No matter where you are, you can always find something unique and memorable to do or see for absolutely no money. This is particularly true when it comes to Berlin, where you don’t even have to search for fun and free activities – they come to you themselves. Anyway, here are a few ways to enjoy Berlin without spending a penny.

Visit Viktoriapark

Crowning the neighborhood of Kreuzberg, this hilltop park is great for a lunchtime picnic accompanied by a view over the city. As well as relaxing or playing sports amid the greenery, you can also enjoy some curious sculptures and an artificial waterfall in summer.

At the top of Viktoriapark – tian2992/Flickr

Visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Just south of the Brandenburg Gate are the 2,711 concrete slabs that make up the Holocaust Memorial, which – with its grey color and grid-like but undulating layout – brings a strange feeling of loneliness and disorientation. The haunting experience of walking through this quite abstract and unusual memorial leaves space for you to reflect on the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust. That’s why it’s one of the most important places to visit if you want to really understand Berlin.

The memorial at night – Wikipedia

Visit a flea market

Suggesting shopping as a ‘free thing to do’ is an absurdity, I know. That said, browsing is always free. The biggest appeal of Berlin’s flea markets is their atmosphere, with all kinds of arts and crafts that you can admire without buying. While you’re browsing, you’ll almost certainly see some weird and wacky things you never even knew existed. Some of the best places to do this include the flea market at Bode Museum (every Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm), where you can find a great selection of antique books; Antikmarkt (Sunday – 8 am-4 pm), with lots of jewelry, art, and vinyl; and Mauerpark, where every Sunday you can also take part in the famous karaoke in the arena.

Discover the street art

If there is one city in the world where discovering the street art should be a priority, it’s Berlin. Eye-catching graffiti pops up everywhere; thought-provoking pieces by some of the world’s most famous street artists lurk around every corner, especially in the trendy neighborhood of Kreuzberg. And then, of course, there’s the East Side Gallery: the longest open-air gallery in the world, painted on remnants of the Berlin Wall.

“Pneumohumanoides” by Jens-Helge Dahmen on the East Side Gallery – Andy Hay/Flickr

Visit the dome of the Reichstag building

Book in advance and get a good view of the city from the rooftop terrace and the glass dome of the Bundestag. The building is open every day from 8 am until midnight, and groups of visitors are admitted every 15 minutes – the last session beginning at 9.45 pm. Your admission includes an audio guide, so you can enjoy some history to accompany the great views.

Inside the dome – Susanne Nilsson/Flickr

Get active at Tempelhof

What was once an iconic pre-war airport is now one of the biggest urban parks in Berlin; a historic site where you can go biking, walking, skateboarding or practice any other type of sport. Alternatively, if you feel like just lazying around, find a spot on the grass and enjoy some German beer and bratwurst. It’s not uncommon, especially in the summer, for Templehof to host an array of concurrent events. Regardless of what’s on, you owe it to yourself to visit this unusual park. After all, it’s not often you get the chance to walk down an airport runway, is it?

Nothing beats the sight of an abandoned airport – K.H.Reichert/Flickr

Visit the Museum of Unheard of Things

The oddest objects – and the even odder stories behind them – turn this tiny museum into an hour-long escape from reality, where you’ll be immersed in a world of wild imagination conceived by its creator: artist Roland Albrecht. All of these objects – small or large, everyday or special – have their own personality and make this museum a one-of-a-kind experience. Opening hours, tickets and other information about the Museum of Unheard Things here.

Pinning this post doesn’t cost a penny either, so you might as well just do it now. Who knows when you’ll find yourself in the center of Berlin with no money? 

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We had a chat with him about his journey. Here is what he told us:

Who is Tomislav Perko and what does he dream of?

I’m just a regular, everyday, normal guy who did something unusual and extraordinary – I traveled the world, with almost no money. I am 32, people tell me that I am a travel writer and a public speaker, and I dream of many, many things. And they keep changing. But the most important thing is to follow them, no matter what they are.

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But one thing that bothers you is that fight tickets cost more than your budget or they seem too pricey. Let us tell you that there are many ways to get cheap flight tickets to anywhere you want to go.

Traveling cheap today is very easy. We all know someone who gets bargains, travels all the time or visited dreamed places that seem inaccessible for your pocket at first. How can you travel cheap? Discover below all the tricks you need to know. Investing a bit of time in the search for accommodation and transportation (the two highest costs when traveling) you will also find incredible offers.

Invest time or invest money

If you do not have time to decide or plan, you will pay more. If you invest your time in planning, It will come out cheaper.

Tips for Traveling Cheap

Finding bargains for trips is a matter of being a little smart and flexible in:

• where to go
• when to travel
• how to get to the place you want to visit

Whether you’re doing all-inclusive trips or you like to travel by yourself and plan your vacation destinations and activities yourself, follow the below tips and tricks to save money while traveling.

1. Be Flexible

The trick that always works for cheap travel is to be flexible, either in:

• destination
• date
• way of travel

Being flexible does not mean having to be flexible only and exclusively on dates. There are destinations that are much cheaper, there are more expensive seasons or more expensive ways to travel.

