This is 'Ostalgia' in action. Touch screens, sound effects and even the 'DDR Game' mean that the more distasteful aspects of East German life are cheerfully...
Karl Liebknecht Strasse 1Both this church and the Französischer Dom were built in 1780-85 by Carl von Gontard for Frederick the Great, in imitation of Santa Maria in Montesanto and...
Gendarmenmarkt
The permanent exhibition in the Zeughaus finally opened in July 2006 and provides an exhaustive blast through German history from 100 BC to the present day,...
Zeughaus
In what used to be part of the headquarters of the Stasi, you can look around the old offices of feared secret police chief Erich Mielke, preserved as they...
Ruschestrasse 103Built in the early 18th century for Berlin's 6,000-plus-strong French Protestant community, the church was later given a baroque tower, which offers fine...
GendarmenmarktThis extensive, curious and somewhat old-fashioned museum traces the history of Berlin through a wide range of historical artefacts. Different sections...
Am Köllnischen Park 5The Museum of Childhood and Youth is the place to come if you want to show kids how lucky they are to be going to school today and not 50 years ago. Apart...
Wallstrasse 32Mostly in ruins since 1945, the Neues Museum was reopened, after an 11-year, $250 million makeover by English architect David Chipperfield, in October 2009....
Bodestrasse 3Inside Berlin's oldest congregational church is an interesting historical collection chronicling Berlin's development until 1648. Old tiles, tapestries,...
Nikolaikirchplatz