Fascinating Berlin

Drei Kieze, drei Welten – vielfältig, kreativ, international

Experience Berlin

The different faces of Berlin

“Kieze” with character: Berlin’s iconic neighbourhoods

Berlin is a patchwork of different neighbourhoods, each with their own distinct character - known colloquially as “kieze”. Let us introduce you to three of these neighbourhoods.

Berlin

Experience Berlin

Discover Berlin (almost) for free

A great itinerary on a shoestring budget: we provide tips about city tours, culture and history.

Marion Ackermann ist neue SPK-Präsidentin.

Experience Berlin

200 years of Museum Island

“That’s sure to be spectacular”

200 years of Museum Island: Marion Ackermann, future president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, on Berlin’s cultural diversity.

Die Hackeschen Höfe im Herzen der Hauptstadt

Experience Berlin

From Mitte via Prenzlauer Berg to Kreuzberg

Just in Berlin for a day? We’ll guide you through one of its most beautiful streets and to the neighbourhood highlights away from the tourist spots.

Paddeln durch Berlins Wasseridylle Neu-Venedig

Experience Berlin Hot tips Berlin off the beaten track

Touristen vor dem Berliner Reichstag

Japan and Germany Asia Tokyo and Berlin – a comparison of two cities

Menschen am Flipchart

Think tanks in Berlin

Among the countries with the highest number of think tanks, Germany ranks sixth with 218 policy institutes. These are the ones you should know.

Politisches Zentrum Berlin

Berlin - a political center

Since reunification, Berlin has no longer been divided, and has long since grown out of the east and west question.

Instruction Manual for Berlin

Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin

“Berlin is a gallery”

Quick facts

4 state universities form the mainstay of Berlin as a higher education centre.

7 excellence clusters at Berlin universities are being funded as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the German states.

11 state higher education institutions and two denominational colleges are based in Berlin.

30 private higher education institutions offer state-recognised qualifications.

191,000 students are enrolled at higher education institutions in Berlin. One in five come from outside Germany.

Aaron Best

“Berlin is an innovation center”

What environmental economist Aaron Best so likes about his work for the Berlin-based think tank Ecologic Institut and German climate policy.

Aufmerksamer Service: Café Einstein

Where you meet celebrities

These cafés and bars in Berlin are popular not only with artists and Hollywood stars, but also leading politicians and business magnates. The five best locations.

Berlin

Experience Berlin

Discover Berlin (almost) for free

A great itinerary on a shoestring budget: we provide tips about city tours, culture and history.

Neurowissenschaft

Cutting-edge brain research

Five facts about the NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence in Berlin: experts here are researching how the brain works and developing groundbreaking therapies.

Philologische Bibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin

Three good reasons for studying in Berlin

Everyone will find the right degree course here: an overview of major universities and colleges with fascinating degree programmes.

Mit der „Tour d’Europe“ erleben Schüler Politik live.

Experiencing Europe at first hand

The European Union can also be discovered in Berlin. The “Tour d’Europe” gives school students the chance to experience politics at first hand.

“Wunderbar together” Botschafterin Danielle zeigt uns ihre Lieblingsorte in Berlin

What I love about Berlin

The Berlin Wall in USA

The Berlin Wall in the USA

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Simply reaching out to people

In Berlin, “Kiezmütter” are out and about: they provide help to families with an immigration background – and also do themselves some good.

70 Jahre Luftbrücke Berlin: Freudig erwartet „Rosinenbomber“ 1948 über Berlin.

70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift

How “candy bombers” defended the freedom of West Berlin and laid the foundation for transatlantic friendship.

Where did the Wall actually run?

The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. An event of the century. We take a journey into the past.

East Side Gallery in Berlin

picture-alliance/dpa - Axel Klausmeier

Berlin Wall Memorial

Observations-Trabant mit Spionagemuseum

Berlin for insiders

We reveal some secret, cool, futuristic and sentimental places in Berlin.

Die Straße des 17. Juni beginnt am Brandenburger Tor.

Berlin's party mile with a history

Where did the Straße des 17. Juni get its name from? And what sights line it? We show the street in photos and a fast video!