Berlin sights for a limited budget

(about Berlin, Germany, added on Apr 30, 2009)

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The famous TV Tower is situated on the Alexanderplatz with its total height of 365 m. There is a viewing platform and observation deck at 203 meters from where you can see the whole city and, if the weather is good, even farer. It is a restaurant at 207 m with a wonderful view over Berlin nighttime in a clear evening. The Tower is opened from 9:00 AM until midnight with an entrance of 8€ for adults and 3.50€ for children. Do not worry; the top of the tower can be reached by a huge elevator as well.

The Siegessäule is a Victory column situated in the Tiergarden, a large park in the center if Berlin. The 69 m high tower was built to commemorate the victory of Prussians in the Prussian-Danish war. The gilded statue, known as the Golden Else, represents the goddess of victory. There is an observatory on the top of the of the column from where the view is really great, looking eastward the you can make beautiful pictures of the Brandenburg Gate or even the Reichstag. (Also this is the tower from where the angel jumps in Wim Wenders' The Sky over Berlin //Der Himmel über Berlin// movie. The American version called The city of angels was a remake of that film.

The Museum Island is told to be a ‘sanctuary of art and science’. There are five beautiful buildings granted UNESCO National Heritage status in 2000. It is deeply impressive to walk between these magnificent buildings, it’s like you can feel history on your skin. My favorite is the Pergamon Museum with a collection of antiquities from the ancient Greece and the Roman Empire and the beautiful Ishtar Gate from Babylon.

The Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Tiergarten is a center of contemporary arts in Berlin with paintings sculptures, photographs, graphics and multimedia, works by renowned modern and contemporary artists like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein or Bruce Naumann. The entrance is 8€ for adults, 4€ for students and unemployed and free for children up to 16 years.

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