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Kestner Gesellschaft
It’s always worth checking listings for the Kestner Gesellschaft. Having exhibited works by Otto Dix, Georg Grosz, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee before they became famous, the society is still originating shows that later tour Europe. Its wonderfully light, high-ceilinged premise
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Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Tiergarten
The imposing Soviet War Memorial is flanked by two Russian T-34 tanks said to have been the first to enter the city in 1945. It was built by German workers on order of the Soviets and completed just months after the end of the war. More than 2000 Red Army soldiers are buried behind
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Kaisersaal
Reached from Limpurgerstrasse (around the south side of Römer ), the barrel-vaulted Kaisersaal is adorned with the mid-19th-century portraits of 52 rulers who made their mark between the 8th century and 1806. Access is via a fine little courtyard and a spiral staircase made of carv
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Crypt
The darkly festive crypt , whose candy-striped Romanesque arches - like those on the west front - recall Moorish architecture (ask for an English- language brochure). Stuffed into a side room, up some stairs, are the sandstone sarcophagi of eight emperors and kings, along with some
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City Walls & Gates
Today only two of 32 gates, plus a small brick section, remain of the old city wall. The 55m-high Kröpeliner Tor stands at the western end of Kröpeliner Strasse. From here, you can follow the Wallanlagen (city walls) through the pleasant park to Wallstrasse and the other surviving
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Rote Flora
One of the most outstanding remnants of the area’s rougher days, the graffiti-covered Rote Flora looks one step away from demolition. Once the famous Flora Theatre, it’s now an alternative cultural centre with a calendar of new music, protests and events. The city protected it from
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Handwerkerhof
A recreation of an old-world Nuremberg crafts quarter, the Handwerkerhof is a self-contained tourist trap by the Königstor. Its about as quaint as a hammer on your thumbnail, but if youre in the market for souvenirs you may find some decent merchandise (and the bratwurst arent bad
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Audi Forum
Audi Forum exhibits on three floors chart Audis humble beginnings in 1899 to its latest dream machines such as the R8. Some 50 cars and 20 motorbikes are on display, including prototypes that glide past visitors on an open lift. Take bus 11 or 44 to the terminus from the Hauptbahnh
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Gedenkstätte Seelower Höhen
This memorial exhibit commemorates one of the last major battles of WWII, which took place on the Seelow Heights, a plateau overlooking the Oder river valley. Some 100,000 German soldiers held off the Soviet advance for about three days in brutal fighting that left an estimated 50,
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PalmenGarten
Established in 1871, the botanical PalmenGarten (palm garden) is filled with historic tropical hothouses, rose gardens, playgrounds for kids, a pond with row boats (May to September) and a mini-gauge train. Open-air concerts take place here in summer. There’s a second entrance on P
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Katschhof
Its worth finding a comfy spot to sit and contemplate this deeply historic square. At the north end is the backside of the Rathaus; across from it is the Dom and its complex of buildings. To the west is a mishmash of old buildings that have parts dating back to when this was part o
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Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum
Medieval implements of torture and punishment are on show at this gruesomely fascinating museum. Exhibits include chastity belts, masks of disgrace for gossips, a cage for cheating bakers, a neck brace for quarrelsome women and a beer-barrel pen for drunks. You can even snap a self
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Mönchehaus Museum
Set in a 16th-century half-timbered house, this museum has changing exhibits of modern art, including works by the most recent winner of the prestigious Kaiserring art prize; past winners include Henry Moore, Joseph Beuys and Rebecca Horn. Look for the interesting sculptures in the
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Neubau
Towering above Pfarrgasse is the steep-roofed, 16th-century Neubau, built as an arsenal and granary and now used as a theatre. Ascend the stone staircase for dreamy views over red-roofed houses to the former city fortifications, the covered Roter Steg bridge and the Henkerbrücke (H
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Schloss Lustheim
While construction of Prince-Elector Max Emanuels Neues Schloss Schleissheim was going on, the elector and his retinue resided in the fanciful hunting palace of Schloss Lustheim, on a little island in the eastern Schlosspark. It now provides an elegant setting for porcelain masterp
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Staatliche Kunsthalle
Sidling up to the Museum Frieder Burda is this sky-lit gallery, which showcases rotating exhibitions of contemporary art in neoclassical surrounds. Recently it zoomed in on the highly experimental works of Czech artist Eva Kotátková and the expressionistic painting of Beijing-based
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Alter Jüdischer Friedhof
What looks like a small park was in fact Berlin’s first Jewish cemetery, destroyed by the Nazis in 1943. Some 12,000 people were buried here between 1672 and 1827, including the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His tombstone (not the original) stands representative for all the six-fe
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Albrecht Berblinger Plaque
This bronze plaque marks where Albrecht Berblinger, a tailor who invented a flying machine, attempted to fly over the Danube in 1811. The so-called ‘Tailor of Ulm’ made an embarrassing splash landing but his design was later shown to be workable (his failure was caused by a lack o
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Alte Universität
The most historic facilities of Ruprecht-Karls-Universität are around Universitätsplatz , dominated by the Alte Universität (1712–28; on the south side) and the Neue Universität (1931; on the north side), the ‘old’ and ‘new’ university buildings respectively. Nearby stands the Löwe
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Puppentheater
At this little museum, you’ll enter a fantasy world inhabited by adorable hand puppets, marionettes, shadow puppets, stick figures and all manner of dolls, dragons and devils from around the world. Many of them hit the stage singing and dancing during shows that enthral both the yo
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