Travel and Accommodations

 

SUMMER RESIDENCY AT SUPERMARKT BERLIN

Supermarkt is as a creative resource center. The former Maier’s supermarket with its 600 m2 has been converted into a center for creative events and gatherings. With its coffee shop and bar, conference and workshop area, walk-in refrigerators and loading bays the Supermarkt offers a highly flexible space for a variety of events. Outside of the summer residency, Supermarkt offers events around digital culture, alternative economies and social innovation. Supermarkt’s cafébar is open weekdays from 10-6.

Classes, presentations and lectures are all held at Supermarkt Berlin combines both artistic and educational work under one roof. The 7000 square foot open space offers space for rehearsals, production, research, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, and screenings. A separate studio is available for MPhil seminars. Sound proof curtains make it possible to hold multiple events simultaneously. A Mac service station with scanner and printer fulfill the institute’s summer residency needs along with the electronic resources of University of Plymouth.

Supermarkt  Brunnenstraße 64, 13355 Berlin, Germany, +49 30 609875905

BERLIN STUDIO + ACCOMMODATIONS
Students are responsible for making their own arrangements. Please address all questions about accommodation to your hotel or hostel and not to the institute. Info and availability subject to change. Book early.

Hotel4youth Student Hotel
mauerpark@hotel4youth.de
Bernauer Straße 45 · 10435 Berlin
+49 (0) 30 451 98 88
45 Euros per night + free internet in lobby
(9 min. walk to Supermarkt)

Circus Hostel
info@circus-berlin.de
Weinbergsweg 1a, 10119 Berlin
+49 (0)30 2000 3939
23-85 Euros per night + free internet in lobby
(18 min. walk or 1 stop U8, Rosenthaler Platz to Bernauerstrasse)

Citystay Hostel
Rosenstrasse 16, 10178 Berlin – Mitte
+49 (0)30 23 62 40 31
info@citystay.de
17-55 euros per night + free internet
(30 min walk)

Pangea Hostel and Hotel
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 34, 10178 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 886695810
8-10 euros
(3 stops on the U8)

ONE80º Hostel Berlin
Otto-Braun-Straße 65, 10178 Berlin
+49 (0) 30 280 44 62-0
E:info@one80hostels.com
9-17 euros  + free internet
(3 stops on the U8)

EasyHotel
easyhotel-berlin.de
Rosenthaler Straße 69, 10119 Berlin
+49 (0) 30 40 006 5511
39-29 Euros per night  + 5 Euros for 24 hour internet + no breakfast
(18 min. walk or 1 stop U8, Rosenthaler Platz to Bernauerstrasse)

Motel One
berlin-alexanderplatz@motel-one.com
Dircksenstraße 36 10179 Berlin
+49/30/2 00 54 08-0 65
65 Euros per night + free internet
(18 min. walk or 1 stop U8, Rosenthaler Platz to Bernauerstrasse)

The Circus Hotel
info@circus-berlin.de
Rosenthalerstraße 1, 10119 Berlin
+49 (0)30-2000 39 39
70 Euros per night + free internet
(18 min. walk or 1 stop U8, Rosenthaler Platz to Bernauerstrasse)

Suggestion: post in the Transart Buddypress Forum for students to share apartments with. Berlin is a big city, be sure to choose accommodations within 30 minutes of Supermarkt. 

airbnb.com
BeMyGuest
apartments
berlinartlink
city-living
freiraum
wohnwitz

TRAVEL IN BERLIN

Residency Map
Journey Planner
Transportation Map
Gallery Listings
Berlin Event Listings
Taxi Calculator
City Guide

Estimated student summer residency costs:
Accommodations: student hotels (shared) from 10-50 Euros per day
Meals: breakfast provided in some student hotels, meals from 5 Euros

TRAVEL INFO

Airports
Berlin has two airports with excellent and cheap connections nationally and internationally: Tegel TXL and Schönefeld SXF. The airport code to search for all Berlin airports is BER. Kayak is a meta-engine of budget travel sites. If you register you can do searches with variable dates (+/- 3 days) on a range of discount sites and individual airlines simultaneously. Good air and local travel information for Berlin is here.

Insurance (required)
Check your overseas medical insurance coverage and ask your medical insurance company if your policy applies overseas, and if it covers emergency expenses such as medical evacuation. If it does not, supplemental insurance will be needed. Check with the airline you book your flight with or google “travel international health insurance” to find a source. One source is: worldnomads.com.

COMMUNICATION

Announcements will be sent by email and posted at the entrance of Supermarkt.
To call via Skype or from a phone registered outside of Germany, e.g. your US cell phone:
+49 (151) 777-7777
To call from a German phone replace the +49 with a zero. example:
+49 (151) 777-7777 becomes 0 (151) 777-7777

WEEKENDS

Here is a link to all the galleries in berlin:
http://www.berlinartlink.com/resources/berlin-gallery-directory

Some weekly exhibitions and events this week:
http://www.timeout.com/berlin
http://berlinartlink.com
http://www.zitty.de/list?type=events

Faculty suggestions:

http://www.hamburgerbahnhof.de/exhibition.php?lang=e
http://www.berlinischegalerie.de
http://www.kw-berlin.de
http://www.ifa.de/
http://www.topographie.de/
http://www.echtzeitmusik.de/index.php?page=calendar
http://www.singuhr.de/page.php?ID=441

GETTING AROUND BERLIN

Public Transportation

Journey Planner

Price for a day ticket: 6,10 Euro
Price for a week ticket: 26,20 Euro

Bike rental
Near Bahnhof Zoo
Cheapest we found
You can also check Craigslist.

Taxi
Charlottenburger Taxi +49 (30) 3137192
City-Funk +49 (30) 210202
Funk Taxi Berlin +49-(30) 26 10 26
TaxiFunk Berlin +49-(30) 44 33 22
Wuerfelfunk +49 (30) 21010
Tip 5-10%

Tourist Information Berlin
City of Berlin
Tourism Marketing

EMERGENCY INFO
TI Emergency phone number
+49 (177) 309 3060 (Institute’s mobile)
Note: Phone numbers are given in Skype compatible format with country code preceded by a “+” and area code (without leading zero’s) in parentheses.

General Emergency Number: 110 (police) 112 (ambulance, fire)
Emergency On-Call Doctor: +49 (30) 31 00 31, 24 hrs.
Emergency On-Call Dentist: +49 (30) 89 00 43 33, after 8 pm M-F, 24 hrs. Sat. & Sun.

HEALTH
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
http://www.charite.de

Christina Stuckert (HP)
Praxis für Zen Shiatsu und ganzheitliche Medizin
Hornstraße 19, 10963 Berlin
030  / 215 86 17 or 0173 /60 53 827
http://www.shiatsu-in-berlin.de
ChristinaStuckert@gmx.de

 NEAREST POST OFFICE

NEW YORK ACCOMMODATIONS

Brooklyn:

The New York Loft Hostel
249 Varet Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel. +1 (718) 366-1351

Hostel Zip 112
12 N 6th St. 5F, Brooklyn, NY
Tel. + 1 (347) 403 0577

NY Moore Hostel
179 Moore Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel. + 1 347-227-8634

Union Hotel
611 DeGraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel. +1 (718) 403-0614

Hotel Le Jolie
235 Meeker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel. +1 (718) 625 2100, Fax +1 (718) 625 7100

YMCA Greenpoint
99 Meserole Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Manhattan:

 

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