Found 24 locations in Culture tagged with "historic":
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Tempelhofer Park
Wide open space
After countless years and endless arguments, Tempelhof Airport—what was once the city’s most contentious question mark—has beco...
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Fernsehturm
A ray of light
The 368m Fernsehturm sprouted upwards in the late '60s during a particularly turbulent period for East / West relations. Walte...
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Niederkirchnerstraße
Divided past
For those looking for a fresh alternative to the bold East Side Gallery colors and scribbles, this Mitte street runs parallel t...
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East Side Gallery
Remembering the past through color
The 1.3-kilometer long stretch of the once-notorious Berlin Wall is the world's largest open-air gallery. Originally painted by...
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Kino International
Cinema under socialism
Despite differing political doctrines, cinema has occupied a major role across cultures for the sake of entertainment and propa...
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Waldbühne
Stage beneath the stars
One of Berlin's favorite outdoor concert locations, the Waldbühne (literally 'forest stage'), was constructed in 1936 in prepar...
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Märkisches Museum
Time traveling through Berlin
Behind the leafy streets and picturesque waterways of the Fischerinsel lies a brick Gothic-style building that is home to one o...
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Brandenburger Tor
Berlin's front door
Berin's most iconic landmark was built in 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhns after Friedrich Wilhem II commissioned the entryway to ...
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Gendarmenmarkt
Picture perfect
One of Berlin's most classically beautiful squares, embraced by the Konzerthaus and the German and French Cathedrals. Built in ...
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Moviemento
A Century of Cinema
When this Kreuzberg theater opened in 1907 (as the Vitascope) cinema was in its infancy and Berlin was one of production center...
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German Historical Museum
German seeds
On 28 May 1695, the Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg, gave the orders to lay the foundation stone of the Berlin "Zeughaus",...
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DDR Museum
Once there was a wall
Living history, put across alive and playful. The DDR Museum shows the everyday life of a departed state and life in socialism....
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Einsteinturm
Mendelsohn's observatory
A landmark achievement by designer Erich Mendelsohn, the Einsteinturm's construction ended in 1924 and is a building that art h...
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Reichstag-Kuppel
Incomparable view on Politics
The current Reichstag dome is an iconic glass dome constructed on top of the rebuilt Reichstag building in Berlin. It was desig...
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Jewish Museum Berlin
A welcome rebirth
The Jewish Museum Berlin is dedicated to the narrative of Germany's Jewish population: their early history, suffering and survi...
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Stolpersteine/Stumbling Blocks
Mini memorials
In commemoration of the Jews who were deported and killed during the reign of the Third Reich, artist Gunter Demnig created sma...
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Bebelplatz
Wait a sec
Bebelplatz was once the infamous location where the Nazis burned more than 20,000 books in 1933—and is home to one of the most ...
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Berlin Medical Historical Museum
Not for the faint hearted
The Berlin Medical Historical Museum of the Charité (BMM) has been showing guts for over one hundred years. Literally. From ...
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Museum of Natural History
Jurassic Park
The World of Dinosaurs: highlights of the exhibiton are without a doubt the world’s largest mounted dinosaur skeleton, a Brachi...
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Admiralspalast
Temple of pleasure
Built on the site of the city's only natural salt spring, Berlin's Admiralpalast opened its doors in 1910, after expanding the ...
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Postbahnhof
Former railway station
Luckily for us, this gorgeous former railway station built in 1842 largely escaped 20th-century decay. Now a 3,000-square meter...
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Worldly treasures
Nicknamed "the pregnant oyster" for its crustacean-like facade, this diverse museum regularly houses some very pearly exhibitio...
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Museum of Decorative Arts
Room art
The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) at Köpenick Palace has the wonderful advantage of feeling much more like a p...
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Museum der Dinge | Werkbundarchiv
A comprehensive look at things
Finally, a museum dedicated specifically to "things" in all of their glory. From the mid-80s to the late-90s, the museum's prim...