Berlin in 3 days: the most historically significant city in Europe for the 20th century, the finest museum collection in Germany, and a creative energy unlike anywhere else.
The symbol of division and reunification — best at 08:30 before the tourist crowds.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideEisenman's 2,711 stelae — disorienting, powerful, with free underground information centre.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideBerlin's signature street food — pork sausage with curry ketchup. Best version at Curry 36 in Kreuzberg.
The Cold War crossing point — museum documents escape attempts through the Wall.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe SS and Gestapo headquarters site — outdoor documentation of the Nazi apparatus. Free and essential.
The most creative neighbourhood in Berlin — döner, Vietnamese, Italian or German depending on mood.
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon and the Market Gate of Miletus — full original architecture reconstructed inside. Buy timed tickets in advance.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide1907 Art Nouveau courtyards near Museum Island — cafés, galleries and restaurants.
Foster's glass dome over the parliament chamber — free, requires online registration at bundestag.de.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide210 hectares of park — the Victory Column (1873) viewpoint at the centre.
Berlin's most gentrified neighbourhood — best mid-range restaurant scene in the city.
The world's most famous club in a former power station. Dress simply, go in small groups.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide1.3 km of Wall paintings by 118 international artists — the Fraternal Kiss, the Test the Best. Empty at dawn.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 1969 GDR landmark — 368m tower with 360° view of Berlin. The socialist realist architecture of the DDR.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideRE1 from Alexanderplatz (40 min, €5). Frederick the Great's 1747 Rococo palace in 290-hectare gardens.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideTrain back. Arrive in time for the Mauerpark flea market (Sundays) or evening drinks in Friedrichshain.
The most diverse dining in Berlin — Arabic, Korean, Vietnamese and some of the best bars in the city.
The most interesting bar street in Berlin — small, independent, excellent music and cheap drinks.