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[Edmond]

Anyone been to Germany, maybe Berlin. good hotel, things to do?

 

[Raven]

Don't mention the war.

 

[Moriath]

Been to dusseldorf, berlin and munich. Mainly for work so didnt see much. But i liked berlin and munich. Munich you got the baverian culture and drinking houses and stuff. Berlin you got the brandenburg gate. The parts of the wall that are still there. Check point charlie maybe around there. The german government building which has a glass dome you can walk round the inside.

 

[Edmond]

Been to dusseldorf, berlin and munich. Mainly for work so didnt see much. But i liked berlin and munich. Munich you got the baverian culture and drinking houses and stuff. Berlin you got the brandenburg gate. The parts of the wall that are still there. Check point charlie maybe around there. The german government building which has a glass dome you can walk round the inside.

Cool, thank you. Don't suppose you know which are the better hotels, I don't mind paying a bit more for a good one

 

[TdC]

Anyone been to Germany, maybe Berlin. good hotel, things to do?

Berlin is my favorite city in europe atm chum. What do you have in mind?

 

[Edmond]

Berlin is my favorite city in europe atm chum. What do you have in mind?

See the sights, soak up the culture and history. Just don't want to end up in a hostel. Don't mind paying a bit more for a nice hotel

 

[Moriath]

Cool, thank you. Don't suppose you know which are the better hotels, I don't mind paying a bit more for a good one

Well i usually go with the chains. The marriott is right next to potzdamer plaza 1km from the reichstag and brandenburg gate and round the corner from check point charlie.

 

[TdC]

Well, don't bash hostels altogether! I know a couple nice ones that don't have an age limit (I *am* 41 after all ahem). What I tend to do is get a room all to myself, single or double if I'm feeling flush. I did that last time with a couple mates: we rented a 6p dorm with the 4 of us so we could have more or less private facilities. Over new years I stayed in a small apartment, old school East Berlin style. You didn't have to have a lot of imagination to imagine the old regime 0_o

First thing that really springs to mind would be to do one of the organized city walks. there are pickups at several hostels and hotels, and they take you all over (East) Berlin. Why: don't think you're being overly "touristy", imo they really are the best way to briefly visit a goodly portion of the central stuff and to get a general idea where things are in the inner city.

Second thing that springs to mind is to get a multi-day public transport pass. Sure, it will set you back something like 35 euros, but you'll have unlimited travel after that on U & S-Bahn and the trams/busses within the zone(s) you paid for. Why: don't get me wrong, walking in Berlin is great and you see a shitload of stuff, but Berlin is also *HUGE*. The metro system in East Berlin especially is great with awesome coverage, and will take you all over the city in speed and comfort all day long. Also all the underground stations in East have their own colour and distinct flavour. See how many you can visit

Berlin is divided into 12 boroughs and they're all quite distinct with lots and lots of things to do and see. If you do the city walk thing you will likely touch on sites in only two, but that's already quite a lot to take in and much, much more left over (hence travel pass). Many of the major things to do are spread out a bit. One thing that I would certainly advise is to not shy away from the depressing side of Berlin's history. For example please do visit the Hohenschönhausen Memorial. There's a tour and if what you'll see there doesn't freak you out then nothing will. I'm not ashamed to admit I'm a fairly sensitive guy and I needed half a day to recover from the impact of that place on me.

 

[Gwadien]

Cricket, I know one of our overlords was going to do catchup on it, so..

Spoiler

Lost the Cricket World Cup, bummer.

Pretty impressive though, #comeback.

 

[Edmond]

Well, don't bash hostels altogether! I know a couple nice ones that don't have an age limit (I *am* 41 after all ahem). What I tend to do is get a room all to myself, single or double if I'm feeling flush. I did that last time with a couple mates: we rented a 6p dorm with the 4 of us so we could have more or less private facilities. Over new years I stayed in a small apartment, old school East Berlin style. You didn't have to have a lot of imagination to imagine the old regime 0_o

First thing that really springs to mind would be to do one of the organized city walks. there are pickups at several hostels and hotels, and they take you all over (East) Berlin. Why: don't think you're being overly "touristy", imo they really are the best way to briefly visit a goodly portion of the central stuff and to get a general idea where things are in the inner city.

Second thing that springs to mind is to get a multi-day public transport pass. Sure, it will set you back something like 35 euros, but you'll have unlimited travel after that on U & S-Bahn and the trams/busses within the zone(s) you paid for. Why: don't get me wrong, walking in Berlin is great and you see a shitload of stuff, but Berlin is also *HUGE*. The metro system in East Berlin especially is great with awesome coverage, and will take you all over the city in speed and comfort all day long. Also all the underground stations in East have their own colour and distinct flavour. See how many you can visit

Berlin is divided into 12 boroughs and they're all quite distinct with lots and lots of things to do and see. If you do the city walk thing you will likely touch on sites in only two, but that's already quite a lot to take in and much, much more left over (hence travel pass). Many of the major things to do are spread out a bit. One thing that I would certainly advise is to not shy away from the depressing side of Berlin's history. For example please do visit the Hohenschönhausen Memorial. There's a tour and if what you'll see there doesn't freak you out then nothing will. I'm not ashamed to admit I'm a fairly sensitive guy and I needed half a day to recover from the impact of that place on me.

