Berlin Office

The Berlin TV Tower, CC-BY-SA-3.0 acoyaba(at)gmail.com

Welcome To Berlin!

Welcome to the Berlin office! We're glad to have you here!

Come and join us for some German beer, some Currywurst and our fun new space...

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Office Logistics

Rooms

• Entrance area with comfy lounge space
• A common space that can be extended to fit 80 people
• Conferencing rooms equipped for video conferencing
• A community space with an adjacent maker space
• Kitchen with a great view, serving refrigerated drinks, espresso machine, dish washer, snack bar

Hot Desks

There are several hot desks available, please inform WPR before your travel if possible.

Foosball & Ping Pong Table

Lettner Evolution foosball table

There's a professional foosball table. The model is a Lettner Evolution which is commonly played both in Berlin's bars and the German foosball league.

There's also a Ping Pong Table!

Getting Here

Traveling to Berlin

The best airport option is Berlin-Tegel (TXL). Fly TXL it if you can. It's one of the most stress-free and swiftest airport experiences you'll ever get. It's also by far the closest airport to the Berlin office and just a ~20 EUR taxi ride away.

Getting to TXL usually takes less than 30 minutes from the office, and less than 45 minutes from Alexanderplatz. Everything at TXL is within 5-min walking distance. Don't expect to spend more than 30 minutes to get from the taxi through security to the gates unless you must check baggage for a long-distance flight. Often you'll make it in well under 20.

TXL is served by Lufthansa, Airberlin and most other international airlines. Depending on the airline, you'll have to fly Schönefeld Airport (SXF). It is not as convenient as TXL, but still quite alright. While this is a bit further out from the office, the taxi ride will still only set you back about 45 EUR. Calculate an hour to get there.

Both airports are very well connected to the public transport system (see below). TXL is served by the TXL Airport Bus Line which takes between 30 and 40 minutes to and from Alexanderplatz. A ticket to and from anywhere in the city (tariff ABC) costs only 3.30 EUR.

Public transportation

Indicating the next local train ("S-Bahn"), subway ("U-Bahn"), or bus station.

The subway ("U-Bahn") station closest to the office is Schlesisches Tor, served by subway line U1. You can find information on the metro service and maps here: http://www.bvg.de/en/Travel-information

• The transit authority in Berlin is VBB. Most inner city services are operated by BVG and S-Bahn-Berlin.
• There are three fare zones in Berlin: A, B and C. A is the inner city, bounded by the Ringbahn (S41/S42). B is between the Ringbahn and the Brandenburg border. C is Brandenburg.
• Tickets are sold as AB, BC or ABC. An AB or BC can be extended to the third zone with the purchase of an "Anschlussfahrausweis". This also applies to single rides in concert with a flat rate (daily/weekly/monthly) ticket.
• You will almost exclusively use AB tickets. The main exception is a trip to Schönefeld Airport (SXF), which requires zone C
• A ticket from BVG can be used on an S-Bahn-Berlin and vice versa
• A ticket from BVG/S-Bahn-Berlin can be used on regional trains within the ticketed zone. These are trains which have a number like "RE1" or "RB1". They are primarily operated by DB Regio (mainly red), ODEG (grey with yellow lettering) and NEB (blue and white).
• A ticket from BVG/S-Bahn-Berlin cannot be used on long distance trains, even within the ticketed zone. Google maps sometimes suggest these routes in their transit directions. These are trains with routes like "IC 500", "EC 40" or "ICE 100". In Berlin, these are often grey with a thin horizonal red stripe (DB), light blue (PKP), dark blue (ČD) or light blue with a white stripe (MÁV)
• A single ride ticket is valid for two hours, but only for one direction.
• Berlin time based transit tickets are valid until 3:00 AM the following day
• Subway and S-Bahn train map (region ABC) (PDF)
• Subway and S-Bahn train map (city/region AB) (PDF)
• Tram map (PDF)
• Interactive map
• Day tickets are cheaper when taking three rides or more. Also: buying tickets in sets of 4 gives you a decent deal.
• Day tickets for groups up to five people are dirt-cheap.
• Multi-day tickets (regular ones or the "City/Welcome" variety which allow rebates in certain museums and restaurants) are not really a good deal.
• Every ticket machine also sells special tickets, but they're hidden in sub-menus. Keep digging! Most support changing to English on the main screen.
• Remember to always validate your ticket before boarding a subway, S-Bahn or regional train. Ticket validation machines are located near the ticket machine itself and on the platforms.
• Most ticket machines accept coins. Ticket machines might additionally accept a combination of credit card, banknotes <= 10€, any banknote and EC card (German debit cards).
• If the ticket machine doesn't like your coin, rub the edge against the machine and try again

Smartphone Apps

Google maps gives pretty good transit directions in Berlin and is available for Ios and Android. Transit app, Here maps and Citymapper also work well

The single best public transportation app for Android is Öffi. It covers all of Germany and is available for free through Google Play.

• Open "Öffi Directions", choose My current location as starting point and Schlesisches Tor (U-Bahn stop close to the office) or Taborstraße (bus stop directly in front of the office) as your destination, and you should be good to go.

