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PhotoSecrets Berlin, first published January 26, 2018. This version output April 22, 2018.
Curated, coded and designed by Andrew Hudson. Copyright © Andrew Hudson for PhotoSecrets (Photo Tour Books, Inc.). Photos, text and maps copyrights are listed in the credits section.
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A great travel photograph, like a great news photograph, requires you to be in the right place at the right time to capture that special moment. Professional photographers have a short-hand phrase for this: “F8 and be there.”
There are countless books that can help you with photographic technique, the “F8” portion of that equation. But until now, there’s been little help for the other, more critical portion of that equation, the “be there” part. To find the right spot, you had to expend lots of time and shoe leather to wander around, track down every potential viewpoint, and essentially re-invent the wheel.
In my career as a professional travel photographer, well over half my time on location is spent seeking out the good angles. Andrew Hudson’s PhotoSecrets does all that legwork for you, so you can spend your time photographing instead of wandering about. It’s like having a professional location scout in your camera bag. I wish I had one of these books for every city I photograph on assignment.
PhotoSecrets can help you capture the most beautiful sights with a minimum of hassle and a maximum of enjoyment. So grab your camera, find your favorite PhotoSecrets spots, and “be there!”
Bob Krist has photographed assignments for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Travel/Holiday, Smithsonian, and Islands. He won “Travel photographer of the Year” from the Society of American Travel Writers in 1994, 2007, and 2008.
For National Geographic, Bob has led round-the-world tours and a traveling lecture series. His book In Tuscany with Frances Mayes spent a month on The New York Times’ bestseller list and his how-to book Spirit of Place was hailed by American Photographer magazine as “the best book about travel photography we’ve ever read.”
The parents of three sons, Bob and his wife live in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Thank you for reading PhotoSecrets. As a fellow fan of travel and photography, I hope this guide will help you quickly find the most visually stunning places, and come home with equally stunning photographs.
PhotoSecrets is designed to show you all the best sights. Flick through, see the classic shots, and use them as a departure point for your own creations. Get ideas for composition and interesting viewpoints. See what piques your interest. Know what to shoot, where to stand, when to go, and why it’s interesting. Now you can spend less time researching and more time photographing.
The idea for PhotoSecrets came during a trip to Thailand, when I tried to find the exotic beach used in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. None of the guidebooks I had showed a picture, so I thought a guidebook of postcard photos would be useful for us photographers. Twenty-plus years later, you have this guide. Thanks!
Now, start exploring — and take lots of photos!
Originally an engineer, Andrew Hudson started PhotoSecrets in 1995. His first book won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book and his second won the Grand Prize in the National Self-Published Book Awards.
Andrew has published 38 nationally-distributed photography books. He has photographed assignments for Macy’s, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Men’s Health and Seventeen, and been a location scout for Nikon. His photos and articles have appeared in Alaska Airlines, National Geographic Traveler, Shutterbug Outdoor and Nature photography, Where, and Woman’s World.
Andrew has a degree in Computer Engineering from Manchester University and a certificate in copyright law from Harvard Law School. Born in Redditch, England, he lives with his wife, two kids, and two chocolate Labs, in San Diego, California.
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Name: | Berlin |
GPS: | 52.517, 13.383 |
Country: | Germany |
Fame: | Germany’s capital and largest city most populous city proper in the European Union |
Rivers: | Spree and Havel |
Population: | 3.6m city (2016) 6.0m metro (2016) |
Time zone: | CET (UTC+1) |
Website: | berlin.de |
Germany’s capital city and largest city.
Photographer: Noppasin
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license.
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II after the successful restoration of order during the early Batavian Revolution.
Addr: | Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.516322 13.378676 |
What: | Monument | When: | Anytime |
Look: | West ← | Far: | 60 m (210 feet) |
AKA: | Brandenburger Tor | Wik: |
Photographer: Noppasin
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license.
Photographer: Groman123
Year: 2014.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Dennis Jarvis
Year: 2016.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Berlin Cathedral is the short name for the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church in Berlin, Germany.
Addr: | Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.518429 13.399356 |
What: | Cathedral | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East-northeast → | Far: | 140 m (460 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Marlon E
Year: 2017.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Michal Bednarek
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license.
Berlin Cathedral and the Spree river, from Friedrichsbrücke.
