Berlin itinerary: 1 to 7 days
Plans for one to seven days in Berlin, day by day: the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Berlin Wall and Charlottenburg Palace first, then Museum Island, the TV tower, Checkpoint Charlie and the Topography of Terror, and the Kulturforum galleries, the Jewish Museum and Teufelsberg as you add days. Every stop has a typical visit length.
How long do you have?
Map: 3 days
Berlin in 1 day
Day 1
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Berlin Victory Column
A 67-metre column topped by a golden Victoria in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform up 285 steps.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest palace, a Baroque Hohenzollern residence with state rooms and a formal garden.
Berlin in 2 days
Day 1
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest palace, a Baroque Hohenzollern residence with state rooms and a formal garden.
Day 2
Berlin Victory Column
A 67-metre column topped by a golden Victoria in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform up 285 steps.
Reichstag
The seat of the German parliament, an 1894 building restored after reunification with a glass dome.
Potsdamer Platz
A square of modern towers rebuilt on the former death strip, once one of Europe's busiest traffic junctions.
Checkpoint Charlie
The best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin, now marked by a replica guard hut.
Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin's grandest square, framed by the Konzerthaus and the French and German churches.
Berlin in 3 days
Day 1
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest palace, a Baroque Hohenzollern residence with state rooms and a formal garden.
Day 2
Topography of Terror
A free museum on the site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters, beside a surviving stretch of the Wall.
Potsdamer Platz
A square of modern towers rebuilt on the former death strip, once one of Europe's busiest traffic junctions.
Sony Center
A plaza under a tent-like glass roof at Potsdamer Platz, with offices, cafés and cinemas.
Reichstag
The seat of the German parliament, an 1894 building restored after reunification with a glass dome.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
An exhibition and events centre in the Tiergarten, nicknamed the 'pregnant oyster' for its curved roof.
Day 3
Berlin Victory Column
A 67-metre column topped by a golden Victoria in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform up 285 steps.
Alte Nationalgalerie
A temple-like museum on Museum Island with 19th-century art, from Caspar David Friedrich to the Impressionists.
Berlin Cathedral
The domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, with a Hohenzollern crypt and a walkway around the dome.
Fernsehturm Berlin
The 368-metre TV tower on Alexanderplatz, with an observation deck and a revolving restaurant.
Alexanderplatz
East Berlin's big square and transport hub, with the World Clock and the TV tower beside it.
East Side Gallery
A 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall covered in murals by international artists, running beside the Spree towards the Oberbaum Bridge.
Berlin in 4 days
Day 1
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest palace, a Baroque Hohenzollern residence with state rooms and a formal garden.
Day 2
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Daniel Libeskind's zigzag building on two thousand years of Jewish life in Germany.
Potsdamer Platz
A square of modern towers rebuilt on the former death strip, once one of Europe's busiest traffic junctions.
Sony Center
A plaza under a tent-like glass roof at Potsdamer Platz, with offices, cafés and cinemas.
Reichstag
The seat of the German parliament, an 1894 building restored after reunification with a glass dome.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
An exhibition and events centre in the Tiergarten, nicknamed the 'pregnant oyster' for its curved roof.
Day 3
Berlin Victory Column
A 67-metre column topped by a golden Victoria in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform up 285 steps.
Alte Nationalgalerie
A temple-like museum on Museum Island with 19th-century art, from Caspar David Friedrich to the Impressionists.
Berlin Cathedral
The domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, with a Hohenzollern crypt and a walkway around the dome.
Fernsehturm Berlin
The 368-metre TV tower on Alexanderplatz, with an observation deck and a revolving restaurant.
Alexanderplatz
East Berlin's big square and transport hub, with the World Clock and the TV tower beside it.
East Side Gallery
A 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall covered in murals by international artists, running beside the Spree towards the Oberbaum Bridge.
Day 4
Olympiastadion
The stadium built for the 1936 Olympics, home of Hertha BSC, open for tours outside events.
Teufelsberg
A hill of wartime rubble in the Grunewald, topped by a former US listening station covered in graffiti.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The bomb-damaged church tower kept as a war memorial, beside a modern church of blue glass.
Breitscheidplatz
The square at the heart of former West Berlin, around the Memorial Church, with a Christmas market in December.
Kaufhaus des Westens
KaDeWe, one of Europe's largest department stores, with a famous food hall on an upper floor.
Topography of Terror
A free museum on the site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters, beside a surviving stretch of the Wall.
Berlin in 5 days
Day 1
Potsdamer Platz
A square of modern towers rebuilt on the former death strip, once one of Europe's busiest traffic junctions.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Pariser Platz
The square in front of the Brandenburg Gate, with the Hotel Adlon and several embassies.
