Organisational Information

Getting an Antigen test costs three euros.

At the airport:

• Terminal 1 on level E0 opposite arrival 1, Mon-Fri: 4:00-22:30

At the train station:

• Central Station: 24/7 Open, Katharina-Paulus-Straße 5, 10557 Berlin

In the city centre (listed according to proximity to the conference venue):

• Event Coronatest Hackescher Markt: Sun-Thu.: 9:00-20:00, Am Zwirngraben 5, 10178 Berlin

• Rapid test Berlin Alexanderplatz: Mon-Sun.: 6:00-24:00, Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin

• Coronatest Berlin,S/U-Hbf Friedrichsstraße: Mon-Fri 7:00-20:00; Friedrichstraße 133, 10117 Berlin

• Rapid test Berlin Mitte: Mon-Sun: 6:00-23:00, Auguststraße 20, 10117 Berlin

• Covid 19 Center: Mon-Sun: 8:00-20:00, Linienstraße 111, 10115 Berlin

• Covid Test Center Berlin Mitte: Mon-Fri 8:00-20:00, Torstraße 170, 10115 Berlin-Mitte

• Rapid test Berlin Potsdamer Platz: Mon-Sun: 7:00-24:00, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1, 10785 Berlin

September is a very popular time for conferences and events in Berlin, as such many hotels are already fully booked for the month and others are filling up fast. The prices are rising daily, we therefore recommend that you book your accommodation for the conference as soon as possible.

We have put together a list of hotels that are close to the conference location that are likely to still have vacancy.

Please have a look at the list and book your accommodations directly through the websites linked below: 

Ibis Styles Berlin City Ost
IBIS STYLES BERLIN CITY OST BERLIN | GREAT PRICES, BOOK AND SAVE

Ibis budget Berlin Potsdamer Platz
IBIS BUDGET BERLIN CITY POTSDAMER PLATZ BERLIN | LOW RATES, NO HIDDEN FEES 

Hotel Pension Grand
Hotel-Pension-Grand

Hotel Johann
HOTEL JOHANN BERLIN - HOTEL JOHANN BERLIN (hotel-johann.berlin)

Excellent Apartments Kreuzberg
Excellent Apartments

Ibis Berlin Ostbahnhof
Economy Hotel Berlin Ostbahnhof - ibis - Accor - ALL

Ibis Hotel Berlin Mitte
IBIS BERLIN MITTE HOTEL | 2-STAR ACCOMMODATION IN THE CENTER OF BERLIN (atberlinhotels.com)

Hotel 4 Jahreszeiten Berlin City
Vier Jahreszeiten Hotel Berlin (vj-hotels.com)
 

Hotel Amano Grand Central
Hotel Berlin central station - best price guaranteed | AMANO Grand Central (amanogroup.de)

Singer 109 Hotel
Singer109

Motel One Berlin-Upper West 
https://www.motel-one.com/de/hotels/berlin/hotel-berlin-upper-west/

Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz
Hotel Berlin - Park Inn by Radisson Berlin Alexanderplatz (parkinn-berlin.de)

IntercityHotel Berlin Hauptbahnhof
IntercityHotel Berlin Hauptbahnhof online buchen | H Rewards

MEININGER HOTEL BERLIN HAUPTBAHNHOF
MEININGER Hotel Berlin Hauptbahnhof | günstig, modern, zentral (meininger-hotels.com)

MEININGER HOTEL BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
MEININGER Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz | zentral, modern, günstig (meininger-hotels.com)

Holiday Inn Express Berlin Alexanderplatz
Hotels am Alexanderplatz Berlin | Holiday Inn Express Berlin - Alexanderplatz (ihg.com)

Novotel Berlin Mitte
Familienhotel Berlin Mitte - Novotel - ALL (accor.com)

We are very pleased that Open Society Foundations is funding our Democracy Conference. We can provide a maximum of 1,250 € per person for people travelling from outside of Europe, and a maximum 750 € per person for people coming from within Europe. If you need financial support for travel and accommodation costs, please tick the box “I require funding” when filling out the registration form. We will then contact you and send you more information about the process of requesting funding for travel and accommodation.

The registration platform and participation management are handled by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. After clicking the “click here to register” button, you will be forwarded to the conference registration website of the Bertelsmann Stiftung By registering, you accept the data privacy policy of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

Please note that photos or audio/video recordings may be made of this event, e.g. by TV broadcasters for public purposes, (e.g. for publication on our website, reporting on television etc.) as well as for non-public purposes (e.g. for internal documentation of the event, scientific evaluation etc.). Please inform us in advance if you do not wish to be seen on any photos or videos of this event.

The Democracy R&D annual conference is jointly organised and hosted by