Berlin, Germany: General travel information
Berlin, area 892 km², population 3 404 000, capital city of Germany.
Berlin was first documentary mentioned in 1244, the district Spandau was first mentioned in 1197, Koepenick 1209. The city center is located about 70km from the border to Poland.
The once divided city is now the capital and seat of government of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is the city with the second biggest population in Europe and a center of politics, culture, science and media. Berlin is home for world famous museums, universities and research institutes.
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Main sights:
- Museum island, World heritage side
- Berlin has about 150 museums:
- Pergamon museum
- Egyptian museum
- German historic museum
- Telecommunication museum
- East side gallery
- German museum of technology
- Jewish museum
- Museum for pre and early history
- Berlin Wall documentation center
- National gallery, mainly german paintings from the 19th century
- Museum of European Culture
- Museum of Ethnology
- GDR Museum, museum showing life in the German Democratic Republic
- Memorial church
- Nikolai church, built in the 13th century
- Saint Hedwig cathedral, built in the middle of the 18th century
- Berliner Dom, Berlin Cathedral, built at the end of the 19th century
- Reichstag, the german parliament
- Berlin radio tower, 368m height, observation platform in 204m
- Victory column
- Potsdamer square
- Kurfuerstendamm
- Berlin Zoo, Zoological garden with the most species in the world
- Aquarium Berlin, largest aquarium in Germany
- Tierpark Berlin, zoological garden
- Berlin wall memorial
- Checkpoint Charlie, former border checkpoint between east and west for foreigners
- Diverse Nightlife
- Reichstag, German parliament building
- Siegessaeule, Victory Column, 60m high monument built from 1865 to 1873
Airports
- Berlin Tegel (TXL)
- Berlin Tempelhof (THF)
- Berlin Schoenefeld (SXF)