Tips 1 - 9 of 9 Berlin Things to Do
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Reichstag: Dome of the Reichstag Building
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You will have a great view into the German parlamentary building - and you will have a great view from abouve to the Potsdamer Platz, Brandenburger Tor and so on......
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Phone: +493022732152
Address: Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
Website: http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/info/visit/vberl.
Other Contact: open 8-22
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This is the classic "middle" of the city. The theater, constructed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel from 1818 to 1821, is located at the historic Gendarmenmarkt. It was destroyed in WWII and eventually reopened in 1984 as a concert house with three halls in which about 550 events are now held each year. The most important contributor to the concert seasons is the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (BSO). Chief Conductor Eliahu Inbal. We offer regular public guided tours through Karl Friedrich Schinkel's most famous Berlin edifice. These are themed and usually take place every first and third Saturday of the month. Special tours are also available by prior arrangement for groups. English language guided tours are conducted in co-operation with the "Museumspädagogischer Dienst Berlin". Please contact: Herr Richter Abteilung Presse-/Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Konzerthaus Berlin 10106 Berlin tel: +49 30 20309-2343 fax: +49 30 20309-2249 email: press@konzerthaus.de
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Phone: +49 30 20309-0
Address: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin
Website: http://www.konzerthaus.de/konzerthaus_englisch/ind
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Schloß Charlottenburg, the largest and most beautiful palace in Berlin, is a shining example of baroque architecture. It was built from 1695–99 as a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, the consort of Elector Friedrich III., to plans by Johann Arnold Nering and Martin Grünberg, though at first only the central part was actually built. In 1701, after the coronation of the Elector as King Friedrich I. of Prussia, the palace was extended by Eosander von Göthe in the style of the palace at Versailles: the main building was extended and side axes were created around the courtyard. In addition, the Great Orangery was constructed on the western wing, while a domed tower with tambour crowned the main building. Knobelsdorff constructed the eastern wing from 1740–46. From1787–91, Carl Langhans constructed the palace theatre as an extension to the orangery wing. The palace was badly damaged during the WWII, and rebuilding work began in the 50th. The splendor of the Berlin Baroque is particularly apparent in the Great Oak Gallery, a banqueting hall with magnificent carvings which was completed in 1713, and the Porcelain Room, with its valuable collection of Chinese and Japanese china. Other impressive rooms include the banqueting halls from 1740–47, the White Room and the Golden Gallery, a rococo room in soft pastel tones with rich golden ornamentation. The former theatre is now the home of the Museum for Pre- and Early History, whose most famous exhibits come from Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at Troy. The palace park grounds, one of the most idyllic oases in the city, is a favored spot for both tourists and Berliners. The park features a mausoleum constructed by Schinkel in the style of a temple, which contains amongst other the sarcophagi of Queen Luise and Friedrich Wilhelm II., designed by Christian Daniel Rauch. The belvedere, formerly a teahouse and built by Langhans at the same time as the theatre, now displays an exhibition on the history of royal porcelain manufacture.
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Phone: +49331969402
Address: Luisenplatz, 14059 Berlin
Website: http://www.spsg.de/e_htdoc/F_bs.html
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The Neue Wache has been the central memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1993. The building was constructed from 1816 to 1818 to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III., as a memorial for those who fell in the Napoleonic wars. From 1818 to 1918, the royal guard was housed in this building. In 1931, Heinrich Tessenow created a "Memorial for Those Who Fell in the Great War" here. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the building was badly damaged by bombs. From 1960, the restored building was the GDR's "Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism", and an eternal flame burned in the center of the chamber. In 1969, the remains of an unknown soldier and an unknown prisoner from a concentration camp were laid to rest here, surrounded by soil taken from the killing fields of the Second World War and from the concentration camps. Until 1990, the changing of the guard of honor took place in front of the memorial every Wednesday. After reunification, the Neue Wache became the "Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Victims of War and Tyranny": the vague formulation of this designation gave rise to considerable protests. The center of the chamber is now occupied by the enlarged (and consequently also controversial) sculpture "Mother with dead son" by Käthe Kollwitz.
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Address: Unter den Linden 4, 10117 Berlin
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On Oct 3rd, 2002 the Brandeburger Tor was reopend after 22 month renovation. 1788-91 by Carl Gotthard Langhans, sculptures by Johann Gottfried Schadow The BG is the trademark of Berlin. The main entrance to the city, surrounded by the wall for thirty years, was known throughout the world as a symbol for the division of the city and for the division of the world into two power blocs. It was built as the grandest of a series of city gates constituting the passages through the customs wall encircling the city at the end of the eighteenth century. It is the only gate which survived, because it constitutes the monumental termination of Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees which led directly to the residence of the Prussian kings until the destruction of the city castle. The entire construction and ornamentation of the gate reflect the extraordinary importance it was granted by its builders. The architect selected as the model for his design the Propylaea in Athens, the monumental entry hall of the Acropolis. Just as the Propylaea led to a shrine of the Ancient world, this gate was to represent the access to the most important city of the Prussian kingdom. This reference to Antiquity made it the structure which founded the Classic age of architecture in Berlin, an epoch which brought the city its sobriquet "Spreeathen" ("Athens of the Spree" -- Berlin's river is called the Spree). The Brandenburg Gate is not only a symbol of division and reunification; it was also the site of many other events in German history, a history characterized by so many peaks and troughs.
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Address: infornt of Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz
Website: http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
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Graveyards: Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee (Jewish Cemetery Wei
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Construction of the Friedhof Weissensee, the fourth Jewish cemetery in Berlin, began in 1878. The architect Hugo Licht was awarded first prize in a design competition for his plan of yellow brick cemetery buildings and gravesites divided into triangles, rectangles and trapezoids. The intersections of the tree-lined avenues bordering the main path form circles, squares and octagons. Immediately behind the entrance is a circular plot containing a memorial for the six million Jews murdered by the National Socialists. To the right of the entrance, near the hall of mourning, is a row of honor for renowned Jewish personalities from the spheres of culture, science and business. The equality of humankind in death is symbolized in Jewish cemeteries by unadorned tombstones of equal height; gravesites are not reused. Weissensee also grants the right to an eternal resting place, but assimilating Jews adopted the heavily adorned grave fashion common in German cemeteries of the Wilhelminian era. Therefore very elaborate tombstones are located next to traditional, simple headstones. The architecturally designed family vaults are of particularly superior quality. The cemetery survived the Second World War relatively undamaged and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe today.
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Address: Herbert-Baum-Straße 45, Berlin-Weissensee
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great site, lots of good comments and tips ! | intl_dan Thu May 20, 2004 12:32 UTC
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