Addr: | Burgstraße 19, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.520621 13.400665 |
When: | Afternoon | Look: | South-southeast ↓ |
Far: | 170 m (560 feet) |
Photographer: Thomas Wolf
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin is a gallery showing a collection of Neoclassical, Romantic, Biedermeier, Impressionist and early Modernist artwork, part of the Berlin National Gallery, which in turn is part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Addr: | Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.520332 13.399415 |
What: | Gallery | When: | Anytime |
Look: | West-northwest ← | Far: | 80 m (260 feet) |
AKA: | Alte Nationalgalerie | Wik: |
Photographer: Raimond Spekking
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The Pergamon Museum is situated on the Museum Island in Berlin.
Addr: | Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.520996 13.397017 |
What: | Museum | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North-northeast ↑ | Far: | 30 m (100 feet) |
AKA: | Pergamonmuseum | Wik: |
Photographer: Rictor Norton
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.
Addr: | Where: | 52.520902 13.396931 | |
What: | Exhibit | When: | Anytime |
Look: | East-southeast → | Far: | 18 m (59 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Josep Renalias
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Raimond Spekking
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 4.
The Altes Museum (Old Museum) on Museum Island was built between 1823 and 1830 by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family’s art collection.
Addr: | Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.519195 13.399683 |
What: | Museum | When: | Morning |
Look: | West-northwest ← | Far: | 50 m (170 feet) |
AKA: | Old Museum | Wik: |
Photographer: Tilman Harte
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Photographer: Dominik Wesche
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Bode Museum is one of the group of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin, Germany.
Addr: | Where: | 52.522581 13.393546 | |
What: | Museum | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | Southeast ↘ | Far: | 90 m (310 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Gryffindor
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Dellex
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator.
Addr: | Spandauer Str. 3, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.51972 13.40278 |
What: | Aquarium | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Cory Doctorow
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Eric Pancer
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Photographer: James Cridland
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Photographer: Metoc
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold.
Addr: | Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.513939 13.378649 |
What: | Memorial | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, Holocaust Memorial, Holocaust-Mahnmal | Wik: |
Photographer: Chaosdna
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Chocolatemedia
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
[start]The German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum, or DHM) is often viewed as one of the most important museums in Berlin and is one of the most frequented. An extension by I. M. Pei features a glass-walled spiral staircase.
Addr: | Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.5187272 13.396048 |
What: | Museum | When: | Anytime |
Look: | East-southeast → | Far: | 17 m (56 feet) |
AKA: | DHM, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Zeughaus | Wik: |
Photographer: Christian Wolf
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Photographer: Ralf Roletschek
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The International Trade Center (Internationales Handelszentrum or IHZ) is a distinctive high-rise building, with a white frame around a black square of windows. Designed by Erhardt Gißke, the building opened in 1978. This view is from the Reichstag dome.
Addr: | Friedrichstraße 96, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.5187111 13.3766594 |
What: | Building | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East → | Far: | 0.90 km (0.56 miles) |
AKA: | Internationales Handelszentrum, IHZ |
Photographer: Brett jordan
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
The Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center (Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum) is the central library of the Humboldt University of Berlin. The ten-storey building by the Swiss architect Max Dudler was opened in 2009 and is named after the Brothers Grimm. The brothers were the best-known collectors of folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tales such as “Cinderella”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, ”Sleeping Beauty” and “Snow White.“ Their first collection of folk tales was published in 1812.
Addr: | Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1-3, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.520523 13.391105 |
What: | Library | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Grimm Zentrum, GZ, Central Library of the Humboldt, Humboldt University Library |
Photographer: Graham Fellows
Year: 2008.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Designed by Micha Ullmann, empty bookshelves, enough to hold all 20,000 burned books, visible below the pavement of Bebelplatz in Berlin.
Addr: | Bebelplatz, Unter den Linden, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.516552 13.3940401 |
What: | Memorial | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Monument to the May 10 | Wik: |
Photographer: A Savin
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Kemmi 1
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: A Savin
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Free Art License 1.
The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great is an outdoor sculpture in cast bronze at the east end of Unter den Linden in Berlin, honouring King Frederick II of Prussia.
Addr: | Unter den Linden 9, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.5173696 13.3929974 |
What: | Equestrian statue | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Reiterstandbild König Friedrich II von Preußen | Wik: |
Photographer: Thomas Huntke
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble including the Konzerthaus and the French and German Churches.
