Sights

What you really shouldn't miss!

There are questions that can be answered quite easily. And then there are questions such as: "What's the first place we'll visit in Berlin?" Difficult questions indeed. Especially difficult because there are so many sights to see in Berlin. That's why we have put together a list of the most important sights: First, things you really must see, but also the most important palaces, viewpoints, memorials, places of worship, and the most beautiful of the capital's hidden places.

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Hidden places

Dicke Marie.

The Dicke Marie (fat Mary) tree has experienced a great deal. About 800 or 900 years ago, when it first buried its roots in the Brandenburg sand,

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Galerie im Körnerpark.

Around 100 years ago, the entrepreneur Franz Körner made the city of Berlin an offer it couldn't refuse. His gravel pit lay in the area between

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Grave of Heinrich v. Kleist & Henriette Vogel.

It was on 21 November 1811 that Heinrich von Kleist and Henriette Vogel went to a hilltop on the edge of a forest near the Kleiner Wannsee lake. They

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Memorials + Cemeteries

Airlift Memorial .

The Tempelhof Airport is a piece of Berliner history: already, the stiff, monumental architecture reveals the mark of the Third Reich, whose largest

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Alter Jüdischer Friedhof.

The Old Jewish Cemetery on Grosse Hamburger Strasse is the oldest cemetery for Berlin's Jewish community after the Judenkiewer in Spandau. In the

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Bundeswehr Cenotaph.

Since its inception in 1955, the Bundeswehr has lost around 3100 soldiers and individuals in civilan services. Federal President Horst Köhler

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Must Sees

"Zeughaus".

The Armoury is the oldest surviving building located on Unter den Linden and it is also the most important large Baroque structure in the capital.

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Alexanderplatz.

Alexanderplatz is one of the most famous squares in Berlin and certainly the largest. Named after the Russian Czar Alexander I, who visited the

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Bebelplatz.

Bebelplatz is one of the most beautiful squares in the capital. This is partly due to the surrounding buildings but is also due to the fact that is

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Palaces

Babelsberg Palace.

The views of the Havel river are breathtaking. The water glitters in the sun, steamers chug by and, in the distance, there's Glienicke Bridge. It

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Bellevue palace.

Since the beginning of 1994, the Bellevue Palace in Berlin has been the official residence of the Federal President. Located in the midst of the

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Cecilienhof Palace.

"Fat good-for-nothing" – not really a flattering nickname, especially for a king. But the people felt that the name suited the hedonistic Friedrich

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Places of worship

Berlin Cathedral.

With its magnificent dome, the Berlin Cathedral is definitely one of the capital’s crowd pullers. Located in the northern area of the Spree Island,

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Chabad Lubawitsch Berlin.

The Jewish community and family centre hosts a school and offers for families, a mikwe and a visitor centre with information about Jewish sights,

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Church of St. Mary.

The protestant church of St. Mary was founded during the first medieval urban expansion of Berlin in 1250 as a parish church for the new town. Like

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Viewpoints

Cafeteria Skyline TU.

Here you can enjoy coffee at student rates. The view is free. The “Skyline” cafeteria is located on the 20th floor of the Telefunkenhochhaus at

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Berlin Television Tower.

Anyone who has ever been to Berlin has seen it. Indeed, it is hard to imagine not being able to take notice of it. No wonder - the Berlin Television

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Grunewaldturm.

The Grunewald Tower on the River Havel offers a spectacular view of the idylllic Havel landscape. This red-brick building was erected in 1897, to

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