There is no such place where you could not get by public transport. Having traveled, for example, along the entire route number 29 from Grunewald (Grunewald), a rich and respectable area, to the final stop in one of the poorest areas of Berlin, you can observe how the face of the city is changing, it. Grunewald is an area of ​​rich villas, consulates, various houses of creativity. This is an area of ​​the respectable bourgeoisie. But, passing by museums, theaters, modern skyscrapers, you gradually find yourself in an area where the majority of the population are immigrants. Here you will hear foreign speech more often than German. Traveling along the entire route from one final stop to another, you can observe a peculiar cut of the social life of modern Berlin.

Charming double-decker buses run around the city around the clock according to their routes and schedules. A trip on such a bus is a great opportunity to get the first general impression of Berlin without leaving the bus.

Another very interesting bus route in Berlin is the so-called “weave” - route number 100. Having bought a bus ticket and driving along the entire route, you will see almost all the historical sights of Berlin that guidebooks advise you to see.

You will see the sights of Berlin: the presidential residence - Bellevue Palace, the building, Unter der Liden Street, the palaces of the Prussian kings, the Humboldt University, the opera house, the cathedral, the television tower. In the German capital, you can get off the bus at any stop, take a closer look at those sights of Berlin that especially attracted your attention, and then continue your trip around the city again. A one-way ticket on any mode of transport is valid for two hours. I assure you, it is very practical and convenient. Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity.

Numerous river buses run along the river Spree. They go around the Island of Museums from two sides. The view from the water of the ancient Prussian capital is impressive. Sometimes, the prevailing image of Berlin suddenly changes, and you notice an unexpected resemblance either to Venice, the pearl, or to our St. Petersburg. A river walk will show you that the whole city is cut by rivers and canals, and numerous bridges and small bridges, like stitches in sewing, hold the fabric of the city together. You can imagine yourself as a special royal blood and take a walk along the river from Berlin's landmark - the 12th century Charlottenburg Palace, the former summer residence of the wife of Elector Frederick III, heading into the city center and admiring the magnificent views. Such a walk, lasting an hour and a half, will give you great, incomparable pleasure.

The area around Savignyplatz is an area whose development began in the 10s. Successful engineers, doctors, lawyers, representatives of the bourgeoisie began to settle here, running away from the smoke of factories and factories on the one hand, and not wanting to coexist with snobs from palaces, ministries and barracks, on the other. Their elegant houses, decorated with stucco, columns and caryatids, expressed their self-esteem, spoke directly about their prosperity and well-being. Gradually, it was here that the intellectual and cultural life of the city began to move. The first cinema in the city appeared here. The first metro line also began to operate here. A new opera house was also built here. A large number of excellent tenement houses attracted people associated with art here. This prevailing spirit of enlightened bourgeoisism was not disturbed even by the changes that took place in Berlin in the sphere of politics. Artists continue to be attracted to the area. When an international film festival was held in Berlin, all the restaurants in the area were full of people whose belonging to this event could be identified by festival bags. And this is despite the fact that the festival events were held in a completely different part of the city.

Cultural life is in full swing in Berlin. It hosts both traditional academic events, as well as alternative and simply entertaining ones. Choice for every taste! You can familiarize yourself with the events, their program and timing by reading the full program for the next two weeks, which is published in Zitty and Tip magazines. You will find all the information you need there.

Museums in Berlin are full of unique masterpieces of world art. But, surprisingly, there are quite a few visitors in museums. But this is only a plus for the tourist. You have the opportunity to calmly walk around all the halls and calmly enjoy the contemplation of masterpieces. Almost all museums are closed on Monday, but don't let that fact discourage you. You have the opportunity to go to the Grunewald area, which is located quite far from the center. Here, among the greenery of the park, you will see the one-story building of the Brücke Museum. If you are close to expressionist painting, you should definitely get here. The Brücke Museum is a museum of German Expressionist artists who were part of the Bridge association. The works of Kirchner, Schmidt-Rotluff and Pechstein will amaze you with their expressiveness, riot of colors, and the power of the stroke.

Near Potsdamerplatz there are several museums, a collection of engravings and an art library. Here is the Church of St. Matthew, the Berlin Philharmonic. On the other side of the street you will see the largest public library in Europe. No wonder this place is called “Forum of Culture”. If you go to the Museum of Musical Instruments, here you can not only look at ancient and rare musical instruments, but also listen to their sound. Each visitor is given headphones in which these ancient musical instruments sound.

The state art gallery contains paintings by such old masters as Cranach, Botticelli, Bosch, Vermeer. In the New National Gallery you can admire the masterpieces of modernism. The Museum of Applied Arts is famous for its exhibits, showcasing both simple and complex crafts. You can spend the whole day enjoying the masterpieces of world culture, and in the evening attend a concert in one of the best concert halls in the world.

Now it is difficult to imagine that after the end of the war, this place was only a pile of stones instead of buildings. Only two houses survived - the drinking house "Hut" and the remains of the Grand Hotel "Esplanade", more precisely, only its hall. Now it is closed with a glass cap and included in one of the high-rise buildings. And before, many famous people stayed at the Esplanade Grand Hotel, such as, for example, Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo. Life was in full swing around. In 1961, the Berlin Wall passed right through Potsdamerplatz. And this place immediately turned into a kind of dead end with a huge wasteland near the wall. Even the buildings of the Berlin Philharmonic, the National Gallery and the State Library built here could not change this impression. Only with the beginning of the construction of the “Forum of Culture”, which began shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, did its former glory return to this place. In the nineties, a huge rack unfolded here. It was called the main construction site in Europe. Now it is already impossible to imagine that once, and not so long ago, there was a wasteland in this place, where they sold contraband cigarettes, punks spent the night, there was a tent of a circus tent.