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin housing the German orchestra Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
Addr: | Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.513631 13.393241 |
What: | Concert hall | When: | Anytime |
Look: | West ← | Far: | 90 m (310 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Manfred Brückels
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Schiller Monument is located in central Berlin on Gendarmenmarkt, in front of the flight of steps leading up to the former royal theater, today a concert hall.
Addr: | Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.513601 13.393123 |
What: | Monument | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Schillerdenkmal | Wik: |
Photographer: Dirk Schmidt
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Französischer Dom is the colloquial designation for the “French Church of Friedrichstadt” located in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from the Deutscher Dom, formerly a church of German-speaking congregants.
Addr: | Gendarmenmarkt 5, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.513759 13.392522 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North ↑ | Far: | 70 m (220 feet) |
AKA: | Französischer Dom, French Church | Wik: |
Photographer: Anika
Year: 2013.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-PD 1.
Photographer: Jörg Zägel
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Neue Kirche, is located in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from French Church of Friedrichstadt.
Addr: | Gendarmenmarkt 1-2, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.513603 13.39257 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | New Church, Deutscher Dom, German Church | Wik: |
Photographer: Bo&Ko
Year: 2009.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Dennis Jarvis
Year: 2016.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Houseball is a 1993 sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. It represents the idea that all of one’s possessions could be wrapped in a cloth and rolled to the next destination.
Addr: | Bethlehemkirchplatz, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.509195 13.388836 |
What: | Sculpture | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | South-southeast ↓ | Far: | 23 m (75 feet) |
Photographer: Tony Cassidy
Year: 2006.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Checkpoint Charlie Museum is a museum in Berlin.
Addr: | Where: | 52.50778 13.39056 | |
What: | Museum | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Mauermuseum | Wik: |
Photographer: Olivier Bruchez
Year: 2007.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Olivier Bruchez
Year: 2007.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Emanuele
Year: 2006.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Sauerbruch Hutton is an architecture practice based in Berlin, Germany.
Addr: | Charlottenstraße 4, 10969 Berlin | Where: | 52.506631 13.392436 |
What: | Building | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Sauerbruch Hutton | Wik: |
Photographer: Scontrofrontale
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The Spy Museum Berlin is a private Museum in Berlin which was opened to the public on 19 September 2015.
Addr: | Leipziger Pl. 9, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.509005 13.379297 |
What: | Museum | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Scontrofrontale
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Scontrofrontale
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Scontrofrontale
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Thomas
Year: 2016.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Oberbaum Bridge is a double-deck bridge crossing Berlin’s River Spree, considered one of the city’s landmarks.
Addr: | Where: | 52.500261 13.44969 | |
What: | Bridge | When: | Morning |
Look: | West-northwest ← | Far: | 320 m (1040 feet) |
AKA: | Oberbaumbrücke | Wik: |
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Landgericht Berlin is a regional courthouse with an entrance hall seemingly from a fairy tale.
Addr: | Littenstraße 12-17, 10179 Berlin | Where: | 52.518806 13.41362 |
What: | Courthouse | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The Fernsehturm is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany.
Addr: | Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.520385 13.408535 |
What: | Television tower | When: | Anytime |
Look: | Northeast ↗ | Far: | 80 m (250 feet) |
AKA: | Berliner Fernsehturm, Television Tower | Wik: |
Photographer: Sean Pavone
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license.
The Fernsehturm Berlin from Panorama Terrace on the 40th floor of Park Inn by Radisson.
Addr: | Panorama Terrace, Park Inn by Radisson Berlin Alexanderplatz Hotel, Alexanderpl. 7, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.522901 13.412667 |
When: | Anytime | Look: | Southwest ↙ |
Far: | 320 m (1050 feet) |
Photographer: Mihael Grmek
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Fernsehturm, due to its location near Alexanderplatz, is occasionally called Alex Tower.
Addr: | Where: | 52.521147 13.412504 | |
When: | Morning | Look: | West ← |
Far: | 210 m (690 feet) |
Photographer: Jorge Royan
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
[start]The Neptune Fountain (Neptunbrunnen), built in 1891 by Reinhold Begas, honors the four main rivers of Prussia.
Addr: | Spandauer Str., 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.519735 13.406718 |
What: | Fountain | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | South-southeast ↓ | Far: | 17 m (56 feet) |
AKA: | Neptunbrunnen | Wik: |
Photographer: Jeroen Moes
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Rotes Rathaus is the town hall of Berlin, located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz.
