After many years of controversy, Peter Eisenmann's 'field of stelae' - 2,711 of them, arranged in undulating rows on 19,704 sq metres (212,000 sq ft) of city block - with its...

Built in the late 1960s at a time when relations between East and West Berlin were at their lowest ebb, the 365m (1,198ft) Television Tower - its ball-on-spike shape visible...

The largest department store in continental Europe celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007. It carries name brands in all departments, though the merchandise can be hit or miss....

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is one of Berlin's best-known sights, and one of its most dramatic at night. The neo-Romanesque structure was built in 1891-5 by Franz...

Originally designed by Werner March and opened in 1936 for the Olympics, the 74,000-seat stadium underwent a major and long overdue refitting for the 2006 World Cup, including...

Designed as the centrepiece for the 1936 Olympics, the Olympiastadion is one of the best surviving examples of Nazi monumentalism. After years of neglect, despite its status as...

One of the world's major archaeological museums, the Pergamon should not be missed. Its treasures, comprising the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) and the...

Berlin's most famous concert hall, home to the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, is also its most architecturally daring; a marvellous, puckish piece of organic...

The imposing Reichstag was controversial from the beginning. Architect Paul Wallot struggled to find a style that would symbolise German national identity at a time - 1884-94,...

Queen Sophie-Charlotte was the impetus behind this sprawling palace and gardens (and gave her name to both the building and the district) - her husband Friedrich III (later...

The Staatsoper was founded as Prussia's Royal Court Opera for Frederick the Great in 1742, and designed along the lines of a Greek temple. Although the present building dates...

Germany's oldest zoo was opened in 1841 to designs by Martin Lichtenstein and Peter Joseph Lenné. With almost 14,000 creatures, it's one of the world's largest and most...