Siegessäule (Victory Column)
A 67-metre column assembled from three wars, topped by a gilded goddess Berliners call "Golden Lizzy."
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Designed after one war and repurposed by two more, the column physically stacks Prussia's campaigns against Denmark, Austria, and France into its structure — right down to the calibre of the captured cannons embedded in the stone. The viewing platform gives a broad panorama across Berlin.
What to look for
- The gilded gun barrels set into the first three sandstone tiers — 20 per tier, descending in calibre: 12-pounder Danish, 8-pounder Austrian, 4-pounder French
- The circular glass mosaic by Anton von Werner running along the hall at the column's base
- The 8.52-metre bronze Victoria by Friedrich Drake at the summit — the figure behind the nickname Goldelse, borrowed from an 1866 novel
A ticket is required to reach the viewing platform at the top.
Siegessäule (Victory Column) is one of 37 sights worth the detour in Berlin, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Berlin pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
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.