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Attractions in Berlin
The landmarks, memorials and iconic buildings of the city. Every entry with an honest assessment, its district, admission and the best time to visit.
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin's most famous landmark on Pariser Platz, transformed from a symbol of division into a symbol of unity.
East Side Gallery
The longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, painted by artists from around the world into an open-air gallery.
Museum Island
Five world-famous museums on an island in the Spree, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.
Reichstag Building
Seat of the German Bundestag, with a walk-up glass dome by Norman Foster and views over the government quarter.
Tempelhofer Feld
A former airport, now a vast open space for cycling, skating and kite-flying.
Alte Nationalgalerie
A temple-like museum on Museum Island with 19th-century art, from Caspar David Friedrich to the French Impressionists.
Bauhaus Archive
The Bauhaus Archive holds the world's largest collection on the history of the Bauhaus.
Bellevue Palace
The German President's first official residence, in a neoclassical palace on the edge of the Tiergarten.
Berlin Cathedral
A monumental Protestant church on the Lustgarten with a walk-up dome and views over Museum Island.
Berlin Philharmonie
The iconic concert hall by Hans Scharoun at the Kulturforum and home of the world-famous Berlin Philharmonic.
Berlin State Opera
Frederick's magnificent opera house of 1743 on the grand avenue Unter den Linden, still one of Europe's most important opera stages.
Berlin TV Tower
At 368 meters the tallest structure in Germany, with an observation deck and a revolving restaurant.
Berlin Underworlds
Guided tours through Berlin's bunkers, shelters and underground structures, starting from the museum at Gesundbrunnen station.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The central place of remembrance for the division, with a preserved border strip on Bernauer Straße.
Berlin Zoo
Germany's oldest zoo, with great biodiversity in the middle of the western center.
Berlin-Dahlem Arboretum
The arboretum in the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden gathers a systematic collection of native and hardy trees across some 14 hectares.
Biesdorf Palace
A late-neoclassical tower villa from 1868 in an expansive palace park, today an art center and municipal gallery in Berlin's east.
Bode Museum
A neo-Baroque museum with a striking dome at the northern tip of Museum Island, home to the sculpture collection, Byzantine art and the coin cabinet.
Botanical Garden Berlin
With over 43 hectares and around 22,000 plant species, one of the largest and most diverse botanical gardens in the world.
Britzer Garten
An expansive landscape park in the south of Neukölln with themed gardens, a lake, a windmill and a park railway.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest surviving palace, with Baroque splendor and expansive palace gardens.
Charlottenburg Palace Gardens
An expansive palace park behind Berlin's largest Hohenzollern palace, combining Baroque splendor with an English landscape garden.
Checkpoint Charlie
The former border crossing between East and West, today a symbol of the Cold War.
Dahme Lakelands
A sprawling chain of lakes southeast of Berlin, where the Dahme widens into numerous swimming lakes and waterways.
DDR Museum
An interactive museum on everyday life in the GDR, right on the Spree opposite the cathedral.
Gardens of the World
An expansive park in Marzahn with artful themed gardens from around the world, a cable car and views from the Kienberg.
Gendarmenmarkt
One of the most beautiful squares in Berlin, with the Konzerthaus and the German and French cathedrals.
German Historical Museum
Germany's national museum of its own history, housed in the Baroque Zeughaus and the modern Pei building on Unter den Linden.
Glienicke Palace
The neoclassical summer palace of Prince Carl of Prussia, with an Italian-inspired landscape park by the Glienicke Bridge.
Großer Tiergarten
Berlin's green lung in the center of the city, with wide lawns, lakes and shady avenues.
Grunewald Forest
The roughly 3,000-hectare forest in Berlin's west, with lakes, a lookout tower and a hunting lodge, is the city's green recreation heart.
Hackesche Höfe
A winding ensemble of eight interconnected commercial courtyards with Art Nouveau facades in the heart of the Spandauer Vorstadt.
