Information for visiting scientists

Restaurants

There are several restaurants within a 10 minute walking distance from the Museum or the Wirtschaftshof. Many are Italian style, but they also serve international dishes. Opening hours are generally from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily including Sundays.

The Garden restaurant at the south entrance (Unter den Eichen) is open throughout the year, a coffee shop near the greenhouses in summer only.

Italian restaurants
Il Gattopardo, Schorlemer Allee 5 - Closed Mondays.
Garibaldi, Koenigin-Luise-Strasse 9 (opposite the Museum) - During summer meals are also served in its garden.
La Fattoria, Grunewaldstrasse 8-9
Piaggio, Königin-Luisestr. 44 - During summer meals are also served in its garden.
Ristorante La Vernaccia, Breitenbachplatz 4

Chinese restaurants
China Kaiser, Grunewaldstr. 6
Hee Lan Mun, Grunewaldstr. 23
Swang Lung, Hindenburgdamm 55
Choi Heung Yuen, Unter den Eichen 112 A

Thai restaurant
Grunewaldstr.

French restaurant and café
Bistro, Breitenbachplatz 8

German restaurants
Luise, Koenigin-Luise-Strasse (opposite bookstore "Schleicher"). - A student pub. With Beer Garden.
Wienerwald, Schlossstrasse 82

Pubs with short menu
Eierschale, Podbielskiallee 50. - Crowded with students, especially on weekend nights, often with live jazz or other bands. With Beer Garden.
Hoppegarten, Schlossstrasse 55 (corner Braillestrasse). - Also for breakfast, after 9 a.m., only a 5 minute walking distance from the Wirtschaftshof.
Distel, Unter den Eichen 108, corner Tietzenweg.

Breakfast, snack bars and take-aways
The closest possibility is the breadshop opposite the Museum building in the Altensteinstrasse, which serves also sandwiches, coffee and cold drinks.
A more complete breakfast is found in a little snack bar in Schlossstrasse 54.
Other snack bars and take-aways are numerous along the Schlossstrasse; the closest is at the gas station, few minutes on the way from the guestrooms to the Schlosstrasse.. 

Shopping and public services

Shopping
Opening hours are generally Mo-Fri 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For the large department stores opening hours are 9.30 a.m.-8.00 p.m. and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. respectively.
Supermarkets may open already at 8 a.m. Newspaper stands generally open at 7 a.m. On the first Saturday of the month many non-food shops and department stores are open until 6 p.m. in summer and until 4 p.m. in winter. On Sundays all shops are closed, except the newspaper stands, which open from 8-12 a.m., and bakeries, which may open a few hours.
A major shopping area is in the Schlossstrasse between Hermann-Ehlers-Platz and Walter-Schreiber-Platz. There are department stores, supermarkets, and special shops for clothing, footwear, fresh food, delicatessen, opticial and photographic utensils, writing materials, etc.

Banks
Opening hours generally Mo-Fri 9 a.m.-5. p.m.
There are several banks in the Schlossstrasse, close to the Hermann-Ehlers-Platz. Money can be exchanged (cheques and cash) out of banking hours at station "Zoologischer Garten", next to the main entrance. This office is open from Mo to Sat 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Sunday until 6 p.m.

Drycleaning and laundromats
Albrechtstrasse 127 (Clothes delivered before 2 p.m. will be ready by 6 p.m.)
Albrechtstrasse 112 (Open 6 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Top Dress Reinigung, Asternplatz

Smaller food shops
Koenigin-Luise-Str. 37 near post office; Schlossstrasse; Breitenbachplatz; Podbielskiallee (next to U-Bahn station). The gasoline station at the corner Unter den Eichen/Hindenburgdamm has a small shop that is open untill 9.00 p.m. Closest to the guest-rooms is a small supermarket at Asternplatz.

Hairdressers
Koenigin-Luise-Strasse (next to bookstore "Schleicher"; Schlossstrasse; Grunewaldstrasse (lower part). Most barber shops are closed on Mondays.

Health services
Medical doctors and dentists: Grunewaldstrasse, lower part.

Drug stores/chemist's shops
"Fichtenberg-Apotheke", Grunewaldstrasse 6a
"Kreisel-Apotheke", Schlossstrasse 82

Newspapers
Schlossstrasse 54; Grunewaldstrasse 27. For foreign periodicals the city centre provides better opportunities.

Police office
Augustaplatz 7
In case of emergency call 110.
In case of fire call 112.

Post offices
Opening hours: Mo - Fri 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.-1 p.m
Koenigin-Luise-Strasse 31
Schlossstrasse (at viaduct)
The post office at railway station "Zoologischer Garten" is always open.

Church services
Two churches closest to the Botanical Museum are:
St. Bernhard, Koenigin-Luise-Str. 33 (Roman Catholic)
Matthäus, Schlossstr. 44 (Protestant)

Travel agency
DER Reisebuero, Albrechtstr. 3
Opening hours: Mo - Fri 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sa 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
For all kinds of travelling, including train tickets and reservations.
Tel. 791 20 11

Bookshops
Kiepert, Hardenbergstr. 4-5, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Kiepert, Garystr. 46, Berlin-Dahlem
Lehmanns, Hardenberstr. 11, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Schleicher, Koenigin-Luise-Str. 41, Berlin-Dahlem
Ziegan, Potsdamer Str. 180, Berlin-Schoeneberg
(well-stocked with (popular) natural history books)

Recreation
There are many museums, restaurants and theatres in Berlin. Information can be obtained at the tourist office in the Europa-Center, Breitscheidplatz, or by buying the BERLIN-PROGRAMM, a broschure published monthly and available on newspaper stands. Close to the Botanical Museum is the very interesting "Museum Dahlem", with entrances at Arnimallee 23-27 and Lansstr. 8. It contains a combination of museums for ethnography, East-Asiatic, Islamic, and Indian art. Opening hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Most movies are dubbed in German. For English language movies try: Odeon, Hauptstr. 116, Berlin-Schoeneberg (Bus 148).

In summer three beer gardens are open within a ten minute walking distance from the garden:
Eierschale, Podbielskiallee 50
Luise, Koenigin-Luise-Strasse (opposite Schleicher)
Altensteiner Krug, Altensteinstrasse 42

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