Opened in 1982 in the former goods depot of the Anhalter Bahnhof, the German Museum of Technology is an eclectic, eccentric collection of new and antique industrial artefacts....

On 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 during one of several...

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...

Bathing beach, complete with nudist camp, on the north shore of East Berlin's biggest lake.

The Picture Gallery's first-rate early European collection features a healthy selection of the biggest names in Western art. Although many fine Italian, Spanish and English...

This chamber of horrors is housed in the city's only visitable World War II air-raid shelter. Built in 1943, the five-level bunker was part of an underground network connecting...

A little tacky, but essential for anyone interested in the Wall and the Cold War. This private museum opened not long after the DDR erected the Berlin Wall in 1961 with the...

Wooden toys, including cookery utensils and child-sized kitchens, are the attraction here. Also a good selection of books, puppets and wall-hangings.

International books for children and young people in close to 30 languages, including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic and Russian. Over 10,000 titles are held in stock.

The kids waited patiently as you queued for 45 minutes to get into the Reichstag. And they were absolute angels as the family traipsed around the Bauhaus Archiv looking at...

Small shop packed with model trains, old and new, and everything that goes with them.

Berlin's recently renovated Natural History Museum is a real treasure trove. The biggest draw is the skeleton of a Brachiosaurus dinosaur, which weighed 50 tons at death and is...

The Museum of Childhood and Youth is the place to to come if you want to show kids how lucky they are to be going to school today and not 50 years ago. Apart from old toys, it...

At this 14th-century village, reconstructed around archaeological excavations, workers demonstrate handicrafts, medieval technology and farming techniques. Ox-cart rides for...