Reichstag
The seat of the German parliament, an 1894 building restored after reunification with a glass dome.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Day 2
Berlin Cathedral
The domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, with a Hohenzollern crypt and a walkway around the dome.
St. Mary's Church, Berlin
One of Berlin's oldest churches, beside the TV tower, with a medieval Dance of Death mural.
Fernsehturm Berlin
The 368-metre TV tower on Alexanderplatz, with an observation deck and a revolving restaurant.
Alexanderplatz
East Berlin's big square and transport hub, with the World Clock and the TV tower beside it.
East Side Gallery
A 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall covered in murals by international artists, running beside the Spree towards the Oberbaum Bridge.
Day 3
Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin's grandest square, framed by the Konzerthaus and the French and German churches.
French Cathedral, Berlin
The French Huguenot church on Gendarmenmarkt, with a domed tower and a museum of Huguenot history.
German Historical Museum
Germany's national history museum; its Baroque Zeughaus on Unter den Linden is closed for renovation until at least 2031, so visits are to I.M. Pei's exhibition wing.
Bebelplatz
The square where the Nazis burned books in 1933, marked by an underground memorial of empty shelves.
Neue Wache
Schinkel's former guardhouse on Unter den Linden, now Germany's memorial to the victims of war and dictatorship.
Neues Museum
On Museum Island, a war-damaged building restored by David Chipperfield, home to the Egyptian collection, including the bust of Nefertiti.
Hackesche Höfe
A complex of eight linked courtyards in Mitte, with Art Nouveau tiled façades, cafes, boutiques, galleries and a cinema.
Day 4
Kaufhaus des Westens
KaDeWe, one of Europe's largest department stores, with a famous food hall on an upper floor.
Europa-Center
A 1960s West Berlin shopping and office tower on Breitscheidplatz, with a Mercedes star on its roof.
Breitscheidplatz
The square at the heart of former West Berlin, around the Memorial Church, with a Christmas market in December.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The bomb-damaged church tower kept as a war memorial, beside a modern church of blue glass.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest palace, a Baroque Hohenzollern residence with state rooms and a formal garden.
Day 5
Checkpoint Charlie
The best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin, now marked by a replica guard hut.
Topography of Terror
A free museum on the site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters, beside a surviving stretch of the Wall.
Kulturforum
A group of postwar cultural buildings near Potsdamer Platz, including the Philharmonie and the Gemäldegalerie.
Sony Center
A plaza under a tent-like glass roof at Potsdamer Platz, with offices, cafés and cinemas.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
An exhibition and events centre in the Tiergarten, nicknamed the 'pregnant oyster' for its curved roof.
Berlin in 6 days
Day 1
Potsdamer Platz
A square of modern towers rebuilt on the former death strip, once one of Europe's busiest traffic junctions.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Pariser Platz
The square in front of the Brandenburg Gate, with the Hotel Adlon and several embassies.
Reichstag
The seat of the German parliament, an 1894 building restored after reunification with a glass dome.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Day 2
Berlin Cathedral
The domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, with a Hohenzollern crypt and a walkway around the dome.
St. Mary's Church, Berlin
One of Berlin's oldest churches, beside the TV tower, with a medieval Dance of Death mural.
Fernsehturm Berlin
The 368-metre TV tower on Alexanderplatz, with an observation deck and a revolving restaurant.
Alexanderplatz
East Berlin's big square and transport hub, with the World Clock and the TV tower beside it.
East Side Gallery
A 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall covered in murals by international artists, running beside the Spree towards the Oberbaum Bridge.
Day 3
Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin's grandest square, framed by the Konzerthaus and the French and German churches.
French Cathedral, Berlin
The French Huguenot church on Gendarmenmarkt, with a domed tower and a museum of Huguenot history.
German Historical Museum
Germany's national history museum; its Baroque Zeughaus on Unter den Linden is closed for renovation until at least 2031, so visits are to I.M. Pei's exhibition wing.
Bebelplatz
The square where the Nazis burned books in 1933, marked by an underground memorial of empty shelves.
Neue Wache
Schinkel's former guardhouse on Unter den Linden, now Germany's memorial to the victims of war and dictatorship.
Neues Museum
On Museum Island, a war-damaged building restored by David Chipperfield, home to the Egyptian collection, including the bust of Nefertiti.
Hackesche Höfe
A complex of eight linked courtyards in Mitte, with Art Nouveau tiled façades, cafes, boutiques, galleries and a cinema.
