WelcomeCard, CityTourCard, Museum Pass or no pass at all? The right Berlin travel card depends on how much you ride and how many museums you enter. Here is the honest comparison, plus a calculator.

Berlin U-Bahn etiquette mixes formal VBB rules with local habits. Here is what to do at doors, escalators, seats and ticket checks, plus current food and bike rules.

Is Berlin walkable? The central sights are far closer than the map suggests, and flat underfoot. Here is how far apart they really are, the one walk to do on foot, and when to take the train instead.

Should you rent a car for Berlin? For almost every city trip the honest answer is no. Here is why the trains win, what driving actually costs, and when a car earns its place.

Tegel, Schönefeld, BER: which one do you actually fly into? The calm answer is one airport for scheduled passenger flights. Here is what happened to the old ones, and how to get from BER into town.