Berlin Attractions
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Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum)
More than two thousand years of German Jewish history is displayed, analyzed and exhibited at Berlin’s fascinating Jewish Museum. The collection is housed ... Read more
Checkpoint Charlie
"You are leaving the American sector." Memorialized in film and print, Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous symbol of Cold War era Berlin. ... Read more
Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz remains the largest urban square in all of Germany and is a central meeting place in Berlin, located in the Mitte District. At its center is ... Read more
Gendarmenmarkt
Located in the Mitte district, the Gendarmenmarkt has gone through a few name changes. After being used from 1736 to 1782 by the military for sentry duty and ... Read more
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
Located on the northern tip of Spree Island, Berlin’s Museumsinsel (Museum Island) is an ensemble of five world-renowned museums. In 1830, King Friedrich ... Read more
Fernsehturm (Berlin TV Tower)
The Berlin Television Tower,or the Berliner Fernsehturm is the city’s tallest structure at 368 metres high. It was inaugurated on 3 October 1969 just before ... Read more
Friedrichstadt-Palast
Located in the heart of Berlin’s theater district (near Hackescher Markt), Friedrichstadt-Palast is Europe’s largest revue theater. The palace is famous for ... Read more
Potsdam’s Gardens
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg, situated on the River Havel, 24 kilometers southwest of Berlin’s city center. It is a ... Read more
Berlin Zoo and Aquarium
Meet Knut the polar bear at the Berlin Zoo, along with a massive variety of marine creatures at the Zoo Aquarium. Berlin’s zoo celebrates diversity, from ... Read more
Sanssouci Palace
Step back to the 17th century with a visit to the lavish rococo palace of Frederick the Great, Sanssouci. A reminder of the days when Potsdam was the ... Read more
East Side Gallery
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the East Side Gallery was the result of what remained. It is longest segment of the Berlin Wall that is still ... Read more
Bode Museum
As one of five museums on Museum Island, the Bode Museum, formerly the Kaiser- Friedrich Museum, houses three separate collections of sculptures and treasures: ... Read more
KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens)
A shopping landmark, the KaDeWe is Berlin’s most famous trademark department store. Since 1907, this luxurious and extravagant center has been lowering its ... Read more
Nikolaiviertel (Nicholas Quarter)
The Lilliputian Nicholas Quarter is an area that was developed around Berlin’s oldest parish church, the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas’s Church), dating from ... Read more
Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion)
The Olympic Stadium, which seats over 74,000 people, is best known for hosting the FIFA World Cup soccer championship in 2006. It is the central venue for ... Read more
