Places
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Since 1955, an eternal flame has burned in Berlin to remember the many Germans who were expelled from the former German territories after World War II.
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Will my robot live as long as I do? Where does electricity come from? How do we create sustainable cities? Get a glimpse of the future at Futurium.
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The Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten is third largest and the only Soviet memorial not located in the former Soviet sector, for a very specific reason.
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The bunker in Schönholzer Heide has a name associated with fun and amusement, but its history is actually one of death and suffering.
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The Karl Liebknecht memorial stone in Prenzlauer Berg was set up in 1959 in honor of the revolutionary who co-founded the Communist Party of Germany.
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The Messedamm underpass in Berlin is an iconic film location featured in many movies, including Hunger Games where there is far more action than usual.
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Close to the Ronald Reagan memorial plaque in Berlin, a 2 meter statue of the president secretly watches over it.
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It’s not just a song by Ben E. King. There is also a Stand By Me tree in Tiergarten with the first verse of the song carved into it.
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The monument to the Spanish Civil War Soldier honors the German fighters who died battling the fascists in the Spanish Civil War.
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Bebelplatz is the place of the book burnings of 1933. Today, a window to an empty library, serving as a memorial to the books lost to the flames.