Platz
Alexanderplatz
A traveler stops over a map; commuters stream around them. Look up and the nearby TV Tower gives away exactly where you are: Alexanderplatz, Berlin’s square that behaves more like a launch pad.
Warum der Umweg sich lohnt
Berlin’s vast central square and transport hub, surrounded by major sights including the TV Tower, the Red City Hall and the Nikolai Quarter.
Was sonst in der Nähe liegt
Die nächstgelegenen Orte, über die wir geschrieben haben, mit Luftlinie von hier.
500 m
St. Mary’s Church
Berlin, 1243: an accusation of stolen wafers leads to the burning of Jewish people. It is the first known story attached to this church site—and its darkest.
1.0 km
Altes Museum
A Prussian king gives the order; Karl Friedrich Schinkel answers with a grand Neoclassical museum. The royal world moves on, but the building keeps its original job.
1.0 km
Alte Nationalgalerie
At the foot of the staircase, a Prussian king still gets top billing: his memorial occupies the grand approach to the gallery he ordered. Berlin has turned the walk to a museum door into theatre.
1.2 km
Pergamon Museum
In October 2023, the last visitors filed out and the doors closed with an implied message: “See you in a decade or two.” The building in front of you is now both a museum and a very large promise.
1.2 km
German Historical Museum
An old armoury is sitting out the action while its modern sidekick keeps the museum running. That is Berlin in miniature: the past under renovation, with history continuing next door.
1.3 km
Friedrichswerder Church
Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Berlin’s Neoclassical star, switches architectural languages and gives the city its first Neo-Gothic church. Nearly two centuries later, construction next door forces the whole place to close.
Mit den Geschichten ablaufen
Diese Adresse ist eine Station von vielen. Unsere Routen und Quests verbinden sie zu einem Weg, der vor Ort aufgeht.