Berlin Favorites

 35 Reviews  The Parlament from Germany it is next to Brandenburg gate. It is very impressive the big glass dome on top where you can enjoy a great view of Berlin (in a good weather day!) Always queues, so we did... 

 28 Reviews  Not my favorite thing...but a general tip: If you are thinking about taking a tour, I would recommend doing it by bus. Normally I enjoy walking tours because I feel you get to experience more;... 

 57 Reviews  We just returned from a short holiday in Berlin, we stayed at the Holiday-Inn Alexanderplatz. We had the pleasure of the greatest tour-guide we ever experienced in our travel worldwide. Dov Galmor... 

 44 Reviews  Berlin is a huge city and to truly explore it takes weeks, but even on a short trip, you can see more than just the central tourist sections by jumping on its extensive mass transit system. We got... 

 29 Reviews  The Berlin that I knew was the split city, a few months after the falling of the wall and before the unification. My kids enthusiastically joined the crowds hitting the remaining panels of the wall,... 

 19 Reviews  I'm not going to repeat a whole lot of guide book facts and figures about Potsdammer Platz but I do want to say that I think it's absolutely fabulous. Though I passed by several times during the day,... 

 17 Reviews  Cross the road by a tunnel which will bring you safely to the centre {the Grosser Stern}and the Siegessaule which is only a few €s to walk up. A gilded figure by Friedrich Drake representing Victory,... 

 12 Reviews  Shopping in Berlin is fabulous - from Ka-De-We (the German version of Harrods) along to C&A - they have some great shops. There is about three blocks of great shopping - mostly department stores -... 

 20 Reviews  I love cathedrals and Berlin has many. My favorite is the Berliner Dom. To enter when services are not being held you must pay 3€, but on Sundays I think you can get in free when concerts or special... 

 20 Reviews  it is now east-berlin (ost-berlin) which is the new city center, so the district is upside down , everything is being rebuilt, you will see dozens of trucks coming from the czech republic for the... 

 12 Reviews  There are sixteen former ghost stations located in the Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn systems, named so because they were not accessible during the Cold War. Some of these ghost stations still have the... 

 20 Reviews  I am sure it is the only place in Berlin that is visited by every tourist. In the same time I am not sure that Berliners and people who were born in Eastern Germany adore this place. I was born in... 

 21 Reviews  As far as I know the church has a nickname 'hollow tooth' ('hohler Zahn). The story is in 1944 bomb destroyed the church and the city administration decided not to re-build it as a sign of New West.... 

 14 Reviews  If you go further from Siegessaule column you may enjoy Tiergarten. It's quite big park in the center of the city. I walked not long time there because I had one day in the city and winter day is... 

 27 Reviews  Unter den Linden (under the lime trees) is a boulevard in the Mitte District, probably the most famous street of Berlin. It runs east-west direction of the city centre. Actually, it is long and large... 

 16 Reviews  TV Tower is situated on Alexanderplatz, the former market square that was renamed after visit of Russian Tsar Alexander I to the Prussian King Wilhelm III. Tower was built in 1969-1972 and has 365... 

 15 Reviews  For sheer OOMPH factor, this was definitely my favourite church in Berlin. It's the Nikolai Kirche in the Nikolaiviertel and no you are not seeing double, it has two spires, just like Siamese twins.... 

 20 Reviews  Brandenburg Gate could be considered a symbol of the united city. In August GDR government prohibited to visit it and gate was closed till 1991. The Brandenburg Gate is only city gate that reached... 

 22 Reviews  The Museum Island is a great place in general. It is comprised of five museums The bode Museum (celebrating its grand reopening when I was there with lines around the block so I skipped it) The Altes... 

 13 Reviews  From the official ITB-Page: "ITB Berlin: Where Global Business Happens. The whole world meets at ITB Berlin: People, working in the travel industry and people, who want to catch up on the most... 

 15 Reviews  The Berlin Wall is largely gone except for a few preserved sections like Mauer Park. The differences between East and West Berlin are steadily disappearing, though you can at times still feel the... 

 23 Reviews  The museum Berlin-Karlshorst focuses on the Second World-War and its impact for both the Russian and German participants. It shows how soldiers and civilians shared the experience of suffering, loss... 

 10 Reviews  If you do nothing else culture-wise here in Berlin you must visit the East Side Gallery. This is a 1.2 km stretch of the former Berlin Wall which has been turned into a unique public art space. I'm...