Day 4
Breitscheidplatz
The square at the heart of former West Berlin, around the Memorial Church, with a Christmas market in December.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The bomb-damaged church tower kept as a war memorial, beside a modern church of blue glass.
Berlin Zoological Garden
Germany's oldest zoo, opened in 1844 beside the Tiergarten, with one of the largest animal collections in the world.
Berlin Victory Column
A 67-metre column topped by a golden Victoria in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform up 285 steps.
Day 5
Checkpoint Charlie
The best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin, now marked by a replica guard hut.
Topography of Terror
A free museum on the site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters, beside a surviving stretch of the Wall.
Kulturforum
A group of postwar cultural buildings near Potsdamer Platz, including the Philharmonie and the Gemäldegalerie.
Sony Center
A plaza under a tent-like glass roof at Potsdamer Platz, with offices, cafés and cinemas.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
An exhibition and events centre in the Tiergarten, nicknamed the 'pregnant oyster' for its curved roof.
Day 6
Kaufhaus des Westens
KaDeWe, one of Europe's largest department stores, with a famous food hall on an upper floor.
Museum für Naturkunde
Berlin's natural history museum, with a huge Giraffatitan skeleton and an Archaeopteryx fossil.
Alte Nationalgalerie
A temple-like museum on Museum Island with 19th-century art, from Caspar David Friedrich to the Impressionists.
St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin
Berlin's oldest church, in the rebuilt Nikolaiviertel quarter, now a museum.
Berlin in 7 days
Day 1
Potsdamer Platz
A square of modern towers rebuilt on the former death strip, once one of Europe's busiest traffic junctions.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A field of 2,711 grey concrete slabs of varying heights near the Brandenburg Gate, with an underground information centre on the victims.
Brandenburg Gate
The 18th-century neoclassical gate on Pariser Platz, symbol of the divided and then reunited city.
Pariser Platz
The square in front of the Brandenburg Gate, with the Hotel Adlon and several embassies.
Reichstag
The seat of the German parliament, an 1894 building restored after reunification with a glass dome.
Berlin Wall Memorial
The best preserved stretch of the Wall on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower, the death strip and a free visitor centre.
Day 2
Berlin Cathedral
The domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, with a Hohenzollern crypt and a walkway around the dome.
St. Mary's Church, Berlin
One of Berlin's oldest churches, beside the TV tower, with a medieval Dance of Death mural.
Fernsehturm Berlin
The 368-metre TV tower on Alexanderplatz, with an observation deck and a revolving restaurant.
Alexanderplatz
East Berlin's big square and transport hub, with the World Clock and the TV tower beside it.
East Side Gallery
A 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall covered in murals by international artists, running beside the Spree towards the Oberbaum Bridge.
Day 3
Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin's grandest square, framed by the Konzerthaus and the French and German churches.
French Cathedral, Berlin
The French Huguenot church on Gendarmenmarkt, with a domed tower and a museum of Huguenot history.
German Historical Museum
Germany's national history museum; its Baroque Zeughaus on Unter den Linden is closed for renovation until at least 2031, so visits are to I.M. Pei's exhibition wing.
Bebelplatz
The square where the Nazis burned books in 1933, marked by an underground memorial of empty shelves.
Neue Wache
Schinkel's former guardhouse on Unter den Linden, now Germany's memorial to the victims of war and dictatorship.
Neues Museum
On Museum Island, a war-damaged building restored by David Chipperfield, home to the Egyptian collection, including the bust of Nefertiti.
Hackesche Höfe
A complex of eight linked courtyards in Mitte, with Art Nouveau tiled façades, cafes, boutiques, galleries and a cinema.
Day 4
Kaufhaus des Westens
KaDeWe, one of Europe's largest department stores, with a famous food hall on an upper floor.
Europa-Center
A 1960s West Berlin shopping and office tower on Breitscheidplatz, with a Mercedes star on its roof.
Breitscheidplatz
The square at the heart of former West Berlin, around the Memorial Church, with a Christmas market in December.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The bomb-damaged church tower kept as a war memorial, beside a modern church of blue glass.
Berlin Zoological Garden
Germany's oldest zoo, opened in 1844 beside the Tiergarten, with one of the largest animal collections in the world.
Day 5
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
A major collection of European paintings from the 13th to 18th centuries, with Rembrandt, Vermeer and Caravaggio.
Neue Nationalgalerie
Mies van der Rohe's glass and steel hall for 20th-century art, reopened in 2021 after renovation.
Kulturforum
A group of postwar cultural buildings near Potsdamer Platz, including the Philharmonie and the Gemäldegalerie.
