Downtown Apartments Berlin

The Downtown Apartments are almost new and ideally sited for exploring Berlin. Tram and S Bahn are right outside and both take you straight into the centre. If walking, it’s about 20 mins to the Brandenburg Gate and many of the sights. The bed was very comfortable and everything was clean and in excellent working order. The four ladies who rotate on Reception spoke perfect English and could not have been more helpful. They maintain a sheet of good local restaurants most of which we tried with great results every time. But there was one shortcoming. That convenient S Bahn runs right underneath the block at a shallow depth and the building vibrates every four minutes (except for a few hours at night during weekdays only). Also the tram is audible if the front windows are open. Personally, it did not bother me but my wife had to wear earplugs every night. We were in the Birds’s Nest Penthouse suite on the 6th floor, so height makes little difference. Only one other significant issue – the two TVs have hundreds of Sky channels but virtually no entertainment channels in English. I had a laptop and so was able to stream Amazon Prime and Netflix via the excellent free WiFi but connecting to the BBC iPlayer with a VPN only worked sporadically. If you have a smart stick for streaming TV don’t forget to bring it. So long as you are a good sleeper I would highly recommend Downtown Apartments.

Sauber. Gut ausgestattet. Park direkt hinter dem Haus.