Day 1 of 2Day 1109:00 – 10:00·1hBrandenburg Gate and Pariser PlatzThe city's symbol, best at nine before the pedicabs multiply. Walk through the middle arch — for twenty-eight years nobody could.Brandenburger Tor210:00 – 11:00·1hMemorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeA block south: 2,711 concrete stelae rising over uneven ground. Walk in until the city noise disappears — the disorientation is the design.Holocaust-MahnmalWalking·12m311:15 – 12:30·1h 15mReichstag domeRegister online in advance for the free glass dome — Norman Foster's spiral over the parliament floor, with the audio guide pacing you past the whole skyline.ReichstagWalking·20m413:00 – 14:15·1h 15mCurrywurst and lunch near FriedrichstraßeDo the rite of passage properly: Curry 61 or the station stands, sauce mit Darm, fries dazwischen. A bakery pretzel rounds it out for under ten euros.Curry 61Walking·15m514:30 – 17:00·2h 30mMuseum Island: the Pergamon's neighboursFive museums on one river island. The Neues holds Nefertiti, the Alte Nationalgalerie the Caspar David Friedrichs — pick two and save the rest for the next visit.Neues MuseumWalking·10m617:30 – 19:00·1h 30mHackescher Markt courtyards and dinnerThe linked Art Nouveau courtyards of the Hackesche Höfe hide ateliers and the Anne Frank centre. Dinner nearby: schnitzel at a Wirtshaus or Vietnamese — Berlin's other national cuisine.Hackesche HöfePlan your own trip on Trippad
109:00 – 10:00·1hBrandenburg Gate and Pariser PlatzThe city's symbol, best at nine before the pedicabs multiply. Walk through the middle arch — for twenty-eight years nobody could.Brandenburger Tor
210:00 – 11:00·1hMemorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeA block south: 2,711 concrete stelae rising over uneven ground. Walk in until the city noise disappears — the disorientation is the design.Holocaust-Mahnmal
311:15 – 12:30·1h 15mReichstag domeRegister online in advance for the free glass dome — Norman Foster's spiral over the parliament floor, with the audio guide pacing you past the whole skyline.Reichstag
413:00 – 14:15·1h 15mCurrywurst and lunch near FriedrichstraßeDo the rite of passage properly: Curry 61 or the station stands, sauce mit Darm, fries dazwischen. A bakery pretzel rounds it out for under ten euros.Curry 61
514:30 – 17:00·2h 30mMuseum Island: the Pergamon's neighboursFive museums on one river island. The Neues holds Nefertiti, the Alte Nationalgalerie the Caspar David Friedrichs — pick two and save the rest for the next visit.Neues Museum
617:30 – 19:00·1h 30mHackescher Markt courtyards and dinnerThe linked Art Nouveau courtyards of the Hackesche Höfe hide ateliers and the Anne Frank centre. Dinner nearby: schnitzel at a Wirtshaus or Vietnamese — Berlin's other national cuisine.Hackesche Höfe