Waldorf Astoria Berlin
NYC flair meets Berlin cosmopolitan chic
VERIFIED LUXURY
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West
Berlin has been on the up and up in the last couple of years, gradually shifting back into the city’s media spotlight after languishing behind the hipper East for several decades.
This upswing is largely due to the major redevelopment of the Bahnhof Zoo area, whose pre-Wall legacy of bleak architecture and urban squalor has, somewhat unfairly, lived on. Huge investments have meant that the area nowadays possesses a cluster of bold and impressive new buildings ranging from Bikini Berlin — a shopping center filled with high-end boutiques and cafés — to several gleaming new hotels.
Chief among the latter is Waldorf Astoria Berlin, a $557 million project completed in 2012 whose distinctive 390-foot-high tower — nicknamed Zoofenster (“zoo window”) — has come to at least partly define the new West Berlin. The interior’s stylish flair, presaged by its architectural prowess, extends to a top-notch dining experience, a striking Guerlain Spa and attentive service.
Getting There
Hardenbergstrasse 28, Berlin, BE 10623, Germany
TEL49-30-814000-0
NEARBY AIRPORT(S)
TXL (12-18 min)
SXF (22-30 min)