General Information, Sightseeing Tours, Walks & Viewing Points, Addresses & Links on the Reichstag andNew Architecture, Unter den Linden, Nikolai Quarter and Klosterstrasse, Tiergarten and Schloss Charlottenburg Most links lead to websites offering English versions, if not, it is possible to get a rough translation using the google language tool in most cases. To translate single words Munich University's Leo is a good online dictionary. Please get the information on guided tours, dates and opening hours directly from the organisers. >> Berlin online travel guide >>sights >> guidebooks & maps >> accommodation, hotels >>overview Berlin addresses & links Internet-Portal of the City of Berlin www.berlin.de Citizen's and Tourist Information of the City of Berlin including online interactive city map: You enter the name of the street you are looking for and get the respective section of the map including S- and U-train stations Berlin Transport www.bvg.de information on Berlin's S- and U-trains, trams, buses and ferries, pdf map of S- and U-train lines to download and print, interactive city map showing S- and U-train stations, buses, trams and ferries Berlin Tourist Information
Hotline Reservation-Service and Information: Tel. ++49 +30 - 25 00 25 Tourist Info Center: Europa-Center, Entrance Budapester Strasse (U-train station Wittenbergplatz, U1, U2, U3), Brandenburg Gate, South Wing (S-train station Unter den Linden, S1, S2, S25, S26, bus 100, 200), Television Tower at Alexanderplatz (S- and U-train station Alexanderplatz S3, S5, S7, S75, S9, U8), Kadewe, Kaufhaus des Westens, Tauentzienstrasse 21-24, ground floor, travel center (Wittenbergplatz, U1, U2, U3) www.berlin-tourist-information.de online information of Berlin's Tourist Information: special offers, sights, events, brochures City Sightseeing Tours, regular buses 100 and 200 www.bvg.de Berlin Transport lists the stops of Berlin's buses, among them the "sightseeing"-buses 100 and 200, the website offers maps of U-train, S-train and tram lines, an interactive city map including travel connections, and information on special sightseeing trips, e.g. sightseeing trips in an open-top doubledecker bus detailed description of Berlin Sightseeing Walks 'Walks through Berlin' Senate Department for Urban Development www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/wanderungen plus: Running and Walking Routes Television Tower at Alexanderplatz http://www.berlinerfernsehturm.de opening times, revolving restaurant etc. - you get a good view from Berlin's television tower, there is a Tourist Information on the ground floor, sightseeing buses start at the bus stop in front you get information on the Reichstag and the Reichtag's dome from the website of the German Parliamentwww.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/info/050vberl.html
Berlin's Tourist Information informs on the Siegessaeule: www.berlin-tourist-information.de you also find information by clicking into www.monument-tales.de Viewing Platform of the Franzoesische Dom cathedral Gendarmenmarkt 5 10117 Berlin www.franzoesischer-dom-berlin.de the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.franzoesischer-dom-berlin.de info@franzoesischer-dom-berlin.de the viewing platform has been closed for renovation works since May 2005 information on Schloss Charlottenburg palace and Charlottenburg museums Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens www.spsg.de Museumsinsel island, Dahlem and Charlottenburg museums National Museums of Berlin www.smb.spk-berlin.de information on the Sammlung Berggruen collection National Museums of Berlin www.smb.spk-berlin.de Broehan Museum Regional Museum for Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalism (1889-1939)Schloss-Strasse 1a (across Schloss Charlottenburg palace) 14059 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 32 69 06 - 00 Fax: ++49 +30 - 32 69 06 - 26 www.broehan-museum.de info@broehan-museum.de Potsdamer Platz & Brandenburger Torthe Kulturforum between Potsdamer Platz and Tiergarten was built in the 1960's in West-Berlin: exhibitions in Kulturforum are organised by Verein des Kulturforums Tiergarten e.V. www.ortkultur.de the website is German only mail@ortkultur.de information on museums at Kulturforum National Museums of Berlin www.smb.spk-berlin.de designed by Hans Scharoun, the Philharmonie was built in 1963 Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 