Berlin History

Discover why Berlin looks the way it does today.

BERLiN HISTORY

Berliner Straßenbahn

Berlin Tram

Phil Ernst

Why do trams in Berlin still run mainly in the East? Discover more than 160 years of Berlin tram history – from horse-drawn trams and the city’s division to the...

Berlin Tram

Phil Ernst

Why do trams in Berlin still run mainly in the East? Discover more than 160 years of Berlin tram history – from horse-drawn trams and the city’s division to the...

Reichstag

Reichstag

Phil Ernst

The Reichstag is far more than the glass dome of the German Bundestag. Discover its history from the German Empire through the Reichstag fire and war to the division of...

Reichstag

Phil Ernst

The Reichstag is far more than the glass dome of the German Bundestag. Discover its history from the German Empire through the Reichstag fire and war to the division of...

Berliner Dom

Berlin Cathedral

Phil Ernst

Berlin Cathedral is more than just a magnificent church on Lustgarten. Discover its history from the first predecessor buildings and the Hohenzollern dynasty to the German Empire, wartime destruction, reconstruction...

Berlin Cathedral

Phil Ernst

Berlin Cathedral is more than just a magnificent church on Lustgarten. Discover its history from the first predecessor buildings and the Hohenzollern dynasty to the German Empire, wartime destruction, reconstruction...

Holocaust-Mahnmal

Holocaust Memorial

Phil Ernst

The Holocaust Memorial is one of Berlin’s most important sites of remembrance. Discover the history behind the 2711 stelae, why their meaning is still debated today, and why this place...

Holocaust Memorial

Phil Ernst

The Holocaust Memorial is one of Berlin’s most important sites of remembrance. Discover the history behind the 2711 stelae, why their meaning is still debated today, and why this place...

AMPELMANN Berlin

AMPELMANN Berlin

Phil Ernst

AMPELMANN is one of Berlin's most iconic brands. But there's much more behind the famous Ampelmännchen than a popular souvenir. Discover how Karl Peglau and Markus Heckhausen turned a simple...

AMPELMANN Berlin

Phil Ernst

AMPELMANN is one of Berlin's most iconic brands. But there's much more behind the famous Ampelmännchen than a popular souvenir. Discover how Karl Peglau and Markus Heckhausen turned a simple...

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...