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#1Berlin Welcome Card

The Berlin WelcomeCard, available as 48-hours, 72-hours, 4-day, 5-day, or 6-day option, offers a great, cost-effective means to explore the city in-depth. Tr...

Duration 2d+
4.5 of 5 (207 reviews)
NZ$35
per traveller
Berlin Welcome Card

#2Guided Berlin City Bike Tour

Discover the history of Berlin while pedalling past distinctive historic monuments and important cultural sites. Follow your local guide as you cover much mo...

Duration 6h 30m Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
5.0 of 5 (28 reviews)
NZ$87
per adult
Guided Berlin City Bike Tour

#3Sachsenhausen Memorial Full-Day Tour

Embark on a poignant tour of one of the first Nazi concentration camps. Originally built to house political prisoners, its usage evolved through the Holocaus...

Duration 6h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
4.7 of 5 (24 reviews)
NZ$30
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Sachsenhausen Memorial Full-Day Tour

#4Admission Madame Tussauds Berlin Ticket

We Will WOW You. Totally interactive Sets, amazing costumes, exciting music and modern techniques, it’s all inside at Madame Tussauds Berlin. Experience your...

Duration 3h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
4.6 of 5 (6 reviews)
NZ$33
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Admission Madame Tussauds Berlin Ticket

#5Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Full-Day Tour

Central to the network of inhumane concentration camps, Sachsenhausen was also an SS training facility. Learn of its atrocities and gain historical perspecti...

Duration 6h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
4.6 of 5 (92 reviews)
NZ$30
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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Full-Day Tour

#6The Potsdam tour - 6 hours

ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productStop At: Nadav Jacob's Berlin Experience, Prenzlauer Allee 51, 10405 Berlin GermanyPotsdam gardens and p...

Duration 6h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
NZ$621
per adult
The Potsdam tour - 6 hours

#7City Centre Half-Day Walking Tour

Introduce yourself to Berlin with a broad overview of its most famous sights on this walking tour. Your guide leads you through the significant local and his...

Duration 4h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
4.7 of 5 (142 reviews)
NZ$25
per adult
City Centre Half-Day Walking Tour

#8Berlin Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

Explore Berlin's major sites on an unlimited hop-on hop-off bus tour. With a 24 or 48 hour pass, discover the German capital at your own pace, seeing all of ...

Duration 1d+ Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
3.8 of 5 (114 reviews)
NZ$46
per adult
Berlin Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

#9LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Berlin Tickets

Experience – Explore – Discover! The colourful LEGO® brick world at LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Berlin offers 10 different stations to play, create and build....

Duration 3h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
3.6 of 5 (2 reviews)
NZ$26
per adult
LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Berlin Tickets

#10Dresden Full-Day Guided Tour

Discover the delights of Dresden, one of Germany’s cultural centres, on this guided tour. Although the city suffered greatly during periods of Allied bombing...

Duration 10h Free Cancellation Free Cancellation
4.7 of 5 (41 reviews)
NZ$103
per traveller
Dresden Full-Day Guided Tour

Places to Visit in Berlin

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Gendarmenmarkt

Enjoy the old-world atmosphere of this elegant square, which is bordered by two cathedrals and a grand concert hall.

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Hackescher Markt

Bring along euros to purchase designer goods and alternative fashions at one of the most interesting shopping districts in the city.

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Berliner Philharmonie

Receiving both architectural and acoustic acclaim, this concert hall in the Kulturforum district is the best place to see the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Treptower Park

Stroll along the Spree River, check out the Soviet War Memorial or jump onboard a sightseeing boat ride from this leafy public park in Alt Treptow.

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Berlin State Opera

A variety of exceptional opera productions are staged in the hallowed halls of this Prussian treasure, which has been rebuilt tree times during its 250-year tenure.

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TV Tower (Fernsehturm)

Take in breathtaking views of Berlin and enjoy a meal in a revolving restaurant inside the sphere of this iconic tower, the tallest structure in Germany.
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Humboldt University

Explore the city center campus of this famous educational institution, which has nurtured some of the greatest minds in history.

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Konzerthaus Berlin

Admire the architecture of this grand concert hall and listen to an orchestral performance in the lavish auditorium.

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Altes Museum

Learn about life in ancient Europe and marvel at antiquities from the Greek and Roman eras in this grand neoclassical building on Berlin’s Museum Island.

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Parisier Platz

Take in views of the Brandenburg Gate and the edge of sprawling Tiergarten park from this expansive and handsome public square.

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Tempelhof Park

Eat a picnic, go cycling or attend outdoor festivals in this former airport turned public park, one of the largest communal areas in the city.

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German Historical Museum

Learn about Germany’s compelling history through this vast collection, which takes an honest and unflinching look at this modern European nation.

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German Chancellery

The white and shining headquarters of federal government on the banks of the River Spree is a testimony to the newest chapter in German history. 
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Nikolaikirche

This church dates back to Berlin’s medieval beginnings. It’s now one of the city’s great museums.
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French Cathedral

Named for its ornate dome, this beautiful 18th-century tower within Mitte’s Gendarmenmarkt is a great place to see sweeping views across the city.

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Red Town Hall

Look for the distinct red-brick building in the central district of Mitte to see where Berlin’s mayor works. Inside, tour the ornately decorated rooms and interesting historical exhibitions.
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Lustgarten

Once a royal garden, this elegant public park is now a perfect resting and picnic spot for city explorers.

