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Top Attractions in Berlin

Berlin is a great city to discover by foot, marvel at its monuments and learn about its fascinating history. These are the most-visited landmarks in Berlin.

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Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate

Inaugurated in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is currently a symbol of peace both in Germany and Europe. Learn about this gripping monument.

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall divided the capital of Germany in two for 28 years. Learn about its construction, fall and past. And find out where the remains are.

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is one of the largest in Nazi Germany. Learn about its history and how to visit it.

Berliner Unterwelten

Berliner Unterwelten

Berliner Unterwelten is a museum that preserves Berlin’s underground infrastructure. Learn about WWII and the Cold War while you tour beneath the city.

Pergamon Museum

Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Museum is an archaeological museum. It is the most-visited and considered the most imposing foundation on Museum Island.

Neues Museum

Considered the gem of the 5 museums on Museum Island, the Neues Museum has received several architecture prizes and its collection is astonishing.

German Parliament

German Parliament

The Reichstag building is where the German Parliament (Bundestag) meet regularly. Restored by Norman Foster, its dome is spectacular.

Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden, meaning “under the linden trees” in German, is one of the main boulevards in Berlin, along with Kurfürstendamm.

The Kurfürstendamm, known as Ku’Damm, is one of the most distinguished avenues in Berlin and a famous shopping street, along with Unter den Linden.

Alexanderplatz

Alexanderplatz has been considered the heart of Berlin since the Middle Ages. Learn about its fascinating history and the events that took place here.

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Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden, meaning “under the linden trees” in German, is one of the main boulevards in Berlin, along with Kurfürstendamm.

The Kurfürstendamm, known as Ku’Damm, is one of the most distinguished avenues in Berlin and a famous shopping street, along with Unter den Linden.

Alexanderplatz

Alexanderplatz has been considered the heart of Berlin since the Middle Ages. Learn about its fascinating history and the events that took place here.

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz was once one of the noisiest public squares in Berlin. Presently, it is the heart of unified and modern Berlin.

Gendarmenmarkt

Gendarmenmarkt is one of the splendid squares in Berlin. Founded during the 12th century, it is home of the Konzerthaus and the German and French Churches.

Bebelplatz is one of the most famous squares in Berlin owing to the fact that the Nazi book burning took place here on the 10 May 1933.

Pariser Platz

Pariser Platz is one of the most important squares in Berlin. Located at the end of Unter den Linden, it is found by the Brandenburg Gate.

Museum Island

The Museum Island (Museumsinsel) in Berlin has been given this name because it houses a complex of world-renowned museums.

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Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate

Inaugurated in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is currently a symbol of peace both in Germany and Europe. Learn about this gripping monument.

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall divided the capital of Germany in two for 28 years. Learn about its construction, fall and past. And find out where the remains are.

Berliner Unterwelten

Berliner Unterwelten

Berliner Unterwelten is a museum that preserves Berlin’s underground infrastructure. Learn about WWII and the Cold War while you tour beneath the city.

Berlin Cathedral

Berlin Cathedral

Established between 1894 and 1905, the Berlin Cathedral, situated on Museum Island, is the most iconic religious temple in the capital of Germany.

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous border crossing checkpoint between West and East Germany after the Berlin Wall was put up.

German Parliament

German Parliament

The Reichstag building is where the German Parliament (Bundestag) meet regularly. Restored by Norman Foster, its dome is spectacular.

Topography of Terror

Topography of Terror

The Topography of Terror is a history museum in Berlin housed in the former Gestapo and SS headquarters between 1933 and 1945.

Holocaust Memorial

Holocaust Memorial

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is a site with 2,711 concrete blocks of different sizes. It will not leave you indifferent.

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Bombed during World War II, the remains of the original Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church were integrated into the new Memorial Church.

Commissioned by the German Democratic Republic in 1969, the TV Tower (Fernsehturm) stands 368 meters tall and is the tallest design in Germany.

Charlottenburg Palace

Charlottenburg Palace

Built between 1695 and 1699, Charlottenburg Palace was designed in a baroque style for Sophie Charlotte, wife of Friedrich I of Prussia.

East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

Most of the Berlin Wall was knocked down, except a 1.3 km stretch transformed into the East Side Gallery, the longest open-air art gallery in the world.

The Neue Wache, which means the New Guardhouse in English, was commissioned by Frederick William III of Prussia and was inaugurated in 1818.

Kunsthaus Tacheles

Kunsthaus Tacheles

Kunsthaus Tacheles, which means Art House Tacheles in English, was one of the most famous alternative art centers in Berlin.

Berlin Tempelhof Airport

Berlin Tempelhof Airport

Berlin Tempelhof Airport was one of the most important historic airports in Germany. In 2010, it was reopened as a large public park.

Museums and galleries

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Pergamon Museum

Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Museum is an archaeological museum. It is the most-visited and considered the most imposing foundation on Museum Island.

Neues Museum

Considered the gem of the 5 museums on Museum Island, the Neues Museum has received several architecture prizes and its collection is astonishing.

Hamburger Bahnhof

Hamburger Bahnhof

Hamburger Bahnhof is an important contemporary art museum in Berlin with paintings by renowned artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein

Berggruen Museum

Berggruen Museum

Berggruen Museum is one of the most-visited museums in Berlin. It features over 100 works of art by renowned artists like Picasso Matisse, and Giacometti.

The DDR Museum displays a curious collection of items and recreations from East Germany that reflects life in the GDR between 1949 and 1990.

German Museum of Technology

German Museum of Technology

Planes, boats, trains and various experiments make the German Museum of Technology in Berlin an ideal place to discover the history of science.

Checkpoint Charlie Museum

Checkpoint Charlie Museum

The Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin was opened to document the Berlin Wall and the most famous checkpoint between East and West Berlin.

Jewish Museum Berlin

Jewish Museum Berlin

Opened to the public in 2001, the Jewish Museum Berlin was created to spread the history and culture of the Judeo-German population.

Alte Nationalgalerie

Alte Nationalgalerie

The Alte Nationalgalerie, meaning Old National Gallery in English, is a nineteenth century art museum housed in a striking neoclassical building.

Bode Museum

Reopened in 2006, the Bode Museum on the Museum Island in Berlin, houses an interesting and unusual collection of statues, coins and Byzantine art.

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Deutsches Historisches Museum

The Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) recalls the history of Germany from 100 B.C.E. until the present day.

Altes Museum

The Altes Museum, meaning old museum in English, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and houses a beautiful collection of classic antiques.

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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is one of the largest in Nazi Germany. Learn about its history and how to visit it.

Situated 24km from central Berlin, Potsdam was used by Frederick William I as a hunting space. It then became the residence of the Prussian royal family.

House of the Wannsee Conference

House of the Wannsee Conference

The Wannsee Conference took place in an elegant house. The leaders of the Nazi party came together to plan the Holocaust.