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General information:
Germany is covered by an excellent and extensive
system of major roads (prefixed B) and motorways (prefixed A for Autobahn).
There are no tolls or speed limits on the Autobahnen but a
maximum of 130km/h is recommended. Speed limits are 100km/h on major and minor roads outside the cities
and 50km/h in cities.
The Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) tel: +49 (0)1805 101 112; fax:
+49 (0)1805 302 928; website: www.adac.de)
provides breakdown services throughout the country. In the Berlin
area, Auto Club Europa (ACE) tel: +49 (0)1805 336 677;
website: www.ace-online.de) can
also offer assistance.
Emergency breakdown services:
ADAC +49 (0)1802 222 222
ACE +49 (0)1802 343 536
Click
here to get an online map of berlin
Routes to
Berlin:
Autobahn 10 is an orbital motorway that entirely circles the city. The A111
and A115 connect it to the A100 which wraps part way around the Western
center from the north and south, respectively. The main roads leading to Berlin from outside the
orbital are the A24 (from Hamburg), A2 (from Hanover), A9 (from
Leipzig and Munich), A13 (from Dresden) and A12 (from the Polish
border).
Driving times to Berlin: From Hamburg 3 hours ;
Dresden 2 hours; Frankfurt am Main 5 hours 15 minutes.
Coach services:
International and domestic routes arrive at the "Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
(ZOB) am Funkturm", located on Masurenallee
near the western end of the Kurfürstendamm and the Messe (fair) Berlin.
Information and tickets are
available from:
ZOB Reisebüro tel: +49 (0)30 301 0380; fax: +49 (0)30 3010 3820.
Taxis are available and U-Bahn station "Kaiserdamm" and S-Bahn
station "Witzleben" located nearby.
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