The island of museums, which goes around two branches of the Spree, is recognized by UNESCO as part of the world cultural heritage. You can drive around the island by car, or you can admire it from the elevated metro car. Sometimes the train passes houses so close that you can even see some of the museum exhibits. Nabokov described this in his work "The Gift", and this is not an exaggeration of the great writer. Trains in Berlin can be called the fastest way to travel. Since all routes pass along high flyovers, you have a great opportunity to view all the sights of Berlin from the window of the car.

An integral part of any tourist program is visiting museums. It is here that the most valuable, memorable and historically significant artifacts are collected. History comes to life here and seems to take each guest into the thick of distant events. That is why we have prepared a list of must-see and visit museums in Berlin.

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This unusual name hides one of the most delightful complexes of the German capital. It is unlikely that there will be at least one tourist who has never heard of this unique place before. Pergamon is located in the very center of the city and includes a whole complex of colossal architectural buildings.

In the center is the altar of the same name (age dated 160-180 BC), which thousands of people come to cling to every day. To understand the popularity of the exposition, it is worth at least once to be in the company of these monumental buildings.

The collection of masterpieces collected in one place is also impressive. All of them are divided into three subspecies and allow you to plunge into different eras. Here are collected masterpieces of antiquity, Islamic states and countries that belong to the front of Asia. It is difficult to say where else such an amazing collection of creations from Greece and Rome is collected. And the Procession Road, which was brought here from Babylon (6th century BC), evokes a unique feeling for visitors. Pergamon is open daily and the ticket price is only a few euros.

Jewish Museum

We advise you to set aside time to visit galleries dedicated to the history of the Jewish community. The halls are dedicated to various periods and themes. Here you can get acquainted with the history of the first Jews, find out the names of the most famous representatives of this nationality, who made a significant contribution to the development of the German state. It seems that the Germans feel the full burden of responsibility for the hardships that the Jews had to endure during the war years. The main exhibit of the historical exhibition is the building itself, the author of which is the brilliant architect D. Libeskind. It includes the Holocaust Tower, the Garden of Exiles and Emigration. All this makes a very serious impression, so visitors with weak nerves should think carefully before crossing the threshold of the institution. Daily opening hours are from 10 am to 8 pm (Monday is 2 hours longer), and you will have to pay only 8 euros for a ticket.

Kulturforum

Under this name, several cultural and historical institutions are united at once. To visit all the museums, it is worth allocating a whole day. All art lovers will enjoy a walk through the halls of the art gallery and the national gallery. Admirers of musical arts will be able to have a great time in the Philharmonic (the oldest building of the complex, founded in the 1960s and capable of accommodating up to 2.5 thousand people at the same time) or the chamber music hall. Well, connoisseurs of quality literature are recommended to go to the state library, which contains the works of hundreds of authors of all times and peoples. The Berlin Cabinet of Engravings contains a collection of more than 100,000 artists known throughout the world. Without any doubt, this museum complex is worth it to be included in the must-visit program for every Berlin tourist.

Berggruen Museum

Another interesting monument of art is located in the Charlottenburg district. The impressive collection of exhibits presented at the Berggruen Museum belongs to the style of classical modernism and is considered the largest in the world. The collection was donated by the writer and journalist H. Bergrün and today is part of the cultural heritage of Prussia. Particularly valuable exhibits are paintings painted by the brilliant P. Picasso, of which, by the way, there are more than a hundred. The largest collection of his works allows us to trace how the style of painting changed, how a professional gradually grew from a simple sixteen-year-old boy, whose canvases are still among the most coveted both by private collectors and expositions around the world.

It will not be possible to pass by the paintings of another genius of his time - the German representative of the avant-garde style - Paul Klee. About 60 of his best works are presented in the halls. But the collection is not limited to these names. In addition to dozens of the most famous paintings by modernist artists, works by less venerable artists are often put on display here. The museum is open every day except Monday. The ticket price ranges from 4 to 10 euros.

Bode Museum

One of the most beautiful buildings in Berlin, which is located northwest of the Museum Island, belongs to the Bode Galleries. The institution is very popular among the indigenous people of the city and guests of the capital. The presented exhibits are divided among three complexes: the art of Byzantium, the Coin Cabinet and the collection of sculptures. Although the idea of ​​​​creation belonged to Emperor Frederick the Third, it was named after the chief art critic, who was able to correctly place accents in the collection of valuable exhibits. As soon as visitors enter one of the galleries, many people immediately take their breath away from the rich interior decoration of the gallery and the abundance of unique artifacts and works of art presented.

Here you can find the most successful works of the sculptors Schluter and gave Robbia, chic staircases and statues of first-class marble, which depict the above-mentioned emperor. But the hall, which presents exhibits telling about different periods of the existence of two strongest empires - Roman and Byzantine, is especially popular with visitors. Although it will be very entertaining to get acquainted with the 500,000th collection of coins that are stored in neighboring galleries. The exhibition is open daily, and a pass can be purchased for just a few euros.

