What are the top attractions to visit in Berlin?

The top attractions to visit in Berlin are: Reichstag Building Memorial of the Berlin Wall Pergamonmuseum Museum Island Friedrichstadt-Palast See all attractions in Berlin on Tripadvisor

What are the best outdoor activities in Berlin?

The best outdoor activities in Berlin according to Tripadvisor travelers are: Britzer Garten Treptower Park Tiergarten Pfaueninsel Wannsee See all outdoor activities in Berlin on Tripadvisor

What are the best day trips from Berlin?

The best day trips from Berlin according to Tripadvisor travelers are: Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin WWII Battlefield Tour - Seelow Heights Private Dresden Day Trip from Berlin Shore Excursion: Berlin Sightseeing with round-trip port-transfer Potsdam City Tour See all day trips from Berlin on Tripadvisor

What are the most popular things to do in Berlin with kids?

The most popular things to do in Berlin with kids according to Tripadvisor travelers are: Reichstag Building Memorial of the Berlin Wall Brandenburg Gate East Side Gallery When in Berlin See all kid friendly things to do in Berlin on Tripadvisor

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WWII Battlefield Tour - Seelow Heights
12
Bus Tours
from $98.75 per adult
Private Dresden Day Trip from Berlin
Full-day Tours
from $809.06 per group (up to 3)
Potsdam City Tour
2
Public Transportation Tours
from $128.63 per adult
Private Tour: Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial from Berlin
64
City Tours
from $309.35 per adult (price varies by group size)
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin
1,076
City Tours
from $29.74 per adult
Private Day Trip to Potsdam from Berlin by Train
8
City Tours
from $267.70 per adult (price varies by group size)
Private Day Tour of Wannsee and Potsdam from Berlin
2
Bus Tours
from $785.26 per group (up to 6)
Potsdam Bike Tour with Rail Transport from Berlin
3
City Tours
from $83.29 per adult
Dresden Day Trip from Berlin With Guided Dresden Walking Tour
138
Full-day Tours
from $70.20 per adult
Potsdam Day Trip from Berlin with a Local: Private & Personalized
3
City Tours
from $237.25 per adult (price varies by group size)

Top Attractions in Berlin

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1. Reichstag Building

35,120

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Mitte (Borough)

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By TheExplorerFamily

This is Berlin's Parliament Building that was restored after World War II.

2. Memorial of the Berlin Wall

17,863

Historic Sites

Mitte (Borough)

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By Sagri2013

It is now a piece of history which divided the city from 1961 to 1989 creating an ‘Iron Curtain’, a cause of…

3. Pergamonmuseum

20,516

Art Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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Temporarily closed

By Hanger24

The Pergamon Museum was constructed in 1930 and is a huge three wing complex displaying antiquities on a grand scale…

4. Museum Island

8,928

Speciality Museums • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Mitte (Borough)

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By UKRoamTheEarth

This museum is a series of rooms containing ancient and monumental buildings from Turkey that have been removed from…

5. Friedrichstadt-Palast

5,103

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Mitte (Borough)

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By Yarramalong

The history of the Friedrichstadt Palast dates back to a circus arena with 5.000 seats, which replaced a market hall at…

6. Brandenburg Gate

45,982

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Monuments & Statues

Mitte (Borough)

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By ErinM291

More than just Berlin’s only surviving historical city gate, this site came to symbolise Berlin’s Cold War division…

7. Topography of Terror

19,188

Speciality Museums

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Borough)

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By Ashsaw

This modern building is situated on the site of the most important institutions of Nazi terror and persecution between…

8. The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

36,458

Monuments & Statues

Mitte (Borough)

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By MsCollinka

Located between the Brandenburg Gate and the Tiergarten, this memorial has become an integral part of linking Berlin's…

9. East Side Gallery

16,567

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Friedrichshain

By KLE2013

Within three months of the breach of the Berlin Wall this longest remaining section, 1.3 km in length, was descended…

10. Berliner Dom

10,487

Architectural Buildings • Churches & Cathedrals

Mitte (Borough)

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By evren17

This listed building comprises a central ministry church under the dome and the church baptism and marriage.

