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Attractions - Things to do
1. Brandenburg Gate
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What is it? The impressive and symbolic Brandenburg Gate
that lay forlorn for so long in the no man's land behind the Berlin
Wall, is now once again renovated and accessible, along with the
newly reconstructed Pariser Platz that links the gate to the
beautiful Unter den Linden Boulevard. The gate is Berlin's only
remaining city gate, built of sandstone between 1788 and 1791 with
12 Doric columns according to a design by C.G. Langhans. Six
columns support an 36ft (11m) transverse beam, similar to the
propylaeum of the Acropolis in Athens. The massive gate is topped
with a stunning statue of the Goddess of Victory facing east
towards the city centre (this was added in 1794). The gate is
closed to traffic, as is the adjacent Pariser Platz, a gracious
square that was once surrounded with beautiful buildings sadly
destroyed in the Second World War. Since the fall of the Berlin
Wall new buildings have been built, however, to designs closely
following those of the originals.
Hours of Operation:
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2. Checkpoint Charlie
Friedrichstraße 43-45
www.Mauer-Museum.com |
What is it? The infamous border crossing point in the
wall dividing West and East Berlin has now become a shrine to the
wall's memory with the addition of a museum, Haus am Checkpoint
Charlie. For nearly 30 years, between 1961 and 1990, Checkpoint
Charlie in the Friedrichstrasse was the only crossing point between
East and West Berlin. The soldier's post can be visited, and
tourists can be photographed under the border
sign.
Hours of Operation: Daily 9am to 10pm; documentary films are screened
throughout the day, with showings of the historically significant
feature films 'Mit dem Wind nach Westen' daily at 5.30pm and 'Mein
Kampf' daily at 7.30pm
Phone:(030) 253 7250 |
3. Eastside Gallery
Mühlenstraße 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain
www.eastsidegallery.com |
What is it? The remains of the infamous Berlin Wall have
now become the largest open-air art gallery in the world. The
longest section of the wall, which has been preserved, stretches
from Ostbahnhof station to the Oberbaumbrucke, and has been given
over to graffiti artists from around the world. A total of 118
artists from 21 countries have exerted their skills on the 4,318ft
(1,316m) long section of the wall, and this collection has become a
Berlin landmark and a tourist attraction. Best known paintings are
Dimitri Vrubel's Brotherly Kiss and Gunther
Shaefer's Fatherland. The gallery is billed as
an international memorial for freedom.
Hours of Operation:
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4. Jewish museum
Lindenstraße 9-14
www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de |
What is it? Although relatively new the Jewish Museum in
Lindenstrasse has already gained an international reputation for
its significant architecture and unique exhibitions that bring
history alive. The bulk of the museum is housed in a windowless and
doorless steel-clad, silver building, designed by Daniel Libeskind,
sited alongside the yellow Baroque edifice of the Berlin Museum.
Visitors enter the Jewish Museum through the Berlin Museum to
explore the exhibition rooms, which are clustered around a main
axis void, designed to signify the empty and invisible aspects of
Jewish history.
Hours of Operation: Monday 10am to 10pm, Tuesday to Sunday 10am to
8pm
Phone:(030) 25993 300 |
5. Hamburger Bahnhof
www.smb.spk-berlin.de |
What is it? One of the most popular art galleries in
Berlin is housed in a train station. The historic Hamburger
Bahnhof, built in 1846 at the Tiergarten, was badly damaged during
the Second World War, but has been restored and reopened, with some
modern elements added to the architecture, as an exhibition venue
for an extensive contemporary art collection. The former station
now offers 107,639 square feet (10,000 sq metres) of space filled
with works by the likes of Andy Warhol, Josephy Beuys and Roy
Lichtenstein. The basis of the exhibition is the Marx private
collection, but there are changing exhibitions and good examples of
the Italian Transavanguardia and minimalist art on show
too.
Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Friday 10am to 6pm; Saturdays 11am to 8pm;
Sundays 11am to 6pm. Guided tours are conducted on Sundays at
4pm
Phone:(030) 397 8340 |
6. Potsdamer Platz
www.potsdamerplatz.de |
What is it? This vibrant square is the heart and soul of
the 'New Berlin', which has emerged since the fall of the wall in
1989. The original square was once one of the busiest junctions in
Europe with a major train station sited on it. However after damage
during the Second World War and being cut through by the divisive
wall, it became a decayed wasteland. Since the fall of the wall,
however, a building boom has been taking place around the Potsdamer
Platz, which now boasts an exciting mix of restaurants, shopping
centres, hotels, a casino, theatres and cinemas that draws both
Berliners and tourists seeking good food and recreation. Focus of
the square is the 22-storey Debis Haus, designed by Renzo Piano,
featuring an atrium with cathedral-like dimensions, and its
neighbouring Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, a shopping mall with an Imax
cinema. The Sony Centre is the most recent addition, consisting of
seven buildings around a light-flooded arena, which also houses
Berlin's popular Film Museum. The Kollhoff building features a
panorama platform, reached by Europe's fastest express elevator,
which offers views of the city.
Hours of Operation: The panaroma platform is open Tuesday to Sunday 11am
to 8pm; the Film Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 6pm
(Thursday until 8pm)
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7. The Story of Berlin
Kurfürstendamm 207-208
www.story-of-berlin.de |
What is it? One of Berlin's most popular attractions, the
unusual exhibition recounts the history of the German capital city
from its foundation until the fall of the Wall. The Story of Berlin
is divided into 25 themed rooms and pays attention to the feelings,
thoughts and living conditions of common Berliners. One of its main
attractions is the nuclear bunker that was built during the Cold
War in the 1970s. Guided tours are available every
hour.
Hours of Operation: Daily 10am to 8pm. Last guided tour at
6pm
Phone:(0)30 887 20 100 |
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Transport -The Berlin public transport system is
efficient, if expensive, and the combination of buses, trams,
ferries, the U-Bahn (underground) and S-Bahn (commuter rail)
reaches every part of the sprawling city and its surrounds.
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