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Reichstag dome visit?

Posted by (Olympia, WA, USA) on

I just went on the bundestag.de website to reserve a time for this Berlin sight and found no available times in October. It shows open hours only from 6:30 to 9:45 PM, rather than 8:00 to 8:00 per the RS guide. I thought I could make this reservation a week or two in advance, but the shortened hours, plus some multi-day closures for cleaning and renovations, seem to have defeated my plan.

Can anyone help me understand why the hours are so curtailed? Is it related to parliamentary business after this month's elections? Or Covid? Does anyone have an idea how else I could get up to that dome in mid-October? (Legally of course!)

Posted by
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I guess you have read this info?
"the dome is closed to visitors in 2021 from 11 to 15 October to allow cleaning and maintenance work to be carried out."

Posted by
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I had read that, Mark, and it's easy to understand. What's harder to understand is why dome visits would be only in the evenings through the rest of October. But I just reserved a morning slot for a 90-minute Bundestag tour that includes a visit to the dome, so I guess I'll get there. The tour's in German so my understanding will be limited, but I'm sure I'll get something out of that as well. And you can't beat the price. ;-)

Posted by
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I am in Berlin now and actually just left the Reichstag dome about an hour ago. I did not have a reservation either as I had difficulty managing the site. I hoped to be able to walk up and get in. Unfortunately I was told they were booked for two weeks. However, they did tell me that every day at 12pm they give away 100 tickets for an evening dome climb. They said to be in line at the white pavilion across the street at 11:30am to get a ticket. That was the only way to get in. I hope that helps.

PS- I did return to get one of the 100 tickets to see the dome tonight.

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