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City trip Berlin

Berlin is not only the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, but also an independent federal state. Around 3.4 million people live here in the area of the Spree and Havel rivers. Many visitors are enthusiastic about a city trip to Berlin every year.

We are lucky enough to live in Berlin. Our view of the city is therefore very different from that of visitors to Berlin. Of course we also visit the city’s hotspots, but we also look off the beaten track for places that might otherwise be overlooked.

City trip Berlin – Tips from a Berliner

Visit Berlin and discover a lively cosmopolitan city. We present you well-known and unknown places of our home, have fun discovering!

  • Autobahnüberbauung Schlangenbader Strasse
    Freeway superstructure Schlangenbader Straße - unusual living in Berlin

    Berlin, Open Monument Day 2018 - and I finally have time to join one of the free guided tours. In the program, a guided tour to a place that I would not have seen as a monument jumps into my eye.

    Freeway superstructure Schlangenbader Straße   →
  • Berlin NS zwangsarbeiterlager
    Documentation Centre Nazi Forced Labour

    Nestled between residential buildings in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick stand flat barracks that today house the Documentation Centre Nazi Forced Labour. Here, in a former forced labour camp, you can learn how forced labourers lived in Germany during the National Socialist era, read a lot about human fates and tragedies.

    Documentation Centre Nazi Forced Labour   →
  • Krematorium Wedding
    Crematorium Wedding - an unusual guided tour

    I admit it, a tour of a crematorium sounds strange at first until you learn what is in the building today.

    Wedding Crematorium   →
  • Tasting Bar im Berlin Disgusting Food Museum
    Disgusting Food Museum Berlin

    One of the city's most unusual museums is located in the middle of Berlin, where everything revolves around the topic of disgust. The Disgusting Food Museum Berlin wants to show visitors the world of disgust in all its different facets. And who knows, maybe you'll find out that not everything is disgusting after all…

    Disgusting Food Museum   →
  • Wanderung von Lübars - Sonnenuntergang
    Hike from Lübars to Schönfließ and back - 15.9 km

    In the fall, a hike took us from Lübars in Berlin across the state border into Brandenburg's Mühlenbecker Land region and back to Lübars. The route was almost 16 kilometers long, but can certainly be shortened or extended.

    Hiking from Lübars   →
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Berlin sights

Discover the most famous sights of Berlin. We are always on the road in the city and visit the most important sights.

  • Bus 100 - quer durch die Berliner City
    City tour with bus line 100

    Berlin's local transport system is very well developed. You can explore the whole city by bus, S-Bahn, U-Bahn or tram. Day tickets or even tourist tickets are not that expensive and if you choose the right route, you can save on expensive bus tours offered by other tour operators.

    Bus line 100   →
  • Sowjetische Ehrenmal im Tiergarten
    Soviet memorial in Tiergarten

    Our tour through Berlin led us to the Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten, which is located directly on the Straße des 17.Juni, less than 300 meters from the Reichstag.

    Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten   →
  • Sowjetische Ehrenmal im Treptower Park
    Soviet Memorial in Treptow Park

    I love to discover Berlin. Unfortunately, one often takes far too little time for his hometown and in addition Berlin is not exactly small. Since you are often with the public transport, especially from my home district Spandau, quickly times an hour on the road until you reach the desired destination. The Treptower Park is…

    Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park   →
  • Glienicke Bridge – a place full of history
    Glienicke Bridge – a place full of history

    The Glienicke Bridge is one of the less spectacular bridges that connect Berlin and Potsdam. It stretches across the river Havel and wouldn’t be worth a specific mention if it wasn’t the place of the spy swaps during the Cold War.

    Glienicke Bridge – a place full of history   →
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Berlin – off the beaten path

Here we present Berlin tips that are not among the usual tourist destinations in the city. For us, however, these are precisely the places that make Berlin.

  • Autobahnüberbauung Schlangenbader Strasse
    Freeway superstructure Schlangenbader Straße - unusual living in Berlin

    Berlin, Open Monument Day 2018 - and I finally have time to join one of the free guided tours. In the program, a guided tour to a place that I would not have seen as a monument jumps into my eye.

