl subtitles

Do 9.6.  Inception
Engl with German subs

WHERE: Freiluftkino Kreuzberg
5 minutes  from U-Bhf Kottbusser Tor , am Mariannenplatz | entry opposite Adalbertstraße 73

start: 21:30 – but be there by 21:00 to get tickets

tickets: 6,50 Euro

If you need help with getting there, just come ask us at the reception!

If you are looking for a nice and cheap stay, come stay at our cozy little hostel !

Go on the 666 Anti Pub Crawl!

They come to pick you up from the EastSeven Berlin Hostel, every day at 8.45 PM!

The 666 anti pub crawl is a different kind of pub crawl. Visit some of the most amazing, original spots in the city and actually meet some of the locals.This is what our alternative bar tour is all about.

Price of ticket, 10€, gets you free entrance to all bars & clubs along the way and free shots at select (!) locations. We visit exclusive clubs and expect you to know your tolerance and act accordingly.

Perfect way to the discover the Berlin night life!!

Enjoy!!

EastSeven Berlin hostel is cooking for her guests, every Monday and every Wednesday!

where can you find  a hostel like that? A cheap stay with a fantastic dinner on top of it, for free!
Don´t look any further, EastSeven Berlin Hostel offers it!

Twice a week the hostel kitchen is turning into a fun time cooking event. Guests who want to eat a long can also join in on the cooking, and take part in a cooking-workshop with Florian.  He knows how to slice onions without getting tears in your eyes!

Eating together is the perfect opportunity to meet other travelers, share travel-experiences and stories, and  getting your belly full while you are at it.
Usually the food is 100% vegetarian. But in summer we also organize BBQ´s.
Then we provide salads and bread, and the guests can bring the meat they like!

Here is in short how it works. We meet up at the hostel kitchen around 19h, anyone who wants can help. If you want you can bring your own ingredients too. Around 20h the food is ready! During the dinner party we have a happy hour! All our fantastic beers ( 0,5L) for only 1€!

Here is a video to illustrate it!

So that´s all for now, hope to see you soon in Berlin!!

Pierre testing the beds

ONLINE NOW!!!

It´s been already a couple of months since Leonie came up with the fantastic idea of making a video about the EastSeven Hostel staff, inspired on the ´Amelie Intro`.
I found the idea magnificent and that´s when we started brainstorming together! The intro of Amelie is where all characters are being introduced, showing the likes and don´t likes that are typical for them.

At that moment the EastSeven Berlin Hostel counted 12  staff members, including the 2 managers of the hostel. So for each character we were imagining what he or she desires or dislikes the most. Some of our staff members came with their own idea. For instance Caroline, who really really enjoys making coffee and she just loves the smell of our Italian coffee beans!! Or Lena, who in real life really is allergic to the sound of chalk on a black board. In the end, all of us show something really personal, although it still only is a small feature of our characters. It does give the viewer an impression on who the individual staff members of the EastSeven Hostel are.
Our special thanks goes out to BRM for making the music and to Frank Dukowski for the voice-over, thank you guys!!!

So if you are coming to Berlin, and if you are still looking for a nice and friendly, relaxed hostel in a great location…you are more than welcome to check in at the EastSeven Berlin Hostel!!

Here is the video, have a look!!

@ EastSeven garden

The EastSeven Berlin Hostel listed up some cool and interesting activities that are free of charge

We want to keep our guests informed about what is cool and cheap to see and do in Berlin. Some of our favorit low cost activities & events in Berlin our listed down below. Check it out and klick on the links for more detailed information on each of the activities. In case you want to have more tips and recommendations check out what our staff has to say online.

1.Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, Mauergedenkstätte – Berlin Wall Monument

This evocative stretch of the Berlin Wall on Bernauerstrasse is one of the few remnants of the concrete wall left untouched since 1989. The Gedenkstätte – monument – includes a Documentation Centre which chronicles the history and experience of the Berlin Wall.

2.  SACHSENHAUSEN MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

When visiting Berlin, you should visit some historical sites aswell. for instance the sachsenhausen concentration camp. It’ s not going to be a fun trip, but you will learn so much more about the terrible second world war and its victims.
Opening Hours
15 March until 14 October: daily 8:30 – 18.00
15 October until 14 March: daily 8:30 – 16:30
Entry is for free.