Herzberge Landscape Park
Around 100 hectares of urban landscape in Lichtenberg with grazing Pomeranian sheep, biotopes and wide meadows.
Holocaust Memorial
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, with 2,711 concrete steles near the Brandenburg Gate.
Humboldt University of Berlin
A tradition-rich university founded in 1810, in the Baroque palace on the boulevard Unter den Linden.
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Ruine als Mahnmal gegen den Krieg, mit moderner Kirche und blau leuchtendem Innenraum.
Karow Ponds
A quiet nature reserve in the northeast of Berlin with ponds, reed belts and one of the city's richest bird populations.
Köpenick Old Town
A dreamy old-town island at the confluence of the Spree and Dahme, famous for the Captain of Köpenick.
Kulturforum
A concentrated hub of high culture between the Tiergarten and Potsdamer Platz, with world-class museums, libraries and the famous Philharmonie.
Kurfürstendamm
Berlin's most famous shopping boulevard in the west, with stores, cafés and the KaDeWe nearby.
Lietzensee Park
A crescent-shaped inner-city lake with a lakeside promenade, cascades and grand Gründerzeit buildings in the middle of Charlottenburg.
Mauerpark
A popular park on the former Wall strip, with a flea market and karaoke on Sundays.
Müggelberge Hills
Berlin's highest natural elevation: a wooded ridge in the southeast with the Müggelturm and sweeping views over the lakes.
Natural History Museum
Germany's largest natural history museum, home to the tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world.
Neue Wache
Schinkel's neoclassical guardhouse on Unter den Linden is today Germany's central memorial to the victims of war and tyranny.
Nikolai Quarter
A reconstructed old town around the Nikolaikirche, with narrow lanes and views of the Spree.
Oberbaum Bridge
A striking brick bridge over the Spree connecting Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.
Panke River
The river that gives the Pankow district its name, a green walking corridor from the Barnim to the Spree.
Park am Gleisdreieck
An expansive city park on former railway land between Kreuzberg and Schöneberg, blending an industrial past with modern leisure use.
Peacock Island
An idyllic Havel island with a white fairy-tale palace, free-roaming peacocks and UNESCO World Heritage status in Berlin's southwest.
Plänterwald and Spreepark
A floodplain forest on the Spree and the legendary Ferris wheel of the defunct Spreepark, now being rebuilt into an art and culture park.
Potsdamer Platz
A modern square of glass and steel, rebuilt in the 1990s on a former stretch of the Wall.
Rotes Rathaus
Berlin's striking brick city hall and seat of the Governing Mayor in the heart of the historic center.
Rudower Höhe
A 70-meter rubble hill on the southern edge of the city with wide views over Berlin and the surrounding area.
Schöneberg Südgelände Nature Park
An 18-hectare nature park where nature has reclaimed a former railway yard.
Spandau Citadel
One of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses in Europe, with a medieval keep, the Julius Tower and expansive grounds on the Havel.
Spreebogen
The striking bend of the Spree at the heart of Berlin's government quarter, with the Reichstag and the Chancellery.
Topography of Terror
A documentation center on the former Gestapo grounds tracing the history of Nazi terror.
Treptower Park
An expansive park on the Spree with the monumental Soviet War Memorial.
Victory Column
A golden goddess of victory at the heart of the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform over the city.
Viktoriapark
A green hilltop park on the 66-meter Kreuzberg, with Schinkel's national monument, an artificial waterfall and wide views over the city.
Volkspark Friedrichshain
Berlin's oldest municipal park, from 1846, with the Fairy Tale Fountain, rubble hills and wide meadows.
Volkspark Jungfernheide
An expansive public park in the north of Charlottenburg with a swimming lake, a water tower and a high ropes course.
Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg
A twin hill raised from wartime rubble in the east of Prenzlauer Berg, with wide views over the city.
Wannsee
Berlin's most popular waterside getaway, with one of the largest inland lidos in Europe.
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