Addr: | Rathausstraße 15, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.519419 13.407077 |
What: | Town hall | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | Southeast ↘ | Far: | 130 m (440 feet) |
AKA: | Red City Hall | Wik: |
Photographer: Zairon
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Photographer: Piotr Kożurno
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: A Savin
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The World Clock, also known as the Urania World Clock is a large turret-style world clock located in the public square of Alexanderplatz in Mitte, Berlin.
Addr: | Alexanderpl. 1, 10178 Berlin | Where: | 52.521024 13.413282 |
What: | Clock | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North ↑ | Far: | 16 m (52 feet) |
AKA: | Urania-Weltzeituhr | Wik: |
Photographer: Berlinuno
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Jo Chambers
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license.
The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus is a legislative building by Stephan Braunfels near the Reichstag. Two super-imposed pedestrian bridges over the river Spree connect to the Paul-Löbe-Haus.
Addr: | Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin | Where: | 52.519369 13.377339 |
What: | Government building | When: | Anytime |
Look: | Northeast ↗ | Far: | 120 m (380 feet) |
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Paul-Löbe-Haus is a legislative building by the Reichstag.
Addr: | Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin | Where: | 52.519722 13.377778 |
What: | Building | When: | Anytime |
Look: | West-northwest ← | Far: | 210 m (680 feet) |
AKA: | Paul Löbe Haus |
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Where: | 52.520161 13.372722 | |
When: | Afternoon | Look: | East → |
Far: | 70 m (230 feet) |
Photographer: Andreas Tille
Year: 2002.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The Sony Center is a JAHN designed Sony-sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany.
Addr: | Where: | 52.510073 13.372904 | |
What: | Building | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East-southeast → | Far: | 80 m (260 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Savagecats
Year: 2015.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Victoria on top of the Victory Column is a 8-metre-high sculpture known as Goldelse (“Golden Lizzy”).
Addr: | Where: | 52.51444 13.349263 | |
What: | Statue | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East → | Far: | 60 m (190 feet) |
Photographer: Ailura
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Thomas Wolf
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The view from Victory Column is the best cityscape of Berlin. Beyond the trees of Tiergarten park are (left to right): the Reichstag (with its glass dome), the IHZ building (square), the Fernsehturm (tallest tower), Berlin Cathedral (green dome), Rotes Rathaus (red tower), Brandenburg Gate, and the French Cathedral (blue top).
Addr: | Where: | 52.514467 13.350147 | |
When: | Afternoon | Look: | East → |
Far: | 4.07 km (2.53 miles) |
Photographer: A Savin
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Free Art License 1.
The Berlin Zoological Garden is the oldest and best known zoo in Germany.
Addr: | Hardenbergplatz 8, 10787 Berlin | Where: | 52.5053922 13.3395969 |
What: | Zoo | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North-northeast ↑ | Far: | 29 m (95 feet) |
AKA: | Zoologischer Garten Berlin | Wik: |
Photographer: Philine Hachmeister
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Any use with attribution.
Photographer: Own Work
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Soviet War Memorial is one of several war memorials in Berlin, capital city of Germany, erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in 1945.
Addr: | Where: | 52.516409 13.371601 | |
What: | Memorial | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Addr: | Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin | Where: | 52.50889 13.369026 |
What: | Concert hall | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North-northeast ↑ | Far: | 140 m (460 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
The Gemäldegalerie is an art museum in Berlin, Germany, and the museum where the main selection of paintings belonging to the Berlin State Museums is displayed.
Addr: | Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin | Where: | 52.508472 13.365417 |
What: | Art museum | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Picture Gallery | Wik: |
Photographer: Harald Kliems
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century.
Addr: | Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin | Where: | 52.5066761 13.366787 |
What: | Museum | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East-northeast → | Far: | 60 m (210 feet) |
AKA: | New National Gallery, Mies van der Rohe | Wik: |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The Tempodrom is an event venue in Berlin.
Addr: | Where: | 52.502147 13.381632 | |
What: | Event venue | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Pascal Volk
Year: 2016.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Rare Haul (Der seltene Fang) is a statue by Ernst Herter in Victoria Park (Victoriapark), which opened in 1894.