Sony Center
A plaza under a tent-like glass roof at Potsdamer Platz, with offices, cafés and cinemas.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
An exhibition and events centre in the Tiergarten, nicknamed the 'pregnant oyster' for its curved roof.
Tiergarten
Berlin's central park, the former royal hunting ground, with woodland paths, lakes, beer gardens and the Victory Column.
Berlin Victory Column
A 67-metre column topped by a golden Victoria in the Tiergarten, with a viewing platform up 285 steps.
Day 6
Topography of Terror
A free museum on the site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters, beside a surviving stretch of the Wall.
Checkpoint Charlie
The best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin, now marked by a replica guard hut.
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Daniel Libeskind's zigzag building on two thousand years of Jewish life in Germany.
St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin
Berlin's oldest church, in the rebuilt Nikolaiviertel quarter, now a museum.
Alte Nationalgalerie
A temple-like museum on Museum Island with 19th-century art, from Caspar David Friedrich to the Impressionists.
Day 7
Teufelsberg
A hill of wartime rubble in the Grunewald, topped by a former US listening station covered in graffiti.
Olympiastadion
The stadium built for the 1936 Olympics, home of Hertha BSC, open for tours outside events.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest palace, a Baroque Hohenzollern residence with state rooms and a formal garden.
Mauerpark
A former Berlin Wall border strip turned park, known for its Sunday flea market, amphitheatre karaoke and street food.
Watch: Berlin in 3 days
A one-minute look at the plan: every stop, day by day, with the map.
Tours in Berlin
When to go to Berlin
May to September is the warmest and liveliest time, with open-air bars, lake swimming and long evenings, while spring and autumn are cooler and quieter. Winter, from November to February, is cold and grey, but the Christmas markets from late November to late December are a highlight. The Berlinale film festival takes place in February.
Plan the rest of your trip
- Where to stay: hotels in Berlin on Booking.com or Trip.com
- Skip-the-line tickets: museums and sights in Berlin on Tiqets
- Tours and day trips: things to do in Berlin on GetYourGuide or on Viator
- From the airport: a private transfer in Berlin with Kiwitaxi
- Data on arrival: an eSIM for Germany from Airalo
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Tips for Berlin
- Register online in advance (it is free) to visit the Reichstag dome, and bring photo ID.
- Most state museums, including those on Museum Island, close on Mondays.
- A day ticket covers the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses; zones A and B cover the whole city.
- The Pergamon Museum is closed until 4 June 2027, when its Pergamon Altar wing reopens; the Panorama next door and the other Museum Island museums are open.
- Buy a timed ticket for the Fernsehturm to avoid the queue at the base.
Make it your own
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Photo credits
- Alexanderplatz: Christian Wolf ( www.c-w-design.de ), CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Alte Nationalgalerie: Manfred Brückels, Public domain
- Bebelplatz: User:Berlin-Motive, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Berlin Cathedral: Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Berlin Victory Column: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0 at
- Berlin Wall Memorial: dalbera from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
- Berlin Zoological Garden: A.Savin, FAL
- Brandenburg Gate: Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Breitscheidplatz: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Charlottenburg Palace: ernstol, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Checkpoint Charlie: Kelisi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- East Side Gallery: Lklundin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Europa-Center: Fridolin freudenfett (Peter Kuley), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Fernsehturm Berlin: Christian Wolf ( www.c-w-design.de ), CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- French Cathedral, Berlin: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gemäldegalerie, Berlin: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0
- Gendarmenmarkt: File:Museumsinsel Berlin Juli 2021 1 (cropped).jpg : Kasa Fue derivative work: Georgfotoart, CC BY-SA 4.0
- German Historical Museum: Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hackesche Höfe: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt: Ansgar Koreng, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Jewish Museum, Berlin: Marek Śliwecki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church: nl:User:GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kaufhaus des Westens: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kulturforum: Dieter Brügmann, Public domain
- Mauerpark: Franz Richter (User:FRZ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe: Alexander Blum, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museum für Naturkunde: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Neue Nationalgalerie: A.Savin, FAL
- Neue Wache: Ansgar Koreng, CC BY 3.0 de
- Neues Museum: Janericloebe, Public domain
- Olympiastadion: Martijn Mureau, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pariser Platz: Charles Meynier, Public domain
- Potsdamer Platz: Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Reichstag: The original uploader was Rainer Zenz at German Wikipedia ., Public domain
- Sony Center: Andreas Tille, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St. Mary's Church, Berlin: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin: Pedelecs, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Teufelsberg: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tiergarten: beedubz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Topography of Terror: Stiftung Topographie des Terrors, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
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