Berlin in 4 days

Morning

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  Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas) about 45 minutes

  Peter Eisenman's field of 2,711 concrete stelae, with an underground information centre on the Holocaust.

• 5 min on foot
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  Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) about 30 minutes · heart of the city

  Berlin's neoclassical triumphal gate on Pariser Platz, the city's best-known symbol of division and reunification.

• 5 min on foot
• Reichstag Building and Glass Dome (Reichstagskuppel) about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  The seat of the German parliament, with a free glass dome and roof terrace that give a 360-degree view over the government quarter - but you must register first.

Afternoon

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  Gendarmenmarkt with the French and German Cathedrals about 45 minutes

  Berlin's most elegant square, framed by the Konzerthaus and two twin domed cathedrals, one with a free parliamentary-history exhibition and the other with a tower viewing platform.

• 6 min on foot
• Unter den Linden with Bebelplatz and Neue Wache about 1 hour

  Berlin's grand 1.5 km boulevard from the Brandenburg Gate to the Museum Island, passing Bebelplatz's book-burning memorial and the Neue Wache.

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Morning

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  Museum Island (Museumsinsel) about 45 minutes · heart of the city

  A UNESCO-listed island in the Spree with five world-class museums - walk the ensemble, then go inside the one or two houses that suit you.

• 7 min on foot
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  Neues Museum (Neues Museum) about 2 hours

  Home of the Nefertiti bust, the Egyptian collection and the Berlin Gold Hat, inside a beautifully restored war ruin.

Afternoon

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  DDR Museum about 2 hours

  A hands-on museum of everyday life in East Germany, with a replica prefab flat and a Trabi driving simulator.

• 10 min on foot
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  Berlin TV Tower (Berliner Fernsehturm) about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  Berlin's tallest structure, with a 360-degree viewing deck at 203 m reached by a fast lift.

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Morning

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  Topography of Terror (Topographie des Terrors) about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  A free documentation centre and open-air exhibition on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters, showing how the Nazi terror apparatus was organised.

Afternoon

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  Checkpoint Charlie about 45 minutes

  The best-known Cold War border crossing between East and West Berlin, now a free open-air spot with a replica guard house, a street marker and a new outdoor exhibition, next to the private Wall Museum.

• 12 min on foot
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  Jewish Museum Berlin (with ANOHA children's world) about 2 hours and 15 minutes

  Berlin's big museum of Jewish life in Germany, housed in the striking Libeskind Building, with a free core exhibition and ANOHA, a hands-on children's world.

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Morning

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  Potsdamer Platz & Panoramapunkt about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  Berlin's rebuilt modern square, with the Sony Center and the Panoramapunkt viewing platform at 100 m in the Kollhoff Tower.

Afternoon

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  Gemäldegalerie (Old Masters Picture Gallery) about 2 hours and 15 minutes

  One of the world's great collections of European painting from the 13th to 18th centuries, at the Kulturforum.

• 14 min by public transport
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  Tiergarten (Großer Tiergarten) about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  Berlin's giant central park of lakes, lawns, a rose garden and memorials, running from the Zoo to the Brandenburg Gate.

• 11 min on foot
• Victory Column (Siegessäule) about 45 minutes

  The golden-topped Victory Column in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform reached by 285 steps.

Evening

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  Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche) about 30 minutes

  The bombed church tower left as a war memorial, next to Egon Eiermann's blue-glass modern church on Breitscheidplatz.

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