As one of Europe’s great cities Berlin offers a wealth of art
and culture. Whether your tastes run to classical painting, modern
dance, electronic music or contemporary film there is always something
to do or see. Annual festivals like the Berlinale – the city’s
renowned film festival, Design in May, Dance Days, and many others
attract artists and visitors from around the globe.
With
Berlin’s 175 museums, innumerable art galleries and temporary
exhibitions the cultural offerings quickly become overwhelming; here is
a list of the top ten most popular landmarks and sights worth seeing.
Museum
Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Museum Island is home to five
separate world class museums and is the city’s most popular attraction.
http://www.museumsinsel-berlin.deBrandenburg
Gate, the postcard symbol of Berlin, its division and reunification,
Brandenburg Gate and surrounding Pariser Platz is the traditional
entrance into the heart of old Berlin.
http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/cgi-bin/sehenswertes.pl?id=13340&sprache=englishTV
Tower, built in 1969, the 368 meter tall TV Tower is now the symbol of
the city’s renewal and trendy transformation. You can even have dinner
in the clouds at their rotating bar and restaurant.
http://www.tv-turm.deEast
Side Gallery, the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall, its 1.3
kilometre length displays works from over a hundred artists make it the
largest open air gallery in the world.
http://www.eastsidegallery.com/Tiergarten,
the Prussian royalty’s former hunting ground is now Berlin’s largest
urban park. Its 630 acres of green lawn, leafy forest and lazy
waterways are a favourite spot for Berliners to relax and unwind.
http://www.european-city-parks.com/berlin/tiergarten/Potsdam,
home to Sanssouci, the summer palace of the Friedrich the Great. This
small town thirty minutes outside Berlin is full of old world charm and
makes a perfect day trip for mere mortals as well.
http://www.potsdam.de/cms/ziel/26670/EN/Charlottenburg
Palace, the largest palace in Berlin, its exquisite gardens designed
after those at Versailles. It also boasts the largest collection of
18th Century French Painting outside of France.
http://www.spsg.de/index.php?id=134Jewish
Museum, its new building designed by prize winning architect Daniel
Libeskind the celebrated museum’s exhibits trace the history of the
German-Jewish community from its medieval roots, through the
catastrophe of the Holocaust and onward to today’s renewal.
http://www.jmberlin.de Bundestag,
home of the German Parliament, its brilliant new dome, designed by
architect Sir Norman Foster, is the symbol of a reunited Germany and
millions of visitors each year enjoy the superb view.
http://www.bundestag.deKurfurstendamm,
Berlin’s longest shopping boulevard still retains some of its pre-war
glory. Browse through the boutiques of world famous designers or just
sip coffee at a sidewalk café and watch the world go by
http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de
