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13 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Berlin

13 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)
~2 min

Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)

Am Lustgarten, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany

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Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted his own St.

Boros Collection (The Bunker)
~2 min

Boros Collection (The Bunker)

20 Reinhardtstraße, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany

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A Second World War air-raid bunker with a penthouse on the roof, filled with some of the best contemporary art in Europe.

Fernsehturm (TV Tower)
~2 min

Fernsehturm (TV Tower)

1A Panoramastraße, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany

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At 368 metres, this is the tallest structure in Germany and was built to be exactly that — a giant exclamation mark planted by the East German government to prove that socialism could build higher than capitalism.

Gendarmenmarkt
~2 min

Gendarmenmarkt

City Centre, Berlin, Germany

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This is widely considered the most beautiful square in Berlin, and it's easy to see why.

Hackesche Höfe
~2 min

Hackesche Höfe

40 Rosenthaler Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 10178, Germany

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Eight interconnected courtyards hiding behind an unassuming facade on Rosenthaler Straße.

Jewish Museum Berlin
~3 min

Jewish Museum Berlin

14 Lindenstraße, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, 10969, Germany

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Daniel Libeskind designed this building to make you feel disoriented, and it works.

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
~2 min

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Breitscheidplatz, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, 10789, Germany

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Berliners call it 'der hohle Zahn' — the hollow tooth.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
~3 min

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

1 Cora-Berliner-Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany

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Peter Eisenman designed 2,711 concrete slabs of varying heights on a sloping field, and he has consistently refused to explain what they mean.

Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue)
~2 min

Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue)

28 Oranienburger Straße, City Centre, Berlin, 10117, Germany

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The golden dome of the Neue Synagoge is one of Berlin's most striking sights, but the building behind it is a ghost.

Oberbaumbrücke
~1 min

Oberbaumbrücke

Oberbaumbrücke, 10243 Berlin

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This double-deck bridge is one of Berlin's most beautiful structures, and during the Cold War it was one of its most painful.

Potsdamer Platz
~2 min

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin

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In the 1920s, this was the busiest intersection in Europe — the Times Square of Berlin, with the continent's first traffic light installed here in 1924.

Reichstag Building
~3 min

Reichstag Building

Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin

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The glass dome on top of this building is Norman Foster's masterstroke, and it makes a very specific political statement.

Unter den Linden
~2 min

Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden, 10117 Berlin

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Berlin's grandest boulevard runs 1.

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