    Freeway superstructure Schlangenbader Straße   →
  • Krematorium Wedding
    Crematorium Wedding - an unusual guided tour

    I admit it, a tour of a crematorium sounds strange at first until you learn what is in the building today.

    Wedding Crematorium   →
  • Forgotten - but still present- the S-Bahn across Siemensstadt

    This article begins with …once upon a time… and ends with a big question mark. Once upon a time, the Siemensstadt S-Bahn ran from Jungfernheide station to Haselhorst. It's not that long ago that even my parents still drove this route to school and university every day and countless Siemens workers used this route every…

    S-Bahn Siemensstadt   →
  • Malthouse of the Schultheiss Brewery in Schöneberg
    Malthouse of the Schultheiss Brewery in Schöneberg

    Berlin is so wonderfully diverse and offers interesting excursion options that we, as Berliners, are only gradually discovering. We went on a discovery trip to the Old Malt House of the Schultheiss Brewery.

    Malthouse of the Schultheiss Brewery in Schöneberg   →
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Walks in Berlin

Discover Berlin on short walks through the city. We offer a variety of tours with different themes.

  • Berlin Volkspark Jungfernheide
    Berlin the green city - Volkspark Jungfernheide in Siemensstadt

    For me, one of the perfect places to relax in any season is the Volkspark Jungfernheide in Siemensstadt. Not only do you find quiet corners here, but the experience factor is also taken care of.

    Volkspark Jungfernheide   →
  • Spree
    As a Berliner, always along the Spree...

    As a Berliner, you know the Spree - or so you think… A walk along the Spree is pure relaxation.

    Walk along the Spree   →
  • Discover Berlin from a different perspective with a city tour on a special theme. The Soviet Berlin today and then.
    "Soviet Berlin - Through the Red Metropolis" a city tour with Berlin Taiga

    Shortly before 10 am, Holger our guide for the tour "Soviet Berlin II - Through the Red Metropolis" of Berlins Taiga was already waiting for us at the main station. With him, we should go on a discovery tour through Berlin in the next 4 hours and immerse ourselves in the time of the end…

    Soviet Berlin   →
  • Virtuelle live Stadtführung durch die Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt in Berlin Mitte
    Virtual live city tour: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt

    If you can't travel and experience the city tour live, you have to look for alternatives. How about a virtual city tour of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt in Berlin?

    Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt   →
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Parks & Gardens in Berlin

Berlin is a green city. Here we present parks and green destinations in the city.

  • Berliner Hahneberg
    The Hahneberg a vantage point in Spandau

    Berlin also has mountains, you might hardly believe it. Besides the most famous mountain, the Teufelsberg, there is the Hahneberg in the district of Spandau.

    Hahneberg - Spandau   →
  • Ernst-Thälmann-Park
    Ernst Thälmann Park in Prenzlauer Berg

    Directly opposite the Prenzlauer Allee S-Bahn station is the Zeiss Grossplanetarium. I walked past here for almost a year when I went to one of my numerous children's sports classes and never discovered the Ernst Thälmann Park behind it.

    Ernst Thälmann Park   →
  • Berlin Volkspark Jungfernheide
    Berlin the green city - Volkspark Jungfernheide in Siemensstadt

    For me, one of the perfect places to relax in any season is the Volkspark Jungfernheide in Siemensstadt. Not only do you find quiet corners here, but the experience factor is also taken care of.

    Volkspark Jungfernheide   →
  • Geschichtspark Zellengefängnis Moabit
    Moabit Cellular Prison History Park

    I came across the Moabit Cellular Prison History Park by chance. Since I had never heard of it before, it was clear that I really wanted to discover this place.

    Moabit Cellular Prison History Park   →
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Museums in Berlin

Berlin has so many museums that it is hard to decide which one you would like to visit. Here we present some interesting museums that we have visited in Berlin so far.

  • Berlin NS zwangsarbeiterlager
    Documentation Centre Nazi Forced Labour

    Nestled between residential buildings in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick stand flat barracks that today house the Documentation Centre Nazi Forced Labour. Here, in a former forced labour camp, you can learn how forced labourers lived in Germany during the National Socialist era, read a lot about human fates and tragedies.

