MESSE NORD/ICC
Tips and Links for Messe Nord/ICC
1. ICC | Stunning 1975 architecture. The symbol of West Berlin as a financial metropolis and still Germany's biggest convention hall | Neue Kantstraße 1 | www.icc-berlin.de
2. Funkturm | Built in 1924, the radio tower has restaurant on top with a generous view over West Berlin | www.capital-catering.de
3. Messe Berlin | Imposing forecourt to the Berlin convention center; the entrance building was built in 1924 | Messedamm 22 | www1.messe-berlin.de
4. RBB | The headquarters of Berlin-Brandenburg's public broadcasting station; free tours available | Masurenallee 16-20 | www.rbb-online.de
5. ZOB | Berlin’s central bus station, with long distance buses going all over Europe – 63,000 arrivals and departures and around 3,200,000 travelers per year | Masurenallee | www.iob-berlin.de
6. Lietzensee | Lake with idyllic art-nouveau park in a turn-of-the-century residential area | Access through Neue Kantstraße
7. Bootshaus Stella Cafe am Lietzensee | Self-service cafe with waterside terrace | Witzlebenplatz
8. Manstein | Small tasty cafe with organic menu | Witzlebenplatz 32
9. Am Nil | Around since 1974, Berlin’s oldest Egyptian restaurant; on the weekend with live oriental dance | Kaiserdamm 114 | www.restaurant-am-nil.de
10. St.-Canisius | The church, burned down in 1995, was replaced in 2002 with a new, symbolically significant building | Witzlebenstraße 30 | www.st-canisius-berlin.de
11. Ehemaliges Reichsmilitärgericht | Old Imperial Military Court | During Nazi rule over 1,400 people were sentenced to death and hanged here. Today people use the spacious rooms as living quarters | Witzlebenstraße 4 | www.atrion-berlin.de
12. Ehemalige Oberpostdirektion | Built in 1928 by Willy Hoffmann | Dernburgstraße 48-54
13. Kleingartenkolonie | The area of garden plots, set up in 1913 for employees of the Reichsbahn, is today surrounded by traffic | Entrance on Rönnestraße