Museum of the GDR

This museum can be called a museum of the history of German socialism, because its expositions fully illustrate the way of life of a democratic republic for 40 years. The pedantic Germans did not squeamishly abandon it after unification with the FRG, and in 2006, at the initiative of the far-sighted political scientist Kanzelmann, the above-mentioned museum was opened on the banks of the Spree. It proved to be very popular with East and West Germans, as well as with tourists from other countries. The museum exists only on funds received from visits and from the sale of souvenirs. If we take into account that since the opening day it has managed to double in size, then we can be convinced of the great popularity of the institution.

All aspects of the life of the state are meticulously recreated here: family life, culture, art, politics, industry, law, fashion, economics, ideology. The expositions include items of clothing, dishes, alcoholic beverages, literature of that period, magazines, newspapers - everything that surrounded East Germans. In the museum, it is allowed to touch the exhibits with your hands, open the lockers, examine the contents. You can even sit behind the wheel of a unique car "Trabant" (Sputnik), similar to a children's toy. Such cars were produced at the Horch factories. Tourists are offered a huge number of souvenirs.

Ticket price: adults - 6 euros, det. – 4.FS

Opening hours: daily - 10.00-20.00, Sat - until 22.00.

Museum of Homosexuality

The name of this museum immediately causes a certain rejection due to the prevailing negative stereotypes, but after visiting it, the attitude changes. The only such museum in the world presents evidence of the problem of physiological transformation resulting from genetic failure. The museum exhibits trace the history of homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders, queers and intersex people. Among the exhibits there are photographs - evidence of a sex change - the transformation of a man into a woman and vice versa. There are documents telling about the persecution of sexual minorities by the National Socialists. The tragic fates of 24 Jews reflected on the posters, who suffered from their unconventionality and tried to convey their pain through literary works, arouse sympathy.

An example of this is the lesbian Erica Mann, daughter of the famous writer T. Mann; master mime, actor Raymonds, who is still alive. The famous Marlene Dietrich did not hide her male inclinations, despite traditional marriages. Their fates are also reflected in the exhibits of the museum. Of particular interest and understanding arise when visiting the exhibition of the GDR artist Hass, the main theme of whose paintings was his own unconventionality. Looking at his self-portrait depicting a spiritual, beautiful young man, you understand that he is not to blame for his inclinations and you begin to treat such people differently. But this delicate deviation should not be made the object of general attention and publicity, the subject of propaganda, as is happening now in Europe.

Address: Luetzowstrasse 73.

Open for visits: Wed.-Fri., Sun.-Mon. – from 14.00 to 18.00, Sat. – until 19.00,; out. - Tuesday.

Entrance ticket - 6 euros.

Luftwaffe Museum

The Museum of the German Air Force Luftwaffe was organized after the closure of the RAF base at the airfield in Gatow. In the early 1930s, high ranks of German aviation trained and trained here, after the Victory, the Soviet Air Force also managed to visit. In 1994, left out of work, the Gatov airfield turned into a parking lot for aircraft of different eras and designs, helicopters and airships. In the hangars of the museum and in the open air, fighters and MiGs, MI-8 helicopters, pre-war light models, attack aircraft and bombers of the Second World War, modern examples of crashed aircraft are presented.

A large exposition presents Soviet aircraft equipment, mainly left over from the presence of Soviet troops in Germany: airplanes, helicopters, air defense systems, radars. Part of the air base is now operational, so the smaller exhibits of the museum are located in 3 hangars, large aircraft are in the open air. The area of ​​the museum is separated by a fence and guarded. The museum provides an opportunity to make virtual tours of its territory, if you go to its official website. All exhibits of the museum can be carefully examined and satisfy your curiosity.

Address: Kladower Damm 182

Open for visits: Tuesday-Sunday, from 10.00 to 18.00, entrance closes at 17.00. The visit is free.

Website address: www. Luftwaffenmuseum. de

museum island

Not every capital of the world can boast of such luxury as the whole Museum Island. Berlin has every right to be proud of an invaluable asset - 5 museums that have collected in their unique expositions a visual history of 6 millennia. This wealth is located on the island of Spreeinsel, located on the Spree River and dividing it into 2 branches. The formation of the museum complex began at the end of the 18th century as the embodiment of the idea of ​​Friedrich Wilhelm - to create a museum of antiquity on the picturesque island. But its implementation came true only in the 30s of the 19th century, when the Old Museum of ancient collections was opened, from ancient Greek art to ancient Roman.

In 1859, the funds of the Prussian Royal Museum, later renamed the New Museum, were formed, keeping in its bowels ancient papyri and art objects of the Egyptian Museum, valuable relics of the Museum of Primitive and Early History. The next step was the opening of the Old National Gallery (1876), which brought together paintings and sculptures by European artists of the 19th century. After 26 years, the Bode Museum arose, exhibiting rarities of Byzantine art (13-19 centuries), works by German and Italian sculptors from the early Middle Ages to the 18th century. The Pergamon Museum, founded in 1930, combined ancient, Islamic and Western Asian art, in fact - 3 museums in one. It will take more than one day to see all the exhibits briefly, but it's worth it.

How to get there: trams M 1, M 2, M 2 - stop. Hackescher Markt, metro - st. Alevanderplatz, walk from the Brandenburg Gate to the island - 15 min.

S-Bahn: S3, S5, S7(S Hachescher Markt); S1, S2, S25 (Oranienburqer Str).