    Documentation Centre Nazi Forced Labour   →
  • Tasting Bar im Berlin Disgusting Food Museum
    Disgusting Food Museum Berlin

    One of the city's most unusual museums is located in the middle of Berlin, where everything revolves around the topic of disgust. The Disgusting Food Museum Berlin wants to show visitors the world of disgust in all its different facets. And who knows, maybe you'll find out that not everything is disgusting after all…

    Disgusting Food Museum   →
  • Begrüßung durch einen Roboter im Futurium
    Futurium - a look into the future, insight into the future

    The Futurium is located not far from Berlin's main railway station. Here you can discover an exciting permanent exhibition on two floors and a special exhibition on the topic of the future on one floor.

    Futurium   →
  • Militär Historisches Museum - Dakota
    Spandau Tip: Military History Museum

    Berlin-Spandau is usually spared from streams of tourists. Good for us Spandauer, rather bad for some really great destinations that Spandau has to offer. We took a look at one of the few museums in Spandau:Military History Museum at Gatow Airfield.

    Military History Museum   →
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Viewpoints in Berlin

Discover Berlin from a new perspective. Come with us to the vantage points in the city.

  • Berliner Hahneberg
    The Hahneberg a vantage point in Spandau

    Berlin also has mountains, you might hardly believe it. Besides the most famous mountain, the Teufelsberg, there is the Hahneberg in the district of Spandau.

    Hahneberg - Spandau   →
  • radar and listening station Teufelsberg
    Former US radar and listening station Teufelsberg

    Abandoned on Teufelsberg in Grunewald, the former US radar and listening station Teufelsberg. Today, only dilapidated buildings remain as reminders of an eventful piece of history in Berlin.

    Radar and listening station Teufelsberg   →
  • Tegel Airport: The view from the visitor’s deck
    Tegel Airport: The view from the visitor’s deck

    It is Sunday at around lunchtime – time to go for a walk – time to go to the visitor’s deck of Tegel Airport. At Tegel Airport guests can observe aeroplanes for hours from the visitor’s deck.

    Tegel Airport: The view from the visitor’s ...   →
  • victory column
    Victory column on the Große Stern in Berlin - Siegessäule

    The victory column (“Siegessäule”) in Berlin is located on the main square in the district Tiergarten, the “Großer Stern” – the great star square. It was built according to a design by Heinrich Strack and is now under monumental protection.

    Victory column on the Große Stern in Berlin ...   →
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Hiking in Berlin

Discover hiking routes through Berlin.

  • Wanderung von Lübars - Sonnenuntergang
    Hike from Lübars to Schönfließ and back - 15.9 km

    In the fall, a hike took us from Lübars in Berlin across the state border into Brandenburg's Mühlenbecker Land region and back to Lübars. The route was almost 16 kilometers long, but can certainly be shortened or extended.

    Hiking from Lübars   →
  • Eiskeller Schild
    The coldest place in Berlin

    The best way to find out where Berlin's coldest point is is to ask the meteorologists - or look at the Berlin city map and search for a name that actually reveals exactly that it must be particularly cold here - Eiskeller (ice cellar).

    Coldest place in Berlin   →
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Discover Berlin from the water

The Havel and Spree rivers flow through the capital and give the city a very special flair.
If you like, you can discover the city from the water on a steamboat trip or hike along the banks.

  • Spree
    As a Berliner, always along the Spree...

    As a Berliner, you know the Spree - or so you think… A walk along the Spree is pure relaxation.

    Walk along the Spree   →
  • Dampfer fahren in Berlin
    With the paddle steamer across the Havel

    A steamboat trip in Berlin is simply part of every visit to Berlin. But a steamboat trip in Berlin is also a wonderful way for us Berliners to relax.

    Steaming in Berlin   →
  • Blick in Saunafloss
    Pure relaxation - travelling on the Havel in a sauna raft

    We were out and about for you in Berlin and tried out a dreamy place for a few relaxing hours.

    Sauna raft on the Havel   →
  • Boat tour from Spandau to Potsdam on the MS Heiterkeit (MS Joy)
    Boat tour from Spandau to Potsdam on the MS Heiterkeit (MS Joy)

    Have you ever been on a typical Berlin boat tour?Berlin is a city of contrasts. Modern buildings meet tranquil parks and waterways. Therefore, the city absolutely lends itself to be discovered by boat.

