16 of the best · Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag dome, the Berliner Dom and the Humboldt Forum, the TV Tower, the Berlin Wall Memorial, the East Side Gallery and Charlottenburg Palace.
Our 16 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three of our favourites from this list, vetted by people who know and love Berlin.
The symbol of the city
The neoclassical gate at the head of Unter den Linden, symbol of reunified Berlin.
Where to understand the Wall
The central memorial to the division of Berlin, on Bernauer Strasse.
Bernauer Strasse 111, BerlinExplore View on map
Book the dome in advance
The parliament building with its glass dome and roof terrace, open to visitors who register in advance.
In-depth stories behind the list.
History & heritage
West Slavic roots, Berlin and Cölln, the Huguenots, Prussia and Schinkel, the imperial capital, 1945, the Wall, the guest workers and reunification: how Berlin became Berlin.
The back story
From the Brandenburg Gate to Bernauer Strasse: where the Wall stood, how it fell, and where to see its story today.
The skyline of Mitte.
Dome walk and crypt
The domed Protestant cathedral on the Lustgarten, with a walk round the dome.
The tallest view in the city
The TV tower on Alexanderplatz, with a viewing floor and a revolving restaurant.
Panoramastrasse 1a, BerlinExplore View on map
The symbol of the city
The neoclassical gate at the head of Unter den Linden, symbol of reunified Berlin.
The finest square in Berlin
The square of the Konzerthaus and the French and German churches.
In the rebuilt palace
The museum and cultural centre in the rebuilt Berlin Palace, opposite Museum Island.
Book the dome in advance
The parliament building with its glass dome and roof terrace, open to visitors who register in advance.
Where the city remembers.
Where to understand the Wall
The central memorial to the division of Berlin, on Bernauer Strasse.
Bernauer Strasse 111, BerlinExplore View on map
The longest surviving stretch of the Wall
The painted stretch of the Wall beside the Spree on Mühlenstrasse.
Field of stelae and information centre
The field of concrete stelae near the Brandenburg Gate, with an information centre beneath.
Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, BerlinExplore View on map
On the site of the Gestapo headquarters
A documentation centre on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters.
Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, BerlinExplore View on map
Charlottenburg and around.
By the Zoo station
Germany’s oldest zoo, by the Zoologischer Garten station.
The largest palace in Berlin
The baroque royal palace in Charlottenburg, with its gardens on the Spree.
A ruin kept as a memorial
The war-damaged tower of the old church on Breitscheidplatz, beside its blue-glass successor.
Red-brick towers over the Spree
The two-deck red-brick bridge over the Spree between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.
