Berlin History

Discover why Berlin looks the way it does today.

BERLiN HISTORY

Brandenburger Tor

Brandenburg Gate

Phil Ernst

The Brandenburg Gate is more than a tourist attraction. Between the Berlin Wall, reunification, protests, fan zones and political power, this place tells the story of Berlin like almost nowhere...

Brandenburg Gate

Phil Ernst

The Brandenburg Gate is more than a tourist attraction. Between the Berlin Wall, reunification, protests, fan zones and political power, this place tells the story of Berlin like almost nowhere...

Oberbaumbrücke

Oberbaum Bridge

Phil Ernst

The Oberbaum Bridge is more than just one of Berlin’s most beautiful landmarks. For over 300 years, it has connected Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, survived war, division, reunification, and carried the Berlin...

Oberbaum Bridge

Phil Ernst

The Oberbaum Bridge is more than just one of Berlin’s most beautiful landmarks. For over 300 years, it has connected Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, survived war, division, reunification, and carried the Berlin...

RAW Gelände

RAW Area

Phil Ernst

Once a railway repair yard, today one of Berlin’s rawest cultural spaces: RAW-Gelände in Friedrichshain tells over 150 years of industrial history, GDR reality, club culture, street art, and urban...

RAW Area

Phil Ernst

Once a railway repair yard, today one of Berlin’s rawest cultural spaces: RAW-Gelände in Friedrichshain tells over 150 years of industrial history, GDR reality, club culture, street art, and urban...

Berghain

Berghain

Phil Ernst

Berghain Berlin is more than just a nightclub. It’s a symbol of Berlin’s techno culture, underground history, and raw freedom. From its origins in the 1990s scene to its global...

Berghain

Phil Ernst

Berghain Berlin is more than just a nightclub. It’s a symbol of Berlin’s techno culture, underground history, and raw freedom. From its origins in the 1990s scene to its global...

Weltzeituhr

World Clock

Phil Ernst

Most people walk past the Berlin World Clock at Alexanderplatz without really understanding what they’re looking at.It’s not just a clock.It’s GDR design, political history, a meeting point, and a...

World Clock

Phil Ernst

Most people walk past the Berlin World Clock at Alexanderplatz without really understanding what they’re looking at.It’s not just a clock.It’s GDR design, political history, a meeting point, and a...

Fernsehturm

TV Tower

Phil Ernst

The Berlin TV Tower is not just a tourist attraction—it’s a symbol of power, propaganda, and history. Built in East Germany during the Cold War, it was designed to dominate...

TV Tower

Phil Ernst

The Berlin TV Tower is not just a tourist attraction—it’s a symbol of power, propaganda, and history. Built in East Germany during the Cold War, it was designed to dominate...