1 10785 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 5 53 68 54 Fax: ++49 +30 - 5 53 68 53 www.berliner-philharmoniker.de werbung@berliner-philharmoniker.de the visitors' center offers guided tours through the Philharmonie building information on the Staatsbibliothek - national library - in Kulturforum designed by Hans Scharoun Foundation Prussian Heritage www.sbb.spk-berlin.de information on the Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe www.smb.spk-berlin.de DaimlerChrysler Center www.sammlung.daimlerchrysler.com virtual tour of the sculptures at Potsdamer Platz, history of the Haus Huth, dating back to 1912, the only preserved Empire building at Potsdamer Platz, information on the exhibition of the DaimlerChrysler Collection in Haus Huth the Theater at Potsdamer Platz stages musicals Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 10785 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 2 59 29 - 0 Fax: ++49 +30 - 2 59 29 - 1 00
Sony Center www.sony-center.de photo's of the 1930's and documentation of the construction works at Potsdamer Platz the Filmmuseum Berlin shows the history of German cinema from the beginnings up to today - e.g. Marlene Dietrich's estate: Potsdamer Strasse 2, Filmhaus (Sony-Center) 10785 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 30 09 03 - 0 Fax: ++49 +30 - 30 09 03 - 13 www.filmmuseum-berlin.de info@filmmuseum-berlin.de detailed description of the Brandenburg Gate Senate Department for Urban Development www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/en/unter_den_linden founded in 1696, Berlin's Arts Academy: Akademie der Kuenste Berlin Hanseatenweg 16 10557 Berlin - Tiergarten Tel: ++49 +30 - 39 07 60 Fax: ++49 +30 - 39 07 61 75 www.adk.de the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.adk.de info@adk.de originally the academy had its seat in the former stables - Marstall - Unter den Linden 8 (demolished in 1908) today you find a branch next to Brandenburger Tor at Pariser Platz 4 - here the Arnimsche Palais, destroyed in World War II, housed the academy from 1907 onwards detailed description of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews in Europe Senate Department for Urban Development
www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/grosse_projekte/en/denkmal_mord_juden.shtml Berlin's Tourist Information informs on the Siegessaeule: www.berlin-tourist-information.de you also find information by clicking into www.monument-tales.de Reichstag & New Government Buildingsinformation on the Reichstag and the Reichtag's dome German Parliament www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/info/050vberl.html
Wrapped Reichstag by Christo and Jeanne-Claude http://christojeanneclaude.net/wr.html photo documentation of the "Wrapped Reichstag" project Berlin's Senate Department for Urban Development website describes in detail the Reichstag and the new government buildings in 'Walks through Berlin - Government Precinct Tour' www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/wanderungen/en/strecke3.shtml the US contribution for the INTERBAU 1957 was the Congress Hall by Hugh Stebbins Haus der Kulturen der Welt John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10577 Berlin www.hkw.de info@hkw.de detailed information on Berlin's Classicist buildings: the Opera House, the St-Hedwigs cathedral, the Alte Bibliothek, the Humboldt University, the Brandenburg Gate, the Neue Wache, the Schlossbruecke, the Alte Museum, the Friedrichwerdersche Kirche: Senate Department for Urban Development www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/en/ the Prussian Heritage Collection is in charge of the Schinkel Museum in the Friedrichwerdersche Kirche and the exhibitions in the Alte Museum: www.smb.spk-berlin.de the Alte Museum is part of the UNESCO's World Heritage you can go on a virtual tour along Unter den Linden: Berlin's Senate Department for Urban Development 'Walks through Berlin - From Alexanderplatz to Pariser Platz' www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/wanderungen/en/strecke1.shtml natureparktravel.com partner Deutsche Guggenheim Unter den Linden 13-15 10117 Berlin Tel: 0 30 - 20 20 93 - 0 Fax: 0 30 - 20 20 93 - 20 www.deutsche-guggenheim-berlin.de modern art in the Deutsche Bank building information on the Staatsbibliothek - national library - Foundation Prussian Heritage www.sbb.spk-berlin.de Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6 