A Day in Berlin – What you MUST See: Join Alemanizando on a Special Tour Through the German Capital

22 places in this vlog

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1. 1:02

   Reichstag Building

   🏢 Landmark · Tiergarten

   A rooftop café reservation also grants dome access and is worth trying when dome slots are full; bring photo ID.

2. 3:22

   Tiergarten

   🌳 Park · Tiergarten · brief mention

3. 3:24

   Berlin TV Tower

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte · brief mention

   Going up costs 20+ euros, and from the top the tower itself is missing from the view.

4. 5:13

   Unter den Linden

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte

   The new U-Bahn line through it, opened in 2020, links the main sights and helps on bad-weather days.

5. 5:20

   Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte · brief mention

6. 5:59

   Humboldt University of Berlin

   🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

   Look down by the gates: many of the roughly 8,000 stumbling stones in Berlin are here.

7. 6:40

   Bebelplatz

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte

   A ground plaque carries Heine's 1820 line: where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people.

8. 7:44

   Museum Island

   🏛️ Museum · Mitte

   Recommended as the go-to option for rainy or very cold days.

9. 7:55

   Altes Museum

   🏛️ Museum · Mitte · brief mention

10. 8:15

    Computerspielemuseum

    🏛️ Museum · Friedrichshain · brief mention

11. 8:19

    Jewish Museum Berlin

    🏛️ Museum · Kreuzberg · brief mention

12. 8:37

    Nikolaiviertel

    🏘️ Neighborhood · Mitte

    Local restaurants serve black beer, regional strawberry wine, barley soup with prunes and half a duck.

13. 10:56

    Eiergasse

    🏢 Landmark · Mitte

14. 11:37

    Alexanderplatz

    🏢 Landmark · Mitte · brief mention

15. 11:48

    Franciscan Monastery Church Ruins

    🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

    Great photo spot: the TV Tower is framed through the ruined windows.

16. 12:22

    Berlin Medieval City Wall Remains

    🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

    Just 30 m from the monastery ruins.

17. 12:55

    Panorama Terrace at Park Inn Alexanderplatz

    🚡 Activity · Mitte

    About 6 euros, but not accessible: lift to floor 35, then five flights of stairs.

18. 14:55

    Karl-Marx-Allee

    🏢 Landmark · Friedrichshain

    Walkable from Alexanderplatz to Frankfurter Tor.

19. 15:28

    Kino International

    🚡 Activity · Mitte · brief mention

20. 16:19

    Friedrichshain

    🏘️ Neighborhood · Friedrichshain

    A shawarma near Boxhagener Platz made for an easy casual dinner.

21. 16:41

    Kreuzberg

    🏘️ Neighborhood · Kreuzberg · brief mention

22. 17:37

    East Side Gallery

    🏢 Landmark · Friedrichshain

    A good place to start a night out in nearby Friedrichshain or Kreuzberg.