Alexanderplatz
A square once nicknamed the Devil's Pleasure Garden — for the gallows nearby — is now Berlin's busiest crossroads and the city's de facto starting line.
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Named after Tsar Alexander I, Alexanderplatz is reputedly Berlin's most visited area, outranking Friedrichstrasse and City West. It sits where the old George Gate once funnelled Baltic trade into the city, and today serves as the main launch pad for the central Mitte district.
What to look for
- The Fernsehturm (TV tower) rising directly beside the square
- Rotes Rathaus — the Red City Hall — a short walk to the south-west
- The square's role as a transport hub: trams, trains, and pedestrian flows converging at once
Alexanderplatz is a major transport interchange — use it to orient yourself and pick up onward connections across the city.
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More to see in Berlin
- Berlin WallBuilt to keep citizens in, not enemies out — and the death strip of anti-vehicle trenches and beds of nails makes that intent impossible to misread.
- Brandenburg GateFor 28 years a wall sealed it shut — now you walk straight through.
- ReichstagA fire in 1933, a battle in 1945, a dome in 1999 — you walk inside Germany's working parliament.
- Berlin Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion)Designed for the 1936 Olympics and still hosting European finals — the bowl has barely left the world stage.
- Pergamon MuseumThe Pergamon Altar and the collections of the Vorderasiatisches Museum once filled this hall — closed since 2023, with the North Wing returning in 2027.
- Fernsehturm BerlinA 368-metre Cold War statement that outlived the government that built it — and now stands for the city that absorbed it.