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Museum Island (Museumsinsel)
UNESCO World Heritage, 1999
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Image courtesy of © Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Museum Island (Museumsinsel)
Museum Island, at the northern end of the Spree island in Mitte, gathers the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Bode-Museum and the Pergamonmuseum. UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage site in 1999.
Why it's on our list
- UNESCO World Heritage, 1999
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Museum Island (Museumsinsel) before you go.
Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to Museum Island (Museumsinsel), as the crow flies.
- Hotel de Rome350 m5 min walk
- Regent Berlin600 m8 min walk
- Telegraphenamt800 m10 min walk
- Hotel Château Royal Berlin900 m11 min walk
- Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin1.3 km16 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from Museum Island (Museumsinsel) are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest U-Bahn stations
- MuseumsinselU550 m1 min walk
- HausvogteiplatzU2500 m6 min walk
- Rotes RathausU5650 m8 min walk
Key sights
- Gendarmenmarkt600 mWalk 8 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 6 min
- TV Tower800 mWalk 10 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 6 min
- Brandenburg Gate1.4 kmWalk 18 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Reichstag1.5 kmWalk 19 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Philharmonie2.1 kmWalk 27 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Berlin Wall Memorial2.3 kmWalk 28 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
- East Side Gallery3.2 kmWalk 40 minCycle 13 minCar or taxi 13 min
- KaDeWe4.3 kmCycle 17 minCar or taxi 16 min
- Charlottenburg Palace7.2 kmCycle 29 minCar or taxi 24 min
- BER Airport18 kmCar or taxi 53 min
Main railway stations
- Berlin Friedrichstrasse800 mWalk 10 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 6 min
- Berlin Alexanderplatz1.1 kmWalk 14 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 7 min
- Berlin Hauptbahnhof2.2 kmWalk 27 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Berlin Ostbahnhof2.6 kmWalk 32 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Berlin Gesundbrunnen3.6 kmWalk 45 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 14 min
- Berlin Zoologischer Garten4.6 kmCycle 18 minCar or taxi 17 min
- Berlin Südkreuz5.1 kmCycle 21 minCar or taxi 18 min