Attraction
1. Brandenburg Gate
Berlin's best-known landmark, a neoclassical gate completed in 1791 and crowned by the Quadriga, which stood beside the Wall until it reopened in December 1989.
View details — Brandenburg GateLandmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.
10 places · Updated October 23, 2026
Our top 3 attractions in Germany
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Berlin's best-known landmark, a neoclassical gate completed in 1791 and crowned by the Quadriga, which stood beside the Wall until it reopened in December 1989.
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The seat of the German Bundestag, completed in 1894 and rebuilt by Norman Foster, whose glass dome and roof terrace can be visited free with advance registration.
View details — Reichstag BuildingAttraction
The central memorial to the division of Berlin, set along Bernauer Strasse with a preserved section of Wall, border strip, watchtower and free exhibitions.
View details — Berlin Wall MemorialAttraction
Peter Eisenman's field of 2,711 concrete stelae near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre telling the stories of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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The longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, 1,316 metres along Mühlenstrasse, painted by artists from around the world in 1990.
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A museum on Museum Island, rebuilt by David Chipperfield, home to the bust of Nefertiti, the Egyptian collection and the Museum of Prehistory and Early History.
View details — Neues MuseumAttraction
The domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, completed in 1905, with a rich interior, the Hohenzollern crypt and a walkway around the dome.
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A museum of Jewish life in Germany, housed in Daniel Libeskind's zigzag building and a baroque courthouse, with a core exhibition and the ANOHA children's world.
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A square laid out around 1700 in Friedrichstadt, framed by Schinkel's Konzerthaus and the matching French and German Churches.
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The bomb-damaged tower of an 1895 church beside Egon Eiermann's 1960s church of blue glass, preserved on Breitscheidplatz as a memorial against war.
View details — Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church