10117 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 20 93 - 0 Fax: ++49 +30 - 20 93 - 2770 www.hu-berlin.de the Alte Bibliothek library building and the Palais of the Humboldt University date back to the times of Friedrich II Staatsoper Unter den Linden Unter den Linden 7 10117 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 20 35 - 40 Fax: ++49 +30 - 20 35 - 44 80 www.staatsoper-berlin.org besucherservice@staatsoper-berlin.de opera, ballett & concerts in Classicist atmosphere Berlin plays in Classicist surroundings Maxim Gorki Theater Am Festungsgraben 2 / Unter den Linden 10117 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 20 22 10 www.gorki.de the website is German only ticket@gorki.de the Zeughaus is a Baroque arsenal built in 1706, from 2006 onwards the Deutsche Historische Museum - German history museum - will stage a permanent exhibition on German history Unter den Linden 2 10117 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 2 03 04 - 0 Fax: ++49 +30 - 2 03 04 - 5 43 www.dhm.de at present changing exhibitions are shown in the modern annex by I.M.Pei Museumsinsel island museums National Museums of Berlin www.smb.spk-berlin.de you find a comprehensive photo documentation of the East Berlin Palast der Republik building's interior and its history in the documentation of the exhibition "wenn Kommunisten träumen - Communist dreams" on the website of the German History Museum http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/pdr/ the website is German only - try google's translation tool: http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/pdr/- the Palast der Republik will be demolished for the reconstruction of Berlin's town palace from 1698 to 1716 Berlin's Renaissance Stadt-Schloss got a Baroque facelift detailed visual description and historical photographs of the town palace, destroyed in World War II and finally demolished in the 1950's Senate Department for Urban Development www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/wanderungen/en/sch_01.shtml the Center for Berlin Studies resides in the Renaissance residence of the von Ribbeck family Ribbeck-Haus Breite Straße 36 10118 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 9 02 26 - 4 85 Fax: ++49 +30 - 9 02 26 - 4 52 www.zlb.de/wissensgebiete/zbs the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.zlb.de/wissensgebiete/zbs the family von Ribbeck was made famous by the writer Theodor Fontane the Foundation Stadtmuseum Berlin is in charge of the museums in Nikolai quarter: www.stadtmuseum.de, and there are thesupporters of the Museum - family and friends: www.knoblauchhaus.de the website is German only - try google's translation tool: www.knoblauchhaus.de Poststrasse 23 10178 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 24 00 20 - 1 71 at present the museum is closed for renovation natureparktravel.com partner you find detailed descriptions of the Nikolai church, Kloster church and the old Stadtmauer - town wall - on the website of the Senate Department for Urban Development: www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/en/bodendenkmale there is an art center in the Baroquen Palais Podewil: Podewil - zentrum fuer aktuelle kuenste Berlin Klosterstrasse 68-70 10179 Berlin Tel: 0 30 - 2 47 49 - 6 Fax: 0 30 - 2 47 49 - 7 00 www.podewil.de Zoological Garden Hardenbergplatz 8 10787 Berlin Tel: ++49 +30 - 2 54 01 - 0 Fax: ++49 +30 - 2 54 01 - 2 55 www.zoo-berlin.de the website is German only - try google's translation tool: http://www.zoo-berlin.de info@zoo-berlin.de the oldest German zoo boasting the largest number of species worldwide, the website informs on animals, guided tours, programs for children, children's birthdays
Bauhaus history, collections, exhibitions & library in a museums' building designed by Walter Gropius, built from 1976 to 1979 Bauhaus Archiv - Museum fuer Gestaltung Klingelhoeferstrasse 14 10785 Berlin Tiergarten Tel: ++49 +30 - 25 40 02 78 Fax: ++49 +30 - 25 40 02 10 www.bauhaus.de bauhaus@bauhaus.de detailed information on the new embassies: Senate Department for Urban Development www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/botschaften information on Tiergarten park, located in Berlin's very center Senate Department for Urban Development www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/bauen/wanderungen natureparktravel.com partner top of page << |