The Allies arrived as conquerors, kept West Berlin alive during the 1948 Airlift and finally left in 1994. In what used to be a US Forces cinema, the Allied...
Clayallee 135
The Botanical Garden was landscaped at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, it is home to 18,000 plant species, 16 greenhouses and a museum. The...
Königin-Luise-Strasse 6-8
This small museum is dedicated to the work of Die Brücke ('The Bridge'), a group of Expressionist painters that was founded in Dresden in 1905 before later...
Bussardsteig 9On this organic working farm, children can see how life was lived in the 17th century. Craftspeople preserve and teach their skills. It's best to visit...
Königin-Luise-Strasse 49The shop front looks more like a deserted department store than a revered confiserie and retains its original 1928 design by Johannes Itten of the Bauhaus....
Brandenburgische Strasse 17
Extensive, authoritative, beautifully laid out, the Ethnological Museum encompasses cultures from Oceania to Central America to Africa to the Far East....
Lansstrasse 8
On 20 January 1942, a collection of prominent Nazis, chaired by Heydrich, gathered here to draw up plans for the Final Solution, making jokes and sipping...
Am Grossen Wannsee 56-58
This memorial stands on the site where the Nazis executed over 2,500 (largely political) prisoners. In a single night in 1943, 186 people were hanged. In...
Hüttigpfad
One of Europe's most important avant-garde outlets has racks of minimalist, electronic, world, industrial and extreme noise. Rare vinyl and import CDs,...
Schaperstrasse 11Georg Kolbe's former studio has been transformed into a showcase for his work. The Berlin sculptor, regarded as Germany's best in the 1920s, mainly focused...
Sensburger Allee 25Berlin's top team have repeatedly been touted as title contenders at the beginning of the season only to disappoint with hot-and-cold performances and...
Max Liebermann, perhaps the most famous German Impressionist painter, spent his summers in this beautiful house on the shore of Lake Wannsee from 1910 until...
Colomierstrasse 3At this 14th-century village, reconstructed around archaeological excavations, workers demonstrate handicrafts, medieval technology and farming techniques....
Clauertstrasse 11Originally 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...
Olympischer Platz 3
The oldest structure inside the citadel (and the oldest secular building in Berlin) is the Juliusturm, dating back to about 1160. The bulk of the Zitadelle...
Am Juliusturm