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General Information, Sightseeing Tours, Walks & Viewing Points, Addresses & Links on

the Reichstag and New 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.

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General Information

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

Sightseeing Tours & Walks, Viewing Points

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 Parliament www.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
the viewing platform has been closed for renovation works since May 2005

Schloss Charlottenburg

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

Potsdamer Platz & Brandenburger Tor

the 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

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
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

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
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 Buildings

information 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

Unter den Linden

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

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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
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

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

Nikolai Quarter & Klosterstrasse

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

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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

Tiergarten & Berlin Zoo

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
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

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

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