Things to do in Berlin

Brandenburg Gate

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The eighteenth-century city gate at the end of Unter den Linden, stranded in the death strip during the division of Berlin and now the city's main symbol.

Landmark
30 min

East Side Gallery

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A 1.3-kilometre surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall along the Spree, painted by artists from around the world in 1990.

Landmark
1h

Museum Island

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Five state museums on an island in the Spree, covering antiquity, Byzantine and Islamic art and nineteenth-century painting.

Museum
4h

Reichstag Building

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The German parliament, with Norman Foster's glass dome above the chamber open to visitors who register in advance.

Landmark
1h 30m

Activities

  • Cold War history walk

    Guided route through Checkpoint Charlie, the Wall memorial and the former death strip.

  • Spree boat tour

    Slow boat past the government quarter and Museum Island.