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A ride on the bus No 100

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To discover Berlin by bus is fun. Berlin’s busses are yellow and many of them are double deckers. Especially a ride on the number 100  bus is fun, cheap and comfortable. But what is so special about this bus?    You just have to pay the fare for a normal ticket, then you may hop on and off where ever you like, but check how long your ticket is valid! Well, this bus runs from Alexanderplatz to Zoo (and the other way round) and it passes Berlin’s top main sights.   A ride with the bus No 100 from the TV Tower to Under den Linden One of the most famous sights of Berlin, is the TV tower, with 368 meters, it is the tallest building in Germany. Compared to the television tower, the Marienkirche (St. Mary’s church), erected in the 13th century, seems quite small!  The bus now passes the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral) that was completed in 1905. The building next to the cathedral is the Old Museum. It was built between 1823 and 1830 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the style of cla