20 min tram ride to alexanderplatz,berlin centre on tram m6,2 min walk from hotel,fantastic breakfast,great staff,warm clean comfortable rooms,bowling alley in hotel ,great,visit nearby,treptow park soviet memorial,and the soviet museum at karlshorst,where they signed the surrender agreement after the war ,as with all east germany and east berlin,lots and lots of concrete and flats,thats how they were housed in the communist areas of germany ,enjoy berlin