The Kurfürstendamm, known locally as the Ku’damm, is one of the most famous avenues in Berlin, Germany. The street takes its name from the former Kurfürsten (Electors) of the Holy Roman Empire. This very broad, long boulevard can be considered the Champs-Élysées of Berlin – full of shops, houses, hotels and restaurants. In particular most important famous designers have their shops there as well as several car manufacturers’ show rooms.
When Berlin was separated into East and West Berlin, the Kurfürstendamm became the leading commercial street in West Berlin. It starts near Bahnhof Zoo (that used to be a major railway station, before the Lehrter Bahnhof was opened which is now the Berliner Hauptbahnhof (Central Train Station)) at the Zoologischer Garten, near the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and runs through Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
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Tour de Bear Berlin by bike
Keep on riding straight up the street by the name of 17th of June. You'll pass the Siegessäule and the Charlottenburger Tor, both remnants of a time long past, but magnificent to look at. Once passed the University campus you will see a big roundabout at the Ernst Reuter Platz where you swing a left to enter the “old” City West, and to find the Kurfürstendamm. Before Mitte started blowing up, this long street held the best addresses in Berlin, with the famous KaDeWe department store on its lower end (where the street is called “Tauentzien”), and on the higher end you'll see Chanel, Bulgari and Hermès.
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