    Boat tour from Spandau to Potsdam on the MS ...   →
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Cemeteries in Berlin

There are over 200 cemeteries in the city, all of which tell something about the history of the city and its inhabitants, you just have to look a little closer sometimes.

  • Grabsteine Alte Jüdische Friedhof
    Old Jewish Cemetery

    Nestled between houses in Berlin-Mitte is an enchanted place that only reveals its history when you take a closer look. This is the site of the Old Jewish Cemetery.

    Old Jewish Cemetery   →
  • Friedhof Plötzensee
    Plötzensee Cemetery

    A rather unknown cemetery lies on the eastern shore of Plötzensee. Rather by chance, I passed the Plötzensee cemetery in Wedding on a bicycle tour and decided to walk through the park-like grounds.

    Plötzensee Cemetery   →
  • Sowjetische Ehrenmal im Tiergarten
    Soviet memorial in Tiergarten

    Our tour through Berlin led us to the Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten, which is located directly on the Straße des 17.Juni, less than 300 meters from the Reichstag.

    Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten   →
  • Sowjetische Ehrenmal im Treptower Park
    Soviet Memorial in Treptow Park

    I love to discover Berlin. Unfortunately, one often takes far too little time for his hometown and in addition Berlin is not exactly small. Since you are often with the public transport, especially from my home district Spandau, quickly times an hour on the road until you reach the desired destination. The Treptower Park is…

    Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park   →
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Leisure tips Berlin

Eat, drink, enjoy your free time … here you can find tips for leisure activities in Berlin.

  • Tasting Bar im Berlin Disgusting Food Museum
    Disgusting Food Museum Berlin

    One of the city's most unusual museums is located in the middle of Berlin, where everything revolves around the topic of disgust. The Disgusting Food Museum Berlin wants to show visitors the world of disgust in all its different facets. And who knows, maybe you'll find out that not everything is disgusting after all…

    Disgusting Food Museum   →
  • Discover Berlin from a different perspective with a city tour on a special theme. The Soviet Berlin today and then.
    "Soviet Berlin - Through the Red Metropolis" a city tour with Berlin Taiga

    Shortly before 10 am, Holger our guide for the tour "Soviet Berlin II - Through the Red Metropolis" of Berlins Taiga was already waiting for us at the main station. With him, we should go on a discovery tour through Berlin in the next 4 hours and immerse ourselves in the time of the end…

    Soviet Berlin   →
  • Live Escape Room
    Big Päng - in the Live Escape Room in Berlin

    A visit to the Live Escape Room in Berlin - for us a great opportunity to do something together with friends. Here you suddenly get to know your team members in a completely different way and discover unexpected skills.

    Live Escape Room in Berlin   →
  • Virtuelle live Stadtführung durch die Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt in Berlin Mitte
    Virtual live city tour: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt

    If you can't travel and experience the city tour live, you have to look for alternatives. How about a virtual city tour of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt in Berlin?

    Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt   →
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Berlin Christmas Markets

Christmas in Berlin – a stroll through the Christmas markets is not to be missed.

  • Weihnachtsmarkt Schloss Charlottenburg
    Christmas market in front of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin

    Directly in front of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, a Christmas market has been held in the run-up to Christmas for several years. Against the historic backdrop of the palace, you can stroll through the Christmas stalls here every year from the end of November until the end of December.

    Christmas market Charlottenburg Palace   →
  • Weihnachtsmarkt im Johannisstift
    With the steam locomotive to the Christmas market at Johannisstift

    The Christmas market at Johannisstift in Spandau traditionally takes place on the 1st Sunday of Advent.

    Christmas market Johannisstift   →
  • Christmas market at the Gedächniskirche
    Christmas Market at the Gedächniskirche (Memorial Church)

    The Christmas market around the Gedächniskirche has existed for 35 years. For us, a visit to precisely this Christmas market has been a traditional part of the Christmas season for years.

    Christmas market Gedächniskirche   →
  • Weihnachtsmarkt am Roten Rathaus
    Berlin Mitte: Christmas market at the Rotes Rathaus

    There are countless Christmas markets in Berlin, in fact you can immerse yourself in the Christmas feeling on almost every corner in December. During our tour of the city, we also took a look at the Christmas market at the Rotes Rathaus.

    Christmas market Rotes Rathaus   →
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