Berlin Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
federated state, capital and largest city of Germany
About Berlin
The city of Berlin is co-extensive with theLandof Berlin, one of the 16 federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has a population of 3.8 million (2019) (and a million more in suburbs likePotsdamacross the state line inBrandenburg). Berlin is and has been far less dominant as the capital of Germany than London, Paris or Madrid are in their respective countries, because of the federal nature of Germany and because the havoc war and partition wreaked on the city. Merely a backwater town in the early 18th century, Berlin grew to be one of the most important and biggest cities in the world by the 1920s. The heart of oldPrussiaand a focal point of theCold War, it lost much of its importance and historic architecture as a result ofWorld War IIand German partition. Berlin is
Top Attractions in Berlin
Explore the best things to see and do in Berlin:
- ★Australian Football
- ★Basketball
- ★Berlinale – Berlin Film Festival
- ★Berlin Tour by public bus line 100 and 200
- ★Bunker tour (self guided)
- ★Christopher Street Day
- ★Doors Open Day of the Federal Government
- ★Festival of Lights
Berlin Travel Guide Sections
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