The Topography of Terror is a museum, or as it can also be called in German, one of the many Erinnerungsorten (“places of memory” or memorial) that exist in Berlin and that document and show the horrors committed by the Nazis, showing current and future generations everything that happened and not letting these crimes and…
Some people ask, when they visit Berlin, what about Hitler’s bunker – whether it still exists, where it is, etc. Like the Berlin Wall, it is something that still holds a great fascination for many people today. No wonder, since this is where one of the worst dictators in human history spent his last days….
The Berlin Wall Memorial, is an incredible monument that reminds us of the history of the time when Germany was divided. The current Berlin Wall is one of the most visited sites in the German capital, but it is only a representation and a small piece of what the Berlin Wall really was back then….
The Neues Museum (or New Museum) is part of the 5-museum complex on Museum Island in the center of Berlin. It is the second museum to be built, as the Altes Museum (old museum) became too small to house the collection of antiquities and artworks. History The Neues Museum was closed for decades after being…
Since its opening in 2001, the Jewish Museum in Berlin has become a major attraction and one of the most visited museums in the city. It is also the largest Jewish museum in Europe and its permanent exhibition introduces visitors to two millennia of German-Jewish history, the relationship between Jews and non-Jews and the ups…
The Bode-Museum, another of the museums belonging to the Museum Island complex, is located at the northern end of the island. The museum was named after its first curator and creator Wilhelm von Bode. It is a beautiful building, which, with its imposing facade directly on the banks of the Spree, without any land around,…
The Stasi, which is short for “Ministerium für Staatssicherheit” and means Ministry of State Security, was the secret police of the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany. It was the organ of the communist government to repress and oppress its citizens in order to maintain the regime. But the Stasi also operated abroad, it had…
Charlottenburg Palace (Schloss Charlottenburg), located in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, is the largest palace in Berlin and one of the main attractions of the city. It has beautiful gardens that are an invitation to walk. Charlottenburg Palace was designed in the Baroque style by the architect Johann Arnold Nering and built between the years 1695…
The Pergamon Museum is one of five museums located on the Museum Island in the center of Berlin. World-renowned, the Pergamon Museum is one of the main attractions and also the most visited museum in Berlin. There is no doubt that the Pergamon deserves this record because its collection includes monumental and fantastic pieces and…