Top Berlin Sights and Attractions

The Brandenburg Gate is Berlin's most famous landmark. A symbol of Berlin and German division during the Cold War, it is now a national symbol of peace and unity.  more

The TV Tower on Alexanderplatz is Berlin's most prominent landmark and the tallest building in Germany. Its steel sphere contains an observation platform and a gourmet restaurant.  more

Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. At the height of the Berlin Crisis in 1961 U.S. and Soviet tanks faced each other here.  more

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe or Holocaust Memorial near Brandenburg Gate commemorates the up to six million Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust.  more

Museum Island is a unique ensemble of five museums in the center of Berlin. The entire complex is listed by as a Unesco World Heritage Site.  more

Gendarmenmarkt is arguably Berlin's most beautiful square and the site of three impressive buildings: the German Cathedral, the French Cathedral, and the Konzerthaus.  more

The Reichstag building with its famous glass dome is one of the most visited sights in Berlin. It is seat of the German parliament, the Bundestag.  more

A rare example of art nouveau architecture in Berlin, the courtyard complex Hackesche Höfe in the Mitte district is a vibrant urban quarter combing art, workspaces, restaurants and entertainment.  more

From a symbol of Prussian military victory to a popular tourist spot: Berlin's Victory Column has reinvented itself through the ages.  more

After the German reunification, artists have turned this former stretch of the Berlin Wall into the largest open-air gallery in the world.  more

Hardly any other building project attracted as much attention as the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace. Since 2020, the baroque palace a new space for art, culture and science in Berlin's city center.  more

The Protestant Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island in the Mitte district is Berlin's largest church and one of the major sights in the city center.  more

See the best museum, art and photography exhibitions at Berlin's top museums, galleries and event venues.  more

Guided tours and organized city tours in Berlin: for visitors, tourists and students.  more

Experience all of Berlin's major sights as you hop on and off the bus at any station of this tour of Berlin's city center.  more