Addr: | Where: | 52.4898809 13.382128 | |
What: | Sculpture | When: | Morning |
Look: | South-southwest ↓ | Far: | 28 m (92 feet) |
Photographer: Till Krech
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Addr: | Where: | 52.488153 13.381691 | |
What: | Monument | When: | Morning |
Look: | South ↓ | Far: | 60 m (200 feet) |
Photographer: Foto Christoph Rehbach
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Berlinische Galerie is a museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin.
Addr: | Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, 10969 Berlin | Where: | 52.503316 13.398466 |
What: | Art museum | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North-northwest ↑ | Far: | 30 m (110 feet) |
AKA: | Berlin Gallery | Wik: |
Photographer: Mark B. Schlemmer
Year: 2012.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
The Jewish Museum Berlin is one of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe.
Addr: | Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin | Where: | 52.50225 13.394619 |
What: | Building | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | Southeast ↘ | Far: | 29 m (95 feet) |
AKA: | Jüdisches Museum Berlin | Wik: |
Photographer: Rae Allen
Year: 2014.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom.
Addr: | Mühlenstraße 3-100, 10243 Berlin | Where: | 52.503932 13.443038 |
What: | Gallery | When: | Morning |
Look: | Southwest ↙ | Far: | 18 m (59 feet) |
AKA: | Berlin Wall, Fraternal Kiss, My God Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love | Wik: |
Photographer: Vwpolonia75
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Photographer: Thomas Wolf
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Olympiastadion is a sports stadium built for the 1936 Olympics.
Addr: | Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin | Where: | 52.515106 13.245464 |
What: | Stadium | When: | Morning |
Look: | West ← | Far: | 260 m (840 feet) |
AKA: | Olympic Stadium | Wik: |
Photographer: Till Krech
Year: 2006.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
The Berliner Funkturm or Funkturm Berlin is a former broadcasting tower in Berlin.
Addr: | Hammarskjöldplatz, 14055 Berlin | Where: | 52.5048332 13.2781344 |
What: | Tower | When: | Anytime |
Look: | North ↑ | Far: | 21 m (69 feet) |
AKA: | Berliner Funkturm, Funkturm Berlin, Berlin Radio Tower | Wik: |
Photographer: Taxiarchos228
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Free Art License 1.
Photographer: Avantique
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Nberl
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Norbert Aepli
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Charlottenburg Palace is the largest palace in Berlin, Germany.
Addr: | Spandauer Damm 20-24, 14059 Berlin | Where: | 52.520344 13.295807 |
What: | Palace | When: | Morning |
Look: | North ↑ | Far: | 60 m (200 feet) |
AKA: | Schloss Charlottenburg | Wik: |
Photographer: Ernstol
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Sergey Galyonkin
Year: 2017.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Thomas Wolf
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Morn The Gorn
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Avda
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Spandau Citadel is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe.
Addr: | Am Juliusturm 64, 13599 Berlin | Where: | 52.539621 13.21372 |
What: | Fortress | When: | Morning |
Look: | Northwest ↖ | Far: | 130 m (430 feet) |
AKA: | Zitadelle Spandau | Wik: |
Photographer: Till Krech
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Julius Tower (Juliusturm) is Spandau’s most famous sight. Originally built as a keep or watchtower, it was also used as a residence tower. Its castellated top was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1838 and is an example of Romantic architecture. After the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71, part of the war reparations paid by France, 120 million marks in gold coin, was stored at Julius tower until its restitution to France in 1919. The word Juliusturm has since been used in Germany for governmental budget surpluses.
Addr: | Where: | 52.540156 13.211811 | |
What: | Staircase | When: | Anytime |
Look: | Up ↑ | AKA: | Juliusturm |
Wik: |
Photographer: A Savin
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Bierpinsel is a building in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.
Addr: | Schloßstraße 17, 12163 Berlin | Where: | 52.4611008 13.3247325 |
What: | Building | When: | Morning |
Look: | North ↑ | Far: | 40 m (120 feet) |
AKA: | Beer Brush | Wik: |
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Rosary Basilica (Rosenkranzkirche) is an 1899 Catholic parish church which survived the Second World War undamaged.
Addr: | Kieler Str. 8, 12163 Berlin | Where: | 52.458853 13.324111 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Rosenkranzkirche |
Photographer: Michal Lichota
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Nikolskoer Weg, 14109 Berlin | Where: | 52.430683 13.119506 |
What: | Castle | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | Northeast ↗ | Far: | 40 m (120 feet) |
AKA: | Schloss Pfaueninsel, Schloss auf der Pfaueninsel, Castle on Peacock Island |
Photographer: Paul VanDerWerf
Year: 2011.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Berlin Botanical Garden (Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem) was constructed between 1897 and 1910, under the guidance of architect Adolf Engler, in order to present exotic plants returned from German colonies.