Here are some examples to clarify the idea:

• The daily costs in Canada are much higher than what it will cost you to travel through Thailand
• Flights during the weekend are not similarly priced to the flights during the weekdays
• People in Sri Lanka move in tuk-tuk instead of a taxi, and taking a tuk-tuk will be much cheaper than a taxi
• Traveling directly from Madrid to New York can be more expensive than making a stopover in another place, for example, Miami

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2. Ignore the myths

Ignore all the myths that circulate there. They will drive you crazy.

There are many myths, for example:

• If you buy your flight on Thursday, it will be much cheaper
• The cheapest day of the week to fly is Tuesday
• The airfares are changed every Thursday at X hour

There is no specific date where your flights are always cheaper. Nor is there a rule about what time to buy cheap flights. Just as consumers try different ways, so do airlines. They test a thousand and one methods to increase their prices, and they change their algorithms constantly to adapt them to the market. Evidently, flying during the week will be cheaper than flying from Friday to Sunday, but simply by the law and the person’s rights of supply and demand. Many more people will want to spend a weekend away than spending a few days during the week on a vacation. There is no magic and exact formula to always have cheap flights. Keep applying these simple tips and become The low-cost travel ninja.

3. Consider lesser-known destinations

Keep in mind not only cheap places to travel. Consider also the smaller places that are close to your desired destination. This has to do with flexibility. If you do not care where to travel, choose destinations that:

• are not in trend
• are little known
• are cheap because of the living cost in that country

Those destinations will be much cheaper! Here you must take into account the travel time to see if it is cheaper. For example, if you travel to Barcelona, ​​it will be much cheaper if you stay in Lloret de Mar or Blanes. Hotels in those areas have very different offers to Barcelona. Of course, your time in the big city will be conditioned to the available transportation schedules. You must decide if it compensates you.

4. Travel with a plan

Something that seems against my rule number one, but that has nothing to do with it. Once you have decided your destination, it is better to plan the activities, the accommodation. Once you have planned where you will stay and how you will move, only the “open or pending” day-to-day expenses will remain. You should inform yourself a little about the prices of the area and establish an average budget for food and activities. I strongly advise having a budget. If you have a budget, you will know what you can spend and you will not leave much of it. If you do not have a budget, without realizing how much you are spending, the costs will have skyrocketed! Do you remember those party nights where you got home without a penny? Well, it’s the same if you travel without a budget: you do not realize it and you spent a lot more money than you imagined. This brings us to the next point.

5. Book in advance

Here I do not speak only about accommodation and flights. If you want to find accommodation at the last minute, it will surely be more expensive. In some places, it will even be impossible. The unavailability or increase in prices also applies to activities.  Did you know that to visit the Alhambra in Granada (Spain) you must book a month and a half in advance? If you have to get vaccinated to enter a country and you forget that, it will cost much more than if you had done it at the right time. This also involves planning how you will move. You should plan at least to know how to get to the airport, and from the airport to your accommodation. I still remember that years ago I lost a flight simply because mistook a terminal at the airport. Look for some information and make sure you arrive at the airport in advance.

6. Buy your flight in advance

They say that the best time to buy a flight is about 2 months before. So do not wait until the last moment to buy the flights, but do not buy them too soon. What is the ideal time to buy flights? In theory, about 6-8 weeks before your flight (3 months if it is the high season). Supposedly, that is the time when airlines adjust their prices. The concrete answer is that everything will depend on the company and destination, but about 2 months the price is usually a tight price. I assure you that it will be much cheaper than the weeks or days before flying. (Unless you find a last minute offer). Personally, I never managed to take a last minute offer because it was never adapted to my tastes or needs at the time, but it is still a pending challenge.

7. Be smart in the way you move

If you fly with low-cost airlines, keep in mind your luggage restrictions. And there are absolute rules that do not fail you:

• Travel light and you will surely have the best price.
• Avoid paying extra for a seat or food if you do not need it.

In this aspect, I recommend that you always read the conditions before buying any ticket (with the company with which you are going to fly) as large Norwegian airlines offer low-cost tickets on long flights, for example to Thailand. In those economic tickets, there is no luggage or food, so you must calculate if you want to pay what extra they ask for, if you need another type of ticket, or you adapt and fly with hand luggage and take food with you. Maybe a train from Madrid to Paris seems more expensive at first than a flight with a low-cost carrier, but once you add your luggage and travel costs to your accommodation the train would have been cheaper. Always check the conditions of your transport.

8. Save on accommodation

The two highest costs when traveling are accommodation and transportation. In any case, you can lower this cost: How? First, look at what type of accommodation is most common in the place where you will travel. Are you going to Ireland? You should consider Bed and Breakfast. In Vietnam, homestays are much cheaper (and common) than hotels:

• Once you are clear about the accommodation, use accommodation price comparison websites
• The price comparison will allow you to see if booking the hotel on a different website is cheaper
• Check all the different prices of the same accommodation that is on the Internet and put them in one place

9. Know where to search

Currently, there are many tools to compare and find cheap flights. It is practically a children’s game.  Most popular among them are Skyscanner, Kayak, Google Flights, and Trabber.  They are very easy to use. You put the departure airport, the destination you want to travel, the round trip dates, and then you start to filter by schedules, services, direct flights or with stopovers, suitcases billing, and so on.  You can tune the shot to the fullest. You can even search by destination or the cheapest month of the entire year.  With some patience and a few minutes, you can find a real bargain.

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