to the west
get a regional train to Thuringia and start a hiking tour of the mountains, called "The green heart of Germany"
travel to the south west and go to Bayreuth in Franconia, home of the famous German composer Richard Wagner, and further to Munich, the capital of Bavaria
to the east
get on a train to Warsaw in Poland. There is a convenient connection from Berlin Central that runs daily and takes about four hours
visit the old cities of Silesia in Poland, namely Wroclaw, Legnica, Kattowice, Opole, and witness their newly found beauty since the end of the Communist era
to the north
visit the shores of the Baltic sea, 250km north of Berlin
go to the north west and visit Hamburg, the centre of Northern Germany, thereby stop in historical small cities like Luebeck or Lüneburg.
go to the north east and visit the three Polish cities Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot at the Baltic Sea that form a metropolis called Tri-City 'Trojmiasto' in Polish
to the south
get on a train to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. There are several connections daily from Berlin via Dresden, that take 5 hours from Berlin and 2.5 hours from Dresden
visit the Bohemian cities of Karlovy Vary, home to the famous liquor "Becherovka", or Budejowice and Plzen, homes to equally famous Bohemian beers