From Tegel Airport TXL

• The recommended route from TXL to the office is via the S-Bahn ring. From the airport, take bus TXL to S Beusselstraße (2 stops). From there, take S41 (via Gesundbrunnen, Ostkreuz) to Treptower Park. From there the office is only 10 min walk away: go right on Puschkinallee and keep straight until you reach our office (it's a beautiful walk!). You can also take bus 165 (direction U Märkisches Museum) or 265 (direction U Stadtmitte ) to Taborstraße. This will leave you right in front of our office building.

From Schönefeld Airport SXF

• NOTE: you will require a ticket in fare zone ABC
• The recommended route from SXF is via S-Bahn route S9. From the airport, take the S9 to Treptower Park. From there the office is only 10 min walk away: go right on Puschkinallee and keep straight until you reach our office. You can also take bus 165 (direction U Märkisches Museum) or 265 (direction U Stadtmitte ) to Taborstraße. This will leave you right in front of our office building.

From Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Ostbahnhof or Alexanderplatz train station

• The recommended route is the S5, S7 or S75. All of these stations are on all of these routes. From the station, take the route to Warschauer Strasse station. From Warschauer Strasse station, either walk or take the U1 one stop to Schlesisches Tor U-Bahn.

My Taxi

If you know you need to take a lot of taxis while you are in town, we suggest downloading the MyTaxi app. You can filter taxis by who takes card, how many people you need to pick up etc.

• Most taxi rides within central Berlin are around 10 EUR, hardly more than 15 EUR.

Visiting Berlin

Tipping & Money

• Local Currency: Euro
• It is customary in Germany to tip a little by rounding up and around 10% at restaurants for good service. Tipping in bars is not something many Europeans do.
• Not many places accept Credit/Debit Card. Many smaller restaurants and shops do not accept credit cards like in the US and other larger European cities. Please be prepared to pay in cash. It's a good practice in Berlin to ask in advance of making a restaurant reservation if they accept credit cards.

Things to do in Berlin

Museums

Sight Seeing

• Fernsehturm am Alexanderplatz – best view of the city, but long waiting lines
• Oranienstr. in Kreuzberg – lots of cafes, bars and restaurants
• Take one ride around the S-Bahn-Ring. Train lines 41 or 42. A public transport ticket (region AB) is only 2.70 EUR. The full circle takes about an hour and will show you many facets of the city and you'll see people from all walks of life.
• Teufelsberg – the old NSA listening post
• Berliner Unterwelten – awesome guided tours through old bunkers and other abandoned, mostly underground places.

Websites for short stays!

• 24 Hours Guide
• 12 Hours Guide

Restaurants

White Trash Fast Food
Temporarily closed right now. Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin, Germany
Some of the best burgers in town

Dolores
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 7, 10178 Berlin
Great Burritos and Wraps close to Alexanderplatz. Also: home-made strawberry lemonade.

Bars

Forum Wine Bar
Fehrbelliner Straße 57, 10119 Berlin, Germany
The Forum wine bar is super cool. You pay 2EUR when you enter and you drink as much wine as you want and eat from their small salad bar. At the end, you pay what you feel it was worth. Done!

Eschschloraque
Rosenthaler Straße 39, 10178 Berlin
Where all the hackers hang out. Smoker's bar. Pro-tipp: order a "Tschunk" (Caipirinha with Club-Mate). It's close to S-Bahn stop Hackescher Markt in walking distance from Alexanderplatz, and easy to miss with the entrance hidden deep inside the backyard.

Brauhaus Lemke
Dircksenstraße 143, 10178 Berlin
Very, very German and not nearly as bad as it sounds. They serve decent foods and very tasty beer from their own brewery. Pro-tipp: order a "Bierprobe", which is a small sample of all their beers. Located right next to S-Bahn stop Hackescher Markt and in walking distance from Alexanderplatz.

Vagabund Brauerei
Antwerpenerstr. 3, 13353 Berlin
Bar with built-in micro brewery located in district Wedding. Watch your beer in the making.

Hacker Spaces

c-base
Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin
The largest hackerspace of the city located directly on the river Spree near Subway/S-Bahn station Jannowitzbrücke. It's not easy to find because it's located in the second backyard from the street. Open every day, it has regular and irregular events on most of the evenings and parties on the weekends. The included bar also sells the legendary "Tschunk".

Raumfahrtagentur
Gerichtstr. 66, 13347 Berlin
Need to quickly machine your metal parts, 3D-print a case for your electronics project, or sew your pants? Or reverse-engineer your DNA in a biolab, smell the vegetables or just hang out in the hot tub of a massively green backyard garden? The "Space Agency" is one of the most well-equipped fablabs you'll find in this country, and always worth a little visit.

Berlin Office Location

Address:
Mozilla Berlin
Gebäude 3, 4. Obergeschoss
Schlesische Straße 27
10997 Berlin
Germany

Additional Information

• Building Access: Use driveway Schlesische Str. 27 our entrance is in the far back, to the left (location on OpenStreetMap).
• Bikes: Our office is also bike friendly! To access the bike shed, enter through the 'third' floor, if yon don't want to use one of the many racks outside of our building. We also have a bike for guests!

• This is not a support hotline. For fast and easy support go to Mozilla Support
• Main Office: +49 30 983333000
• Reception Desk: +49 30 983333002
• Fax: +49 30 983333001

Emergency Information

• Emergency Services: 110 (police), 112 (ambulance, fire), mobile networks also support 911