Places
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During an air raid in 1943, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was severely damaged. Today, the ruins stand as a solemn reminder of World War II.
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Platform 17 at Grunewald S-Bahn Station is no longer in use. When it was, tens of thousands of Jews were sent to their deaths from this platform.
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The Soviet war memorial in Alt-Hohenschönhausen has changed over the years. The original memorial is gone, and the new one is over 50 years old.
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There are remains of a demolished bunker in Tiergarten. However, the story about the WWII bunker is a bit of a mystery. This is what we know about it.
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The HARIBO Shop Berlin is a fun place to visit. It is colorful, offers HARIBO candy from around the world, and sells gummy bear merch.
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Checkpoint Charlie is a tourist trap, but it is still an experience to see the historic border crossing where World War III nearly broke out in 1961.
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The Soviet War Memorial in Schönholzer Heide is the largest cemetery in Berlin for fallen Red Army soldiers and the largest outside Russia.
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British author Christopher Isherwood lived at this address in Schöneberg for four years. Today, there is a plaque on the building in his memory.
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The Karl Liebknecht cornerstone memorial at Potsdamer Platz is more about Berlin’s turbulent history than it is about Liebknecht himself.
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The legendary Eldorado nightclub has been closed for decades. Today, the venue houses an organic supermarket that uses ‘Eldorado’ in its name.