Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Berlin, Germany
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Experience Berlin in Germany in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in BerlinIndividual Sights in BerlinSight 1: Futurium
The Futurium, also called Futurium Museum and Musée Futurium, is a museum with futuristic exhibitions and laboratory. It is an initiative of scientific institutions and the Cabinet of Germany. Opened on September 5, 2019, it serves as a "place for presentation and dialogue on science, research and development".
Sight 2: Deutsches Theater
The Deutsches Theater (DT) in the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt in the Mitte district on Schumannstraße in Berlin was opened in 1850 as the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtisches Theater and initially cultivated an entertainment repertoire. From the end of the 19th century, it was a privately run and financed stage with an educated middle-class repertoire. In the 20th century, it was mainly used for the performance of plays, with a large proportion of classical plays and rather conservative audiences. Since the 1990s, it has been one of Berlin's four subsidised theatres run as directors.
Sight 3: Anatomisches Theater der Tierarzneischule
The Anatomical Theatre of the School of Veterinary Medicine is a listed building on the site of the former Royal School of Veterinary Medicine or University of Veterinary Medicine east of Luisenstraße in the historic Berlin district of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt. It is the oldest surviving academic teaching building in Berlin. After extensive renovation, it has been used by the Hermann von Helmholtz Centre for Cultural Technology as an exhibition space and for events since 2012.
Wikipedia: Anatomisches Theater der Tierarzneischule (DE), Website
Sight 4: Golgatha-Kirche
The Golgotha Church is a Protestant church in the Berlin district of Mitte, Berlin-Mitte. It was built between 1898 and 1900 according to plans by Max Spitta and is a listed building. The church belongs to the Evangelical parish at Weinberg in the church district of Berlin Stadtmitte. The name of the building and the congregation was chosen after the hill of Golgotha, which lies outside ancient Jerusalem and on which Jesus of Nazareth is said to have been crucified.
Wikipedia: Golgatha-Kirche (Berlin) (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 5: St. Johannes-Evangelist-Kirche
The St. John the Evangelist Church is a Protestant church in the Mitte district of Berlin, which was built between 1898 and 1900. It belongs to the Evangelical parish at Weinberg in the church district of Berlin Stadtmitte. The addition of the name refers to the fact that it is dedicated to John the Evangelist, not John the Baptist. Since March 1, 2017, the church has been used by the Antiochian Orthodox parish of St. Georgios.
Wikipedia: St.-Johannes-Evangelist-Kirche (Berlin) (DE), Heritage Website
Sight 6: Monbijoupark
Monbijou Park is a park in Mitte, a district of Berlin, Germany. The park is bounded to the south by the river Spree, to the west by Monbijoustraße, and to the north Oranienburger Straße and Monbijouplatz. It is close to the Friedrichstadt Palast, Neue Synagogue and the Sophienkirche.
Sight 7: Krausnickpark
Krausnickpark is located in Berlin's Mitte district between Krausnickstraße, Oranienburger Straße and Große Hamburger Straße. It is named after the local politician Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (1797–1882).
Sight 8: New Synagogue
Get Ticket*The New Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße in Berlin is a mid-19th century synagogue built as the main place of worship for the city's Jewish community, succeeding the Old Synagogue which the community outgrew. Because of its Moorish style and resemblance to the Alhambra, the New Synagogue is an important architectural monument in Germany.
Sight 9: KW Institute for Contemporary Art
The KW Institute for Contemporary Art is a contemporary art institution located in Auguststraße 69 in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. Klaus Biesenbach was the founding director of KW; the current director is Emma Enderby.
Sight 10: Museum der Stille
The Museum of Silence at Linienstraße 154a in Berlin-Mitte was founded in 1994 by the Russian painter Nikolai Georgievich Makarov with the aim of enabling people to find peace and contemplation in the middle of the big city. This intention was implemented through a special interior design and the exhibition of two works by the artist and seven utopian architectural models by renowned architects for other buildings of silence.
Sight 11: St. Adalbert-Kirche
Sight 12: Geschwister
Koppenplatz is a green space in the historic Spandauer Vorstadt in Berlin's Mitte district. It is bordered by Große Hamburger Straße, Linienstraße and Auguststraße. The square became known above all because of the municipal cemetery for the poor, which was located here between 1704 and 1853 and of which only a grave monument of the namesake Koppe still exists today.
Sight 13: Fam. Adler
A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'.
Sight 14: Brunnen der hl. Agatha
The Agatha Fountain is a fountain dedicated to St. Agatha in front of the St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin-Mitte.
Sight 15: Jüdisches Gymnasium Moses Mendelssohn
The Jewish Gymnasium Moses Mendelssohn, formerly a boys' school of the Jewish community, later a middle school of the Jewish community, is today a state-recognized private school of the Jewish Community of Berlin. As a denominational school, it admits both Jewish and non-Jewish students. The school building is located in Große Hamburger Straße in Berlin-Mitte. Until the summer of 2012, the school was called the Jewish High School.
Wikipedia: Jüdisches Gymnasium Moses Mendelssohn (DE), Website
Sight 16: Jewish cemetery
Get Ticket*The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Große Hamburger Straße in today's Berlin district of Mitte is the oldest reliably occupied burial ground of the Jewish community in Berlin after the Judenkiewer Spandau. In the area of today's entrance, there had been a retirement home for the Jewish community since 1844.
Wikipedia: Jüdischer Friedhof Berlin-Mitte (DE), Heritage Website
Sight 17: Anne Frank Zentrum
The Anne Frank Zentrum, located in Berlin, reminds visitors of Anne Frank and her diary with exhibitions and an array of educational programs. The centre is committed to working against anti-Semitism, prejudice, and any kind of discrimination against people.
Sight 18: Chamäleon
The Chamäleon Berlin is a creative and performance venue for contemporary circus in the Hackesche Höfe in Berlin's Mitte district of the same name. The theatre shows co-productions and guest performances of the contemporary circus scene and is also a production partner and residence venue. Since January 2022, the Chameleon Berlin has been working as a recognized non-profit organization. The artistic director of the Chameleon is Anke Politz, the managing director is Hendrik Frobel.
Sight 19: Hackesche Höfe
The Hackesche Höfe is a notable courtyard complex situated adjacent to the Hackescher Markt in the centre of Berlin. The complex consists of eight interconnected courtyards, accessed through a main arched entrance at number 40 Rosenthaler Straße.
Sight 20: Sophiensæle
The Sophiensæle is a venue for independent performance, theater, and dance, in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the courtyard of Sophienstraße 18, in the Berlin district of Mitte.
Sight 21: Sophienkirche
The Sophienkirche is a Protestant church in the Spandauer Vorstadt part of the Berlin-Mitte region of Berlin, eastern Germany. One of its associated cemeteries is the Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin.
Wikipedia: Sophienkirche (Berlin) (EN), Website, Heritage Website
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