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Tiergarten Soviet War Memorial

Discover a lesser-told story from Berlin’s history at this unique memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers, set in the lush grounds of the Tiergarten.

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Reichstag

A real survivor of the city's recent past, in the face of bombings and ambush, the German Parliament building stands tall as a symbol of hope and unity in the city.

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Berlin Wall Memorial

The history of the wall that became the symbol of one of Berlin’s darkest periods has been captured in this sombre museum.

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Museum Island

A UNESCO World Heritage Site that comprises some of the cultural highlights not only of Berlin, but all of Europe, and spans nearly 6,000 years of civilisation.

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Berlin Zoo

Visit some of the world’s most exotic animals without leaving the city. Berlin houses one of the biggest and most elegant zoos in Europe.

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Holocaust Memorial

This architecturally powerful memorial is an important reminder of the millions of Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust in the 1903s and 1940s.

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Potsdamer Platz

This public square once lay divided between East and West Germany, now it brings people together in a celebration of their city.

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Brandenburg Gate

One of Europe’s most powerful landmarks, this German symbol dates back to 1791 and has played a huge role in the country’s political culture ever since.

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Berliner Dom

This grand cathedral, with its impressive turquoise dome and towering sandstone walls, is hard to miss on the Berlin skyline.

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AquaDom

This unique indoor water feature, a huge cylinder swimming with marine life, gives visitors the joy of deep sea diving without getting wet.

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Alexanderplatz

There are many debates about where the real centre of Berlin is, but Alexanderplatz, with its teetering tower and retail therapy, is certainly a contender.

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DDR Museum

Nowhere gives a better picture of the daily life of Berliners in the old East Germany than this truly interactive museum.

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Schloss Charlottenburg

Experience the decadence of royal life in one of Europe’s grandest palaces, steeped in more than two centuries of history.

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Checkpoint Charlie

Visit one of Berlin’s most famous relics of the Cold War. Once a place of chilling fear and dramatic escape attempts, it is now one of the city's big attractions.

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Bebelplatz

This 18th-century square in the heart of the central district of Mitte has an opera house, cathedral and a library and was once the site of a Nazi book-burning event.
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Bellevue Palace

Admire this magnificent neoclassical palace built for a Prussian prince in 1786 in the leafy Tiergarten, which today holds the official seat for the German president.
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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

The ruins of a Protestant church stand next to a modern place of worship, creating a scene that captures the destruction, and the regrowth, that comes from war.
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Victory Column

Don’t leave Berlin without saying hello to Golden Lizzie, the gleaming statue at the top of the city’s best-known landmark.  
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Bode Museum

Find an impressive collection of ancient sculptures, Byzantine art and coins from antiquity in this beautiful Baroque Revival building on Berlin’s Museum Island.
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East Side Gallery

Visit this monument along the Spree River to see more than 100 murals celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall and Berlin’s reunification.
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Marienkirche

One of Berlin’s oldest churches, a Gothic medieval building in the heart of the central district of Mitte, holds an immense fresco called The Dance of Death.
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Friedrichstrasse Vacation Packages

Cutting through Berlin’s Mitte district is a street known equally for its Cold War history and its upmarket department stores.

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Torstrasse Vacation Packages

Not yet as obvious as some of Berlin’s other major entertainment precincts, Torstrasse is rapidly becoming Mitte’s hub for fashionable restaurants and bars.

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Kurfuerstendamm Vacation Packages

Often described as “Berlin’s Champs-Élysées,” this elegant promenade is the city’s premier shopping strip and is punctuated with a moving war memorial.

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Oberbaum Bridge (Oberbaumbrücke)

Walk along one of Berlin’s iconic landmarks that once fortified Berlin and connected East to West. It now offers fantastic city and river views.
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Belvedere on the Pfingstberg

Admire the superbly symmetrical design of this Renaissance-style palace commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV as a tribute to the beauty of New Garden.

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Schloss Cecilienhof

The Hohenzollern dynasty’s last palace is a historical treasure with a story that is entwined with the fall of the Prussian Kingdom and the end of World War II.

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Molecule Man

Snap photos of this awe-inspiring artwork depicting humans filled with hundreds of holes that represent the molecules that create us.

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Pergamon Museum

The most famous of Berlin’s museums holds an ancient collection of epic proportions, dating back more than 2,000 years.

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New Garden

Discover the architectural treasures and landscaped gardens of this expansive parkland between the Heilige and Jungfern lakes in Potsdam’s northern district.

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Berlin Neighbourhoods

Mitte

Berlin’s central district is a convergence of quaint residential streets, sprawling Soviet squares and some of Europe’s most revered museums.

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Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

The glamorous heart of former West Berlin remains one of Berlin’s most coveted neighborhoods and the city’s premier retail destination.

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Kreuzberg

One of Berlin’s coolest neighborhoods has a long history of youthful indulgence, a diverse ethnic population and some of the city’s best entertainment precincts.

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Friedrichshain

Straddling the eastern side of the River Spree, this former industrial precinct is today the home of some of Berlin’s most progressive nightclubs.

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Prenzlauer Berg

Romantic cobbled streets, lazy weekend breakfasts and a lively flea market have made this district a favorite among families and young couples.

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Tiergarten

Enter a peaceful park full of forests, lakes and long expanses of grass, all within minutes of the city centre.

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