25 essentials: what to see and visit in Berlin in 1, 2 or 3 days

One of the most fashionable cities in Europe today is, without a doubt, Berlin.

Furthermore, in recent times the German capital has become a very popular destination among Spaniards to travel on a long weekend or a long weekend.

En Berlin You find a city in whose visit you will see how the history of the prussian era with the closest and darkest times of the Nazism and German Democratic Republic, one of whose main exponents is the old wall.

But, above all, it is a city with a great cultural atmosphere and animation in its streets, the result of which is a place with great attractions for your trip.

In the Berlin visit you will see highlights monuments, in addition to having an incredible offer of museums of all characteristics, highlighting the enclave known as the Museum island.

But above all, you can walk through diverse neighborhoods with a great atmosphere in their streets.

To help you plan your sightseeing trip to berlin and know what to visit, below you have a list with 25 places of interest to see in Berlin, which include recommended visits and interesting topics that will help you enjoy your trip.

All the information in detail

1 Best places to see and visit in Berlin
2 Places to see in and around Alexanderplatz in Berlin
3 Best places to visit in Berlin Wall
- 3.1 Checkpoint Charlie at Berlin Wall
- 3.2 East Side Gallery at Berlin Wall
4 Museum Island in Berlin

Best places to see and visit in Berlin

To begin with, here are some general tips with the basic and most interesting information to plan your visit to Berlin, as well as useful tricks for your stay in the German capital.

Mitte, historic center of Berlin

El Mitte neighborhood It is the historic center of the German city and where several of the most interesting places to see and visit are concentrated, such as the brandenburg gate or Reichstag.

I can tell you that the Mitte neighborhood will focus a good part of your visit to Berlin.

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

If you are looking for an icon image of Berlin, surely it comes to mind Brandenburg Gate, Historical Berlin monument which It has become one of the historical symbols of the city.

Built in 1791, it has witnessed important historical moments, such as when the victorious troops of Napoleon, or like when she was isolated and semi-abandoned during the time of the Berlin Wall.

Now when visit Berlin, you will verify that the Brandenburg Gate It is perhaps currently the point with the highest concentration of tourists.

In fact, you will see that it is the true center of the city, very close to the Reichstag, and separating the great avenue Unter der Linden and the great Tiergarten park.

Berlin Reichstag Parliament

A recommended visit on your trip to Berlin is climb to the dome of the Reichstag, headquarters building parliament of germany, which has been designed by the prestigious architect N, and for whose visit you must reserve in advance.

How to book tickets to visit Foster's dome at the Reichstag in Berlin

Holocaust Memorial of the Jews in Berlin

Among the various memorials that is in the city of Berlin, the one dedicated to the Holocaust of the Jews.

Holocaust Memorial in memory of the Jews murdered in Berlin

Frank Gehry's Whale Tail in Berlin

This corner is one of the most curious and best examples of the avant-garde architecture in Berlin. with a work by the prestigious architect Frank Gehry.

Frank Gehry's Whale Tail at the DZ Bank in Berlin

Book Burning Monument in Berlin

This monument remembers one of the most notable events that occurred during the Nazi era, who in 1933 They burned books by Jewish authors on Bebelplatzs.

Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz in Berlin

Berlin Catholic Cathedral

En Berlin You can visit the circular building that houses the St. Hedwig's Catholic Cathedral.

Catholic St. Hedwig Cathedral on Bebelplatz in Berlin

Kollwitz Pieta at the Berlin New Guard

On your walk through the Mitte neighborhood you must enter the building New Guard where you can see a shocking artistic work by the German sculptor Kathe Kollwitz.

Kollwitz Pieta at the Berlin New Guard

Fassbender & Rausch chocolate shop in Berlin

During your Berlin visit You will also have the opportunity to meet one of the most famous chocolate shops in the world, an establishment that dates back to 1863.

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Fassbender & Rausch chocolate shop at Gendarmenmark in Berlin

Places to see in and around Alexanderplatz in Berlin

Another of the places in the German city that will focus your visit is the enormous Alexanderplatz square and its surroundings, where you will be able to see several monuments and interesting places.

To highlight the Protestant cathedral Berliner Domas well as the old San Nicolás neighborhood.

Alexanderplatz is going to become, without a doubt, one of the nerve centers of your Berlin sightseeing tour.

Not only because of the monuments or corners that it concentrates, but because very close to this large square there are other points of attraction, such as the Museum island or Jewish quarter, or the Farms.