Erotic Museum

This private museum was opened by a woman - the only female stuntman in Germany in the past, a former Luftwaffe pilot Beata Uze, who was left without work after the collapse of the Nazi troops. The adventurous lady ventured to open the world's first erotic supply store and achieved considerable success in this field, for which she was awarded the Federal Cross for her contribution to sexual education in 1989. From one sex shop, a huge empire of erotic establishments has grown: special stores, adult cinemas, and an online shopping network. The museum occupies 4 floors, on which there is a sex shop, 3 cinema halls for adults with individual video booths, extravagant exhibits (more than 5000). Among them are paintings, panels, tapestries of frankly erotic content, utensils with drawings of a sexual theme, all kinds of erotic attributes. Setting the goal of education and education, the museum has placed dioramas with a visual explanation of the varieties of sexual desire.

Address: Joachimstaler St. 4

Open: Monday-Saturday, from 9 am to 12 am, Sun. – from 11.00 to 00.00.

Ticket price: from 18 years old - 9 euros, doubles - 16.

Museum Center Berlin-Dahlem

Berlin can be proud of another museum complex, opened in the former Dahlem estate, in the southwest of the German capital, which has the status of a state institution. 3 museums of the complex exhibit objects of art and culture of Asia, the East and Europe:

• The Museum of Asian Art contains the richest collections of Indian art (20 thousand rare exhibits). Among them there are real masterpieces that are not found in any other museum in the world. In 2006, amazingly interesting exhibits were exhibited in the newly opened halls - products of various crafts and applied arts from many Asian countries from antiquity to the present day.
• The ethnological museum, which occupies a huge area, gives a clear idea of ​​the life and way of life of peoples of different nationalities: the living quarters of representatives of ethnic groups with characteristic details and surroundings are decorated with reliable accuracy. In total, the museum has almost a million objects of past eras.
• The Museum of European Cultures is a center designed to demonstrate, through its expositions, the ever closer convergence of art and culture of European countries. There is a constant search for exhibits, various exhibitions, research searches are held, as a result of which a collection of objects is created that clearly illustrates the cultural and historical process of development of the peoples of Europe.

Address: Lansstrasse 8.

Opening hours: Tue – Fri. from 10.00 to 18.00, Sat - Sun, from 11.00 to 18.00.

Entrance ticket - 6 euros.

German Technical Museum

The glass building of 5 floors, built on the site of the former depot, looks very impressive. Extravagance is given to it by a symbolically important exhibit on the roof - the C-47 Skyrain bomber, which delivered food to blockaded Berlin in 1948. Founded in 1982, it essentially became a technical park, where on an area of ​​25 thousand square meters. km, a huge number of different units, technical devices, many types of aircraft, auto and marine equipment are widely represented.

Life-size windmills, watermills, a forge, a mini-brewery are located here. Separate expositions fully demonstrate the achievements of the energy industry, shipbuilding, the aviation industry, the film and photo industry. The territory of the museum accommodates modern buildings surrounded by a park, where scientific and educational classes are held for children. Together with the Archenhold Observatory, the Technical Museum conducts research in the field of space, organizes joint exhibitions and lectures. It is impossible to see all the exhibits of the museum of technology in a few hours; you can come here many times, as if for the first time.

Address: Trebbiner Strasse 9 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberq.

Working hours: Tue-Fri.: 09.00-17.30, Sat-Sun: 10.00-18.00; holiday – 10.00-18.00; mon. - day off.

Tickets (in euros) - adults - 6 (with a discount - 3.5); group (from 10 people) - 4, with a discount - 1.5.

Family (1 adult and 2 children up to 14 years old) - 7; (2 adults and 3 children up to 14 years old) - 13.

Hello, friends! Today we will walk around the island in the center of Berlin. Yes, it is beautiful, especially in summer and autumn. But you also need to visit it because it is a museum. And this is by no means a metaphor. Museum Island in Berlin (Museumsinsel) brings together some of the best museums in the world. There is nothing similar in other countries. Since 1999, the Berlin Museum Island has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In addition to museums, the island is located. There are walking areas and a beautiful colonnade where you can relax or watch a movie. Three bridges lead to the island. One of them is pedestrian. Here is the famous street.

It took 100 years to build the entire architectural ensemble.

Spreeinsel Island is located in the center of Berlin on the river Spree.

In its southern part in the 13th century there was the city of Cologne (not to be confused with the Cologne where the Cologne Cathedral is), but the northern tip of the island was a swampy area.

Two centuries later, when a canal system appeared on the Spree, it became possible to drain the northern part of the island. A free territory was formed within the city, which does not happen often in the history of cities.

The territory free from development had to be skillfully used.

It was the 19th century. The country (then it was Prussia) was ruled by Wilhelm II. The emperor left a mark on history and was remembered by posterity as an enlightened man who dreamed of the rise of Prussia, who longed to turn Berlin into the cultural capital of Europe.

The well-known archaeologist and art critic Alois Hirt proposed to build a gallery on the island for archaeological finds and modern exhibits. Wilhelm II accepted the offer. He was supported by the educated part of the population, the aristocracy.

In the north of the island, global construction began.

• In 1830, the first building appeared - the Old Museum.
• In 1859, his younger brother was opened, which became known as the New Museum.
• In 1876, the Old National Gallery saw the light.

Construction continued into the 20th century.

Simultaneously with the Monbijou Bridge, the Kaiser Friedrich Museum was built, now we know it as the Bode Museum.