The best-known part of the garden is the Great Pavilion (Großes Tropenhaus). The temperature inside is maintained at 30 °C and air humidity is kept high for tropical planto.
Addr: | Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin | Where: | 52.4558 13.305387 |
What: | Botanical garden | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East-northeast → | Far: | 160 m (520 feet) |
AKA: | Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem | Wik: |
Photographer: Pascal Volk
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Eagle Head is from a four-metre-high sculpture by Sagebiel and Walter Lemckeis that stood at Tempelhof Airport. Dating from 1923, Tempelhof was one of the earliest commercial airports in the world but was closed in 2008. Nearby is the Berlin Airlift Monument, site of the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49.
Addr: | Where: | 52.483386 13.387624 | |
What: | Sculpture | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East → | Far: | 12 m (39 feet) |
AKA: | Adlerkopfstatue |
Photographer: AleGranholm
Year: 2010.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Berlin Airlift Monument in Berlin-Tempelhof displays the names of the 39 British and 31 American airmen who lost their lives during the operation.
Addr: | Platz der Luftbrücke 2, 12101 Berlin | Where: | 52.484308 13.386948 |
What: | Monument | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | Southeast ↘ | Far: | 30 m (110 feet) |
AKA: | Luftbrückendenkmal, Airlift Memorial |
Photographer: Carlos ZGZ
Source: Flickr
License: CC-PD 1.
Swimming pool in the Spree.
Addr: | Eichenstraße 4, 12435 Berlin | Where: | 52.497877 13.453445 |
What: | Swimming pool | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East → | Far: | 20 m (66 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Year: 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
By Jonathan Borofsky.
Addr: | Spree, Berlin | Where: | 52.496631 13.458910 |
What: | Sculpture | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | North-northeast ↑ | Far: | 40 m (120 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Avda
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Drrcs15
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
The Soviet War Memorial is a vast war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin’s Treptower Park.
Addr: | Where: | 52.488045 13.467752 | |
What: | Memorial | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | Southeast ↘ | Far: | 90 m (300 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Scott
Year: 2008.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: A Savin
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Marzahn Windmill (Bockwindmühle Marzahn) is a post mill, where the whole body of the mill is mounted on a single vertical post to bring the sails into the wind.
Addr: | Alt-Marzahn 63, 12685 Berlin | Where: | 52.543944 13.562741 |
What: | Windmill | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East → | Far: | 60 m (180 feet) |
AKA: | Bockwindmühle Marzahn |
Photographer: Reinhard Link
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Reichstag is a historic edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet of the German Empire.
Addr: | Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin | Where: | 52.518656 13.373709 |
What: | Building | When: | Afternoon |
Look: | East → | Far: | 170 m (550 feet) |
AKA: | Reichstagsgebäude, Bundestag | Wik: |
Photographer: Taxiarchos228
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Free Art License 1.
Photographer: Ronny Gängler
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Philipp
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Photographer: Ansgar Koreng
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Avda
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Mfield
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.
Photographer: Reinhard Link
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Sharat Ganapati
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
The Reichstag dome is a glass dome, constructed on top of the rebuilt Reichstag building in Berlin.
Addr: | Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin | Where: | 52.518385 13.376483 |
What: | Dome | When: | Anytime |
Look: | Northwest ↖ | Far: | 30 m (110 feet) |
Wik: |
Photographer: Dennis22photos
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Where: | 52.51861 13.3761112 | |
When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Erikwestrum
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Photographer: Philip Lange
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license (editorial use only).
Photographer: Luxbao
Year: 2014.
Source: Flickr
License: CC-PD 1.
Addr: | Where: | 52.51861 13.376119 | |
When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Susanne Nilsson
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Jessmine
Source: Shutterstock
License: Shutterstock standard license (editorial use only).
Photographer: Daniel Huizinga
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
Addr: | Where: | 52.51861 13.376118 | |
When: | Afternoon | Look: | East → |
Far: | 0 m (0 feet) |
Photographer: Wolfgang Staudt
Source: Flickr
License: CC-BY 2.
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