In the rush to obtain flights and accommodation car hire can often be put to the back of our minds when planning a holiday or business trip. It can be very easy for things to get on top of you when you are the one in charge of arranging everything. If you have left it [...]
Last Sunday saw the Athletics World Championship draw to a close with Berlin receiving much praise for its hosting of the event. The event did not have the best of starts with many people questioning the cost of tickets as well as the large number of empty seats however total numbers for the week reached [...]
Recent reports have suggested that the working title “Brandenburg Airport” will not be retained once Berlin’s new airport opens in 2012. Government officials feel that the airport should have a more catchy interesting name. Work is currently underway on designing a logo for the airport however there is still uncertainty surrounding the name with Willy [...]
The German Government announced a plan this week which they hope will see one million electric cars in use in Germany by the year 2020. Estimated costs for the program run at five hundred million euro. Opposition leaders have criticized the plan as much of it will fall to incoming governments while they also believe [...]
Schönefeld Airport can be found eighteen kilometres to the south east of Berlin City. It is located in Schönefeld (Brandenburg). This airport was used as East Berlin’s major airport before the wall came down. The airport currently deals with over six and a half million passengers annually. In 2012 it will be incorporated with Tegel [...]
Tegel Airport deals with the majority of international traffic which arrives in Berlin. It is located in an area called Tegel which is about eight kilometres north of Berlin. The airport is also known as Otto Lilienthal Airport. In 2012 the airport will close and be incorporated into the new city airport at Brandenburg International [...]
There are two major airports in Berlin. Schönefeld Airport along with Tegel Airport deals with a high volume of international flights. In 2012 there will be a new airport in Berlin called Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport which will incorporate Schönefeld and see the closure of Tegel. We offer a car hire Schönefeld service as well as [...]
The 35th World Cocktail championships were held in Berlin this week. The event attracted over eight hundred entries from fifty two different countries as contestants battled it out for the cocktail crown. Crowds of people were entertained as they watched the contestants perform elaborate routines in order to win over the judges. There were two [...]
The Berlin Music Festival was staged for the first time at Tempelhof Airport last weekend. The famous airport was thronged with music fans eager to hear such musicians as Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and Peaches. Most of the acts at the festival fall into the indie genre or the electronic genre. Highlights included Digitalism from [...]
Recent travel statistics have shown Berlin Airport to be one of only three airports in Germany to have increased passenger numbers in the first six months of this year. There is no doubting the growing popularity of the city as a holiday destination with August looking like its going to be a very busy month. [...]