3.The Mauerpark Fleahmarket
Sunday is fleamarket day. Close to the hostel (500 m) you find the Arkonaplatz Fleamarket and the famous Mauerpark fleamarket. You don´t want to buy something – no problem you first of all go there to see all kind of urban subjects with hangover and even sober ones. Berliners go there – you should as well.

4. Organic Market Kollwitplatz
On a late Saturday morning you should go to where the locals go – the farmer´s market on Kollwitzplatz – 200 Meters from EastSeven. Fresh organic vegetables, varieties of sausages and a lot more of savoir vivre. By your food of the season there, go back to the hostel and prepare it in our fancy self catering kitchen.

5. Viktoriapark Kreuzberg
Viktoriapark is one of Berlin’s oldest and prettiest parks and offers a great view from the top of Kreuzberg. Have a delicious and cheap vegetarian lunch at Seerose (Mehringdamm 47) and then have a coffee or some ice cream at one of the plenty cafes in Bergmannstraße. Kreuzberg/Viktoriapark @ U-Mehringdamm.

Have fun exploring Berlin without spending too much money!! Hope to welcome you soon to the EastSeven Berlin Hostel!!!!

 

No plans for the weekend? We have selected some cool events and things to do for the weekend!

On Friday during the day:
1 THE BERLIN WALL MEMORIAL: GEDENKSTäTTE BERLINER MAUER

The Documentation Centre known as Dokumentationszentrum Berliner Mauer is one of three integral elements which together make up the Gedenkstatte Berliner Mauer – Berlin Wall Monument at Bernauer Strasse – combining a stretch of the former Berlin Wall, the Kapelle der Versöhnung (Reconciliation Chapel) and, across the road, the Documentation Centre itself.

This is an important source of information and an original documentary source/archive devoted to the history of the Berlin Wall. A multimedia presentation draws on the local historical experience at Bernauer Strasse, exploring varied aspects of the political background and historical detail surrounding one of the most poignant and significant events of the Cold War.

The street’s unique position cut into two sides by the Wall with East Berlin buildings on one side and a pavement/sidewalk on the side of West Berlin evoked the madness of the concrete Wall dividing the city.

Information panels are in German and English.

Address:
Bernauer Str. 111
13355 Berlin

Admission free!!!

15mins walk from East Seven

On Friday night:

2 INTO THE PIT – LEVEE CLUB (EX BANGBANG CLUB)

A nice mixture of Electro, Minimal, Indie and live music!

Levee Club (Ex Ban Bang Club)
Neue Promenade 10
Berlin-Mitte – S-BHF Hackescher Markt

start: 11pm
end: ?

3.  TIRED OF ALL THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC? ROCK AG AT LIDO EVERY FRIDAY

The Rock AG exists since September, 2002 and is with it one of the
most established rock parties of Berlin.
The musical range of the Rock AG encloses classic and news from almost
all genres of the popular rock music. According to musical
predilections of the respective DJs and the visitors interfere Indie
and punk, Grunge and alternative, Britpop and Heavy Metal, progressive
and Glam, freak’s beat and crossover, etc. (Wikipedia lists approx.
200 subspecies of the “rock”, so here no claim to completeness!). But
all tracks have in common – they rock the Floor!

Lido
Cuvrystraße 7
10997 Berlin

On Saturday during the day:

4. ÖKOMARKT AM KOLLWITZPLATZ

On a late Saturday morning you should go to where the locals go – the farmer´s market on Kollwitzplatz – 200 Meters from EastSeven. Fresh organic vegetables, varieties of sausages and a lot more of savoir vivre. By your food of the season there, go back to the hostel and prepare it in our fancy self catering kitchen.

5.THE BERLIN-HOHENSCHöNHAUSEN STASI MEMORIAL OLD STASI PRISON

The site of the main remand prison for people detained by the former East German Ministry of State Security (MfS), or ‘Stasi’, has been a Memorial since 1994. Since the vast majority of the buildings, equipment and furniture and fittings have survived intact, the Memorial provides a very authentic picture of prison conditions in the GDR and gives another view of the divided Berlin.
Tours of the prison are usually led by former inmates, who provide first-hand details on prison conditions and the interrogation methods employed by the GDR’s Ministry of State Security (MfS).

