Berlin History

Discover why Berlin looks the way it does today.

BERLiN HISTORY

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...

Goldene 20er

Golden Twenties

Phil Ernst

Berlin in the 1920s wasn’t just glamour, jazz, and wild parties.It was a city between freedom and collapse.The Golden Twenties shaped everything Berlin is today – from its nightlife and...

Golden Twenties

Phil Ernst

Berlin in the 1920s wasn’t just glamour, jazz, and wild parties.It was a city between freedom and collapse.The Golden Twenties shaped everything Berlin is today – from its nightlife and...

Tropical Islands

Tropical Islands

Phil Ernst

Tropical Islands looks like a tropical paradise — palm trees, sand, warm air all year round. But behind it is a completely different story. This place started as a massive...

Tropical Islands

Phil Ernst

Tropical Islands looks like a tropical paradise — palm trees, sand, warm air all year round. But behind it is a completely different story. This place started as a massive...

Kunsthaus Tacheles

Tacheles

Phil Ernst

Tacheles was more than just an art space — it was a place where Berlin reinvented itself.Between techno, art and chaos, a unique scene emerged here after the fall of...

Tacheles

Phil Ernst

Tacheles was more than just an art space — it was a place where Berlin reinvented itself.Between techno, art and chaos, a unique scene emerged here after the fall of...

Hauptbahnhof

Central Station

Phil Ernst

Most people pass through Berlin Central Station without understanding it. It’s not just a train station — it’s a symbol of Berlin after reunification, shaped by politics, architecture, and history.

Central Station

Phil Ernst

Most people pass through Berlin Central Station without understanding it. It’s not just a train station — it’s a symbol of Berlin after reunification, shaped by politics, architecture, and history.