Stern und Kreisschifffahrt

The city's best- known boat operator is Stern- und Kreisschiffahrt.
Since Germany's reunification, the company has absorbed the piers and ferryboats of its former East German counterparts. "Historische Stadtfahrt" is a ride along the banks of the Spree, the river that helped build Berlin. Two- , 3- , and 4- hour tours (in German only) depart at 10am and 2pm from a quay near Berlin's cathedral, Am Palast Ufer. These trips offer good views of the Reichstag, the Pergamon Museum, the Königliche Bibliothek (Royal Library), and the monumental heart of the former East Berlin. The tours lasting 1 hour cost 14 DM (7€, ) per person; tours lasting 2 hours cost 18 DM (9€, ); tours lasting 4 hours are 28 DM (14€, ).
Stern- und Kreisschiffahrt also has a cruising yacht, Moby Dick, a whale- shaped boat that usually sails along the waters of the Eglersee and looks like something that might have been developed by the staff at Disneyland. It departs from a point near the Alt- Tegel U- Bahn station, on the city's northwestern edge. Walk for about 10 minutes through the suburb of Tegel to the Greenwich Promenade, and then to the Stern- und Kreisschiffahrt pier. Boats head southward from Tegel, passing along the Havel River and many of its lakes. Reservations are usually necessary for all boat rides described here. Rides operate only April to either late October or early December, depending on the tour. Prices and actual itineraries change seasonally; call for more details.

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Contact Information

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