It is only possible to view the extensive prison complex on a official guided tour as Visitors require detailed guidance in order to understand the various sections of the prison.

Public tours every Saturday and Sunday, every hour from 10am to 4pm in various languages, but better call ahead to ask at what time it is in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish or Norwegian…

Phone Visitor’s Service: Phone: +49 – (0)30 – 98 60 82-30

Admission:
Regular fee 5,00 Euro, concessions*) 2,50 Euro, Students 1,00 Euro
*) university students, senior citizens, handicapped persons, Berlincard-holder

How to get there:
Take the Metro U2 from the Hostel and go 2 Stops to Alexanderplatz. From here you take the Tram M5 to the stop “Freienwalder Strasse”. The Memorial is then about a 10 minute walk down Freienwalder Strasse in Genslerstraße 66.

On Saturday night:

6. MIAU – TECHNO & HOUSE

Aleator (lost and sound)
Victor Laffleur (chef de cuisine berlin/ morlox)
Jason Wilding (tinpot)
Chris Kruit (chef de cuisine berlin/ morlox)

+ Special Guest:
Por.No (hangar/ lisa simpsons dream)
Dj Clementine (süss & sauer/ tonkind)

Haasestraße / Ecke Revalerstraße

three euros only!

7.    PRETTY VAKANT AT HORST KRZBRG

Horst Krzbrg/ Tempelhofer Ufer 1, Kreuzberg, Berlin 10961
Cost / 10 Euro

Line-up /
Alex Smoke (live), Tolga Fidan, Nico Purman, DeWalta
Special Guest: DJ Phono

On Sunday during the day:

8. Go for a fantastic breakfst to Cafe Entweder Oder @ Oderberger Straße 15.

It is a small walk from the EastSeven Hostel to this lovely cafe.
And after a good breakfast visit the Mauerpark Fleamarket, which is great for hanging out on sunday!

9. SUNDAY FLEAMARKETDAY go to the FLEAMARKET Mauerpark

Sunday is fleamarket day. Close to the hostel (500 m)you find the Arkonaplatz Fleamarket and the famous Mauerpark fleamarket. You don´t want to buy something – no problem you first of all go there to see all kind of urban subjects with hangover and even sober ones. Berliners go there – you should as well.

On Sunday night:

10.YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE AND COSY PUB? HAVE ALOOK AT SOUPANOVA

Soupanova
Stargarder Str. 24
10437 Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg)

U-Schönhauser Allee

15mins walk from East Seven

Hope to have enspired you! Enjoy your stay in Berlin. For more great events and things to do in Berlin just check our weekly staff-recommendations!

Cold War Bunker Berlin

Are you interested in going beyond the popular touristic sights and explore a bit more of Berlins history?

Then go for instance on a bunker tour!

There are several different bunker tours, in english, german and spanish.
Something exceptional and very interesting! A must do!
At Berlin Underworlds you can experience the history of Berlin from an unconventional perspective! Since 1997, the Berlin Underworlds Association has been offering regular tours into some of the most important underground structures in the city. Although the majority of their tours are in or near the Gesundbrunnen station in the north of Berlin, they Berlin Underground Company also offers tours in several other subterranean complexes that are otherwise not publicly accessible. (Text :Berliner-unterwelten.de)

The Tours run all through the year and from April through October there are even one or more tours a day you can attend!
Meeting point is at the southern entrance of the U8 subway station at Gesundbrunnen BHF (exit direction to Humboldthain Park, Brunnenstraße). Here is also the ticket office and here you can find information leaflets aswell.
For more detailed information on one of the 9 tours please take a look at the Berliner Unterwelten Homepage.

For tickets:From the 1st of March, tickets for tours 1,2,3,M and D are available in a new ticket office. This is located in a pavilion next to the south entrance of the Gesundbrunnen underground station (Brunnenstrasse 105, in front of ‘Kaufland’). Here you will also find a selection of books relating to Berlin’s underground.

If you are interested in discovering berlin in a more non touristic way  you can also check our staff recommendations. Here you can read what the eastseven staff members are up to this weekend.

Hope to see you in Berlin, Hope to welcome you to the EastSeven Berlin Hostel!