The last, fifth museum was the Pergamon Museum, opened in 1930.

For such a number of cultural values ​​located in a relatively small area, Berlin was even awarded the title of "Athens on the Spree". Usually, university cities were awarded this title.

During World War II, 70% of the buildings on Museum Island were destroyed.

Most of all, the New Museum needed reconstruction, but due to lack of funds, its restoration began only in 1987.

The unification of Germany after the collapse of the USSR pushed the German government to reconstruct the buildings and reorganize their collections.

Museum Island today

Museum Island is home to 5 great museums and the German Cathedral.

1. Bode Museum
2. Pergamon (Pergamonmuseum Berlin)
3. Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie)
4. New Museum (Neues Museum)
5. Old Museum (Altes Museum)

In the north of the lake, the Bode Museum is located, connected to the two banks of the Spree by the Monbijou footbridge. Its neo-baroque building is crowned with a huge dome, from which the walls of the museum diverge like sides of a triangle.

In the Bode Museum you can see:

• Byzantine exhibits
• medieval sculpture
• coin office
• Berlin art gallery

Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Museum adjoins the Bode Museum on the south side, separated by railway lines for electric trains.

The Pergamon Museum has collected exhibits:

• Ancient Greece
• ancient rome
• Western Asia
• Islamic States

Pergamon Museum

The museum is recognized as one of the best in the world. It is famous for the Miletus Market Gate and the Ishtar Gate, and thanks to the magnificent Pergamon Altar, it is the most visited in Berlin.

New Museum

From the southwest, the New Museum adjoins the Pergamon Museum.

Restored in 2009, the New Museum presents on its territory exposition of the Egyptian Museum and collection of papyri. We really liked it here.
The New Museum houses the famous bust of Nefertiti.

New Museum. East side

Southeast of the Bode Museum is the Old National Gallery. The style of the building resembles an ancient temple, in front of which there is a green lawn.

If you sit down to rest, the museum sculptures will be happy to keep you company. Doric colonnades limit the green area near the river itself. In the summer, film screenings, meetings and concerts are held here.

The place is called Kolonnadenhof Brunnen (Colonnaded Yard).

Courtyard with colonnade

The expositions of the Old National Gallery are sculptures and paintings of the 19th century. They include both Impressionist works and Nazarene frescoes.

The Old Museum houses the Antique Collection. In its composition:

• decorations
• weapon
• sculptures of ancient Greece
• in front of the museum stands a unique

It is hard to believe that such a diverse and at the same time unique heritage coexists in such a small area! Therefore, if you want to spend a busy day, then definitely choose Museum Island for excursions and walks.

This is where our walk ended.

Tour of Museum Island

If you are interested in some exhibitions and you want to know more, ask a professional guide for help. A live story will make acquaintance with the cultural values ​​of Berlin even more informative. Here you can order an individual tour of the Museum Island and Berlin.

Schedule

• All museums on the island are open from 10 am to 6 pm
• On Thursdays, almost all of them are open until 20:00 or 22:00

Be careful: The Old National Gallery and the Pergamon Museum are open every day. The rest of the island's museums are closed on Mondays.

What is the price

• In each building, tickets are sold separately, their cost fluctuates around 10 euros.
• Children's tickets cost twice as much.

Tip: It is better to take a combined ticket, which will be valid for three days. It costs 24 euros for an adult. Or buy Berlin.

For more information about discounts, benefits, opening hours, check the information on the official website of the Museum Island.

Official site: www.museumsinsel-berlin.de

Where to stay in Berlin

Now many housing options in Berlin have appeared on the service Airbnb. We have written how to use this service. If you do not find a free room in the hotel, then look for accommodation through this booking site.

We lived in Hotel Adam, Charlottenburg district. Liked it for value for money.

We offer good options for hotels in Berlin

How to get there

There are several ways to get to the island:

• by metro (U-Bahn). Take the U2 line to the Märkisches Museum stop or take the U6 line to the Friedrichstraße stop
• by city train (S-Bahn). Lines S5, 7, 75 to Hackescher Markt station
• by city train (S-Bahn). Lines S1, 2, 5, 7, 25, 75 to Friedrichstraße station
• by tram (Tram M). Nos. M1, M12 to the Kupfergraben stop or Nos. M4, M5, M6 to another Hackescher Markt stop
• by bus (Bus TXL Staatsoper). №№; 100, 200 to the Lustgarten Staatsoper stop or bus no. 147 to the Friedrichstraße stop

on foot - it will take approximately 20 minutes from.

Address Museumsinsel, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Museum Island on the map

Until we meet again, friends! Get ready for new adventures!

Sincerely,

For Russian tourists, this point of the program can be called a cult.
In May 1945 Reichstag stormed the Soviet troops, hoisted a red banner on it and left commemorative inscriptions in Russian.
The palace was built at the end of the 19th century, but in 1933 a fire broke out in the building, which was blamed on the Communist Party. This gave rise to political opponents for accusations, repressions and arrests.
After the collapse of the III Reich Reichstag remained in ruins for a long time, then it was restored, the last reconstruction took place in 1991 according to the project of the architect Norman Foster. Foster retained the historic façade, but completely redesigned the interiors, inscribing original fragments, such as inscriptions in Russian, into them.

Reichstag. Berlin.

Reichstag. Berlin.

