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Hi!! stopping by Germany for Loveparade (please help!)
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| SAGE2635 |
Hi GTAs!!! 
I'll be visiting your beautiful country during the LoveParade week...never been to Germany before and understand very little german. I was hoping you all could help make things a little easier for me with some help/advice/tips/links on Hostels, Train/Flight Travel/Agencies, Things to do (parties, sightseeing), tips on how to save money and anything else.)
I'll be leaving for Vienna (Austria) sometime end of June or early July, staying there with relatives for about a month and a half while doing some travelling across Europe. I'd love to come check out the Loveparade and travel a bit in Germany too.
appreciate your help :) thnx in advance |
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| NetX |
@SAGE2635: www.loveparade.tk should help out a bit with the partying-part. Hotels visit www.hotel.de, www.hrs.de. Trains in Germany are www.bahn.de
The following is more of an organisational matter how inquiries like yours should be handled in the future - like writing a FAQ for these questions.
@GTAs: Die Holländer haben für solche Anfragen einen Sticky-Post mit Hotel- und Reiseinfos, welche Clubs gut sind etc. Wie wäre es, wenn wir bei Parafox "Neu bei GTA" eine section einfügen, wo solche Fragen in Englisch beantwortet sind ? Dann wäre das mal gebündelt... |
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| cAtraXx |
The Bahn (as noticed before www.bahn.de) was a sort of weekend ticket which is quite affortable and allows you to use any regional train in germany for one day, for two persons.
As for sightseeing. You'll see the loveparade and i guess that'll show you most of the important Monuments and so on in berlin. If you want to visit any other city, too ... just say it and we'll see what we can do :)
I guess the best thing you could do is to meet up with one (or more) of the GTA's that'll visit the love parade, it's much better to explain such things in person then on a board. Also headbanging is more fun in groups ;) |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by cAtraXx
The Bahn (as noticed before www.bahn.de)
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click in int guests to get to an english version of that website :) |
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| swisstoni |
Hi!
I'm from england and am living in Heidelberg (quite a pretty little town/city south of frankfurt) I'm studying here for the year. ANyway, I am going to the Love Prade. I'll be there for the Friday and Saturday night so if you wanna meet up, that'd be cool. And as cAtraX says, you always have more fun clubbing in groups! ;) And anyway, i'll hopefully be meeting with some GTA's and hopefully, if i can get some UKTAs out here, with them too. |
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| NetX |
ok, SAGE2635, you get SPAMMED with the first version of our "foreign visitors FAQ" :toocool:
Travelling to Germany ?
Hotels in Germany:
You can book hotels via brokers like www.hotel.de, www.hrs.de. These brokes often have special offers and promotions and may be the easiest way to arrange accomodation Other option is directly contacting the hotel. Often you end up paying actually more than booking through a broker, though. In some hotels you can arrange for a late checkout.
Which hotels have been tested by GTAs today and can be recommended ? (keep in mind, that this is a very very limited choice of hotels, but at some sort of recommendation!)
www.etap-hotel.de : cheap hotel chain from Accor-Hotel. Cheap, clean and totally ok for those few hours after a good party.
www.ibis-hotel.de : a little bit more expensive than the Etap-Hotels, again from Accor-Hotel
A&O Hostel am Zoo http://www.aobackpackers.de/site/pa...te=001&ssite=01
Travelling around:
Public Transport is actually quite good in Germany, almost all towns can be reached via railway, most bigger towns via airplane. Some towns are connected with a bus network (sometimes way cheaper than the other options).
www.lufthansa.de (has some offers like 92 Euro flights with return ticket within Germany)
www.ryanair.com (has some offers below 100 Euro, too. Also cheap way of getting to Germany, although you land quite some way off the bigger cities and have to find a way of getting "downtown")
www.bahn.de (has a weekend ticket and some good offers like a Loveparade-ticket)
Weather in Germany:
www.wetter.de
www.donnerwetter.de
Clubbing Info:
For the bigger events like the Love From Above (http:www.thelovefromabove.de) or Loveparade Afterparties you can get tickets via www.cts.de / www.eventim.de For most other parties (especially clubs) it´s either just a presale in some local recordshops and most of the time you have to pay directly at the door.
Door Policies: different clubs draw different audiences... a GateCrasherKid won´t always get into some of the posher London clubs. Same can be true in Germany. Some clubs don´t have a door policy (besides being not obviously drunk/full with drugs), some have a very very strict door. Techno/Trance is not necessarily as big as House or Garage on "Dress to impress" tactics, but not everywhere are sportshoes accepted, for example. Try asking around a bit in advance before the party if unsure.
Party Agendas:
www.techno.de
www.citybeat.de
www.piste.de
Clubs:
Berlin:
Casino: http://www.casino-bln.com/ House, Techno and the Vandit Night
Cookies: http://www.cookies-berlin.de/ nice club...
Icon: http://www.iconberlin.de/
Kalkscheune: http://www.kalkscheune.de/
Kit Kat Club: http://www.kitkatclub.de/ best after hour
Narve Lounge: http://www.narva-lounge.com/ Entrance Partys
Polar.Tv: http://www.polar.tv/ Techno, House, Electro
Sage Club: http://www.sage-club.de/ House
SO36: http://www.so36.de/ Techno
Sternradio: http://www.sternradio-berlin.de/ Techno, House, Electro
Tresor: http://www.tresorberlin.de/
WMF Club: http://www.wmfclub.de/
Hamburg:
JM-Club@Traxx: www.jm-club.de Trance, every 1st Saturday each month, check local listing
SI-Club: Trance, every 2nd Saturday each month, check local listing
Tranceport@Schlachthof: Trance, every 4th Saturday each month, check local listing
Voilá http://www.voila.de Techno, Trance, Hardtrance, every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, Dress code: no facial hair (eg beard)!
Phonodrome: http://www.phonodrome.de Techno, Trance, every Friday and Saturday
Pleasuredome: http://www.pleasuredome-hamburg.de/ Techno, Trance with an Afterwork-Trance-Club on Thursdays, Trance on Fridays and on Sundays the Afterhour with Trance starting at 5.00
Frankfurt:
U60: www.u60311.net techno Friday, house on saturdays, no dress code, 'underwear safe'
Index: www.index-ffm.de
bars: 21. Jahrhundert, Oderweg
English Movie theaters: Turm Kino
Big Parties:
Nature One
Love From Above: 11.07.2003, Berlin, Columbiahalle http://www.thelovefromabove.de
Parades:
Hamburg: Gmove www.gmove.de 31.05.2003
Berlin: Loveparade www.loveparade.net & www.loveparade.tk
Bremen: Vision Parade www.vision-parade.de 21.06.2003 |
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| SAGE2635 |
NetX: damn thats A LOT of links.. will keep me busy for a while. It must have taken you a while to put them togethar. thnx :)
cAtraXx/swisstoni: I would definitely love to meet up with some of you GTAs during the Loveparade. I've been talking to TranceGiant about this already so will definitely let you all know sometime ahead.
drizzt81: holy f***! that NatureOne lineup is killer! I'll have to seriously think about attending it. :eyespop: :crazy:
keep 'em coming if you all have more links :D I will post any questions I have later. |
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