13 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Berlin
13 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)
Am Lustgarten, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted his own St.
Boros Collection (The Bunker)
20 Reinhardtstraße, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany
A Second World War air-raid bunker with a penthouse on the roof, filled with some of the best contemporary art in Europe.
Fernsehturm (TV Tower)
1A Panoramastraße, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany
At 368 metres, this is the tallest structure in Germany and was built to be exactly that — a giant exclamation mark planted by the East German government to prove that socialism could build higher than capitalism.
Gendarmenmarkt
City Centre, Berlin, Germany
This is widely considered the most beautiful square in Berlin, and it's easy to see why.
Hackesche Höfe
40 Rosenthaler Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany
Eight interconnected courtyards hiding behind an unassuming facade on Rosenthaler Straße.
Jewish Museum Berlin
14 Lindenstraße, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, 10969, Germany
Daniel Libeskind designed this building to make you feel disoriented, and it works.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Breitscheidplatz, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, 10789, Germany
Berliners call it 'der hohle Zahn' — the hollow tooth.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
1 Cora-Berliner-Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany
Peter Eisenman designed 2,711 concrete slabs of varying heights on a sloping field, and he has consistently refused to explain what they mean.
Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue)
28 Oranienburger Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany
The golden dome of the Neue Synagoge is one of Berlin's most striking sights, but the building behind it is a ghost.
Oberbaumbrücke
Oberbaumbrücke, 10243 Berlin
This double-deck bridge is one of Berlin's most beautiful structures, and during the Cold War it was one of its most painful.
Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin
In the 1920s, this was the busiest intersection in Europe — the Times Square of Berlin, with the continent's first traffic light installed here in 1924.
Reichstag Building
Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
The glass dome on top of this building is Norman Foster's masterstroke, and it makes a very specific political statement.
Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden, 10117 Berlin
Berlin's grandest boulevard runs 1.
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