Contemporary and business-like Functional-plus 274-room hotel with at least one eye on visiting businessmen. From the French-owned Novotel people, part of the Accor group. Located in the northwest corner of the Tiergarten, which is Berlin's trophy sprawling green space and which features areas colonised by gay men, especially in summer. Those wanting easy access to the gay life in Schöneberg might prefer to be on the south side of the Tiergarten, but this location hardly qualifies as remote. The street name commemorates the uprising of East Berliner workers on 17 June 1953. S-Bahn: Tiergarten.