Berlin (Germany)

Berlin is the capital city and a state of Germany. It is the country's most populous city, and the second most populous in the European Union.

The ten closest neighbours in the database:

Dresden (Germany) (165 km), Quedlinburg (Germany) (172 km), Goslar (Germany) (212 km), Hannover (Germany) (249 km), Prague (Czech Republic) (280 km), Kassel (Germany) (297 km), Warburg and Wilhelmsthal Calden (310 km), Fulda (Germany) (337 km), Bamberg (Germany) (339 km), Büdingen (Germany) (385 km)

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The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a triumphal arch and the symbol of Berlin, Germany.
Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor)
Inner courtyard of the sony Center in Berlin
Inner courtyard of the sony Center in Berlin
Roof above the inner courtyard of the Berlin Sony-Center. The tent roof is supposed to symbolize the holy Japanese Mountain Fujisan.
During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie was one of three crossing points between East and West Germany (the others being Checkpoint Alpha at Helmstedt, and Checkpoint Bravo at Dreilinden; all named following the NATO phonetic alphabet). Checkpoint Charlie was constructed on Friedrichstrasse in the heart of Berlin (the Soviets simply called the Friedrichstraße Crossing Point).
Checkpoint Charlie
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
The Concert Hall (in German: Konzerthaus) is the most recent building on the Gendarmenmarkt. It was built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1821 as the Schauspielhaus.
The French Cathedral (in German: Französischer Dom) the older of the two cathedrals was built by the Huguenot community between 1701 and 1705. The cathedral was modeled after the destroyed Huguenot church in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, France. The tower and porticos, designed by Carl von Gontard, were added to the building in 1785. The French cathedral has a viewing platform, a restaurant and a Huguenot museum.
St. Hedwig's Cathedral
The former Royal Library is today used by the Humboldt University for the law school
The Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany was built between 1895 and 1905 facing the Lustgarten and the Berlin City Palace).
The Pergamon Altar is a magnificent structure originally built in the 2nd century BC in the Ancient Greek city of Pergamon (also known as Pergamum; modern day Bergama in Turkey) in northwestern Anatolia, 25.74 kilometers (16 miles) from the Aegean Sea. The temple was dedicated to Zeus.
The Pergamon Altar was shipped out of the Ottoman Empire from the original excavation site by the German archeological team lead by Carl Humann, and reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin in the 19th century.
Frieze of the Pergamon Altar
The Ishtar Gate shown today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.
The Ishtar Gate shown today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.
The Ishtar Gate shown today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.
A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way was built at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin out of material excavated by Robert Koldewey and finished in the 1930s.
Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Mschatta cladding shown in the Pergamon Museum Berlin
          
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