Never has an architectural project been so vilified as this one, designed to symbolise the “Republic of Berlin”. However, the chancellery, designed by architects Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank, does justice to a democratic and powerful State at ea..

This building, designed by Frank Gehry and built in 1999, is one of the most interesting constructions on Pariser Platz . While tradition has been respected in terms of the façade, convention is also challenged. Overhanging windows alternate with st..

For this memorial dedicated to Europe’s Jewish victims, the American Peter Eisenman designed a field of 2 711 steles of differing sizes standing on undulating ground which appears to subside in places. To reach the underground museum, visitors pass t..

Between 1695 and 1706, great architects of the time undertook the construction of the Arsenal, notably Andreas Schlüter, who sculpted the 22 grotesque figures in the inner courtyard. The building now houses the museum of German history: the permanent..

The golden cupola of the New Synagogue is the most visible symbol of Scheunenviertel’s renaissance. Between Oranienburger Straße and the Hackescher Markt, trendy cafés and restaurants, restored courtyards and backyards, fashion boutiques and art gall..

The Bethanie Arts Centre is located in a former 19C hospital originally used by Deaconesses. Left to ruin, it was a squat from the 1970s onwards and now houses a cultural centre which plays host to a variety of activities, while maintaining its exper..

The archives contain no fewer than 10 000 German and foreign films and over a million documents, photos, posters and programmes. The museum is primarily focused on German cinema, with exhibits that include sets and props from Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metro..

The DaimlerChrysler headquarters, which is reflected in the water beneath it, is one of the finest buildings in the district. It stands beside the Tiergarten tunnel gas exhaust chimney, which it has embellished with an immense campanile bearing the..

The three towers designed by the British architect Sir Richard Rogers are perhaps the district’s most original buildings. On the right, on the far side of the park, you can see the district designed by the A & T group. This rather dreary area was des..

The Mexican Embassy was designed and built by the Mexican architects Teodoro Gonzales de León and Francisco Serrano between 1998 and 2000. One of its distinguishing features is its façade of “concrete marble” slats, made of white cement and Thuring m..

This modern building (1998), located behind the Delphi-Kino , houses the Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as the Berlin Stock Exchange. The extraordinary structure, whose outline resembles an armadillo, was designed by British architect Nich..

The Theatre of the West (1895-96) is a typical example of late-19C architectural eclecticism, merging Classical (e.g. the façade) and neo-Gothic influences: the half-timbered and brick features behind the building evoke a medieval Burg .

This complex was designed by Knobelsdorff to garner unprecedented artistic and scientific influence for the Prussian monarchy. The site was to include an opera house, an academy of science and a castle. Only the opera house was built, as Friedrich ..

This Chinese pavilion, a circular building decorated with gilded statues, stands in the Sanssouci Park . It emerged from the 18C mania for all things Chinese. Inside there is an exhibition of Chinese porcelain.

After the Habsburgs joined the German Customs Union, the construction of a free trade zone became necessary. From 1885 an entire district around the Zollkanal was torn down to make way for the Speicherstadt warehouses. Today, the 373 000m2 complex st..

Located in a stretch of the North Sea renowned for the strength of its currents and its unpredictable climate, the Helgoland archipelago was under Danish control for a long period, before falling into the hands of the British in 1814. It was finally ..

Situated to the northwest of Hannover, the gardens contain four parks. The oldest section of the Großer Garten is a French-style garden dotted with allegorical statues. The Georgengarten was designed in the English Romantic style. The Wallmoden (..

Built by Volkswagen, this 25ha “auto city” theme park offers visitors high-tech adventure (simulators, virtual installations), including four special cinemas: the Konzernwelt focuses on the culture of the company; Autolab highlights carmaking techniq..

20C art takes pride of place in this museum. The Expressionist movement is charted in detail and particular attention is paid to German art in the inter-war period. The Surrealist section has works by Max Ernst, born in Brühl, near Cologne. Important..

This unique collection of medieval paintings from Cologne culminates in the late-Gothic works by Stefan Lochner and his contemporaries. The German, Italian, Flemish and Dutch Schools represented bear witness to the pan-European dimension of religio..