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Television Tower 
Alexanderplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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Erected between 1965 and 1969, the 365m-high Fernsehturm was the pride of East Berlin. The panoramic platform offers an exceptional view of the urban area of Berlin and its historical centre, along the axis of Unter den Linden , the monuments of w..
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Marienkirche
Alexanderplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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Its spire contrasts with the futuristic silhouette of the TV tower. The church was built of brick in about 1270 in a Brandenburg gothic style, of which it is one of the first examples. After the fire of 1380, it became a church hall with three naves...
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House of World Cultures 
Alexanderplatz 4 D - 10178 Berlin
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The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures), a former conference centre nicknamed the “pregnant oyster” because of its round shape , was a gift from the Americans for the Interbau International Architecture Exhibition of 1957. Its bold c..
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Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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Currently undergoing work for the construction of a metro line and a shopping centre, the Alexanderplatz, known to locals as the “Alex”, is a huge open-air building site. However, the Socialist-style architecture of its concrete buildings and its eno..
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Alexanderhaus
Alexanderplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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Two buildings on the Alexanderplatz , the Alexanderhaus and Berolinahaus, are typical of the Rationalist style of architecture imported from the United States in the 1930s. Badly damaged during the war, the two buildings have since been restored and..
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Roza-Luxemburg-Platz
Rosa-Luxemburgplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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It was in this very popular district that the social democrats, wishing to get closer to the popular theatre, created The Popular Theatre Association which was provided with its own theatre. There were 70,000 members, but it was particularly the Je..
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Marx-Engels-Forum
Alexanderplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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Erected in honour of the founders of Communism, admire these bronze statutes and steles made from steel and marble.
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Hackesche Höfe
Rosenthalerstraße 40-41 D - 10178 Berlin
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This large group of courtyards ( Höfe ) in the Scheunenviertel district was built in 1906. The eight courtyards, all very different in style, are home to apartments, offices, shops, restaurants, a theatre and a cinema. Designed in the Jugenstil style..
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Holy Spirit Hospital Chapel
Spandauer Straße 1 D - 10178 Berlin
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This brick chapel is the last vestige of the St. Esprit hospital, one of the three hospices in Berlin, built in the 13C near the Spandau Gate but, unlike the other two, in the interior of the city. Since 1905-1906, it has been part of the buildings o..
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Ruins of the Franciscan church
Klosterstraße D - 10179 Berlin
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Only the walls remain of this 13 and 14C basilica with three naves. Built in 1249, it was bombed by the Allies and now is a venue for open-air sculpture exhibitions. The ruins were reinforced in 1951. The church used to stand next to the grey cloist..
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Neptunbrennen
Spandauerstraße D - 10178 Berlin
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This solemn neo-baroque fountain, the work of Reinhold Begas (1831-1911) used to be in Castle square, to the South of the Prussian Kings' palace. One can see it in Rosselini's film, Germany, year zero .
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Karl-Marx-Allee
Karl-Marx-Allee D - 10178 Berlin
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Once known as Stalinallee , this immense 2.3km-long thoroughfare is influenced by the “confectioner” style typical of buildings in Moscow. Designed as a contrast to the “capitalist” architecture of the West and to Unter den Linden boulevard, this ..
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Sophienkirche
Sophienstraße D - 10178 Berlin
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This church (1712-34) boasts an elegant Baroque bell tower. Built in the same style, the interior has a finely decorated ceiling and is surrounded by galleries. The founder of modern history Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886) is buried here.
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Monbijoupark
Monbijouplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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Nothing remains of the palace inhabited by Princess Sophia-Dorothea, wife of the “Sergeant-King”. In its place a delightful park runs down to the Spree river. In summer, the open-air swimming pool here is busy with children from the surrounding distr..
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St Nicholas district
Nikolaiviertel D - 10179 Berlin
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With its houses rebuilt in their former style, its paved alleyways, its beautiful church and its taverns, this area, situated between the town hall, the Spree, the Forum and the Mühlendamm, has a feeling of provincial tranquillity in the heart of t..
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Museum of the GDR, Berlin
Karl Liebknechtstraße 1 1 D - Berlin
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This unique museum portrays life in the former East Germany. Various aspects of daily existence are explored through a variety of exhibits: consumption and price controls, the difficulty of finding some products, the secret services and their omnipre..
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Church of St Nicholas
Nikolaikirchplatz D - 10178 Berlin
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The Nikolaikirche is the oldest existing monument in Berlin (1230). Only the stone foundations of the tower and western door of the three-nave Romanesque basilica remain. The Gothic choir dates from 1380 and the aisles of the “hall-church” from the 1..
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Großer Hamburger straße
Grosser Hamburger Straße D - 10115 Berlin
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The Alter Jüdische Friedhof, the oldest Jewish cemetery in Berlin (1672) destroyed in 1943 on the orders of the Gestapo, once lay at the end of this road. A stele was erected in 1990 in memory of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn , replacing the tombsto..
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Pergamon Museum: Collection of Classical Antiquities 
Bodestraße 39816 D - 10178 Berlin
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Housed in three large rooms, the Collection of Classical Antiquities in the Pergamonmuseum features some remarkable fragments from Greek and Roman buildings. The most famous of these are the imposing Altar of Pergamon , a masterpiece of Hellenisti..
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Molkenmarkt
Molkenmarkt D - 10178 Berlin
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The “milk market” is the oldest square in Berlin, created at a junction of two roads near the Spree river. The square offers views of buildings of different styles - St Nicholas's Church , the lantern of the cathedral, the Rotes Rathaus and the Te..
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