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Berlin fun facts
Things you might not know about Berlin. Every fact comes from an official or primary source, named alongside it.
Updated October 2026
Three World Heritage sites
UNESCO lists Museum Island (1999), the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1990), which include Charlottenburg’s gardens and Peacock Island, and the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (2008) (whc.unesco.org).
Three opera houses
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Komische Oper Berlin each have their own company and season.
A park on an airfield
The airfield of the former Tempelhof Airport is now Tempelhofer Feld, a park where the runways are used for cycling, skating and kite-flying (thf-berlin.de).
Twenty-eight years
The Berlin Wall stood from 13 August 1961 until the night of 9 November 1989; Germany was reunified on 3 October 1990. The Berlin Wall Foundation tells the story at Bernauer Strasse.
Questions and answers
How many UNESCO World Heritage sites does Berlin have?
Three: Museum Island, the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin, and the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates.