Functionality comes first at the basic but cheerful Hotel Pension Berolina, which occupies a late 19th century residential building by Charlottenburg station in former West Berlin. The 75 guestrooms feature sunny yellow wallpaper and simple wooden furniture. All have desks and televisions. The rooms do not have private bathrooms but there are several bathrooms on all four floors. Guests can tuck into Berlin style breakfasts in the dining room each morning and prepare their own food if they wish in the kitchen. The building is equipped with wireless Internet access, which guests can connect to for a fee. The front desk is open round the clock and there is a currency exchange service