When visit Berlin, you will see that Alexanderplatz It is a space of enormous dimensions, more than a square.

Indeed, it groups from some gardens with some of the most important monuments in Berlin, such as the Marienkirche church or Red Town Hall, to a very lively commercial and communications area, crowned by the imposing Fernsehturm television tower.

In advance of your visit, below you have a photo gallery of Alexanderplatz in Berlin, which during the communist era was the nerve center of East Berlin, trying to present itself as a sample of the power of the RDA.

Marienkirche Church in Berlin

Marienkirche Church on Alexanderplatz in Berlin

La St. Mary's Church is a gothic style church, the oldest in the city of Berlin and the main monument of Alexanderplatz.

Marienkirche Church on Alexanderplatz in Berlin

Monument to Marx and Engels in Berlin

El Marx Engels Forum Monument I remind us that Alexanderplatz was under the control of the former German Democratic Republic.

Marx Engels Forum monument at Alexanderplatz in Berlin

Berliner Dom Cathedral in Berlin

One of the emblematic monuments of your Berlin visit will be, without a doubt, the Berliner Dom, or what is the same, the Berlin Cathedral.

This great temple is located in the center of the most monumental area of the German capital, at the entrance of the Museum island, and next to the great Alexanderplatz square.

Due to its dimensions, it is the largest church in berlin, and you find it almost next to the oldest church, St. Mary's Church.

Likewise, the main façade of the protestant cathedral de Berlin It faces the large esplanade where the Altes Museum, the first one you will see on the aforementioned Museum Island.

In reality, this great temple of neo-baroque style of which its imposing dome stands out, it was built between 1895 and 2005, replacing the building of the previous cathedral. And the church that you will see now is the result of a major reconstruction carried out in the 70s of the last century, after suffering serious deterioration at the end of the Second World War.

Medieval St. Nicholas quarter in Berlin

Very near Alexanderplatz You should not miss visiting the area of old medieval quarter of berlin, known as the San Nicolás neighborhood, and which has been completely restored after the Second World War.

Old medieval St. Nicholas quarter in Berlin

Best places to visit in Berlin Wall

In your Berlin visit You will notice that you can still see several places with sections of the old wall that during the time of the Cold War separated the current German capital into two parts.

Checkpoint Charlie at Berlin Wall

This point, an old border crossing, is the most famous of the remaining enclaves of what was known as the Berlin Wall.

Checkpoint Charlie of the former Berlin Wall

East Side Gallery at Berlin Wall

Mural painting at the East Side Gallery Wall in Berlin

There are few places Berlin where you find sections of the old wall that separates the German capital, but perhaps the most prominent, and without a doubt the longest, is the one known as East Side Gallery Wall.

Located on the street Mill Street, On the banks of Spree river, at the gates of Turkish Quarter, East Side Gallery Wall It is an artistic expression of the drama of the separation of Berlin by a wall.

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With 1,3 kilometers in length, this section of the old berlin wall muestra 103 wall paintings made by artists from various countries around the world.

It was in the early 1990s when they began to make these mural paintings that came to Berlin after the fall of the aforementioned wall, to capture a tribute to freedom in their artistic creations.

Nowadays it has become one of the most popular visits among tourists who travel to Berlin, because in that place you have an artistic reflection of what the wall meant in the history of the city and Germany.

Here you have more detailed information about what it is and how to visit the East Side Gallery in Berlin.

East Side Gallery of the former Berlin Wall

Museum Island in Berlin

The city of Berlin is characterized by the dozens of museums that you can visit there, but the most important are concentrated in the one known as Museum island, which has been declared Heritage awarded by the Unesco

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

The aforementioned Museum Island has in Pergamon museum its greatest exponent, and there you can see impressive archaeological remains of the Antiquity.

Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin

The majestic Charlottenburg Palace is the best exponent in Berlin of the time of the prussian emperors, and during your visit you can stroll through its sumptuous halls and its pleasant gardens.

Berlin Jewish Quarter

In the old Jewish Quarter you can see interesting corners that remember the presence of the Jewish community in the German capital.

Berlin Turkish Quarter

On a walk through the Turkish quarter of Kreuzberg You will be able to see the most multiracial side of the city of Berlin.

This is the visit to the Turkish neighborhood of Kreuzberg in Berlin

Excursions and tourist activities in Berlin

Cruise through Berlin's Kreuzberg Turkish Quarter

Here you have extensive information about tours and guided visits that you can sign up for on your trip to Berlin, with excursions to its surroundings.