Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany
Named after Tsar Alexander I of Russia, who visited Berlin in 1805, 'Alex' was the beating heart of East Berlin and remains one of the city's most recognisable public spaces.
Berlin Wall Memorial (Bernauer Straße)
111 Bernauer Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 13355, Germany
Bernauer Straße was ground zero for the Berlin Wall.
Brandenburg Gate
Pariser Platz, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany
This gate has been stolen from, shot at, walled off, and danced on.
Checkpoint Charlie
43-45 Friedrichstraße, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, 10969, Germany
It's the most famous border crossing in history, and today it's one of Berlin's most surreal places — a strange collision of real history and pure tourism.
East Side Gallery
Mühlenstraße 3-100, 10243 Berlin
This is the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall — 1,316 metres of concrete that nobody wanted to preserve until 118 artists from 21 countries painted it in 1990, turning a symbol of oppression into the world's largest open-air gallery.
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.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Breitscheidplatz, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, 10789, Germany
Berliners call it 'der hohle Zahn' — the hollow tooth.
Kulturbrauerei
36 Schönhauser Allee, Pankow, Berlin, 10435, Germany
This sprawling complex of red and yellow brick buildings was once the Schultheiss brewery — one of the largest breweries in the world in the late nineteenth century, producing a million hectolitres of beer a year.
Mauerpark
55 Gleimstraße, Pankow, Berlin, 10437, Germany
Every Sunday, this park transforms into one of the best free shows in Berlin.
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.
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.
Stasi Museum (Haus 1)
Ruschestraße 103, 10365 Berlin
This was the headquarters of the Ministry for State Security — the Stasi — East Germany's secret police.
Teufelsberg
Teufelsseechaussee 10, 14193 Berlin
A 120-metre hill made entirely of Second World War rubble, topped with an abandoned Cold War spy station, covered in street art.
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