What to do in BERLIN. A Travel Guide

We spend a full day exploring the city of Berlin. We start off taking a walk through Tiergarten, a huge park in the centre of the city. We make our way to Brandenburg Gate, The Reichstag (Parliament) Building, and Holocaust Memorial (The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe). After that we figure out how to use the U-Bahn (train) to make our way back to the Ellington Hotel, where we’re staying. After that we make our way to East Berlin to check out the East Side Gallery, which is what remains of the Berlin Wall. At the end of our day we head to Markthalle Neun to try some currywurst.

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Tiergarten:
For Berliners, Tiergarten Park is the city’s green lung – just like New York’s Central Park or London’s Hyde Park. Close to the city centre and bordering such major sights as the Brandenburg Gate or Potsdamer Platz, the forested grounds cover a spreading 210 hectares, nearly 519 acres – slightly more than Hyde Park.
Tiergarten Park is very much at the heart of Berlin life – attracting joggers, skaters, cyclists and walkers, as well as those who just want to relax in the sun. The park’s spreading green lawns are popular for family picnics, ball games or simply unwinding and taking it easy – an ideal place to recharge your batteries on a break from some serious shopping or seeing the sights.

Brandenburg Gate:
The Brandenburg Gate is one of the most iconic sights in today’s vibrant Berlin. More than just Berlin’s only surviving historical city gate, this site came to symbolise Berlin’s Cold War division into East and West – and, since the fall of the Wall, a reunified Germany. Architecturally, the sandstone Brandenburg Gate also represents one of the earliest and most attractive examples of a neo-classical building in Germany.

Reichstag:
Reichstag, building in Berlin that is the meeting place of the Bundestag (“Federal Assembly”), the lower house of Germany’s national legislature. One of Berlin’s most famous landmarks, it is situated at the northern end of the Ebertstrasse and near the south bank of the Spree River. Tiergarten Park is directly west of the building, and the Brandenburg Gate is to the south.

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe:
In 1999, after lengthy debates, the German parliament decided to establish a central memorial site, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The competition to design it was won by the New York architect Peter Eisenman. The memorial was ceremonially opened in 2005.

East Side Gallery:
At 1316 metres long, the open-air art gallery on the banks of the Spree in Friedrichshain is the longest continuous section of the Berlin Wall still in existence. Immediately after the wall came down, 118 artists from 21 countries began painting the East Side Gallery, and it officially opened as an open air gallery on 28 September 1990. Just over a year later, it was given protected memorial status.

As the name implies, Markthalle Neun was the ninth (of a total of 14) market halls built in Berlin in the late 19th century. It did a roaring trade for decades but over time succumbed to competition from supermarkets, eventually becoming the haunt of tacky discount stores.

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[pmexplore]

I was in Berlin recently. For the Reichstag building you will need to book a ticket. Which you can get if you book it online.

[dustgreylynx]

You haven't visited so much, it's like coming to New York and staying only in Brooklyn. Next time you should visit Breitscheidplatz, Charlottenburger Schloss, Spandauer Old City and Citadel, Scheunenviertel, Prenzlauer Berg, Südgelände Park, Viktoria Park and Bergmannkiez, Tegeler See and Tegel old City, Wannsee, and ofc Potsdam and Babelsberg. And definitely try the Halloumi Burger ! Beer ? Allgäuer Bübblebier, Grevensteiner, Kloster Scheyern

[kreuzfahrtkunst]

I find it interesting to see when others spend their vacation here :-) Thank you that you have visited Germany! And when you travel again to Germany, then come to see me in Bremen. I will show you my city and as I know you from your delightful videos, you will surely like it here. Best regards, Stefan

[peterking]

Very interesting. Things have changed a lot since I was there with the British Berlin Infantry Brigade, Armoured Sqn (Chieftain tanks). Our job was to patrol the wall, and if the ballon went up, head for Brandenburg Tor (gate).

[jasonbarney]

Really great video, guys! Headed to Berlin myself in early October and this is just wetting the appetite.

[ericripley]

Thought this was your best video yet and we have watched them all. Will be looking forward to the next.

[DariaThomasNr]

That is the first place where I have been to. 🙈
Greetings from Germany! 🙂

[myrahyland]

Awesome video!  August loved the music.  She did a lot of dancing :)

[Matthew-owbi]

Thank you. I cant wait for my trip. And i went to Montreal last year

[nismo]

I was born in Montreal. I grew up in Berlin in the 80's. I miss Berlin!!! Cool video! You should have had some Berliner Kindl or Schulteiss. Berlin beer :)

[TheJuanshouse]

I love Berlin. Its by far my favourite city in the world

[edwardthejust]

Great videography especially the opening in the park. One of your best videos. I am craving Currywurst now!

[effie-Toronto]

Lovely video thanks for the information we will be in Berlin in May 2019

[taki]

i am on an Anna & Trevor kick...watching some of your past videos that I have not previously seen AND some that I've watched before!!

[taichiperfect]

Planning to go there soon. Thanks for the tip!

[JasmineTasker]

Loved the video guys, I just put up my perspective of berlin too in a video. I thought I could live there too, being able to drink beer on the street could help with that though haha. Going to check out some more of your videos!!

[Galamasunrise]

The real Berlin Currywurst you get at Konnopke in East Berlin. Schönhauser Allee 44B

[apntv]

Thanks, we may head out that way next summer. :-)

[troublesworld]

You said Berlin is not the prettiest City in Europe or Germany, such as Munich, Heidelberg, Lübeck or Constance, however, this can be traced back to the Roayl British Airforce, that attacked the inner urban area with continous bombing in 2.WW making a lot of buildings perish.
However, many historic places have already been restored or even rebuilt, such as Museum Island, or currently the old Berliner Stadtschloss (City Castle). Unfortunately, you didn‘t show that, or the Gendarmenmarkt, Prenzlauer Berg (with a lot of typical Berlin ancient houses), the entire boulevard „Unter den Linden“, Schloss Charlottenburg and Bellvue, etc... so, its quite obvious that Berlin is partly still a beautiful historic City with fragments of different times. This is the only shortage of this video, you guys really did a good job! But do not merely focus on the Berlin Wall and Brandenburg Gate, there is so much more to explore in that giant Metropolis.

[awaisakbar]

The video is amazing. Can you please tell me which camera you used for recording this video? Thank you