11. Neues Museum

5,801

Speciality Museums • Art Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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By sam101645

Created from limestone in the 14th century Neuses Museum is the current home of this historic bust.

12. German Museum of Technology

2,362

Science Museums

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Borough)

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By andreww469

Based on two side-by-side roundhouses, the display chronologically traced the history of railways with many historical…

13. Tiergarten

8,443

Gardens

Mitte (Borough)

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By PhilippoBlues

The city provides constant reminders of the Second World War, and its long division into two mutually exclusive halves.

14. Charlottenburg Palace

3,226

Historic Sites • Castles

Charlottenburg

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By Deluxpinion

This palace tells the story of the Kings of Prussia that occupied it from the beginning and how it grew and developed…

15. Zoo Berlin

8,829

Zoos • Aquariums

Mitte (Borough)

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By vidpersaud

This is the oldest zoo in Germany, opened in 1844, it has acquired over the years numerous known and exotic species…

16. Deutsches Historisches Museum

3,943

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Mitte (Borough)

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By johnrK9899PI

This two-floor museum is packed to the rafters with history dating from the medieval era to German reunification in the…

17. Olympiastadion Berlin

2,869

Arenas & Stadiums

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Borough)

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Open now

Admission tickets from $9.79

By nickmc

Originally designed for the 1936 Summer Olympics by Werner March, today Olympiastadion stands as a restored icon of…

18. Gemaldegalerie

2,103

Art Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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By TravellingMatt36

This museum comprises many world-famous artists until the 18th century.

19. Gendarmenmarkt

7,575

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Mitte (Borough)

By richardmP1661JV

This houses a series of exhibitions on the history of Germany and Berlin which snakes ever upward into the upper…

20. Classic Remise Berlin

1,098

Speciality Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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By mattmurphy18

Inside these are hundreds of millions worth of examples from the car world - displayed like parked jewels.

21. Berliner Philharmonie

3,219

Symphonies • Architectural Buildings

Mitte (Borough)

By Vierdank

Built during the cold war times, this cultural building achieves in bringing out the best of the sixitie's cold war era…

22. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

4,576

Religious Sites

Charlottenburg

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By scouse1941

Over 20,000 panels of stained glass make up the walls of the modern Church, consecrated on May 25, 1962 - the same day…

23. German Spy Museum Berlin

1,717

Speciality Museums • History Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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By 929KevinP

Telling the story of spying and espionage from early history to the current day, this is a high tech interactive…

24. Berlin-Hohenschonhausen Memorial

2,571

Historic Sites

Lichtenberg (Borough)

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By barefootlucy

The permanent exhibit includes thousands of artifacts from the prisoners, the guards and the prison , and offers a…

25. Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin

1,738

Natural History Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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By TAUSER7NOVE_P

The museum has a patterns of numerous animals, birds, fishes saved there.

26. Stasimuseum

1,750

Speciality Museums

Lichtenberg

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By ElaineAndGreg

The museum is housed in the headquarters of this vast enterprise.

27. Palace of Tears

2,062

History Museums

Mitte (Borough)

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By Mvigilius

Set in the original site of the transit room between East and West Berlin at the Friedrichstrasse, this site brings you…

28. Victory Column (Siegessaule)

3,712

Monuments & Statues

Mitte (Borough)

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By macedonboy

At almost 70 metres high, the column is topped a glorious statue of winged Victoria.

29. Treptower Park

2,030

Parks

Treptow-Köpenick (Borough)

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Open now

By dralejandrod

This is the largest war memorial of Berlin, built by Stalin after the war is a testimony of the Soviet idealism of the…

30. Prenzlauer Berg

668

Neighborhoods

Prenzlauer Berg

By 158barbaraj

The reconstruction of this area provides color, maintains historical architectural details.

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