Berlin Sights & Attractions

Berlin's major places of interest include Reichstag, St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Brandenburger Tor and the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery. There are numerous attractions and parks in Berlin. Explore Berlin Places to find more about the city's attractions and sights.

  • Georg Kolbe Museum
    Georg-Kolbe-Museum is located in the studio-building of the sculptor Georg Kolbe in a delightfully green area on the western edge of Berlin. ... More>>

  • Berlin Town Hall
    Berlin Town Hall, now the official seat of the mayor of Berlin, was constructed in the style of the north Italian High Renaissance from 1861-69, according to plans by H.F. Waesemann. ... More>>

  • Charlottenburg Palace
    Built as a summer residence for Prussian King's Frederick I beloved wife Sophie Charlotte Charlottenburg Palace is one of the most beautiful architectural monuments of German capital. Despite being badly damaged during the World War II, the Palace's unique 18th century features can still be seen today. ... More>>

  • Berlin Wall East Side Gallery
    East Side Gallery is a special place, where art has become the expression for a unique point in time of the history of a separated Germany. The paintings at the East Side Gallery document that time of change and express the euphoria and great hopes for a better and different future that characterized the time of when the Berlin Wall came down. ... More>>

  • St. Hedwig's Cathedral
    The entirely broad, gleaming green cupola, which stands out from far away, identifies this cathedral, which was built in 1747. The first Catholic church that built after the Reformation in Protestant Prussia it quickly became a symbol of religious tolerance. With its unusual dome and valuable interiors and inventory the cathedral is well worth a visit. ... More>>

  • Friedrichstadt Palast
    The Friedrichstadt Palast is Berlin's biggest tourist attraction, the only revue theatre in Germany and the largest in Europe. Every evening the huge stage is a showcase for perfectly staged feasts of the senses. ... More>>

  • Deutsche Oper Berlin
    In 1945 both of Berlin's large opera houses, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Deutsches Opernhaus in the Bismarckstrasse, laid in ruins. It is impossible for us now to realize what theaters and music meant for the populace of those times. ... More>>

  • Berlin-Karlshorst Berlin-Karlshorst
    On May 8, 1945, World War II was brought to an end with the surrender of the German Wehrmacht at Berlin-Karlshorst. The bloodiest conflict of modern history to date claimed a death toll of at least 50 million people. ... More>>

  • Hebbel Theatre
    Thanks to the private association "Save the Hebbel Theater in Berlin-Kreuzberg", and the engagement of Hans Rosenthal and other well-known actors and public figures, the dilapidated theatre was never completely abandoned. And on the 750th anniversary of Berlin, renovations on the building were finally undertaken by the Berlin Senate. ... More>>

  • Jewish Museum Berlin
    The idea to establish a Jewish Museum was voiced in 1971, the year in which Berlin's Jewish community commemorated its 300th anniversary. At the community's suggestion, the exhibition "Achievement and Destiny" was displayed in the Berlin Museum. ... More>>





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