Pariser Platz15 min
Berlins most prestigious square. Located at the end of Unter den Linden, and the location of the Brandenburg Gate.
Reichstag Building10 min
The German House of Parliament, and infamous due to the fire that enabled Hitler to take total control. It was fought over during the Battle of Berlin between the Germans and the Soviets, and now topped with a glass copula designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster.
Brandenburg Gate15 min
The royal entrance to Berlin of the Hohenzollern family and one of 18 former city gates . It survived Napoleon, WWII and then was trapped in the middle of the Berlin Wall for almost 30 years. A former symbol of division, today "The Gate" stands as a symbol of a reunified Germany.
The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe20 min
This massive site covered with stone stelae is the central Germany memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Fuhrerbunker15 min
Currently a parking lot with a simple sign The location where Hitler spent his final days, married, and then committed suicide during the final days of WWII in Europe.
Potsdamer Platz10 min
One of the busiest traffic intersections in Europe in the 1920s, but destroyed almost completely during WWII, and rebuilt as Berlin’s most modern precinct during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Checkpoint Charlie10 min
The famous frontline and Allied Checkpoint manned by the Americans and Soviets during the Cold War.