Berlin History

Discover why Berlin looks the way it does today.

BERLiN HISTORY

Rotes Rathaus

Red Town Hall

Phil Ernst

The Red Town Hall is one of Berlin's most iconic landmarks. But few people know that Berlin's very first city hall stood on this exact site more than 750 years...

Red Town Hall

Phil Ernst

The Red Town Hall is one of Berlin's most iconic landmarks. But few people know that Berlin's very first city hall stood on this exact site more than 750 years...

Nikolaiviertel

Nikolaiviertel

Phil Ernst

The Nikolaiviertel is where Berlin began. Discover why the city's oldest district looks medieval today, the role St. Nicholas Church and the Mühlendamm played in Berlin's early history, and why...

Nikolaiviertel

Phil Ernst

The Nikolaiviertel is where Berlin began. Discover why the city's oldest district looks medieval today, the role St. Nicholas Church and the Mühlendamm played in Berlin's early history, and why...

Frankfurter Tor

Frankfurter Tor

Phil Ernst

Frankfurter Tor is one of Berlin's most iconic landmarks. But the famous twin towers tell only part of the story. Discover why the original Frankfurter Tor stood somewhere completely different,...

Frankfurter Tor

Phil Ernst

Frankfurter Tor is one of Berlin's most iconic landmarks. But the famous twin towers tell only part of the story. Discover why the original Frankfurter Tor stood somewhere completely different,...

KaDeWe

KaDeWe

Phil Ernst

KaDeWe is much more than a luxury department store. Behind its famous gourmet floor and elegant window displays lies a story spanning more than 100 years—filled with growth, destruction and...

KaDeWe

Phil Ernst

KaDeWe is much more than a luxury department store. Behind its famous gourmet floor and elegant window displays lies a story spanning more than 100 years—filled with growth, destruction and...

Bahnhof Alexanderplatz

Alexanderplatz Train Station

Phil Ernst

Alexanderplatz Train Station is one of Berlin's most important transport hubs—but its history began long before the S-Bahn, U-Bahn and Berlin TV Tower. Discover why the station was built on...

Alexanderplatz Train Station

Phil Ernst

Alexanderplatz Train Station is one of Berlin's most important transport hubs—but its history began long before the S-Bahn, U-Bahn and Berlin TV Tower. Discover why the station was built on...

Museumsinsel

Museum Island

Phil Ernst

Museum Island is one of Berlin's most famous landmarks. But behind its five museums lies far more than art. Built over more than 100 years, it brings together war, reconstruction,...

Museum Island

Phil Ernst

Museum Island is one of Berlin's most famous landmarks. But behind its five museums lies far more than art. Built over more than 100 years, it brings together war, reconstruction,...