Document 6496979

How to find us
UNHCR Representation for Austria and Germany
Wallstraße 9-13, 10179 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49.30.202 202 0 , Fax: +49.30.202 202 20, E-Mail: gfrbe@unhcr.org
The UNHCR Representation for Austria and Germany, Berlin Office is located in Berlin’s district of
“Mitte” in the city centre. The Office has neither car nor driver; we therefore must refer visitors to other
means of transportation: taxi cab or public transport.
Official taxi cabs are of a light yellow color with a “Taxi” sign on the roof and a number in the back
window. Fares do not include service/tip; there’s a basic fee of EUR 4.00 for every trip. To help a cab
driver find the office, please mention “U-Bahn Station Spittelmarkt” or “Fischerinsel”.
Public transportation (i.e. BVG) in Berlin can be recommended. Public transport fares for city zone AB
(as of January 2011) are:
single ticket regular:
single ticket short distance (up to three stops):
day ticket (valid until 3 a.m. the following day):
Arriving at airport Tegel (TXL)
Airport Tegel is a medium-sized airport, located in the
north western sector of Berlin. Taxi cabs and public
busses are outside the main exit/entrance. Between gate
0 and the exit you will find a booth marked Tourist
Info/Airport Service Center; if you decide to use public
transportation, you may buy your ticket there in advance.
Travelling from airport Tegel to the city centre (BerlinMitte) will take -- by taxi approx. 20 - 30 minutes at
approx. EUR 20.00 - 25.00 (service not included), -- by
public transportation approx. 40 minutes.
In order to reach our office by public transport, take
express bus X9 or regular bus 109 until final stop
Budapester Str./S+U Zoo. Garten (about 15 min.). These
busses run every 10 - 20 minutes until midnight. Take the
elevator right behind the bus stop down to the eastbound
platform of metro line U2, direction Pankow. Get off at
station Spittelmarkt (after approx. 15 minutes) and take
the exit to the right.
EUR 2.30
EUR 1.40
EUR 6.30
Einzelfahrausweis
Einzelfahrausweis Kurzstrecke
Tageskarte
Arriving at airport Schönefeld (SFX)
Airport Schönefeld is located in the south-eastern
outskirts of Berlin, approx. 20 km away from Berlin’s inner
city. Taxi cabs and public busses are outside the main
airport exit/entrance.
Travelling from airport Schönefeld to the city centre
(Berlin-Mitte) will take
-- by taxi approx. 25-30 minutes at approx. EUR 28.00 30.00 (service not included),
-- by public transportation approx. 35-40 minutes.
In order to reach the office by public transport (combined
zones ticket ABC required!) take
1. Regional Train RE 7 at the Schönefeld railway station,
direction: Dessau, to station Alexanderplatz (approx. 20
min). At Alexanderplatz switch to metro line U2, direction:
Ruhleben or Theodor-Heuss-Platz. Get off at station
Spittelmarkt (3 stations) and take the exit to the left.
or
2. S-Bahn (Urban Rail) S9 at the Schönefeld railway
station, direction: Spandau, to station Alexanderplatz
(approx. 35 min). At Alexanderplatz switch to metro line
U2, direction: Ruhleben or Theodor-Heuss-Platz. Get off
at station Spittelmarkt and take the exit to the left.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) • Representation for Austria and Germany • Wallstraße 9-13 • D-10179 Berlin
Telephone +49 (0) 30 202 202 – 0 • Telefax +49 (0) 30 202 202 – 20 • E-Mail: gfrbe@unhcr.org
Arriving at main train station Hauptbahnhof
Location of office
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the main train station for longdistance connections and also a hub for local trains (SBahn), busses and taxi cabs.
The UNHCR Office is part of a building complex named
Spindlershof, directly opposite the exit of metro station
Spittelmarkt (line U2).
From Hauptbahnhof, take any S-Bahn train eastbound to
station Alexanderplatz (three stops), then switch to metro
line U2 via an underground passenger tunnel system.
Take a U2 westbound train, direction Ruhleben until stop
Spittelmarkt (three stops).
Inside the entrance lobby, please turn right and use the
glass-walled elevator at the staircase (not the one in the
entrance lobby) to the second floor. There are security
doors installed; please ring the bell and wait for the doors
to be opened.
UNHCR
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) • Representation for Austria and Germany • Wallstraße 9-13 • D-10179 Berlin
Telephone +49 (0) 30 202 202 – 0 • Telefax +49 (0) 30 202 202 – 20 • E-Mail: gfrbe@unhcr.org