Streetwise Berlin

• Map - 01 September, 2000 - Streetwise Maps
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• By: Michael Brown
• ISBN: 1886705410

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Reviews by readers

Even Berliners thought it was a Great Map

The Streetwise Berlin map was convenient even though it does not cover the outer limits of Friedrichstein and basically does not cover outside of the S/U Bahn A/B zone. However, the area it covers is what a tourist generally needs. The best part of the map, in addition to it's size, was the S/U Bahn map which made it convenient and quick to figure out which train to take and the proper direction. It doesn't cover the street trams, but we could figure this out easily and did not find a map that covered that anyhow. We used this Streetwise map constantly. And, like I said, the Berliners I met, all said that the map was fantastisch. Small sized, it fits right into your bag or pocket and notes museums and other great sight in pink.

Yet to be use-tested

I ordered Streetwise Berlin because it was billed as a sort of definitive map of all Berlin's strasses. Described as an 8-pager, it turns out being a single sheet accordion with multiple folds (why misrepresent its bulk?) & with coverage of only central Berlin (several locations I'll be visiting & had hoped to locate on this map were beyond its scope). Still, the lamination does make it both durable & easy to handle, & although it's far from being fully detailed even within its zone (minor streets aren't included) & at $7.95 seems over-priced, it does at least provide fundamental orientation & may prove fairly useful. We'll see.

good, durable, but a little out of date

I got this map last year as a gift before I moved to Berlin for a short time. It was nice to have when we were in the Center of Berlin, but there are large parts of Berlin that are not on the map, so we also had another more extensive map of Berlin. Keep in mind that they also changed the subway system a bit in December 2004, so the map I have has the old map on it. There are subway maps on all the trains, so you can find your way around very easily.

Its a useful and durable tourist map, but any good guidebook will have the same included.

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