Above Reichstag a glass dome was erected, into which you can climb up along the inner spiral, admiring the views and reflections in the broken mirror cone.

Reichstag. Berlin.

Reichstag. Berlin.

Reichstag. Berlin.

Now in Reichstag The Bundestag, the German Parliament, sits.
And Reichstag is a tourist attraction that can visit for free by pre-registering on the site.
Registration allows you to enter Reichstag skip the queue, climb the dome, listen to a tour of Reichstag visiting various places (we recommend choosing this option, there are excursions in Russian) or get to a meeting of parliament.
https://visite.bundestag.de/BAPWeb/pages/createBookingRequest.jsf?lang=en

2. Climb the TV Tower and enter the Red Town Hall.

TV tower was erected on Alexanderplatz in 1969. This tallest building in germany. An elevator lifts visitors to a height of 203 meters, from here a panorama of. If you climb a little higher up the stairs, you will find yourself in a revolving restaurant.

TV tower. Berlin.

TV tower. Berlin.

The ticket costs 10.5 euros. Usually there is a long queue. A VIP ticket worth 17.5 euros entitles you to an extraordinary ascent to the tower.

Five steps from the TV Tower is red town hall located in geographical center of Berlin.

Red Town Hall. Berlin.

red town hall made of red brick, but not only this circumstance gave her a name, in the days of socialism there was a city council, “red power”.
Today, the town hall houses the office of the ruling mayor of Berlin and the Berlin Senate. Entrance to the town hall during the working day is free.

Red Town Hall. Berlin.

3. Admire the pieces of Ancient Rome in the Pergamon Museum and take a walk around the island of museums.

museum island- This is part of the island on the Spree River, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The largest museum complex in Europe was created in 1830 according to the project of the architect Schinkel. There are five museums here - Pergamon, Old National Gallery, Bode Museum, New and Old Museum, which store about 1.5 million works of art.
Pergamon Museum- one of the most important archaeological museums in Germany and the world, built in 1910-30. designed by the architects Wessel and Hoffmann. The most famous and important exhibit of the museum is the Pergamon Altar (180 BC), which is considered one of the wonders of the world. It was discovered by the German engineer K. Human in the ancient city of Pergamon in Turkey, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon.
The huge altar is surrounded by a frieze depicting the battle of the gods and the titans.
Open: Tue-Sun from 10 am to 6 pm, Thu from 10 am to 10 pm.

Pergamon Museum. Berlin.

4. See the modern architecture at Potsdamerplatz.

In the XIX-XX centuries. Potsdamerplatz was one of the busiest squares, with heavy traffic, shopping centers and office buildings, during the Second World War the square turned into ruins, as Hitler's underground bunker was located nearby. After the war, the movement Potsdamerplatz was blocked, and later the Berlin Wall appeared, running along the square, which, having become a no man's land, overgrown with weeds and turned into a wasteland.
But after the unification of Germany, it was decided to return the square to its former glory. A grandiose construction project unfolded and Potsdamerplatz postmodern skyscrapers made of glass and concrete have grown, the most famous of which is Sony-Center, which covered 7 ultra-modern buildings with a tented roof.

Potsdamerplatz. Berlin.

5. Walk along Unter den Linden to the Brandenburg Gate.

Street Unter den Linden stretched for 1,400 m from the Palace Bridge to the Brandenburg Gate. In the 17th century thousands of lindens were planted, which grew, forming a green alley, hence the name of the street - "under the lindens". Along the Unter den Linden there are outstanding architectural monuments of the 18th-19th centuries.
The medieval one was surrounded by 14 gates. Brandenburg Gate originally there were ordinary gates in the city wall, but in 1788-91. a gate was erected in the style of classicism with 12 Doric columns 26 m high. Two extensions in the form of Greek temples adjoin the gate on both sides. Thus, the Brandenburg Gate looks like a triumphal arch and symbolizes the victory of the German nation. From the top of the gate is decorated with a quadriga with a winged goddess.

Brandenburg Gate. Berlin.

6. See the remains of the Berlin Wall.

For 28 years, the wall divided into two parts - East and West. The wall appeared on August 13, 1961 and stretched for 155 km. In 1989, the wall was dismantled, only small parts of it were preserved as a memory.

Wall. Berlin.

Wall. Berlin.

7. Go to the Bauhaus Museum.

bauhaus- the world-famous school of design and art, operating from 1919 to 1933 in Germany. The school was opened in Weimar, in 1925 the school moved to Dessau, and in 1932 to Berlin.
Over the years in Bauhaus created its own, recognizable style, which had a huge impact on modern industrial design, architecture and art.
Among teachers Bauhaus there were brilliant creators and art theorists, innovators who were at the forefront of European art, including Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Otto Linding, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer and others.
IN Bauhaus Archive in Berlin you can see art works, photographs, ceramics of some teachers of the school, models of buildings, interior items. There are also exhibitions dedicated to the work of various teachers. Bauhaus.

Museum address: Klingelhoferstrae 14
Open: Wednesday - Monday from 10 to 17, closed - Tuesday.
Ticket 7 euros - on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, ticket 6 euros - on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

8. Wander the streets of the Nikolaivirtel quarter.

Nikolayviertel quarter- This is a piece of old Berlin, several narrow picturesque streets running along the Spree River.
Back in the XII century. on this place around the church of St. Nicholas there was a trading settlement. During the war, the area was badly damaged by bombing, but was rebuilt in 1987. Modern layout Nikolayviertel very accurately reproduces the historical scheme of streets, in the center of the quarter on a tiny square rises the church of St. Nicholas, which houses a museum of medieval art.
Many buildings of the quarter are stylized as German baroque, the streets are full of cozy cafes, restaurants and pubs, souvenir shops and antique shops.

