Berlin
A city that keeps its scars visible, which is what makes it worth reading. Cheap for a capital, and nothing gets going until late.
Berlin in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Berlin
Where to stay in Berlin
Berlin in a day, two days, three
- Day 13 stops
- Brandenburg Gate
- East Side Gallery
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Landmarks in Berlin
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0
The East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree. It consists of a series of murals painted directly on a 1,316 m (4,318 ft) long remnant of the Berlin Wall, located near the centre of Berlin, on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Lklundin · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. It consists of a 1.9-hectare site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 14 Aug 2026
Alexander Blum · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Museum Island is a museum complex on the northern part of Spree Island in the historic heart of Berlin, Germany. It is one of the capital's most visited sights and one of the most important museum sites in Europe.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 1 Sep 2026
Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the Bundestag parliament. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the president of Germany.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 14 Aug 2026
Mfield, Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com; edit by Waugsberg (rotation 0,4°) · GFDL 1.2
Tiergarten is a locality within the borough of Mitte, in central Berlin (Germany). Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, Tiergarten was also the name of a borough (Bezirk), consisting of the current locality (Ortsteil) of Tiergarten plus Hansaviertel and Moabit.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Aug 2026
A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0
The East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree. It consists of a series of murals painted directly on a 1,316 m (4,318 ft) long remnant of the Berlin Wall, located near the centre of Berlin, on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Lklundin · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. It consists of a 1.9-hectare site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 14 Aug 2026
Alexander Blum · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Museum Island is a museum complex on the northern part of Spree Island in the historic heart of Berlin, Germany. It is one of the capital's most visited sights and one of the most important museum sites in Europe.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 1 Sep 2026
Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the Bundestag parliament. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the president of Germany.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 14 Aug 2026
Mfield, Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com; edit by Waugsberg (rotation 0,4°) · GFDL 1.2
Tiergarten is a locality within the borough of Mitte, in central Berlin (Germany). Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, Tiergarten was also the name of a borough (Bezirk), consisting of the current locality (Ortsteil) of Tiergarten plus Hansaviertel and Moabit.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Aug 2026
A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
From the airport
When to go to Berlin: May or Jun or Jul or Aug or Sep
Guides about Berlin
Berlin has no single centre because of where the Wall ran, so you pick a neighbourhood instead. The five that work, and the 7.5% tax with no cap on nights.
Josefin Bakke · 2 Sep 2026
Munich has the best day-trip network in Germany and one famous trap. Six trips ranked, the Bayern ticket that changes the maths, and the castle rule.
Josefin Bakke · 2 Sep 2026
A litre is about 15 euro and the good tables never reach the public. The 2027 dates, how reservations actually work, and the morning that beats the evening.
Mara Vance · 2 Sep 2026