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  1. 1

    Brandenburg Gate - Germany's Most Recognised Landmark

    The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) is Germany's most recognised symbol - an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch that has bookended Prussian victories, Cold War division, and reunification in 1989. Architect…

    Address
    Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Brandenburger Tor (S1, S2, S25, S26, U5), 1-min walk
  2. 2

    Berlin Wall Memorial - The Real Berlin Wall Site

    The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse is the most honest place in the city to understand the 28-year division of Berlin. A 1.4 km stretch of original Berlin Wall, watchtower, death strip, and escape-tunnel sites…

    Address
    Bernauer Strasse 111, 13355 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Bernauer Strasse (U8) or Nordbahnhof (S1, S2, S25), 2-min walk
  3. 3

    Reichstag Building - The Glass Dome Above the Bundestag

    The Reichstag has housed the German Bundestag since 1999 - a mid-1890s neo-Renaissance parliament restored after Norman Foster added a glass dome that lets visitors look down through the roof onto MPs in the chamber…

    Address
    Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Bundestag (U55) or Berlin Hauptbahnhof (S-Bahn / regional), 5-min walk
  4. 4

    Museum Island - UNESCO Cluster of Five World-Class Museums

    Museum Island (Museumsinsel) on the Spree River is a UNESCO World Heritage cluster of five world-class museums on a single 16-hectare island. The Pergamon Museum holds the Pergamon Altar and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon…

    Address
    Bodestrasse 1-3, 10178 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Museumsinsel (U5) or Hackescher Markt (S5, S7, S9), 5-min walk
  5. 5

    Checkpoint Charlie - The Cold War's Most Famous Crossing

    Checkpoint Charlie was the most famous Cold War crossing point between East and West Berlin between 1961 and 1989. Today the actual checkpoint is a recreation - the original guard house is in the Allied Museum - but the…

    Address
    Friedrichstrasse 43-45, 10117 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Kochstrasse / Checkpoint Charlie (U6), 1-min walk
  6. 6

    East Side Gallery - The Longest Surviving Stretch of the Berlin Wall

    The East Side Gallery is the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall - a 1.3 km open-air gallery on the east bank of the Spree near Ostbahnhof. Painted in 1990 by 118 artists from 21 countries, it includes Dmitri…

    Address
    Muhlenstrasse, 10243 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Warschauer Strasse (U1, U3, S3, S5, S7, S9) or Ostbahnhof (S5, S7, S9), 2-min walk
  7. 7

    Fernsehturm (TV Tower) and Alexanderplatz - East Berlin's Showpiece

    The Berliner Fernsehturm is Germany's tallest structure at 368 metres - a 1969 East German showpiece intended to display socialist technological prowess. The observation deck at 203 metres offers Berlin's widest…

    Address
    Panoramastrasse 1A, 10178 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Alexanderplatz (U2, U5, U8, S5, S7, S9, tram M4 / M5 / M6), 1-min walk
  8. 8

    Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe - Berlin's Most Powerful Memorial

    Peter Eisenman's 2005 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust-Mahnmal) is Berlin's most powerful piece of public memory - a 19,000 sq m field of 2,711 concrete stelae of varying heights, sloping ground…

    Address
    Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Brandenburger Tor (S1, S2, S25, S26, U5), 5-min walk
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    Charlottenburg Palace - The Largest Surviving Hohenzollern Palace

    Schloss Charlottenburg is the largest surviving Hohenzollern palace - a 1695 baroque-rococo summer residence built for Sophie Charlotte, queen of Frederick I of Prussia. The Old Palace's apartments include the Porcelain…

    Address
    Spandauer Damm 10-22, 14059 Berlin
    Nearest transit
    Richard-Wagner-Platz (U7), 10-min walk; or Westend (S41 / S42)
  10. 10

    Tiergarten and Victory Column - Berlin's Green Heart

    The Tiergarten is Berlin's green heart - 210 hectares of forested park, lakes, and statues running from the Brandenburg Gate to Charlottenburg. At its centre stands the Siegessaule (Victory Column), a 67-metre Prussian…

    Address
    Grosser Stern 1, 10557 Berlin (Victory Column)
    Nearest transit
    Bellevue (S5, S7, S9) or bus 100 / 200, 10-min walk to the Siegessaule

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