Nikolayviertel quarter. Berlin.

Nikolayviertel quarter. Berlin.

9. Taste German cuisine and drink beer.

It so happened historically that German cuisine is hearty and solid with a wide variety of meat dishes - pork knee, schnitzels, steaks, schnelklops and cutlets, they also like potatoes - boiled in their uniforms, baked, fried and with herring, mashed potatoes, potato salads, vegetables often served as a side dish - stewed cabbage, bean pods.
A special place is occupied by sausages and sausages. And the most popular fast food in Germany is sausage with ketchup and curry (currywurst).

Currywurst. Berlin.

A truly German drink is beer, but do not forget that great Riesling wines are also produced in Germany.

"Meter of beer". Berlin.

There are a great many cafes, restaurants, snack bars and pubs, including those with very low prices.
- a huge and multinational metropolis, this has also left its mark on gastronomic life: there are many restaurants in Berlin with cuisines, perhaps, of all nations of the world. Don't skip them either!

10. Go shopping in Berlin.

Shopping in is designed for different tastes and wallet thickness.
So Kurfuerstendamm- the main shopping street of West Berlin, and Friedrichstrasse- the shopping artery of the eastern part of the city offers luxury shopping. Here you can find Chanel, Gucci, Sonia Rykiel, Jil Sander, Max Mara, Prada, Louis Vuitton and other top brands.
On the Kurfuerstendamm next to the underground station Wittenbergplatz located the largest shopping center KaDaWe, which turned 100 years old, and is located on Friedrichstrasse Gallery Lafayette.
Cheaper shops can be found around Alexander Platz where the TV tower rises.
Alexanderplatz- the center of the East. The history of the square began in the 14th century, at that time cattle and wool were traded here. On October 22, 1805, the Russian emperor Alexander I came to conclude an alliance with Emperor Frederick III against Napoleon, after this visit the square was called Alexanderplatz.
In the 19th century the area became an important transport and commercial center. But during the war, Alexanderplatz was badly damaged during the bombing. Later, the square was completely rebuilt, a TV tower, a tall hotel appeared here, in the 1970s. formed a unique architectural ensemble.
Now Alexanderplatz is one of the liveliest and party places, there are shops, shopping galleries and restaurants in high-rise buildings, young people and a motley crowd gather on the square, here you can meet singers, musicians, freaks, representatives of all youth movements, whose meeting point is the fountain in the center Alexanderplatz with the eloquent name "Friendship of Peoples".
The democratic department store Kaufhof offers a wide selection of clothes, dishes, food, and there is a self-service restaurant on the top floor.

You should also remember about the tax-free system - the return of value added tax on goods that are exported from Europe by persons who are not residents of Europe.
In Germany, tax-free is refundable on purchases over 25 euros.

TOP 10 museums in Berlin with the most interesting collections

According to official figures, there are 170 museums in Berlin and about 300 private collections. It is unlikely that anyone can boast of having visited them all, but there are 10, without a visit to which acquaintance with Berlin cannot be considered complete. They are the same integral part of it as the famous wall and the Brandenburg Gate!

Museum Pass Berlin

Let's start with how to save money and not waste time waiting. If you plan to actively visit museums, the Museum Pass Berlin may come in handy. The card costs €29, is valid for three days and allows you to skip the line to more than 30 Berlin museums and exhibitions.

Charlottenburg (Schloss Charlottenburg)

The Baroque palace, built in 1695-1699 by order of King Frederick I for his wife Sophia Charlotte, who did not like social events and sought solitude. This residence was supposed to be the famous Amber Room, which eventually went to the Russian Tsar Peter I and mysteriously disappeared during the Great Patriotic War.

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Walking around the palace, you will see the private chambers of the king and queen, the library and other rooms that amaze the imagination. Luxurious chandeliers, crystal and porcelain dishes, mirrors of various shapes and sizes, well-preserved furniture of that era - all testify to the high status and excellent taste of the owners.

In Charlottenburg there is a tomb where Queen Louise of Prussia, her husband Friedrich Wilhelm III and other members of the royal family are buried.

Museums now operate in the Old Palace, the Schinkel Pavilion, the New Wing, the Belvedere Tea Palace and other buildings that are part of the complex. All of them can be visited with a single ticket "charlottenburg +", valid for one day.

The most famous exhibits are the crown used during the coronation of the first Prussian king, the snuffbox of Frederick the Great, encrusted with precious stones, and a collection of dishes made of precious metals.

Address: Spandauer Damm 10-22.

Opening hours: daily except Monday from 10:00 to 17:00 (18:00).

Ticket price: €10-12, admission is free for owners of the Museum Pass Berlin. The park can be visited for free.

Old Museum (Altes Museum)

The building was built on the Museum Island in 1822-1830 to store the collection that belonged to the Prussian royal family. During the Great Patriotic War, it was badly damaged, in 1966 it was restored and reopened to visitors.

Here are stored works of classical ancient art: works of Greek, Roman and Etruscan masters (busts, statues, vases, weapons).

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The most famous exhibits are the busts of Caesar ("Green Caesar"), Cleopatra and Caracalla.

