On Saturday, 9 April 2016 at 08:36:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Thanks, I'm saving this one!

Here's a direct link to a PDF of the system map for anyone interested. Hotel Ibis is near Grenzallee station. The conference site is two stops above it (Karl-Marx-Str. on the map). Anyone flying into TXL will need to take a bus or taxi to the nearest subway station.

[1] http://www.s-bahn-berlin.de/pdf/VBB-Liniennetz.pdf

On Saturday, 9 April 2016 at 09:45:41 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Saturday, 9 April 2016 at 08:36:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Thanks, I'm saving this one!
>
>
> map). Anyone flying into TXL will need to take a bus or taxi to the nearest subway station.

Which, for those going to Ibis, looks to be the X9 express bus (or the 109 normal bus) to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz station for a straight shot to Grenzallee.

On Friday, 8 April 2016 at 21:48:29 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> Which airport? There is subway station right next to Schönefeld one.

You mean the S-Bahn station, I take it?  The U-Bahn is a (short and easy) bus ride away, either via the X7 or the 171 (get off at the Rudow stop for the U7 line, which goes straight to Grenzallee -- which may be useful to many people here).

PSA: Just remember you have to stamp your cards before boarding
(unless it's a monthly ticket).

When I was new in Berlin I even ended up once stamping a monthly ticket, which was a mistake. The ticket inspectors had a heartily laugh when they saw it and just said "you don't have to do that.. :)".

On 4/10/16, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Friday, 8 April 2016 at 21:48:29 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>> Which airport? There is subway station right next to Schönefeld one.
>
> You mean the S-Bahn station, I take it?  The U-Bahn is a (short and easy) bus ride away, either via the X7 or the 171 (get off at the Rudow stop for the U7 line, which goes straight to Grenzallee -- which may be useful to many people here).
>

On Sunday, 10 April 2016 at 21:21:47 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> PSA: Just remember you have to stamp your cards before boarding
> (unless it's a monthly ticket).
>
> When I was new in Berlin I even ended up once stamping a monthly ticket, which was a mistake. The ticket inspectors had a heartily laugh when they saw it and just said "you don't have to do that.. :)".

lol, I imagine the guy who stamps the monthly ticket 31 times.
"Mmmmh it's strange but maybe it's like that here"

On 10 Apr 2016 11:22 pm, "Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d" < digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> PSA: Just remember you have to stamp your cards before boarding
> (unless it's a monthly ticket).
>
> When I was new in Berlin I even ended up once stamping a monthly ticket, which was a mistake. The ticket inspectors had a heartily laugh when they saw it and just said "you don't have to do that.. :)".
>

Tickets bought on buses don't need stamping either as I understand it. Also make sure your ticket is still valid - once it took my girlfriend two weeks to realise her monthly ticket had expired.  Lucky to have no one find out, in my opinion.  ;-)

On 4/12/16, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Tickets bought on buses don't need stamping either as I understand it. Also make sure your ticket is still valid - once it took my girlfriend two weeks to realise her monthly ticket had expired.  Lucky to have no one find out, in my opinion.  ;-)

I remember my first day in town, I was traveling on the u-bahn without a ticket. For some unsuspecting reason I never thought of buying a ticket, thought the ride was free - "otherwise why would they let everyone in without checking their ticket". We don't have subways where I come from. :P

On Tuesday, 12 April 2016 at 09:05:27 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> I remember my first day in town, I was traveling on the u-bahn without a ticket. For some unsuspecting reason I never thought of buying a ticket, thought the ride was free - "otherwise why would they let everyone in without checking their ticket".

Hahahahaha, that's awesome!  I hope you found out your error the easy way and not the hard way? ;-)

On 4/12/16, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 12 April 2016 at 09:05:27 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>> I remember my first day in town, I was traveling on the u-bahn without a ticket. For some unsuspecting reason I never thought of buying a ticket, thought the ride was free - "otherwise why would they let everyone in without checking their ticket".
>
> Hahahahaha, that's awesome!  I hope you found out your error the easy way and not the hard way? ;-)
>

You have no idea how scared and confused I was that first day in town!! I could tell you stories..

It's one of those stories best told in person, so perhaps I'll share it at DConf together with other Sociomaniacs and the D regulars. ;)

On Thursday, 7 April 2016 at 18:13:16 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> I'm flying in to Berlin late on May 2nd. I'll be staying at the Hotel Ibis, slated to be the "unofficial hangout place" according to the DConf site. I'm curious who else will be in the area on the 3rd. I'm usually an explorer when I visit a city for the first time, but on this trip I'd be more interested in hanging out with others from DLand, conversing about our favorite language, if anyone's up for it.

I arrive at the airport Tuesday evening aty 20:50. I assume bus followed by subway is the best way to get to the city.

I'm staying at Hotel Erlanger Hof.