# Berlin: the 15 sights you have to see

The places that always top guidebooks and reviews: history, the Wall, museums and views.

- 9 votes · 17 items
- Sep 30, 2024 · Jasmin Yilmaz
- https://even.best/en/l/59/berlin-the-15-sights-you-have-to-see

## Top 15

1. **Brandenburg Gate** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Neoclassical gate from 1791, symbol of division and reunification.
2. **Reichstag Building** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Seat of the Bundestag with Norman Foster's walk-in glass dome; free with advance registration. <https://www.bundestag.de/besuche>
3. **East Side Gallery** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall on the Spree with over 100 murals, including the Fraternal Kiss.
4. **Museum Island** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — UNESCO World Heritage Site with five museums, including the Neues Museum and its bust of Nefertiti. <https://www.smb.museum/>
5. **Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Peter Eisenman's field of 2,711 concrete slabs near the Brandenburg Gate.
6. **Checkpoint Charlie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Former crossing point between the American and Soviet sectors, with the Wall Museum.
7. **Charlottenburg Palace** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Berlin's largest palace, the Prussian kings' Baroque summer residence, with its gardens. <https://www.spsg.de/>
8. **Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The war-damaged tower ruin on Breitscheidplatz, a memorial against war.
9. **Tiergarten and Victory Column** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Berlin's great city park with the 67 m Victory Column and its viewing platform.
10. **Berlin TV Tower** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — At 368 m, Germany's tallest structure, with an observation deck at 203 m. <https://tv-turm.de/>
11. **Berlin Wall Memorial** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — On Bernauer Strasse: an original border strip with a watchtower and viewing platform. <https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/>
12. **Berlin Cathedral** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Berlin's largest Protestant church (1905), with a climbable dome and the Hohenzollern crypt. <https://www.berlinerdom.de/>
13. **Gendarmenmarkt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Square with the French and German Cathedrals and Schinkel's Konzerthaus.
14. **Potsdamer Platz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Square rebuilt after reunification, with the Sony Center and the Panoramapunkt viewpoint.
15. **Jewish Museum Berlin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Daniel Libeskind's zigzag building on two millennia of German-Jewish history. <https://www.jmberlin.de/>
16. **Tempelhofer Feld** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The disused Tempelhof airport turned into a huge park for cycling and picnics.
17. **Topography of Terror** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Documentation centre on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters, free entry. <https://www.topographie.de/>

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