Address: Am Lustgarten.

Ticket price: €10, admission is free for Museum Pass Berlin holders. All expositions of the Museum Island can be visited for €18.

New Museum (Neues Museum)

Built in 1843-1855 to store exhibits that did not have enough space in the Old Museum. During the Great Patriotic War, the building was badly damaged, for decades it bore the title of " most beautiful ruins", and only in 1986 restoration work began here. The museum was reopened to visitors in 2009, and in 2014 received the status of a monument of engineering and architectural art.

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It includes several exhibits:

• Egyptian Museum. Here you can see objects related to the ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures: figurines, sarcophagi, priests' clothes, a pyramid model, copies of wooden boats, a valuable collection of papyri and, of course, the famous bust of Nefertiti, which the Egyptian government is still unsuccessfully trying to return.
• The Museum of Prehistory and Early History, which houses busts of ancient Roman philosophers, tools and household utensils of Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals, musical instruments, coins and other interesting exhibits from different eras.
• Ethnographic Museum, which presents archaeological finds from different parts of the world. The most valuable of them is the Golden Hat, which supposedly belonged to the priest, scientists attribute it to 1000-800 BC. This exhibit has a dark past, it came to the museum from an underground antiquities market.

The most famous exhibits are the bust of Nefertiti, discovered in 1912 during the excavations of the city of Akhetaten, and the Golden Hat, allegedly found in Swabia in the early 90s of the last century.

Address: Bodestraße 1-3.

Ticket price: €14, admission is free for Museum Pass Berlin holders. All expositions of the Museum Island can be visited for €18.

Pergamon Museum

The building, built on the Museum Island in 1910-1930, was intended to store the Pergamon Altar, one of the most famous monuments of the Hellenistic period that has survived to this day.

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Now the museum includes:

• Antique collection, including the Pergamon altar (180-160 BC), the gates of the Miletus market (100 AD), as well as works of art from the ancient Greek and Roman periods: sculptures, mosaics, jewelry, bronzes.
• Museum of Islamic Art, which displays miniatures, ivory, carpets and other valuable items created in the 8th-19th centuries. Pearls of the collection: a frieze from the Mshatta Palace in Jordan, a dome from the Alhambra (Granada, Spain), mihrabs from Kashan (Iran) and Konya (Turkey), the Aleppo Room.
• Museum of Western Asia - a collection of archaeological finds relating to the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian cultures. The Babylonian Ishtar Gate is kept here, and a section of the Procession Road that once led to it has been recreated.

The most famous exhibits: the Pergamon altar, the gates of the Miletus market, the Babylonian Ishtar gates.

Address: Bodestraße 1-3.

Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00 (20:00).

Ticket price: €12, admission is free for Museum Pass Berlin holders. All expositions of the Museum Island can be visited for €18.

Technical Museum (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)

One of the largest museums of this kind in Europe, which has been operating in the former railway depot since 1983. Its roof is decorated with the American Douglas C-47 Skytrain fighter, nicknamed the "raisin bomber" - such aircraft supplied the inhabitants of West Berlin with food during the blockade of 1948-1949. Some pilots dropped packets of sweets for children (among other things there were raisins) on handkerchief parachutes - hence the unofficial name.

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The museum has 14 thematic expositions dedicated to photography, cinematography, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, brewing and other industries. One of the most visited exhibitions tells about Konrad Zuse - a German engineer who in 1941 created the first workable programmable computer, and in 1948 - the first high-level programming language ("Plankalkül").

The museum has an experimental center "Spectrum", where you can, for example, call a tornado or lightning with your own hands. It will be interesting for both adults and children.

The most famous exhibits are the Douglas C-47 Skytrain "raisin bomber", a model of the Z1 computing device.

Address: Trebbiner Straße 9, D-10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Opening hours: daily except Monday from 9:00 (10:00) to 17:30 (18:00).

Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde)

One of the largest museums in the country, which houses 30 million exhibits. Among them are minerals (65% of all studied to date, only about 200,000 specimens), dinosaur skeletons, including the largest in the world, fossils with imprints of prehistoric creatures, skillfully made stuffed mammoths and other animals, a collection of insects ... A day spent in this museum, will replace dozens of school lessons for children and help adults fill in the gaps in knowledge!

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The most famous exhibit: the world's largest restored dinosaur skeleton.

Address: Invalidenstraße 43.

Opening hours: daily except Monday from 9:30 (10:00) to 18:00.

Ticket price: €8, for holders of the Museum Pass Berlin admission is free.

Berlin Art Gallery (Berliner Gemäldegalerie)

One of the most famous art museums in Europe, which houses a collection of paintings from the 13th-18th centuries - a consistent and most complete overview of European art. There are works by Titian, Caravaggio, Bosch, Brueghel, Rubens, Durer and other recognized masters. The pride of the gallery is one of the world's largest collections of works by Rembrandt, 16 canvases.

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The most famous exhibits: paintings by Rembrandt.

Address: Matthaikirchplatz 4/6.

Opening hours: daily except Monday from 10:00 to 18:00 (20:00).

Ticket price: €10-12, admission is free for owners of the Museum Pass Berlin.

Bode Museum (Bode-Museum)

It is located in a building built on the Museum Island between 1897 and 1904 and underwent major restoration in 2000-2006.

One of the largest collections in Germany, which after the end of the Second World War was divided between the Western and Eastern parts of the country and was brought together again only in 2006.

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