Berlin opens late. Museum Island unlocks at 10:00 and nothing with a ticket desk opens before 08:00, but the field of stelae never closes, Tempelhofer Feld opens at 06:00 and the first U-Bahn out of Alexanderplatz is at 04:05. Here is what is really available between first light and nine, in the order it becomes available.

A practical guide to the German signs tourists actually need in Berlin: exits, platforms, ticket validation, replacement transport, cash-only shops, Pfand and emergency words.

A calm tourist guide to Berlin lost property: BVG, S-Bahn, DB, BER Airport, the central Fundbüro, passport loss, wallet/card steps and what to write in a report.