Wow, thank you, that's brilliant. One of the things I want to look into is the history from the otherside, if you get my meaning, so memorials, historic buildings and such stuff is what I am looking for. I totally lost it in the 9/11 memorial in New York, I was a mess the 1st time I came out of there

I have done the tours in other cities and its the best way to get around and pick up some of the history, I don't think it touristy at all, I always recommend them to other people too

 

[Edmond]

Well i usually go with the chains. The marriott is right next to potzdamer plaza 1km from the reichstag and brandenburg gate and round the corner from check point charlie.

Thanks fella, i've narrowed down a few, just checking some reviews and locations

 

[old.Osy]

I dislike the german language. Something about it makes my brain cringe, as if it had an allergy to it. Not the germans, just their language.

I've been there twice, and I liked it, except the part where german was used. Luckily, most germans I know also speak english.

 

[Job]

Jesfuk, these data leaks are getting epic, it's like every.conspiracy theory ever is proven true...the world is run by corrupt lizard bankers.

 

[Scouse]

 

[Raven]

2 days late.

Would be excellent though.

 

[Moriath]

This a thing? Or a piss take ?

 

[Raven]

It's a thing, Moriath, a thing.

 

[TdC]

pleaseeeeeee let it be an April Fool's

 

[Shagrat]

Jesfuk, these data leaks are getting epic, it's like every.conspiracy theory ever is proven true...the world is run by corrupt lizard bankers.

This Panama papers thing is going to run and run, loads in it apparently. The sad thing is there will loads of column inches spent on the contents but nothing will change.

 

[Gwadien]

There's a great scene in the Big Short (About the financial crisis) where Steve Carell (who basically is a crusading anti-banker banker) and is told that 'Don't worry about it, we'll get them now, they'll all be in prison, these crooks that have ruined the lives of millions - to which Steve Carell responds with No, they'll get away with it, everyone will blame immigration instead.

Then there's like a narrator scene which goes 'No, actually, he was wrong!, all these people were put into prison for this, this guy got fined etc and the Government truly cracked down on the Banks, actually no, that's not true, everyone did just blame immigrants, and it's just continuing.'

 

[Hawkwind]

See the sights, soak up the culture and history. Just don't want to end up in a hostel. Don't mind paying a bit more for a nice hotel

Adlon Kempinski, very close to the Brandenburg Gate. Only stayed in Berlin once and it was an excellent hotel.

 

[Job]

From an independent Dutch study on wind power.

Adding it all up, one must conclude that under the present conditions in the Netherlands a 100 MW (Megawatt) ‘name plate’ capacity wind development produces on average 23 MW because of the capacity factor. 4,6 MW (20%) of this has to be subtracted from the final net result because of initial energy investments. From the actual Statline production figures we know that 38% of this 23 MW = 8,74 MW represents the actual fossil fuel and CO2 savings. But from this figure we need to subtract the amount of energy invested in the construction works: 4,6 MW. The net total of fuel saving electricity provided by our windturbines therefore is 8,74 – 4,6 = 4,14 MW on average over the year. That is ~4% of the installed capacity. It makes wind developments a Mega money pit with virtually no merit in terms of the intended goal of CO2 emission reduction or fossil fuel saving.

You can see they have deducted installation costs and figured in fossil replacement ratios, but even if they are 100% out, still a bit of an issue.

 

[Scouse]

From an independent Dutch study on wind power.

Link (and the maths in that is clearly well iffy)

 

[Job]

All those figures are reasonable, 23% actual generation time, only 38% of that saves actual co2 by reducing oil/gas/coal consumption, they are accepted figures, the rest is obviously one off, but with average turbine life now 10-12 years, not insignificant.
They still routinely spot off the plate statistics as the generation capability , in reality, it's abilty to replace conventional is a tiny fraction of that.

 

[Raven]

Even as a bit of a skeptic, those figures don't make a lot of sense.

 

[Job]

a 100mw wind turbine is max rated, in reality 25% is the ballpark actual generation over the year, considering too slow or too fast wind shut it down.
It's ability to actually replace fossil fuel is also around 38%, as in only 38% of the time can they switch over too wind only and turn a fossil fuel plant down, because of obvious generation load issues.
Sharing generation of a EU wide grid does help a lot, but it's far from ideal.

 

[TdC]

27

 

[Scouse]

Once again, provide the link @Job.

But to just pick some retardedness at random

But from this figure we need to subtract the amount of energy invested in the construction works: 4,6 MW. The net total of fuel saving electricity provided by our windturbines therefore is 8,74 – 4,6 = 4,14 MW on average over the year.

So, wind turbines only last a single year?

 

[Job]

I did leave that out myself, cos obviously thats out of context beyond one year...it's more like 10mw effective power per year.

 

[Raven]

But you have still not posted the link.