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RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: Berlin

Berlin Cathedral, Germany. In the eighth season of RICK STEVES' EUROPE, Rick rediscovers some of his favorite destinations in France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Germany, and further abroad in the multicultural crossroads of Turkey, Israel and Palestine.
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Berlin Cathedral, Germany. In the eighth season of RICK STEVES' EUROPE, Rick rediscovers some of his favorite destinations in France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Germany, and further abroad in the multicultural crossroads of Turkey, Israel and Palestine.

Stream now or tune in Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport public television viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and picturesque countryside.

A tumultuous 20th century left Berlin filled with powerful sights — from evocative memorials, to surviving bits of its communist and fascist days, to its glass-domed Reichstag. On this episode we enjoy its now-trendy east side, its people-friendly riverfront, and its vibrant social scene.

Reunited Berlin — perhaps the fastest changing and most happening city in Europe — is entertaining more visitors than ever.

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Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof — the city’s huge and thundering main train station — is one of Europe’s mightiest, with several levels of tracks serving over a thousand trains a day and a vast shopping mall of commercial activity. While a massive public expense, Germans consider infrastructure like this a good investment for both business and for everyday people. Just being here, for a train enthusiast like me, gets me all giddy. What train stations do that for you?

Read Rick's latest articles on European travel.

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Past episodes and video clips of RICK STEVES' EUROPE are available for streaming on demand. Episodes and clips from the series are on YouTube.

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About Season 8:

In the eighth season of RICK STEVES' EUROPE, Rick rediscovers some of his favorite destinations in France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Germany, and further abroad in the multicultural crossroads of Turkey, Israel and Palestine. Each episode contains Rick's valuable insights on art, culture and history, and his practical, experience-enhancing travel advice.

Every two years Rick Steves produces a new series of travel shows exploring his favorite European destinations. Season 8 premieres on public television this fall, with 12 new, vivid episodes covering Turkey, France, Israel, Palestine, Italy, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Germany in delicious, wide-screen, high-definition.

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