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Germany — The Dispatches

Berlin

A city still shaped by the Wall that split it in two for 28 years, until it came down in 1989 — you can trace the line through the streets. Museum Island and the Reichstag dome, sombre memorials to what happened here, a painted stretch of the old Wall at the East Side Gallery, and techno clubs that don't stop till Monday. Scruffy, serious, and up all night.

Visited May 202552.52°N 13.40°EAPT BER
Berlin
Fig. 1 — BerlinPhotograph · O. Daly

Top recommendations

3 picks
Berlin Cathedral

Berlin Cathedral

The green-domed cathedral on Museum Island.

East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

The longest surviving stretch of the Wall, now murals.

Reichstag building

Reichstag building

The glass-domed parliament — the free dome visit is worth booking.

Where to eat

4 entries
BEEF 63 HouseApple ↗·Google ↗

Döner

The Noodle TownApple ↗·Google ↗

Where to drink

3 entries

What to do

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Brandenburg GateApple ↗·Google ↗
Reichstag buildingApple ↗·Google ↗
East Side GalleryApple ↗·Google ↗
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeApple ↗·Google ↗
Checkpoint CharlieApple ↗·Google ↗
Berlin CathedralApple ↗·Google ↗
Alte NationalgalerieApple ↗·Google ↗
Victory ColumnApple ↗·Google ↗
Soviet MemorialApple ↗·Google ↗
Olympiastadion BerlinApple ↗·Google ↗

Day trip

The gallery

3 postcards
Berlin — photo 1
Berlin — photo 2
Berlin — photo 3