Found 45 locations tagged with "historic":
Lustgarten
Garden of pleasure
This sprawling garden by the city's historic Museumsinsel makes for a lavish entrance to the Berliner Dom. Tourists and locavor...
Regierungsviertel
Make it work
The Regierungsviertel, also known as the "government quarter" or "ribbon of government", is the cluster of buildings stretched ...
Sportmuseum Berlin
Race against history
Located in the former German Sport Forum on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium and constructed in preparation for Berlin's XIth...
Waldbühne
Stage beneath the stars
One of Berlin's favorite outdoor concert locations, the Waldbühne (literally 'forest stage'), was constructed in 1936 in prepar...
Olympic Village
On the trail of history
The creation of a separate housing area for the great number of athletes attending the Olympic Games was first attempted in Los...
Olympic Stadium
The sport of history
Constructed for the 1936 Olympics, this impressive stadium now serves as the home field for Hertha BSC, Berlin's local soccer t...
Märkisches Museum
Time traveling through Berlin
Behind the leafy streets and picturesque waterways of the Fischerinsel lies a brick Gothic-style building that is home to one o...
Rathaus Schöneberg
Way out west
The former city hall of West Berlin, now the city hall of the district Schöneberg (Berlin's city hall has now returned to its o...
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin's front door
Berin's most iconic landmark was built in 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhns after Friedrich Wilhem II commissioned the entryway to ...
Tempelhof Airport
Flying Style
Tempelhof is the oldest and the smallest international airport in Berlin, next to Berlin-Schönefeld and Berlin-Tegel. In 1950, ...
Gendarmenmarkt
Picture perfect
One of Berlin's most classically beautiful squares, embraced by the Konzerthaus and the German and French Cathedrals. Built in ...
The Friedrichshoehe
Art Residency Patzenhofer
The start for these unusual art space was Georg Patzenhofer's brewery, built back in 1886. The bavarian guy started producing d...
Moviemento
A Century of Cinema
When this Kreuzberg theater opened in 1907 (as the Vitascope) cinema was in its infancy and Berlin was one of production center...
Tentstation
Camping in the heart of Berlin
Tentstation is a camp site in the center of Berlin, surrounded by mother nature, but a mere five minute walk from Berlin Hbf st...
Station Berlin
Railway Triangle
The Station – the former postal freight depot at Gleisdreieck – in the heart of Berlin – sits between the Deutsches Technikmuse...
German Historical Museum
German Seeds
On 28 May 1695, the Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg, gave the orders to lay the foundation stone of the Berlin "Zeughaus",...
Kennedy Museum
Ich bin ein Berliner!
Understanding the Kennedy Family and their international effect is not easy to comprehend without knowing their special relatio...
DDR Museum
Once there was a wall
Living history, put across alive and playful. The GDR Museum shows the everyday life of a departed state and life in socialism....
Einstein-Turm
Mendelsohn's Observatory
The "Einsteinturm" is the first important building designed by the famous architect Erich Mendelsohn. It was planned and built ...
Reichstag-Kuppel
Incomparable view on Politics
The current Reichstag dome is an iconic glass dome constructed on top of the rebuilt Reichstag building in Berlin. It was desig...
Jewish Museum Berlin
A welcome rebirth
The Jewish Museum Berlin is dedicated to the narrative of Germany's Jewish population: their early history, suffering and survi...
Stolpersteine/Stumbling Blocks
One Stone, one Name, one Human.
The artist Gunter Demnig is reminding of the victims of the 3rd Reich in Germany, by putting commemorative brass plaques into t...
Bebelplatz
Wait a sec'
1933. The Nazis burned more than 20,000 books on this plaza. Books written by Jews, Communists and others, including Marx, Freu...
Südgelände
Railway Relics
Nature has recaptured technology in this former marshalling yard. Long forgotten railways and ruins became part of this unique ...
Medical Historical Museum
Not for the faint hearted
The successor of Rudolf Virchow's Pathological Museum is located in the former Museum Building of the Pathological Institute on...
Museum of Natural History
Jurassic Park
The World of Dinosaurs: highlights of the exhibiton are without a doubt the world’s largest mounted dinosaur skeleton, a Brachi...
The Kennedys
All about...
The Kennedy collection of the Camera Work gallery is surely one of the world’s most comprehensive compilations of photographic ...
World-Restaurant Markthalle
Quintessential Kreuzberg
Total Kreuzberg charm. This unique restaurant combines good simple cooking and an exciting group of guests. Bohemians, musician...
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
A Pregnant Oyster
The House of World Cultures looks like it's about to take off on an interplanetary adventure. In reality it's a highly respecte...
Museum of Decorative Arts
Room Art
The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) at Köpenick Palace has the wonderful advantage of feeling much more like a p...
Museum of Decorative Arts Kulturforum...
Tremendous Masterpieces
The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany. It possesses one of the most im...
Sammlung Industrielle Gestaltung
Socialistic Design
The Industrial Design Collection houses East German artifacts, objects of everyday use from the time of the GDR, as well as ind...
Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
Go Postal (In a Good Way)
Got an interest in communications that extends well beyond a stamp collection? This museum covers all things postal (excluding ...
Museum der Dinge | Werkbundarchiv
A comprehensive look at things
Finally, a museum dedicated specifically to "things" in all of their glory. From the mid-80s to the late-90s, the museum's prim...
Ritter Kahlbutz (The mummy of Knight ...
Natural Mummy
If for some reason you find yourself in Kampehl, visit the remains of knight Kahlbutz and his glass covered coffin. Christia...
Museumsdorf Düppel
Remember the Good Old Days
Welcome to the Middle Ages. The museum/village, Düppel, is a reconstructed village in its entirety, built to look exactly as it...
Hanf Museum Berlin
The Alternative Twine with a Twist
The Hemp Museum sorts out all the information regarding mother earth's multi-purpose weed. Not just for hippies and stoners;...
New Berlin Tour
Looking through Berlin's skeletons
A good way to get acquainted with historical city attractions. This free tour covers the following sites: Pariser Platz, The...
Fritz Music Tours
Music Based Sight-Seeing
Fritz supplies an air-conditioned tour bus and guide that shuttles around like a sightseeing for the stars, only in this case i...
Bunker Tours Wuensdorf
The Molehill
There is too much to tell about Wuensdorf and it’s long bunker/military history, but from 1939 to 1945, the underground headqua...
Berliner Unterwelten
Deep Down Underground
Bunker, tunnel and vaults beneath Berlin. Choose your tour, from entry level to extreme. See what was going on and what is stil...
Kunstbibliothek Kulturforum Berlin
Art History by the Volumes
The Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) has approximately 400,000 volumes and is one of Germany's leading art history institutions. ...
Bröhan Museum
Late 1800s to Mid 1900s
The Bröhan museum is dedicated to Art Nouveau, Art Déco and Functionalism (1889-1939). Exhibits are divided into two realms:...
Bauhaus Archiv Berlin
All Things Bauhaus
Interested in learning about Bauhaus? Look no further. Berlin's Bauhaus archive offers an enormous collection of work from t...
Ostel
Back In the USSR
Sick of those intimate, romantic hotels? Then Ostel is your place to stay. Dive into the interestingly dreadful style of the...